of the South African Biological Society and edited the journal of the South African Biological Society. She was a founding member of the South African Association of Botanists, a member of Association pour l'Étude Taxonomique de la Flore d'Afrique Tropicale (AETFAT) and a member of S2A3 (the South African Association for the Advancement of Science). Eponyms Obermeyer is commemorated in the following plant names: Asparagus obermeyerae Barleria ameliae Blepharis obermeyerae Hemizygia obermeyerae Lachenalia ameliae Selected publications Some of the more than 4,000 specimens of flora catalogued by Obermeyer are covered in the following list of publications: Bremekamp, C.E.B. & Obermeyer, A.A. 1935 Serum Kalahariense, a list of plants collected. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 16: 399-442 Ellis, R.P., Manders, R. & Obermeyer, A.A. 1979. Anatomical observations on the peduncle of Xyris capensis (Xyridaceae). Bothalia 12: 637-639. Lewis, G.J., Obermeyer, A.A. & Barnard, T.T. 1972. Gladiolus: a revision of the South African species. Journal of South African Botany, Suppl. vol. 10: 1-316. Lewis, J. & Obermeyer, A.A. 1985. Xyridaceae. Flora of southern Africa 4,2: 1-8. Mauve A.A. 1966a. Flowering aquatic plants in South Africa. Fauna & Flora 17: 19-23. Mauve A.A. 1967. Water-lilies in South Africa. Fauna & Flora 18: 31-35. Obermeyer, A.A. 1959. Petalidium bracteatum. The Flowering Plants of Africa 33: t. 1317 Obermeyer, A.A. 1933a. Notes on the distribution of Copaifera mopane Kirk. South African Journal of Science 30: 266-269. Obermeyer, A.A. 1960. Choananthus cyrtanthiflorus. The Flowering Plants of Africa 34: t. 1340. Obermeyer, A.A. 1961a. Notes and new records of South African plants: Barleria argillicola Oberm. Bothalia 7: 444, 445. Obermeyer, A.A. 1962a. A revision of the South African species of Anthericum, Chlorophytum and Trachyandra. Bothalia 7: 669-767. Obermeyer, A.A. 1963a. A new Haemanthus and a new Tritonia from southern Africa. Kirkia 3: 22-24. Obermeyer, A.A. 1964a. Aponogeton. Journal of the Limnological Society of South Africa 1: 12. 13. Obermeyer, A.A.1965a. Potamogeton. Journal of the Limnological Society of South Africa 2: 27-35. Obermeyer, A.A. 1967a. Two new species of Bulbine (Liliaceae). Bothalia 9: 342-344. Obermeyer, A.A. 1968a. Dietes vegeta. The Flowering Plants of Africa 39: t. 1524. Obermeyer, A.A. 1970a. Droseraceae. Rondulaceae. Podostemaceae. Flydrostachyaceae. Flora of southern Africa 13: 187-213. Obermeyer, A.A. 1971a. Two new Ornithogalum species from South-West Africa. Bothalia 10: 355-358. Obermeyer, A.A. 1972a. Clivia gardenii. The Flowering Plants of Africa 42: t. 1641. Obermeyer, A.A. 1973a. A note on Laurembergia repens (Flalorrhagidaceae). Bothalia 11: 116.