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### 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).