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British botanist (1925–2022) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sheila Spenser Hooper (1925 – 3 May 2022) was a British botanist and plant collector noted for traveling to gather plants from around the world, including India, Tanzania, and Kenya.[1] She was a specialist on Cyperaceae and a curator at Kew Gardens.[2] She described over fifty species.[3] The standard author abbreviation S. S. Hooper is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4] Hooper later lived in Surbiton. She died on 3 May 2022.[5][6]
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