Susan Carter Holmes

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Susan Carter Holmes
Born
Susan Carter

1933 (age 9192)
Scientific career
Fields Botany
Institutions Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Author abbrev. (botany) S.Carter

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.

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Career

Susan Carter Holmes is a botanist and taxonomist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She discovered and catalogued more than 200 plants of the family Euphorbiaceae, particularly of the succulent East African members of the genera Euphorbia and 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:

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