OVERVIEW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA HERBARIUM
George Cooley at the USF
Herbarium when it was held at
Chinsegut Hill in the late 1950s.
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HISTORY
The USF Herbarium was planned with the founding of USF in 1956, in cooperation with John S.
Allen, the first president of USF. It originated at Chinsequt Hill, near Brooksville, the administrative
headquarters for USF in 1958, under the patronage of George R. Cooley, an investment banker from
New York and a personal friend of John Allen. The first degree given by USF was an Honorary
Doctoral Degree presented to George Cooley in 1960. The herbarium library is named the George R.
Cooley Library. The first specimen accessioned into the herbarium was a specimen of the Florida
endemic Calydorea caelestina collected by USF President John Allen. The herbarium moved to the
Tampa campus in the summer of 1960 prior to the opening of the first class in September. At the
time of its move to the present campus, it contained ~19,500 specimens.
The first director of the herbarium was James D. Ray, who later became Dean of the College of
Natural Sciences. In 1971 the herbarium accessioned its 100,000th specimen and A Flora of Tropical
Florida, written by Robert W. Long and Olga K. Lakela, was published. This book was a descriptive
flora of Collier, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties. Robert Long was director of the herbarium
from 1965–1976 and Olga Lakela was curator of the herbarium from 1960–1973. Olga Lakela
received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from USF upon her retirement in 1973.
Richard P. Wunderlin was hired as curator in 1973 and became director in 1976, when the herbarium
contained about 125,500 specimens. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central Florida, written by
Richard Wunderlin, was published in 1982. This book covered a 30-county region of peninsular
Florida. In 1996, a NSF Collections Improvement grant for nearly $138,000 was awarded. This grant
along with matching funds from USF permitted the renovation and expansion of the herbarium,
including the installation of compactors.
The first state-wide guide to the naturalized flora of Florida, Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida,
written by Richard Wunderlin, was published in 1998. Bruce F. Hansen, curator from 1979–2014,
co-authored the second edition published in 2006 and the third edition published in 2011. The
website Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants was launched in 2000 by Richard Wunderlin and Bruce
Hansen. The present version of the Atlas was launched in 2008. The Atlas provides detailed
information on each of the approximately 4,200 naturalized taxa in Florida. The Atlas interface is
licensed by USF Patents and Licensing, with three licenses having been sold to other institutions.
Diane Te Strake became director in 2009 and Alan R. Franck became curator in 2014.
Both the Guide and the Atlas rely heavily upon herbarium specimens from USF but also incorporate
specimen records from other major herbaria, especially those in Florida (FLAS, FSU, FTG). The
USF herbarium collections have been utilized by numerous authors for the Flora of North America
[north of Mexico]. In 2003, digitization of the herbarium’s collections was initiated. In 2014, the
label information of North American specimens of bryophytes, lichens, and non-lichenized fungi at
USF were digitized.
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COLLECTIONS
The USF Herbarium consists of ~255,000 specimens of vascular plants, 15,000 algae, 2,500
bryophytes, 1,000 lichens, and 300 non-lichenized fungi. The collection contains approximately 350
type specimens. The USF Herbarium is currently the second largest collection in Florida and fourth
largest in the southeastern United States. The algal collection is the largest in the southeastern U.S.
Specimens collected by 1000s of different individuals are deposited at the USF Herbarium. Some of
the most active collectors include G. R. Cooley (~6,000 specimens), J. D. Ray, Jr. (~2,500), R. Kral
(~2,500), O. K. Lakela (~10,000), R. W. Long (~4,000), R. P. Wunderlin (~8,000), B. F. Hansen
(~10,000), S. L. Orzell and E. L. Bridges (~7,000), C. vanHoek (~3,000), J. M. Kunzer (~2,500), and
A. R. Franck (~3,500). Some of the oldest Florida specimens at the USF Herbarium include those
collected by Ferdinand Rugel (1830s–1840s, ~200 specimens), Allen H. Curtiss (1890s–1900s,
~200), William G. Farlow (1890s, ~100), John K. Small (1890s–1920s, ~500, including bryophytes),
and W.M. Buswell (1930s–1940s, ~100).
The herbarium occasionally becomes the recipient of collections from other institutions or
individuals. Specimens have been received from the University of New Orleans brought by John
Utley and Kathleen Burt-Utley (~8,000 specimens), Florida Marine Research Institute in St.
Petersburg (~1,000), University of Tampa (~1,000), algae herbarium of Harold Humm (~1,000),
algae herbarium of John Schwede (~500), lichen herbarium of Julia A. Schulten (~1,000), and
Eckerd College herbarium (~200).
The USF Herbarium is richest in specimens from Florida (~40%), with additional holdings from
North America north of Mexico (~35%), Latin America and the Caribbean (~15%), and the Eastern
Hemisphere (~10%). It has the largest collection in the world of materials from central and southern
Florida. One important collection is the approximately 6,000 Orchidaceae, second only in the
southeastern United States to the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, an institution specializing in
epiphytic plants (including Orchidaceae). Another significant collection is several thousand
specimens from Nepal and Burma. Specific groups well represented include Acanthaceae,
Apocynaceae, Begoniaceae, Bromeliaceae, Fabaceae, and pteridophytes (ferns).
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Olga Lakela and Carl
Riggs holding the 1st
specimen accessioned,
collected by USF
President John Allen.
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PUBLICATIONS CITING AND/OR ACKNOWLEDGING THE USF HERBARIUM
COLLECTIONS including Atlas citations based on herbarium records (1990-2014)
1990
Brenner, M., B.W. Leyden, and M.W. Binford. Recent sedimentary histories of shallow lakes in the
Guatemala savannas. J. Paleolimnology 4:239-252.
Clancy, K. E. and M.J. Sullivan. Distribution of the needle palm, Rhapidophyllum hystrix. Castanea
55:31-39.
Dunn, C.P. and R.R. Sharitz. The history of Murdannia keisak (Commelinaceae) in the southeastern
United States. Castanea 55:122-129.
Essig, F.B. The Clematis virginiana complex in the Southeastern United States. Sida 14:49-68.
Herwitz, S.R. and R.P. Wunderlin. Vascular plant species diversity on two barrier islands in
southwest Florida. J. Coastal Research 6:311-322.
Luteyn, J.L. The Plumbaginaceae in the flora of the southeastern United States. Sida 14:169-178.
Sauleda, R.P., and R.A. Adams. The Orchidaceae of the Bahama Archipelago: additions,
distributional extensions, and nomenclatural change. Brittonia 42:286-291.
Smith, G.L. and W.S. Flory. Studies on Hymenocallis henryae (Amaryllidaceae). Brittonia 42:212220.
Terrell, E.E. Synopsis of Oldenlandia (Rubiaceae) in the United States. Phytologia 68:125-133.
Ward, D.B. and F.C. Craighead. Deletions and restorations in the flora of southern Florida. Sida
14:287-304.
1991
Anderson, L.C. Paronychia chartacea ssp. minima (Caryophyllaceae): a new subspecies of a rare
Florida endemic. Sida 14:435-441.
Bornstein, A.J. The Piperaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor., Suppl. Ser.
1:349-366.
Medley, M.E. Notes on Cleistes and Triphora (Orchidaceae). Selbyana 12:102-103.
Moore, M.O. Classification and Systematics of eastern North American Vitis L. (Vitaceae). Sida
14:339-367.
1992
Austin, D.F. and J.N. Burch. Status of Stylisma abdita (Convolvulaceae) in southwestern Florida.
Florida Sci. 55:99-102.
Burckhalter, R.E. The genus Nyssa (Cornaceae) in North America: a revision. Sida 15:323-342.
Essig, F.B. A new species of Heterospathe (Palmae) from New Britain. Principes 36: 4-6.
Herndon, A. The genus Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in Florida. Florida Sci. 55:45-55.
Matthews, J.F., D.W. Ketron, and S.F. Zane. The reevaluation of Portulaca pilosa and P. mundula
(Portulacaceae). Sida 15:71-89.
Taylor, W.K. and Z.A. Prusak. Distributions of Florida sneezeweeds (Helenium), with a range
extension for Helenium autumnale L. Florida Sci. 55:244-245.
1993
Bridges, E.L., S.L. Orzell, and J.R. Burkhalter. Cladium mariscoides (Cyperaceae) in the western
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Florida panhandle and its phytogeographic significance. Phytologia 74:35-42.
Herndon, A. A revision of the Chamaesyce deltoidea (Euphorbiaceae) complex of southern Florida.
Rhodora
95:38-51.
Jones, S.D. and J.K. Wipff. Eustachys retusa (Poaceae), the first report in Florida and a key to
Eustachys in Florida. Phytologia 73:274-276.
Leyden, B.W., M. Brenner, D.A. Hodell, and J.A. Curtis. Lake Pleistocene climate in the central
American lowlands. Pp. 165-178. In P.K. Swart, K.C. Lohmann, J. McKenzie, and S. Savin,
eds. Climate Change in Continental Records. Washington, DC: American Geophysical
Union.
Matthews, J.F., D.W. Ketron, and S.F. Zane. The biology and taxonomy of the Portulaca oleracea
L. (Portulacaceae) complex in North America. Rhodora 95:166-183.
Miller, H.A. A new species of Dicerandra (Lamiaceae) from Florida. Phytologia 75:185-189.
Orzell, S.L. and E. L. Bridges. Eriocaulon nigrobracteatum (Eriocaulaceae), a new species from the
Florida panhandle, with a characterization of its poor fen habitat. Phytologia 74:104-124.
Wunderlin, R.P., B.F. Hansen, K.R. DeLaney, M. Nee, and J.J. Mulahey. Solanum viarum and S.
tampicense (Solanaceae): two weedy species new to Florida and the United States. Sida
15:605-611.
1994
Leyden, B.W., M. Brenner, D.A. Hodell, and J.H. Curtis. Orbital internal forcing of climate on the
Yucatan Peninsula for the past ca. 36 ka. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology,
Palaeoecology 109:193-210.
1995
Clemants, S.E. Bejaria (Ericaceae subfamily Rhodendroideae). In J.E. Luteyn. Ericaceae. Flora
Neotropica Monogr. 66:54-106.
Essig, F.B. A new species of Gronophyllum from the Bismarck Archipelago. Principes 39:100-101.
1996
Herwitz, S.R., R.P. Wunderlin, and B.F. Hansen. Species turnover on a protected subtropical barrier
island: a long term study. J. Biogeography 23:705-715.
Leyden, B.W., M. Brenner, T. Whitmore, J.H. Curtis, D.R. Piperno, and B.H. Dahlin. A record of
long and short-term climatic variation from northwest Yucatan: Cenote San Jose Chulchaca.
Pp. 30-50. In S. Fedick, ed. Maya Subsistence Resource Management. Salt Lake City:
University of Utah Press.
Smith, G.L. and M.A. Garland. Taxonomic status of Hymenocallis choctawensis and Hymenocallis
puntagordensis (Amaryllidaceae). Sida 17:305-319.
Whitmore, T.J., M. Brenner, J.H. Curtis, B.H. Dahlin, and B.W. Leyden. Holocene climatic and
human influences on lakes of Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: an interdisciplinary,
palaeolimnological approach. The Holocene 6:273-287.
1998
Hill, S.R. and A. James. 1998. New plant records for Dominica, Lesser Antilles. Sida 18:297–305.
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Lai, M., J. Sceppa, J.A. Ballenger, J.J. Doyle, R.P. Wunderlin. Polymorphism for the presence of the
rpl2 intron in chloroplast genomes of Bauhinia (Leguminosae). Syst. Bot. 22:519-528.
Leyden, B.W., M. Brenner, and B.H. Dahlin. Cultural and climatic history of Coba, a lowland Maya
city in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Quarternary Research 49:111-122.
1999
Delaney, K.R., N. Bissett, and J. D. Weidenhamer. A new species of Carphephorus (Asteraceae:
Eupatorieae) from peninsular Florida. Bot. Expl. (Florida) 1:1-15.
Kearns, D. and R.P. Wunderlin. Fabaceae. In P.M. Jørgensen and S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of
the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75:414-418.
Essig, F.B., Y.R. Taylor, and D. Te Strake. Florida’s wax palm: the silver form of Serenoa repens
(Arecaceae). Florida Sci. 63: 13-16.
Neill, D.A., B.B. Klitgaard, and G.P. Lewis. Caesalpiniaceae. In P.M. Jørgensen and S. León-Yánez,
eds. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard.
75:369-374.
2000
Bridges, E.L. and S.L. Orzell. Rhynchospora megaplumosa (Cyperaceae), a new species from central
Florida, with supplemental notes and a key to Rhynchospora series Plumosae. Lundellia
3:19-25.
Hansen, B.F. and R.P. Wunderlin. Two new combinations in Florida selaginellas. Phytologia
85:300-302.
Norman, E. M. Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica Monogr. 18:1-225.
2001
Huck, R.B. Two infraspecific taxa in Florida Dicerandra (Labiatae). Novon 11:417-420.
Siedo, S.J. A new species of Sida sect. Elliptifoliae (Malvaceae). Lundellia 4:69-75.
Smith, G.L., L.C. Anderson, and W.S. Flory. A new species of Hymenocallis (Amaryllidaceae) in
the lower central Florida panhandle. Novon 11:233-240.
Wunderlin, R.P. and B.F. Hansen. Seven new combinations in the Florida flora. Novon 11:366-369.
2002
Bridges, E.L. and S.L. Orzell. Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) section Tithymalus subsection Inundatae
in the southeastern United States. Lundellia 5:59-78.
DeLaney, K. R. and R. P. Wunderlin. A new species of Chrysopsis (Asteraceae, Astereae) from
central Florida. Bot. Explor. (Florida) 2:1-20.
Naczi, R.F.C., C.T. Bryson, and T.S. Cochrane. Seven new species and one new combination in
Carex (Cyperaceae) from North America. Novon 12:508-532.
Orzell, S.L. and E.L. Bridges. Notes on Carphephorus odoratissimus (Asteraceae) in peninsular
Florida, U.S.A. Sida 20:559-569
Terrell, E.E., and R.P. Wunderlin. Seed and fruit characters in selected Spermacoceae and
comparison with Hedyotideae (Rubiaceae). Sida 20:549-557.
Wunderlin, R.P., B.F. Hansen, and L.C. Anderson. Plants new to the United States and Florida. Sida
20:813-817.
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2003
Bridges, E.L. and S.L. Orzell. Two new species and a new combination in southwestern United
States Xyris (Xyridaceae) from Florida. Novon 13:16-25.
Burks, K.C., V.V. Vandiver, D.W. Hall, and C.C. Jacono. Rotala rotundifolia (Lythraceae) new to
Florida. Sida 20:1765-1769.
DeLaney, K.R., R.P. Wunderlin, and J.C. Semple. Chrysopsis delaneyi (Asteraceae, Astereae),
another new species from peninsular Florida. Bot. Explor. (Florida) 3:1-37.
Kral, R. and G.L. Nesom. Two new species of Liatris series Graminifoliae (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae)
from the southeastern United States. Sida 20:1573-1583.
Myers, J.H. and R.P. Wunderlin. Vascular flora of Little Manatee River State Park, Hillsborough
County, Florida. Castanea 68:56-74.
2004
Nesom, G.L. New species of Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from the eastern United States
and comments on similar species. Sida 21:717-741.
Nesom, G.L. and J.M. Stucky. Taxonomy of Liatris pilosa (graminifolia) complex (Asteraceae:
Eupatorieae). Sida 21: 815-826.
Nesom, G.L. New distribution records for Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in the United
States. Sida 24:1175-1185.
Slomba, J.M., J. R. Garey, and F.B. Essig. The actin I intron - a phylogenetically informative DNA
region in Clematis (Ranunculaceae). Sida 21:879-886.
Sullivan, J.R. The genus Physalis (Solanaceae) in the southeastern United States. Rhodora 106:305326.
2005
Nesom, G.L. Taxonomy of the Symphyotrichum (Aster) subulatum group and Symphyotrichum
tenuifolium (Asteraceae: Astereae). Sida 21:2125-2140.
Robinson, G.L. and R.P. Wunderlin. Revision of Siolmatra (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida
21:1961-1969.
Robinson, G.L. and R.P. Wunderlin. Revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae). Sida
21:1971-1996.
2006
Allison, J.R., M.W. Morris, and A.N. Egan. A new species of Pediomelum (Fabaceae) from the
lower Piedmont plateau of Georgia and South Carolina. Sida 22: 227-241.
Ferguson, E. and R.P. Wunderlin. A vascular plant inventory of Starkey Wilderness Preserve, Pasco
County, Florida. Sida 22:635-659.
Jacono, C.C. and D.M. Johnson. Water-clover ferns, Marsilea, in the southeastern United States.
Castanea 71:1-14.
Lewis, W.H. Hedyotis australis (Rubiaceae) new to Missouri and Florida and related species in
south-central United States. Sida 22:831-836.
Phipps, J.B. and K. Dvorsky. Crataegus series Parvifoliae and its putative hybrids in the
southeastern United States. Sida 22:423-445.
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Terrell, E.E. and H. Robinson. Taxonomy of North American species of Oldenlandia (Rubiaceae).
Sida 22:305-329.
Ward, D.B. A nomenclatural history of southeastern filiferous Yucca, with selection of a neotype for
Y. flaccida. Castanea 71:80-84.
Wilder, G.J. and M.R. Combs. New and significant records for vascular plants for Florida and for
Collier County and Lee County, Florida. Sida 22:787-799.
Wunderlin, R.P. Revision of Bauhinia subgenus Bauhinia section Amaria (Cercideae:
Caesalpinioideae: Fabaceae). Sida 22:97-122.
2007
Judd, W.S. Revision of Miconia Sect. Chaenopleura (Miconieae, Melastomataceae) in the Greater
Antilles. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 81:1-235.
Rosen, D.J., S.L. Hatch, and R. Carter. Infraspecific taxonomy and nomenclature of Eleocharis
acutangula (Cyperaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1:875-888.
2008
Abbott, J.R., C.L. White, and S.B. Davis. Praxelis clematidea (Asteraceae) , a genus and species
new for the Flora of North America. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2:621-626.
Anderson, L.C. and R. Kral. Xyris panacea (Xyridaceae)—A new yellow-eyed grass from the
Florida panhandle. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2:1-5.
Cornejo, X. and H.H. Iltis. A revision of Colicodendron (Capparaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2:
75-93.
Curtis, N.E., C.J. Dawes, and S.K. Pierce. Phylogenetic analysis of the large subunit rubisco gene
supports the exclusion of Avrainvillea and Cladocephalus from the Udoteaceae
(Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 44:761-767.
Huck, R.B. Dicerandra modesta (Lamiaceae): raise in rank for a disjunct perennial in a new coastal
clade in Florida. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2:1163-1164.
Krings, A. Revision of Gonolobus s.s. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in the West Indies. J. Bot.
Res. Inst. Texas 2: 95-138.
Krings, A. Index of names and types in West Indian Gonolobinae (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae),
including fourteen new lectotypifications, one neotypification, a new name, and a new
combination. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2:139-163.
Kunzer, J.M. and M.J. Bodle. Luziola subintegra (Poaceae: Oryzeae), new to Florida and the United
States. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2:633-636.
Phipps, J.B. and K.A. Dvorsky. A taxonomic revision of Crataegus series Lacrimatae (Rosaceae). J.
Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2:1101-1162.
2009
Feist, M.A.E. Clarifications concerning the nomenclature and taxonomy of Oxypolis ternata
(Apiaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3:661-666.
Franck, A.R. and R.P. Wunderlin. Vascular flora of Churchill Ranch, Sarasota County, Florida. J.
Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3:339-348.
Krings, A. Synopsis of Gonolobus s.s. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiiadoideae) in Trinidad and Tobogo. J.
Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3:77-83.
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Kunzer, J.M., R.P. Wunderlin, L.C. Anderson, and J.R. Burkhalter. New and norteworthy plants
from Florida. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3:331-337.
Mears, R.L. Erigeron bellioides (Asteraceae), new to Florida and the continental United States. J.
Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3:869-871.
Morales, J.F. Estudios en las Apocynaceae neotropicales XXXVII: monografía del género
Rhabdadenia (Apocynoideae: Echiteae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3:541-564.
Nesom, G.L. Again: taxonomy of yellow-flowered caulescent Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) in eastern United
States. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3:727-738.
Sinou, C., F. Forest, G.P. Lewis, and A. Bruneau. The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): a
phylogeny based on the plastid trnL-trnF region. Botany 87:947-960.
Wilder, G.J. and B.J. Roche. A floristic inventory of Marco Island (Collier County), Florida. J. Bot.
Res. Inst. Texas 3:873-899.
Wunderlin, R.P. Revision of Bauhinia subgenus Bauhinia section Pauletia series Ariaria
(Cercideae: Caesalpinioideae: Fabaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3:629-637.
Wunderlin, R.P. and R.M. Eilers. Revision of Bauhinia subgenus Phanera section Schnella
(Cerciceae: Caesalpinioideae: Fabaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3:619-628.
2010
Alemán, S.M., C. Bourgeois, W. Appeltans, B. Vanhoorne, N. De Hauwere, P. Stoffelen, A.
Heughebaert, and F. Dahdouh-Guebas. The 'Mangrove Reference Database and Herbarium'.
Pl. Ecol. Evol. 143:225–232.
Axtell, A.E. A. DiTommaso, and A.R. Post. Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria): A threat to
woodland habitats in the northern United States and southern Canada. Inv. Pl. Sci. Mgmt.
3:190–196.
Canne-Hilliker, J.M. and J.F. Hays. Typifications of names in Agalinis, Gerardia, and Tomanthera
(Orobanchaceae). J. Bot. Rest. Inst. Texas 4:677–681.
Cornelissen, T. and P.S. Stiling. Small variations over large scales: fluctuating asymmetry over the
range of two oak species. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 171:
Duchen, P. and S.S. Renner. The evolution of Cayaponia (Cucurbitaceae): repeated shifts from bat
to bee pollination and long-distance dispersal to Africa 2–5 million years ago. Am. J. Bot.
97:1129–1141.
Greuter, W. and R.R. Rodríguez. Notes on some endemic Cuban species of Ruelliinae
(Acanthaceae), on their seeds, pollen morphology and hygroscopic features. Willdenowia
40:285–304.
Huck, R.B. Dicerandra fumella (Lamiaceae), a new species in the Florida panhandle and adjacent
Alabama, with comments on the D. linearifolia complex. Rhodora 112:215–227.
Hutchinson, J.T. and K.A. Langeland. Review of two non-native, invasive climbing ferns (Lygodium
japonicum and L. microphyllum), sympatric records and additional distribution records from
Florida. Am. Fern. J. 100:57–66.
Mandle, L., D.L. Warren, M.H. Hoffmann, A.T. Peterson, J. Schmitt, and E.J. von Wettberg.
Conclusions about niche expansion in introduced Impatiens walleriana populations depend
on method of analysis. PLoS One 5(e15297):1–9.
Nelson, C.H. Adiciones y Comentarios a la Flora de Honduras. Ceiba 51:70–88.
Nesom, G.L. Pyracantha (Rosaceae) naturalized in Texas and the southeastern United States.
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Phytoneuron 2010-2:1-6.
Nesom, G.L. Overview of Liriope and Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae) naturalized and commonly
cultivated in the USA. Phytoneuron 2010-56:1–31.
Ray, J.F. Agalinis flexicaulis sp. nov. (Orobanchaceae: Lamiales), a new species from northeast
Florida. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 4:1–6.
Von Holle, B. Y. Wei, D. Nickerson. Climatic variability leads to later seasonal flowering of
Floridian plants. PLoS ONE 5(e11500):1–9.
Wunderlin, R.P., B.F. Hansen, A.R. Franck, K.A. Bradley, and J.M. Kunzer. Plants new to Florida.
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 4:349–355.
2011
Burt-Utley, K. and J.F. Utley. Contributions toward a revision of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae:
Pitcairnioideae) I: New and noteworthy species of Hechtia from Mexico. Phytoneuron 201259:1–17.
Burt-Utley, K. and J.F. Utley. New species and notes on Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Middle
America, I. Novon 21:393–401.
Dauphin, G., R.P. Wunderlin, F.B. Essig, and P.G. Davison. A checklist of the liverworts
(Marchantiophyta) and hornworts (Anthocerotophyta) of Florida. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas
5:773–814.
Fishbein, M., D. Chuba, C. Ellison, R.J. Mason-Gamer, S.P. Lynch. Phylogenetic relationships of
Asclepias (Apocynaceae) inferred from non-coding chloroplast DNA sequences. Syst. Bot.
36:1008–1023.
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North America North of Mexico. 8:252. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Oxford University Press.
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Oxford University Press.
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USF GRADUATE STUDENT THESES USING HERBARIUM RESOURCES (1973-2012)
1973
John Andorfer - Autoecological and synecological study of Swietenia mahagoni (Meliaceae). (PhD).
1974
Jedfrey M. Carlton - An ecological survey of selected mangrove communities in Florida. (MS).
1975
Donald P. Cheney - A biosystematic investigation of the red algal genus Eucheuma (Solieriaceae).
(PhD).
Dorothea P. Cole - Vegetational analysis of slected coastal Indian shell mounds in Florida. (MS).
1976
James E. Poppleton - A Chromatographic and morphometric Investigation of variation within
peninsular Florida scrub oaks (with special emphasis on Q. chapmanii and Q. virginiana var.
maritima). (MS).
Chengara P. Sreemadavan - Leaf architecture and systematics of Acanthaceae and related families.
(PhD).
1978
Suzanne Todd Cooper - Floristic assessment of Mound Key, Lee County Florida. (MS).
Richard A. Hilsenbeck - A taxonomic and biosystematic investigation of Dyschoriste Nees
(Acanthaceae) in Florida. (MS).
1979
Anthony Arcuri - A Floristic survey of the vascular plants of Hillsborough River State Park. (MS).
1982
Bradford Young - The palm genus Nengella Becc. (MS).
1984
Ruben P. Sauleda - A monographic study of the Caribbean genus Psychilis Raf. (Orchidaceae).
(PhD).
1985
Bruce F. Hansen - A revision of Forsteronia (Apocynaceae). (PhD).
Donald R. Richardson - Allelopathic efects of species in the sand pine scrub of Florida. (PhD).
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George Robinson - A revision of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae). (MS).
1986
Laurie A. MacDonald - The diet of the gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus in a sandhill habitat in
central Florida. (MS).
1987
Pamela S. Botts - Abundance and distribution of herbaceous angiosperms in grass-sedge marshes of
west-central Florida: the effect of seasonal water-level fluctuation. (MS).
1988
Sue Kaczor - Effects of gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) disturbances on the
microenvironment and vegetation of a Florida sandhill. (MS).
1991
Richard Eilers - Revision of Bauhinia subgenus Bauhinia Section Schnella (Cercideae:
Caesalpinioideae: Fabaceae). (MS).
Ernest Wise - A taxonomic study of the Rosoideae (Rosaceae) in Florida. (MS).
1993
Belinda Lambert - The effects of light, soil, disturbance, and presence of organic litter on the field
germination and survival of the Florida goldenaster (Chrysopsis floridana Small). (MS).
1995
Timothy Manka - A survey and study of the fruit anatomy of the Iguanura alliance (Arecaceae).
(MS).
Yolanda Taylor - Comparative study of the distribution patterns and leaf surface anatomy of silver
and green forms of saw palmetto, Serenoa repens (Bart.) Small. (MS).
1996
Kyle N. Campbell - An analysis of epiphyte populations in naturally occurring forest patches in
Myakka River State Park. (MS).
Amy L. Haddock - Fungi associated with Borrichia frutescens (L.) DC. (MS).
Shawn Landry - The importance of seed availability and microsite factors relating to the distribution
of vascular epiphytes in west central Florida. (MS).
1998
C. Bruce Cochrane - Antibacterial and antifungal screening of Florida's exotic invasive plant species.
(MS).Laurie Markham - The molecular ecology of the Florida goldenaster, Chrysopsis
floridana (Asteraceae). (MS).
Brian Teasdale - The ultrastructure of the outer wall in three species of the red macroalga Gracilaria
and attachment by the green epiphyte Ulva lactuca. (MS).
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2000
Amy Erickson - Associational resistence from and susceptibility to herbivory by the mangrove tree
crab, Atatus pisoni, on the red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle, when in the presence of the
black mangrove, Avicennia germinans, and the white mangrove, Laguncularia racemosa.
(PhD).
James Myers - A floristic inventory of Little Manatee River State Park, Hillsborough County,
Florida. (MS).
2003
Jonathon Slomba - The phylogenetic potential of the actin I intron in Clematis (Ranunculaceae).
(MS).
2001
Mariana Brown - Drift algae of seagrass beds in Sunset Beach, Cockroach Bay, and Tarpon Bay on
west coast of Florida. (MS).
2004
Emily Ferguson - Vascular plant inventory of Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park, Pasco
County, Florida. (MS).
2005
Anne Schmidt - A vascular plant inventory and descriptions of the twelve plant community types
found in the University of South Florida Ecological Research Area, Hillsborough County,
Florida. (MS).
2006
Justine Clark - Genetic variation in the chloroplast genome of a newly described aster species,
Chrysopsis delaneyi. (MS).
Nicholas E. Curtis - The identification of functional, sequestered, symbiotic chloroplasts in Elysia
clarki: A crucial step in the study of horizontally transferred, nuclear algal genes. (PhD).
Kimberly Fearn Do - A determination of phylogeny and hybridization history within Clematis L.
(Ranunculaceae) using actin and nitrate reductase intron sequences. (MS).
2012
Monia R. Downer - Plant species richness and species area relationships in a Florida sandhill. (MS).
Alan R. Franck - Systematics of Harrisia (Cactacaeae). (PhD).
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