PhD Project

The aim of the study is a comprehensive inventory of all edible plants of southern Africa, including regional plant use information and nutritional analysis of selected plants.

Awards

• 2015 IPUF/SEB Conference: Second best poster presentation by a young scientist
• 2012 UJ postgraduate symposium: Award for the best MSc presentation

Publications

Ruiters, A.K., Viljoen, A.M., Tilney, P.M., Van Vuuren, S.F., Kamatou, G.P.P. & Van Wyk, B.-E. 2016. The anatomy, ethnobotany, antimicrobial activity and essential oil composition of southern African species of Teucrium (Lamiaceae). South African Journal of Botany 102:175-185.

Magee, A.R., Ruiters, A.K., Tilney, P.M and Van Wyk, B-E. 2013. Proposal to conserve the name Phymaspermum (Asteraceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 62(2): 407-408

Conference contributions

Ruiters, A.K.,Gericke, N., Stander, M., Van Wyk, B.-E., 2016.A review and analysis of edible plants of southern Africa . (lecture: 42nd Annual Conference of the South African Association of Botanists (SAAB), University of the Free State, Bloemfontein Campus, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 10-14 January 2016).

Ruiters, A.K., 2015. "An inventory of food plants of southern Africa". (Poster: 18th Conference of the Indigenous Plant Use Forum joint with the 56th Conference of the Society for Economic Botany (SEB), Clanwilliam, South Africa, 28 June-02 July 2015). (award: second best poster by a young scientist)

Ruiters, A.K., Magee, A.R., Tilney, P.M., Van Wyk, B.-E. 2014. "Systematics of the subtribe Phymaspermineae (Anthemideae, Asteraceae)". (lecture: 40th Annual Conference of the South African Association of Botanists (SAAB) joint with AETFAT, Stellenbosch)

Ruiters, A.K., Magee, A.R., Tilney, P.M., Van Wyk, B.-E. 2013. "A survey of morphological and anatomical characters in the subtribe Phymaspermineae (Anthemideae, Asteraceae)". (lecture: 39th Annual Conference of the South African Association of Botanists (SAAB))

Ruiters, A.K., Van Wyk, B.-E., Tilney, P.M, Van Vuuren, S.F. 2012. "An anatomical, chemotaxonomic and ethnobotanical study of Teucrium trifidum, T. africanum and T. kraussii (Lamiaceae)". (lecture: 38th Annual Conference of the South African Association of Botanists (SAAB), Pretoria)