Margot Williams (botanist)

This article is about the American research botanist. For the research librarian, see Margot Williams.

Margot Williams
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	US National Arboretum
Author abbrev. (botany)	M.Williams

Margot Williams is an American botanist who described Hippeastrum iguazuanum in 1984. ^[1]

Career

Williams has a master's degree in horticulture and botany, and worked as a horticulturalist and research botanist at the U.S. National Arboretum, ^[2] where among other activities she worked on Iris breeding. ^[3]

Publications

• Williams, Margot 1982. Chromosome Counts for Six Amaryllis Taxa. Plant Life 38: 34–39. [Corrigenda 39: 41(1983)]
• Williams, Margot 1982. A Tetraploid Amaryllis starkii. Plant Life 38: 59-61
• W. L. Ackerman and Margot Williams. New Cold Hardy Camellia Hybrid Selections. American Camellia Yearbook 1981

References

1. T.R.Dudley & M.Williams, Taxon 33: 271 (1984)
2. Laurelin Kruse. Flowers brighten institution. Valley Courier, Thursday, Jun 26th, 2008 (image) Archived 2014-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Old Article on Japanese Iris Breeding". www.hort.net.
4. International Plant Names Index. M.Williams.

Sources

• Harvard Botanist Index: Margot Williams
• The Americanization of Japanese iris: at the National Arboretum, breeders strive for longer-lasting blooms in a rainbow of colors. Horticulture, v61, 1983 Feb, p22(4) ( ISSN   0018-5329)