C.M. Sean Carrington is a Barbadian who graduated with a BSc in Biological Sciences (Honours Botany) from the University of Edinburgh and followed this with a DPhil in Plant Physiology at the University of York (UK). He spent 39 years on the academic staff of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. He was made Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology of the UWI on his retirement in 2021.
This website was inspired by an introductory botany course taught by the late Philip Smith of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was launched in 1997, revised over time and was totally redeveloped in 2026.
The photographs on the website are mainly original photos taken by the author except where otherwise indicated.
Main sources of line drawings
Fawcett, W. & Rendle, A.B. (1914-1936) Flora of Jamaica, British Museum, London.
Sachs, J. (1882) Textbook of Botany, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Strasburger, E. , Noll, F., Schnenck, H., Karesten, G., Lang, W.H.(1908) Textbook of Botany, Macmillan & Co., London.
Wettstein, R. (1935) Handbuch der systematischen botanik, Franz Deuticke, Leipzig & Wien.
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