Edward “Ted” George Hudson Oliver, South African botanist (Cape Town 14 October 1938 –

Regarded as a world authority on subfamily Ericoideae

Authored over 110 papers and books

DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA

Genus

Stokoeanthus 1976

Subgenera

Anomalosepala 1987

Metagyne 1976

Species

185 (157 of genus Erica)

Subspecies

35 (31 of genus Erica)

HONORS

Tedingea Muller-Doblies & Muller-Doblies 1985 (Amaryllidaceae) for both

His wife Inge Magdalene Nitzsche Oliver, botanist (Lichtenburg, Ngaka Modiri Nolema, North West 18 December 1947 – Stellenbosch, Western Cape 06 July 2003)

Co-described 16 species and 22 subspecies of genus Erica (all with her husband)

The only one species with another person is Sebaea amicorum 2001 with Beyers