Margot Williams (botanist)
This article is about the American research botanist. For the research librarian, see Margot Williams.
| Margot Williams | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| 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 Masters degree in horticulture and botany, and worked as a horticultualist 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
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)
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