Rafaël Herman Anna Govaerts (born 1968) is a

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botanist. He is particularly noted for his work on plant

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. He has worked at the

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since the 1990s, and is the principal contributor to the

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20th-century Belgian botanists Botanists active in Kew Gardens Botanists with author abbreviations Belgian expatriates in the United Kingdom Living people 1968 births Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Belgian botanists {{botanist-stub