Susan Carter Holmes (born 1933) is a botanist and taxonomist. She discovered and catalogued more than 200 plants of the family
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae (), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of Euphorbia, the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', ar ...
. Her plants and articles are published under her maiden-name Susan Carter.
Career
Susan Carter Holmes is a botanist and taxonomist at the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,10 ...
. She discovered and catalogued more than 200 plants of the family
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae (), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of Euphorbia, the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', ar ...
, particularly of the
succulent
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...
East African members of the genera ''
Euphorbia
''Euphorbia'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae.
Euphorbias range from tiny annual plants to large and long-lived trees, with perhaps the tallest being ''Eu ...
'' and ''
Monadenium'', as well as about 20 ''
Aloe
''Aloe'' (; also written ''Aloë'') is a genus containing over 650 species of flowering plant, flowering succulent plant, succulent plants.WFO (2022): Aloe L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000001341. Acc ...
'' species.
Eponyms
Plants have been named in honor to Holmes:
* ''
Euphorbia carteriana''
P.R.O.Bally 1964
* ''
Euphorbia holmesiae''
Lavranos 1992
* ''
Euphorbia susanholmesiae''
Binojk. & Gopalan 1993
Bibliography
Articles and plants are published under Holmes's maiden-name Susan Carter. Works include:
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See also
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List of Euphorbia species
References
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1933 births
Living people
English botanists