Species Shantzia garckeana

For Homer Leroy Shantz (1876–1958), US plant physiologist and ecologist. He studied botany at the University of Nebraska obtaining a PhD in 1905. He had a varied career, teaching in four universities (Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois and Arizona). He travelled expensively in the United States and Africa, recording geographic and climatic conditions. In 1918 and 1919 he toured Africa, photographing the vegetation and studying the natural plant resources and crop production possibilities. In 1924, he traversed the continent from Cairo to the Cape, and repeated this in 1953. His publications include Agricultural Regions of Africa (1940–1943), The Vegetation and Soils of Africa (1923), and Photographic Documentation of Vegetational Changes in Africa over a Third of a Century (1958). He received many meritorious awards, including the Association of American Geographers’ Outstanding Achievement Award (1954).