Margot Williams (botanist) explained

Margot Williams
Nationality:	American
Workplaces:	US National Arboretum
Author Abbrev Bot:	M.Williams

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

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

• 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

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)

Notes and References

1. https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1221167?uid=3739432&uid=16652584&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3737720&uid=3&uid=76&uid=16073896&uid=16640008&uid=60&sid=21103868579103 T.R.Dudley & M.Williams, Taxon 33: 271 (1984)
2. http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=8087&page= Laurelin Kruse. Flowers brighten institution. Valley Courier, Thursday, Jun 26th, 2008 (image)
3. Web site: Old Article on Japanese Iris Breeding. www.hort.net.