Susan Carter Holmes

Susan Carter Holmes ( born 1933 ) is a British botanist and Taxonomin at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. She discovered and described more than 200 species of the spurge family ( Euphorbiaceae ), particularly the succulent euphorbias from East Africa, and about 20 aloes. All their publications appeared under her birth name Susan Carter; her official botanical author abbreviation is accordingly " S.Carter ".

Since the founding of the International Euphorbia Society ( IES ) in 2005 Susan Carter Holmes is their President.

In the plant genus Euphorbia are the types Euphorbia carteriana probally, Euphorbia holmesiae Lavranos and Euphorbia susan - holmesiae Binojk. & Gopalan been named after her.

Writings (selection )

  • New Succulent Spiny Euphorbias from East Africa. 1982, ISBN 1-878762-72-9.
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa, Euphorbiaceae. 1988, ISBN 90-6191-338-1 - with Annie Lorrain Smith
  • The CITES Checklist of Succulent Euphorbia Taxa ( Euphorbiaceae ). 1997, ISBN 3-89624-609-7 - with Urs Eggli
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