Neville Stuart Pillans

Neville Stuart Pillans was a South African botanist.

Biography

Neville Stuart Pillans was the only son of Eustace Pillans, another South African botanist.

Work life

He joined the Bolus Herbarium in 1918 and retired from it in 1952. In 1911, he worked with Henry [Harold Welch Pearson] in choosing the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden site.

Publications

1928. The African genera and species of Restionaceae. Transactions of the [Royal Society of South Africa].
1942. The genus Phylica. Journal of South African Botany.
1947. A revision of Bruniaceae. Journal of South African Botany.
1950. A revision of Agathosma. Journal of South African Botany.
Organisations

He was a member of the Royal [Society of South Africa] for a few years.

Plants named in his honour

the genus Nevillea H.P.Linder
the genus Pillansia L.Bolus
the species Aloidendron pillansii L.Guthrie
the species Gasteria pillansii Bolus & L.Bolus
the species Eucomis pillansii
the species Huernia pillansii
the species Stapelia pillansii
the species Duvalia pillansii
the species ''Erica nevillei''
Legacy

and Boyd L. Sloane in The Stapelieae described Pillans as "the most eminent collector of Stapeliads in the eventful history of the tribe".
Plants collected by him are found in the Bolus Herbarium, the Moss Herbarium of the University of the Witwatersrand, the Compton Herbarium in Cape Town, and the National Herbarium in the Pretoria National Botanical Garden.