Sheila Spenser Hooper

Botanist (b. 1925).

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. She was a specialist on Cyperaceae and a curator at Kew Gardens. She described over fifty species. The standard author abbreviation S. S. Hooper is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. She often published with Kew Bulletin. One of these publications was an illustrated description and discussion of spikelets in Cyperaceae. She collected plant specimens on expeditions with Kanchi

Abbreviations: S.S.Hooper
Occupations: botanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Dates: 1925-00-00T00:00:00Z – 2022-00-00T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 27 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 37 plants, 0 fungi

27 plants attributed, 10 plants contributed to37 plants:

Limnocharitaceae Takht. ex S.S.Hooper & Symoens 1982
plant family in the order alismatales
Limnocharitaceae was a family of flowering plants in the monocot order Alismatales. In the APG IV system, it is included in the family Alismataceae. It is commonly known as the water poppy family. Species that have been placed in this taxon are small, perennial, aquatic herbs, native to the tropics, but adventive or naturalized in the subtropics as a result of cultivation. The Limnocharitaceae include three genera, and these, in turn comprise eight species. Some of the species are closely related and, consequently, hard to identify. Butomopsis is monospecific (B. latifolia) and indigenous to
Dianthus thunbergii (Thunberg's Wild Pink) S.S.Hooper 1959
plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
Dianthus thunbergii (Thunberg's wild pink) is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is indigenous to the southwestern Cape, South Africa, where it occurs on rocky slopes from Swellendam in the Western Cape, eastwards into the Eastern Cape Province.
Carex iraqensis S.S.Hooper & Kukkonen 1984
perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Cyperus remotispicatus S.S.Hooper 1972
annual plant species in the cyperaceae family
Cyperus remotispicatus is a species of sedge that is native to western parts of tropical Africa.
Dianthus laingsburgensis S.S.Hooper 1959
plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
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Dianthus excelsus S.S.Hooper 1959
perennial plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
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Dianthus chimanimaniensis (Chimanimani Pink) S.S.Hooper 1958
vulnerable and perennial plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
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Scirpodendron bogneri S.S.Hooper 1997
plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Hypolytrum pallidiceps S.S.Hooper & T.Koyama 1984
perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Fuirena felicis S.S.Hooper 1977
vulnerable and perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Eleocharis deightonii S.S.Hooper 1972
annual plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Bulbostylis bodardii S.S.Hooper 1972
endangered and perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Eleocharis naumanniana var. caillei (Hutch. ex Nelmes) S.S.Hooper 1971
annual plant variety in the cyperaceae family
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Dianthus zeyheri ssp. natalensis (Grass Pink) S.S.Hooper 1959
plant subspecies in the caryophyllaceae family
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Dianthus thunbergii f. maritimus S.S.Hooper 1959
plant form in the caryophyllaceae family
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Dianthus namaensis var. junceus (Burtt Davy) S.S.Hooper 1959
perennial plant variety in the caryophyllaceae family
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Dianthus namaensis var. dinteri (Schinz) S.S.Hooper 1959
plant variety in the caryophyllaceae family
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Dianthus moviensis ssp. kirkii (Burtt Davy) S.S.Hooper 1959
perennial plant subspecies in the caryophyllaceae family
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Dianthus mooiensis ssp. kirkii (Wild Pink) (Burtt Davy) S.S.Hooper
plant subspecies in the caryophyllaceae family
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Dianthus caespitosus ssp. pectinatus (E.Mey. ex Sond.) S.S.Hooper 1959
perennial plant subspecies in the caryophyllaceae family
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Dianthus basuticus var. grandiflorus S.S.Hooper 1959
perennial plant variety in the caryophyllaceae family
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Dianthus basuticus ssp. fourcadei S.S.Hooper 1959
perennial plant subspecies in the caryophyllaceae family
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Cyperus tonkinensis var. baikiei (C.B.Clarke ex Kük.) S.S.Hooper 1972
perennial plant variety in the cyperaceae family
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Cyperus tenuiculmis var. schweinfurthianus (Boeckeler) S.S.Hooper 1972
perennial plant variety in the cyperaceae family
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Cyperus tenuiculmis var. guineensis (Nelmes) S.S.Hooper 1972
perennial plant variety in the cyperaceae family
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Carex brunnea var. arabica S.S.Hooper 1984
perennial plant variety in the cyperaceae family
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Bulbostylis densa var. cameroonensis S.S.Hooper 1972
vulnerable and annual plant variety in the cyperaceae family
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Schoenoplectiella oxyjulos (S.S.Hooper) Lye 2003
plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Cyperus mortonii (S.S.Hooper) Lye 1983
annual and perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Cyperus africanus (S.S.Hooper) Reynders 2014
annual plant species in the cyperaceae family
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