Margot Williams (botanist)

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Margot Williams
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
Fields Botany
InstitutionsUS National Arboretum
Author abbrev. (botany) M.Williams

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

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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

The standard author abbreviation M.Williams is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [4]

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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.

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