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