Susan Carter Holmes

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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:

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,
  • Carter, Susan; Smith, A.L. (1988), "
  • Carter, Susan; Eggli, Urs (1997), "The

See also

References

  • Carter, Susan, "On being a botanist at Kew", Euphorbia Journal, 2: 56–60