Graham Duncan (botanist)
| Graham Dugald Duncan | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 28, 1959 |
| Citizenship | South African |
| Fields | Botany and horticulture |
| Institutions | SANBI, Kirstenbosch |
| Alma mater | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| Known for | South African geophytes |
| Influences | Winsome Fanny Barker (1907–1994), curator Compton Herbarium, Kirstenbosch (W.F.Barker). |
| Notable awards |
Herbert Medal Recht Malan Prize |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | G.D.Duncan |
Graham Dugald Duncan(born 1959) is a South African botanist and specialist bulb horticulturalist at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa.
Graham Duncan was born in 1959 and grew up in the Western Cape region amongst its wild bulbous plants. He obtained his early education at the Cape Town Technikon with a National Diploma in horticulture, and joined the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa in 1978, where he came under the influence of Winsome Fanny Barker (1907–1994), then curator of the Compton Herbarium at Kirstenbosch and a Lachenalia specialist. He earned his MSc (cum laude) in Botany at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg in 2005.
Graham Duncan is a specialist horticulturalist for geophytes and curates the indigenous South African geophytes collection at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. These are displayed in the Kay Bergh Bulb House at the Kirstenbosch Conservatory. He is considered an authority on the cultivation, conservation, propagation and biology of bulbs of the Cape region, and the leading expert on the Lachenalia genus. His research deals with the biology and taxonomy of Cape bulbs.
Other than his work on Lachenalia he is known for his expertise on Nerine,Eucomis and Agapanthus. As well as identifying a number of South African plants, he has also bred cultivars such as Clivia miniata 'Kirstenbosch Splendour', which illustrates the cover of the Kirstenbosch centenary book (2013).
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