> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 722](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355809) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6902-1) LSID 6902-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18987018) QID Q18987018 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Nelmes, Ernest (1895-1959), British botanist; associated with Kew as gardener, herbarium assistant and librarian from 1921-1958; specialist on *Carex*. **Abbreviated name**: *Nelmes* \[standard form in IPNI: *Nelmes*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]; further material at [[Collection BH|BH]] and [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 543; Bossert p. 284; Desmond p. 461; IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 127; Langman p. 538; Lenley p. 307. - Bullock, A. A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 79. 1978. - Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 79. 1957 (herb. at K). - Marshall, H. S., J. Kew Guild 1959: 709 (portr., d. 5 Feb 1959). - Moldenke, H. N., Plant Life 2: 74. 1946 (1948). - Riddelsdell, Fl. Gloucestershire clx. 1948. - Stafleu, F. A., Taxon 8: 108. 1959. - Steenis, C. G. C. J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 14: 618. 1959 (d.). - Vanderveken, P., Bull. Jard. bot. État 25: 143. 1955 (epon.). #### Eponymy *Nelmesia* Van der Veken (1955).