Susan Carter Holmes
Susan Carter Holmes (born 1933) is a botanist and taxonomist. She discovered and catalogued more than 200 plants of the family Euphorbiaceae. Her plants and articles are published under her maiden-name Susan Carter.
Career
Susan Carter Holmes is a botanist and taxonomist at the
Monadenium, as well as about 20 Aloe
species.
Eponyms
Plants have been named in honor to Holmes:
- P.R.O.Bally1964
- Euphorbia holmesiae Lavranos 1992
- Euphorbia susanholmesiae Binojk. & Gopalan 1993
Bibliography
Articles and plants are published under Holmes's maiden-name Susan Carter. The standard author abbreviation S.Carter is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1] Works include:
- Carter, Susan (1982), New Succulent Spiny Euphorbias from East Africa, ISBN 1-878762-72-9
- Carter, Susan; Smith, A.L. (1988), "ISBN 90-6191-338-1
- Carter, Susan; Eggli, Urs (1997), "The ISBN 3-89624-609-7
See also
References
- Carter, Susan, "On being a botanist at Kew", Euphorbia Journal, 2: 56–60