| Name | Lely, Hugh Vandervaes |
| Date of birth | 1891 |
| Date of death | 1947 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types unknown ; Lely 'was as at Westminster from 1905 to 1907, and afterwards became Assistant Conservator of Forests in the West African Forest Service.] [collector note: Sokoto, Naraguta (1913-1931): BM, FHI?, FHO, K (1775)] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 100067 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/698c6705-8332-4d29-bfa3-2566b628b02d |
| Variant name | Hugh Vandervaes Lely |
| Variant name | Lely, H. V. |
| Author name | Lely |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Lely |
| Standard/Label Name | H. V. Lely |
| Full Name | Lely, Hugh Vandervaes |
| Geography Author | Nigeria, United Kingdom |
| Geography Collector | Nigeria |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors I-L |
| Citation as Author | Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht ; Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ; Obituary in: The Elizabethan 24(no. 8): 136. 1947 (via Lotte Burkhardt; B) |
| Member of teams/groups | |
| Author in | Usef. Trees N. Nigeria |
| Collector Teams: | Kennedy, T. D. Maitland & H. V. Lely H. V. Lely & D. Young |