Dr. Fanie Venter

I am a plant systematist and ecologist (last 20 years) with research interest in the Apocynaceae, Asparagaceae, Ericaceae, Nepenthaceae and Orchidaceae, also the biodiversity of Australia, Papua New Guinea and Melanesian Islands. Most of my biodiversity surveys are in Papua New Guinea and its islands. Done fieldwork and surveys in Africa south of the equator, Israel, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea and its islands and Mongolia. I revised the genus Ledebouria (Asparagaceae) for South Africa and the genus Dracophyllum (Ericaceae) worldwide.