CURRICULUM VITAE
James Spencer Miller
General and Educational:
Born 30 July 1953, Washington, D.C.
Married, no children
U.S. citizen in good health
Fluent in French, Spanish
B.S. Horticulture, 1975, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
M.S. Horticulture, 1978, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Ph.D. Biology, 1985, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
Employment and Professional History:
2007Dean and Vice President for Science, The New York Botanical Garden
2002-07 William L. Brown Curator of Economic Botany, Missouri Botanical Garden
2000Curator, Missouri Botanical Garden
1995Department Head, Applied Research Department, Missouri Botanical Garden
1994Assistant Department Head, Africa and Madagascar Department, Missouri Botanical Garden
1993Associate Curator, Missouri Botanical Garden
1991Assistant Curator, Missouri Botanical Garden
1991-2007 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis
1988-91 Research Botanist, Madagascar Program, Missouri Botanical Garden
1986-88 Research Assistant to Dr. Alwyn H. Gentry, Missouri Botanical Garden
1986
(June-July) Instructor for the School for Field Studies, Medical Botany course in Ecuador
l984-85 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
l979-84 Teaching Assistant, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
l979-80 Herbarium Technician, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri
l979-80 Educational Assistant, Magnet School Enrichment Program, administered through Saint Louis
University, St. Louis, Missouri
l975-79 Assistant Professor, Horticulture, Northern Virginia Community College, Loudoun Campus,
Sterling, Virginia
Tropical Field Experience:
Mexico - January 1982
Mexico - January-February 1983
Panama - July-August 1983
Nicaragua - August-September 1983
Venezuela - June-July 1984, Cerro de La Neblina expedition
Ecuador - June-July 1986, School for Field Studies, Medical Botany Course, and general collecting in
Napo, Mexico - April-June 1987
Madagascar - September 1988-March 1989
Madagascar - October-December 1989
Puerto Rico - February 1991
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Madagascar - March & April 1991
Puerto Rico - June-July 1991
Puerto Rico - January 1992
Mexico (Baja California) - April-May 1992
Ghana - May 1992
Hawaii - July-August 1992
Cameroon - February 1993
Ghana - March 1993
Peru - September-October 1993
Ghana - October 1993
Dominica - May 1995
Tanzania - June-July 1996
Madagascar - October-November 1996
Dominica - January 1997
Zimbabwe/Ghana - February-March 1997
China - September-October 1997
Dominica - January 1998
Suriname - January-February 1998
South Africa - September 1998
Madagascar - September-October 1998
China - October 1998
Madagascar - January 1999
Tanzania - November-December 1999
Madagascar - December 1999
Gabon - June 2000
Madagascar - September 2000
Columbia - October 2000
India - May 2001
Gabon - November 2001
South Africa - January 2003
Madagascar - January 2003
Suriname - May 2003
Republic of Georgia (FSU) - June 2003
Zambia - August 2003
Madagascar/South Africa - January 2004
Gabon/Equatorial Guinea - September 2004
Mexico - January 2005
Madagascar/South Africa - March 2005
Uzbekistan/Kyrgyzstan - November 2005
South Africa - February 2006
Madagascar - March 2006
Brazil - March 2006
Societal Memberships:
Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Africa
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American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Botanical Society of America
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
Midwest Botany Graduate Student Meeting, Co-Founder l981, Edgar Anderson Award, Honorable
Mention for best paper, 1984
Pi Alpha Xi, National Horticultural Honorary Society
Sigma Xi, Associate member
Society for Economic Botany
Professional Responsibilities:
Building Bridges with Traditional Knowledge, Advisory Committee
University of Missouri-St. Louis, Christiansen Graduate Fellowship Selection Committee
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Science Liaison Committee
Garden Clubs of America, Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany Administrator
International Center for Tropical Ecology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Academic Board
National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, Scientific Advisory Committee
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Botanical Program, Louisiana State University, Scientific
Advisory Committee
Sequoia Sciences, Scientific Advisory Board
Botanical Society of America, Economic Botany Section, Secretary-Treasurer, 1994-1997
St. Louis Research Council, Vice President 1996
St. Louis Research Council, President 1997
Society for Economic Botany, Program and Publicity Committee, Council Member 2000-2003
Reviewer:
International Science and Technology Center, External Reviewer
National Cancer Institute, Panel Member
National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, Panel Member
National Geographic Society, External Reviewer
National Science Foundation, Panel Member and Ad Hoc Reviewer
Journals:
American Journal of Botany
Annals of Botany
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Economic Botany
Madroño
Novon
Sida
Systematic Botany
Taxon
Grants and Contracts Administered:
1986
1987
National Geographic Society. A Phylogenetic Study of the Genera of the Boraginaceae.
National Geographic Society. Comprehensive Botanical Inventory of the Marojejy Massif,
Madagascar (originally awarded to M. F. Nicoll; project assumed by Miller, 1988).
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World Wildlife Fund. A Botanical Inventory of the Marojejy Reserve, Madagascar.
World Wide Fund for Nature. Botanical Inventory of Marojejy.
National Geographic Society. Systematics of the Boraginaceae of Madagascar.
Monsanto Company. Plant Extract Testing.
Monsanto Company. Assaying Extracts from Plants for Antifungal Activity (January).
Monsanto Company. Assaying Extracts from Plants for Antifungal Activity (October).
National Cancer Institute. Plant Collections and Taxonomy, Africa and Madagascar.
Monsanto Company. Plant Extract Testing.
National Cancer Institute. Subcontract through Purdue University. Feasibility Studies on the
Cultivation of the Cameroon Plant Ancistrocladus korupensis.
National Cancer Institute. Master Agreement for Large-Scale Production of Biomass for Isolation
of Agents from Natural Sources.
Shaman Pharmaceuticals. Contract Plant Identification and Botanical Consulting.
Shaman Pharmaceuticals. Contract Plant Identification and Botanical Consulting.
Monsanto Company. Plant Extract Testing.
National Cancer Institute. Plant Collections and Taxonomy, Africa and Madagascar.
National Institutes of Health. International Cooperative Biodiversity Group. Biodiversity
Utilization/Conservation in Tropical America. Associate Program 1 - Neotropical Floristics.
(Awarded in 1993 - Miller assumed role of Associate Program PI in 1996).
Shaman Pharmaceuticals. Contract Plant Identification and Botanical Consulting.
Shaman Pharmaceuticals. Contract Plant Identification and Botanical Consulting.
Beneficia Foundation. Red Data Book of the Flora of Madagascar.
DeKalb Genetics Corporation. Collection of Plants for Protein Screening.
National Institutes of Health. International Cooperative Biodiversity Group. Biodiversity
Utilization in Madagascar and Suriname. Associate Program 1 - Botanical Survey and Inventory
of Suriname and Madagascar.
Shaman Pharmaceuticals. Contract Plant Identification and Botanical Consulting.
Monsanto Company. Plant Extract Testing.
Monsanto Company - Nutrition Sector. Catalog of human food plants.
Beneficia Foundation. Red Data Book of the Flora of Madagascar.
Novartis. Collection of Food Plants for Nutrition Screening.
Sequoia Sciences. Plant Collections for Screening.
Novartis. Collection of Food Plants for Nutrition Screening.
National Institutes of Health. Missouri University for Phytonutrient and Phytochemical Studies.
Subcontract from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
National Cancer Institute, Plant Collections and Taxonomy, Madagascar.
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union (CRDF) - Informatics for the Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources in the
Republic of Georgia
National Institutes of Health. International Cooperative Biodiversity Group. Biodiversity
Utilization/Conservation in Tropical America. Associate Program - Botanical Inventory,
Sampling and Conservation in Madagascar.
Wallace Genetic Foundation. Communications Initiative in Plant Genetic Resources.
Federal Drug Administration. Authentication and Analysis - Botanical Dietary Supplements.
Subcontract from the University of Mississippi.
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union (CRDF) - Informatics for the Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources in the
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Republic of Georgia
Federal Drug Administration. Authentication and Analysis - Botanical Dietary Supplements.
Subcontract from the University of Mississippi.
Wallace Genetic Foundation. Communications Initiative in Plant Genetic Resources.
National Institutes of Health. Creation of The International Center for Indigenous Phytotherapy
Studies (TICIPS). Subcontract from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
National Geographic Society. Gabon’s most diverse mountains: exploration of the Monts de
Cristal and inselbergs (a portion of the Central African Botanical Network).
Siteman Cancer Center. Discover, characterize and validate anticancer activity of natural
products. Three-institution collaboration.
CERES, Inc. Collection of Medicinal Plants.
Federal Drug Administration. Authentication and Analysis - Botanical Dietary Supplements.
Subcontract from the University of Mississippi.
CERES, Inc. Collection of Medicinal Plants, renewal
National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi. collection of North
American Plants for Bioassay, renewal from 2003 and 2004.
Wallace Genetic Foundation. Communications Initiative in Plant Genetic Resources.
National Institutes of Health. Creation of The International Center for Indigenous Phytotherapy
Studies (TICIPS). Subcontract from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Graduate Students and Post-Docs Supervised:
Armand Randrianasolo - M.S., 1993. Thesis: Systematic revision of the genus Sarcolaena
(Sarcolaenaceae).
Ph.D. 1998. Dissertation: Systematics and evolution of three Malagasy genera of Anacardiaceae.
Paul Foster - M.S., 1995. Thesis: A study of the population and genetic structure of Ancistrocladus
korupensis in Korup National Park, Cameroon.
Gerardo Aymard - M.S., 1997. Thesis: Forest Diversity in the Interfluvial zone of the Río Negro and Río
Orinoco in southwestern Venezuela.
Linda Hirst - M.S., 2004. Thesis: Ethnobotany of the Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar.
Wendy Applequest, Post Doc 2000-2004
Marc Gottschling, Post Doc 2004-2005
Cynthia Hong-Wa - M.S. expected 2006. Thesis: Taxonomic Revision and Conservation of Leptolaena
subgen. Xerochlamys.
Publications:
Miller, J. S. 1985. Systematics of the genus Cordia (Boraginaceae) in Mexico and Central America. 686
pp. Doctoral Dissertation, Saint Louis University.
Lott, E.J. and J. S. Miller. 1986. A new species of Bourreria (Boraginaceae) from Mexico. Ann. Missouri
Bot. Gard. 73: 216-218.
Miller, J. S. 1986. Cordia macvaughii, a new species of Boraginaceae from western Mexico. Syst. Bot. 11:
179-187.
Miller, J. S. 1987. Two new species of Cordia (Boraginaceae) from Central America. Ann. Missouri Bot.
Gard. 74: 670-673.
Miller, J. S. 1988. A revised treatment of Boraginaceae for Panama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75:
456-521.
Nowicke, J. W., J. S. Miller and J. L. Bittner, 1988. Pollen morphology of Cordia sebestena and C.
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subcordata (Boraginaceae). J. Palynology 23-24: 59-64.
Lowry, P. P., J. S. Miller and D. Frodin. 1989. New combinations and name changes for cultivated Old
World Araliaceae. Baileya 23: 5-13.
Nowicke, J. W. and J. S. Miller. 1989. Pollen morphology and relationships of Hoplestigmataceae. Taxon
38: 12-16.
Miller, J. S. 1989. Notes on the Cordia panamensis complex (Boraginaceae) and a new species from
Colombia. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 593-595.
Miller, J. S. 1989. Two new species of Tournefortia (Boraginaceae) from Colombia. Ann. Missouri Bot.
Gard. 76: 619-622.
Miller, J. S. 1989. A new combination in Lepidocordia (Boraginaceae). Phytologia 66: 476.
Miller, J. S. and J. W. Nowicke. 1989. Sectional placement of some problematic Cordia species
(Boraginaceae). Syst. Bot. 14: 271-280.
Miller, J. S. 1989. A revision of the New World species of Ehretia (Boraginaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot.
Gard. 76: 1050-1076.
Miller, J. S. and J. W. Nowicke. 1990. Dioecy and a re-evaluation of Lepidocordia and Antrophora
(Boraginaceae: Ehretioideae). Amer. J. Bot. 77: 543-551.
Nowicke, J. W. and J. S. Miller. 1990. Pollen morphology of the Cordioideae (Boraginaceae): Auxemma,
Cordia, and Patagonula. Pl. Syst. Evol. (Suppl. 5): 103-121.
Nowicke, J. W. and J. S. Miller. 1991. Boraginaceae. In: M. D. Dassanayake, ed., Flora of Ceylon, 7:3-33.
Miller, J. S. and S. J. Brewer. 1992. The discovery of medicines and forest conservation. Pp. 119-134. In:
R. P. and J. E. Adams, ed., Conservation of Plant Genes through DNA Banking and in vitro
Biotechnology. Academic Press, San Diego.
Miller J. S. and J. J. Pipoly III. 1993. A New Species of Ardisia (Myrsinaceae) from Madagascar. Novon
3: 63-65.
Miller, J. S. and D. K. Harder. 1994. Models for Ethical Collaboration in Biodiversity Prospecting. Pp.
239-244. In: Adams, R. P., J. S. Miller, E. M. Golenberg and J. E. Adams, eds., Conservation of
Plant Genes II; Utilization of Ancient and Modern DNA. Monographs in Systematic Botany from
the Missouri Botanical Garden no. 46.
Aymard, G and J. S. Miller. 1994. Dilleniaceae Novae Neotropicae. III. Sinópsis y adiciones a las
Dilleniaceae del Perú. Candollea 49: 169-182.
Randrianasolo, A. and J. S. Miller. 1994. Sarcolaena isaloensis, a new species of Sarcolaenaceae from
southwestern Madagascar. Novon 4: 290-292.
Miller, J. S. and D. K. Harder, eds. 1994. Round Table Discussion of Intellectual Property Rights.
Proceedings of XIV AETFAT Congress, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 22-27 Aug. 1994. 16 pp.
Missouri Botanical Garden.
Miller, J. S. 1995. A new species of Tournefortia (Boraginaceae) from La Planada, Colombia. Novon. 5:
188-189.
Miller, J. S. 1996. The life and work of Al Gentry. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 83: 434-445.
Miller, J. S. 1996. Collecting methodologies for plant samples for pharmaceutical research. Pp. 74-87. In:
Stuessy, T. F. and S. H. Sohmer, Sampling the Green World. Columbia University Press, New
York.
Miller, J. S. and R. E. Gereau 1996. Strategy Conference on the Development of Botanical Collections in
Tanzania. Proceedings of a conference held in Arusha, Tanzania. 13-14, Oct. 1993. 46 pp.
Missouri Botanical Garden.
Miller, J. S. 1997. Balanophoraceae. Pp. 393-395. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, and B. K. Holst (eds.)
Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S., J. Gaviria, R. Gómez, and G. Rodríguez. 1997. Boraginaceae. Pp. 527-547. In: J. A.
Steyermark, P. E. Berry, and B. K. Holst (eds.) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Missouri
Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
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Miller, J. S. 1997. Brunelliaceae. Pp. 676-678. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, and B. K. Holst (eds.)
The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol. 3. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S. 1997. A new species of Tournefortia (Boraginaceae) from Peru. Novon. 7:265-267.
Miller, J. S.and B. Sirot. 1997. A new species of Bourreria from Costa Rica. Novon 7: 395-397.
Miller, J. S. 1998. Cannaceae. Pp. 130-131. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry and B. K. Holst, eds., The
Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol. 4. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S. 1998. Caricaceae. Pp. 162-163. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry and B. K. Holst, eds., The
Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol. 4. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S. And P. E. Berry. 1998. Clethraceae. Pp. 246-247. In: The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Vol. 4. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S. 1998. Cyrillaceae. Pp. 663-665. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, and B. K. Holst (eds.) The
Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol. 4. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S. 1998. New taxa and nomenclatural notes on the flora of the Marojejy Massif, Madagascar - I.
Capparaceae: A new species of Crateva. Novon. 8: 167-169.
Miller, J. S. and A. Randrianasolo. 1998. New taxa and nomenclatural notes on the flora of the Marojejy
Massif - II. Anacardiaceae: A new species of Campnosperma. Novon. 8: 170-172.
Miller, J. S. and H. H. Schmidt. 1998. The Missouri Botanical Garden’s DNA Bank. In: R. P. & J.E.
Adams, Eds. Conservation of Plant Genes III: Conservation and Utilization of African Plants,
71: 175-182. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Randrianasolo, A. and J. S. Miller. 1998. A revision of Campnosperma (Anacardiaceae) in Madagascar.
Adansonia, Sér. 3, 20: 285-293.
Yang, S.-W., B.-N. Zhou, J. H. Wisse, R. Evans, H. van der Werff, J. S. Miller, and D.G.I. Kingston.
1998. Three new ellagic acid derivatives from the bark of Eschweilera coriacea from the
Suriname rainforest. J. Nat. Prod. 61: 901-906.
Razafimandimbison, S. and J. S. Miller. 1999. New taxa and nomenclatural notes on the flora of the
Marojejy massif, Madagascar - III. Rubiaceae - A new species of Sabicea. Adansonia, Sér. 3, 2:
41-45.
Miller, J. S. 1999. New Boraginaceae from Tropical America 1: New species of Bourreria and
Tournefortia from Costa Rica and a note on the publication of Cordia collococca.
Novon 9: 230-235.
Miller, J. S. and P. E. Berry. 1999. Hernandiaceae. Pp. 592-593. In: The Flora of the Venezuelan
Guayana. Vol 5. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S. 1999. Hydrophyllaceae. Pp. 644-646. In: The Flora of the Venezuelan Guyana. Vol. 5.
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S. 1999. Bioprospecting: The role of botanical gardens in pharmaceutical development. Public
Garden 14: 12-15.
Miller, J. S. 1999. Banking desiccated leaf material as a resource for molecular phylogenetics. Pp. 331344. In: D. A. Metsger and S. C. Byers (eds.) Managing the Modern Herbarium. Society for the
Preservation of Natural History Collections, Elkton-Wolf Publishing, Vancouver, Canada.
Randrianasolo, A. and J. S. Miller. 1999. Taxonomic revision of the genus Sarcolaena (Sarcolaenaceae).
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 86: 702-722.
Randrianasolo, A. and J. S. Miller. 1999. A New Species of Poupartia (Anacardiaceae) from Madagascar.
Novon. 9: 546-548.
Kingston, D.G.I., Abdel-Kader, M., Zhou, B.N., Yang, S.W., Berger, J.M., van der Werff, H., Miller, J.S.,
Evans, R., Mittermeier, R., Famolare, L., Guerin-McManus, M., Malone, S., Nelson, R., Moniz,
E., Wisse, J.H., Vyas, D.M., Wright, J.J.K., Aboikonie, S. 1999. The Suriname International
Cooperative Biodiversity Group Program: Lessons from the First Five Years. Pharmaceutical
Biology. 37: 22-34.
Miller, J. S. and R. E. Gereau. 2000. Therapeutic potential of plant derived compounds: realizing the
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potential. Pp. 25-37. In: H. G. Cutler and S. J. Cutler (eds.) Biologically Active Natural Products:
Pharmaceuticals. CRC Press.
D.G.I. Kingston, M. Abdel-Kader, B.N. Zhou, S.W. Yang, J. M. Berger, H. van der Werff, R. Evans, R.
Mittermeier, S. Malone, L. Famolare, M. Guerin-McManus, J. H. Wisse, and J. S. Miller. 2000.
Biodiversity Conservation, Economic Development, and Drug Discovery in Suriname. Pp. 39-59.
In: H.G. Cutler and S.J. Cutler (eds.) Biologically Active Natural Products: Pharmaceuticals. CRC
Press.
Miller, J. S. 2000. The biological and legal implications of bioprospecting for agricultural development.
NewsCast 27:6.
Miller, J. S. 2000. New taxa and nomenclatural notes on the flora of the Marojejy massif,
Madagascar IV. Myrtaceae: New species of Eugenia. Adansonia, sér. 3, 22(1): 111-116.
Miller, J. S. 2000. New Boraginaceae from tropical America 2: Tournefortia vasquezii, A new species
from Peru. Novon. 10: 45-57.
Miller, J. S. 2000. New Boraginaceae from tropical America 3: A new Tournefortia from Ecuador and
Colombia. Novon. 10: 48-52.
Gunatilaka, A.A. Leslie, J.M. Berger, R. Evans, J. Miller, J.H. Wisse, K.M. Nedderman, Isia Bursuker and
D.G.I. Kingston. 2001. Isolation, synthesis and structure-activity relationships of bioactive
benzoquinones from Miconia lepidota from the Suriname rain forest. J. Nat. Prod. 64: 2-5.
Miller, J. S. 2000. James A. Duke, 2000 Distinguished Economic Botanist. Econ. Bot. 54: 419-420.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Loasaceae. Pp. 21-22. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K. Yatskievych, and B. K.
Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 6. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis,
MO.
P. E. Berry and Miller, J. S. 2001. Magnoliaceae. Pp. 80-82. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K.
Yatskievych, and B. K. Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 6. Missouri
Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Monotaceae. Pp. 691-692. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K. Yatskievych, and B.
K. Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 6. Missouri Botanical Garden, St.
Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Moringaceae. Pp. 729-730. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K. Yatskievych, and B.
K. Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 6. Missouri Botanical Garden, St.
Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Myricaceae. Pp. 733-734. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K. Yatskievych, and B.
K. Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 6. Missouri Botanical Garden, St.
Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Boraginaceae. In: W. D. Stevens, C. Ulloa U., A. Pool, and O. M. Montiel (eds.)
Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot Gard. 85. 1: 435-455.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Cistaceae. In: W. D. Stevens, C. Ulloa U., A. Pool, and O. M. Montiel (eds.) Flora de
Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot Gard. 85. 1: 614.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Cyrillaceae. In: W. D. Stevens, C. Ulloa U., A. Pool, and O. M. Montiel (eds.) Flora
de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot Gard. 85. 1: 798-799.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Olacaceae. In: W. D. Stevens, C. Ulloa U., A. Pool, and O. M. Montiel (eds.) Flora
de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot Gard. 85. 2: 1600-1602.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Staphyleaceae. In: W. D. Stevens, C. Ulloa U., A. Pool, and O. M. Montiel (eds.)
Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot Gard. 85. 3: 2427-2428.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Styracaceae. In: W. D. Stevens, C. Ulloa U., A. Pool, and O. M. Montiel (eds.) Flora
de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot Gard. 85. 3: 2439-2440.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Tovariaceae. In: W. D. Stevens, C. Ulloa U., A. Pool, and O. M. Montiel (eds.) Flora
de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot Gard. 85. 3: 2467-2468.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Vochysiaceae. In: W. D. Stevens, C. Ulloa U., A. Pool, and O. M. Montiel (eds.)
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Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot Gard. 85. 3: 2543-2544.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Reaping the rewards: the second renaissance in botanical bioprospecting. 3D
International. 2001: 23-25.
Abdel-Kader, M., J. Hoch, J. M. Berger, R. Evans, J. S. Miller, J.H. Wisse, S. W. Member, J. M. Dalton,
and D. G. I. Kinston. 2001. Two bioactive saponins from Albizia subdimidiata from the
Suriname rainforest. J. Nat. Prod. 64: 536-539.
Miller, J. S. 2001. New Boraginaceae from Tropical America 4: Three new species of Cordia from South
America. Novon 11: 421-428.
Bradford, J. and J. S. Miller. 2001. New taxa and nomenclatural notes on the flora of the Marojejy
massif, Madagascar. V. Cunoniaceae: Weinmannia. Adansonia, sér. 3, 23: 219-236.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Two new species of Cordia L. (Boraginaceae) from Madagascar. Adansonia, sér. 3,
23: 289-295.
Miller, J. S. 2001. Tournefortia kirkii (I. M. Johnston) J. S. Mill. (Boraginaceae): A new combination for
a species from Madagascar. Adansonia, sér. 3, 23: 297-301.
Miller, J.S. 2001. The Global Importance of Plants as Sources of Medicines and the Future Potential of
Chinese Plants. Pp. 33-42. Yuan Lin (ed.) Drug Discovery and Traditional Chinese Medicine:
Science, Regulation and Globalization. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA.
Randrianasolo, A., J.S. Miller and T.K. Consiglio. 2002. Application of IUCN criteria and Red list
categories to species of five Anacardiaceae genera in Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation
11: 1289-1300.
Phillips, O. and J. S. Miller. 2002. Global Patterns of Plant Diversity: Alwyn H. Gentry’s Forest Transect
Data Set. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Miller, J. S. 2002. A revision of Ehretia (Boraginaceae) for Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
Adansonia, sér. 3, 24. 137-157.
Miller, J.S. and W.D. Stevens. 2002. Convención sobre diversidad biologica, oportunidad o limitación
para el uso de germoplasma: una década de experiencia bioporspección en el Jardín Botánico de
Missouri.
Prakash, Chaturvedula V. Sai, J. K. Shilling, J. S. Miller, R. Andriantsiferana, V. E. Rasamison, D. G. I.
Kingston. 2002. New Cytotoxic Bis 5-Alkylresorcinol Derivatives from the Leaves of
Oncostemon bojerianum from the Madagascar Rainforest. J. Nat. Prod. 65: 1627-1632.
Prakash, Chaturvedula V. Sai, J. K. Schilling, J. H. Wisse, J. S. Miller, R. Evans, D. G. I. Kingston. 2003.
New Cytotoxic Limonoid from Odontadenia macrantha from the Madagascar Rainforest.
Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 41: 139-142.
Miller, J. S. and G. A. Aymard. 2003. Oleaceae. Pp. 186-187. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K.
Yatskievych, and B. K. Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 7. Missouri
Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Miller, J. S. 2003. Opiliaceae. Pp. 198-199. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K. Yatskievych, and B. K.
Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 7. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis,
MO.
Miller, J. S. 2003. Pedaliaceae. Pp. 667-669. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K. Yatskievych, and B.
K. Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 7. Missouri Botanical Garden, St.
Louis, MO.
Prakash, Chaturvedula V. Sai, J. K. Schilling, J. S. Miller, R. Andriantsiferana, V. E. Rasamison, D. G. I.
Kingston. 2003. New Cytotoxic Alkaloids from the Wood Vepris punctata from the Madagascar
Rainforest. J. Nat. Prod. 66: 532-534.
Miller, J.S. 2003. A new species of Heliotropium L. (Boraginaceae) from Madagascar. Adansonia, sér. 3,
25. 115-118.
Miller, J.S. 2003. Classification of Boraginaceae subfam. Ehretioideae: Resurrection of the genus
Hilsenbergia Tausch ex Meisn. Adansonia, sér. 3, 25 (2). 151-189.
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Cao, Shugeng, J.K Schilling, J.S. Miller, R. Andriantsiferana, V.E. Rasamison, and D.G.I. Kingston.
2004. Cytotoxic Compounds from Mundulea chapelieri from the Madagascar Rainforest. J. Nat.
Prod. 67: 454-456.
Cao, Shugeng, R.C. Guza, J. S. Miller, R. Andriantsiferana, V.E. Rasamison, and D.G.I. Kingston. 2004.
Cytotoxic Triterpenoids from Acridocarpus vivy from the Madagascar Rainforest. J. Nat. Prod. 67:
986-989.
Miller, J. S. and P.E. Berry. 2004. Primuliaceae. Pp. 383-384. In: J. A. Steyermark, P.E. Berry, K.
Yatskievych, and B.K. Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 8. Missouri
Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Murphy, Bryan T., S. Cao, A. Norris, J.S. Miller, F. Ratovoson, R. Andriantsiferana, V.E. Rasamison,
D.G.I. Kingston. 2005. Cytotoxic Flavanones of Schizolaena hystrix from the Madagascar
Rainforest. J. Nat. Prod. 68: 417-419.
Miller, J.S., M.S. Taylor, and E. Rempala. 2005. Ivan Johnston’s “Studies in the Boraginaceae”.
Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 101
Cao, Shugeng, R.C. Guza, J.H. Wisse, J.S. Miller, R. Evans, and D.G.I. Kingston. 2005. Ipomoeassins AE, Cytotoxic Macrocyclic Glycoresins from the leaves of Ipomoea squamosa from the Suriname
Rainforest. J. Nat. Prod. 68: 487-492.
Miller, J.S. A System for Banking DNA to Support Molecular Systematics Research.
Miller, J.S. 2005. A Synopsis of the Genus Cynoglossum L. (Boraginaceae) in Madagascar and the
Comoro Islands. Adansonia, sér. 3, 27(1). 113-127.
Miller, J.S. 2005. Validation of Hilsenbergia teitensis (Gürke). Adansonia, sér. 3, 27(1). 129.
Miller, J.S., Bradley, A., Randrianasalo, A., Randrianaivo, R., Rakotonandrasana, S. 2005. Sampling a
Diverse Flora for Novel Biochemicals: An Analysis of NCI Collections from Madagascar.
Economic Botany. 59(3). 221-230.
Gottschling, M. and Miller, J.S. A New Species of Bourreria (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales) from Costa Rica.
Novon 15: 425-428.
Miller, J. S. 2005. Santalaceae. Pp. 44-45. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K. Yatskievych, and B. K.
Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 9. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis,
MO.
Miller, J. S. 2005. Taccaceae. Pp. 295-296. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K. Yatskievych, and B. K.
Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 9. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis,
MO
Miller, J. S. and P.E. Berry. 2005. Tetrameristaceae. Pp. 309-311. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K.
Yatskievych, and B. K. Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 9. Missouri
Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO
Miller, J. S. and B. Ståhl. 2005. Theophrastaceae. Pp. 325-329. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K.
Yatskievych, and B. K. Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 9. Missouri
Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO
Miller, J. S. and P.E. Berry. 2005. Ulmaceae. Pp. 386-390. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K.
Yatskievych, and B. K. Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 9. Missouri
Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO
Miller, J. S. and P.E. Berry. 2005. Velloziaceae. Pp. 404-406. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K.
Yatskievych, and B. K. Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 9. Missouri
Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO
Miller, J. S. 2005. Winteraceae. Pp. 525-525. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, K. Yatskievych, and B.
K. Holst eds., The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol; 9. Missouri Botanical Garden, St.
Louis, MO
Gottschling, M., Miller, J.S., Weigend, M. and Hilger, H.H. 2005. Congruence of a phylogeny of
Cordiaceae (Boraginales) inferred from ITS1 sequence data with morphology, ecology and
biogeography. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 92: 425-437.
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Miller, James S., Birkinshaw, C. and Callmander, M. 2005. The Madagascar International Cooperative
Biodiversity Group (ICBG): Using natural products research to build science capacity.
Ethnobotany Research & Applications 3:283-285.
Thomas, Andrew L., Crawford Jr., R.J., R., Havermann, L.J., Applequist, W.L., Schweitzer, B.E.,
Woodbury, S. and Miller, J.S. Effect of Planting Depth, Planting Season, and Fungicide
Treatment on Establishment of Black cohosh in a Poorly Drained Soil. HortScience, V. 41(2),
April 2006. 374-376
Shugeng, Cao, Radwan, M.M., Norris, A., Miller, J.S., Ratovoson, F., Mamisoa, A., Andriantsiferana, R.,
Rasamison, V.E., Rakotonandrasana, S., Kingston, D.G.I. 2006. Cytotoxic and Other Compounds
from the Didymochlaena truncatula from the Madagascar Rainforest. J. Nat. Prod. 69: 284-286.
Miller, James S. 2006. Tissue banking for DNA extraction at the Missouri Botanical Garden, USA. DNA
and Tissue Banking for Biodiversity and Conservation: Theory, Practice and Uses. Kew
Publishing. 82-86.
Williams, R.B., Norris, A., Miller, J.S., Razafitsalama, L.J., Andriantsiferana, R., Rasamison, V.E. and
Kingston, D.G.I. Two New Cytotoxic Naphthoquinones from Mendoncia cowanii from the
Rainforest of Madagascar. Planta Medica 2006; 72: 564-566.
Berger, J.M., Thomas, M.M., Riley, T.C., Flanagan, K.A., Zilinski, M.V., Gurunian, V. Huth, E.D.,
DeSimone, S., Miller, J.S. β-Hermatin Polymerization Inhibition of Plant Extracts. Journal of
Undergraduate Chemistry Research, 2006; 3: 125-130.
Miller, J. S., and W. L. Applequist. 2006. Research grade botanicals: issues in dietary supplement
research. Acta Horticulturae 720: 49–58.
Rogers, Zachary S., Randrianasolo, A., Miller, J.S. 2006. A new Species of Ludia (Salicaceae) from
Madagascar’s Eastern Littoral Forest. Novon 16:3. 409-412.
Cao, Shugeng, Norris, A., Miller, J.S., Ratovoson, F., Birkinshaw, C., Andriantsiferana, R., Rasamison,
V.E., Rakotonandrasana, S., Kingston, D.G.I. 2006. Cytotoxic Compounds of Physena
madagascariensis from the Madagascar Rain Forest. Natural Product Research, vol. 20, No. 13.
1157-1163.
Murphy, B.T., Cao, S., Norris, A., Miller, J.S., Ratovoson, F., Andriantsiferana, R., Rasamison, V.E.,
Kingston, D.G.I. 2006. Cytotoxic Compounds of Schizolaena hystrix from the Madagascar Rain
Forest. Planta Med 2006; 72: 1235-1238.
Miller, J.S. and Gottschling, M. Generic Classification in the Cordiaceae (Boraginales): Resurrection of
the genus Varronia P. Br. Taxon (56) 1 February 2007
Gottschling, M. and Miller, J.S. Typification of Bourreria names (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales) based on
specimens collected by Charles Wright in Cuba. Taxon (56) 1 February 2007.
Williams, Russell B., Norris, A., Miller, J.S., Birkinshaw. C., Ratovoson, F., Andrianstsiferana, R.,
Rasamison, V.E., and Kingston, D.G.I. 2007. Cytotoxic clerodane diterpenoids and their
hydrolysis products from Casearia nigrescens from the rainforest of Madagascar.
J. Nat. Prod. 70: 206-209.
Yoder, Brent, Cao, S., Norris, A., Miller, J.S., Ratovoson, F., Razafitsalama, J., Andriantsiferana, R.,
Rasamison, V.E., and Kingston, D.G. I. 2007. Antiproliferative prenylated stilbenes and
flavonoids from Macaranga alnifolia from the Madagascar rainforest. J. Nat. Prod. 70: 342-346.
Cao, Shugeng, Norris, A. Miller, J.S., Ratovoson, F., Razafitsalama, J., Andriantsiferana, R., Rasamision,
V.E., TenDyke, K., Suh, T., and Kingston, D.G.I. 2007. Cytotoxic triterpenoid saponins of
Albizia gummifera from the Madagascar Rain Forest. J. Nat. Prod. 70: 361-366.
Miller, J.S. Chapter 5: Impact of the Convention on Biological Diversity: The Lessons of Ten Years of
Experience with Models for Equitable Sharing of Benefits. In: C. McManis (ed.) Biodiversity &
the Law: Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Traditional Knowledge. 2007; 58-70.
McGhee, William, Craig, J., deGroot, R., Miller, J.S., and Bowers, K. 2007. Making Restoration Work:
Nonmonetary Mechanisms. In: James Aronson, Suzanne J. Milton and James N. Blignaut (eds.)
Restoring Natural Capital: Science, Business, and Practice. 294-302.
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Papers in Press:
Williams, R.B., Norris, A., Merola, J., Miller, J.S., Andriantsiferana, R., Rasamison, V.E., Kingston,
D.G.I. Cytotoxic Sesquiterpene Lactones from Vernonia pachyclada from the Madagascar
Rainforest. J. Nat. Prod.
Gottschling, M. and Miller, J.S. Clarification of the taxonomic position of Auxemma, Patagonula, and
Saccellium (Cordiaceae, Boraginales). Sys. Botany.
Gottschling, M. and Miller, J.S. Typication of Bourreria names (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales) based on
specimens collected by Charles Wright in Cuba. Taxon.
Miller, J.S. and Wood, J.R.I. New Boraginaceae from Tropical America 5: A New Species of Varronia
from Bolivia. Novon.
Miller, J.S. and Gottschling, M. Generic Classification in the Cordiaceae (Boraginales): Resurrection of
the genus Varronia P. Br. Taxon.
Chaturvedula, V.S.P., Norris, A., Miller, J.S., Ratovoson, F., Andriantsiferana, R., Rasamison, V.E.,
Kingston, D.G.I. New Cytotoxic Diterpenes from Cassipourea madagascariensis from the
Madagascar Rainforest. J. Nat. Prod.
Miller, J.S. Chapter ____: Impact of the Convention on Biological Diversity: The Lessons of Ten Years of
Experience with Models for Equitable Sharing of Benefits. In: C. McManis (ed.) Biodiversity,
Biotechnology and the Legal Protection of Traditional Knowledge.
Cao, Shugeng, Norris, A., Miller, J.S., Ratovoson, F., Birkinshaw, C., Andriantsiferana, R., Rasamison,
V.E., Rakotonandrasana, S., Kingston, D.G.I. Cytotoxic Compounds of Physena
madagascariensis from the Madagascar Rain Forest.
Rogers, Zachary S., Randrianasolo, A., Miller, J.S. A new Species of Ludia (Salicaceae) from
Madagascar’s Eastern Littoral Forest.
Miller, J.S. and Applequist, W.A. Research Grade Botanicals: Issues in Dietary Supplement Research in:
I. Khan Quality Issues in Botanical Dietary Supplemnts. Acta Horticulturea.
Miller, J.S. New Boraginaceae from Tropical America 6: New names and typifications for Neotropical
species of Cordia and Varronia. Novon.
Cao, Shugeng, A. Norris, J. S. Miller, F. Ratovoson, J. Razafitsalama, R. Andriantsiferana, V.E.
Rasamison, and D.G.I. Kingston. 2006. Cytotoxic Triterpenoids Saponins from Albizia
gummifera from the Madagascar Rainforest.
Book Reviews:
Dictionary of Indian Medicinal Plants. Akhtar Husain, O.P. Virmani, S.P. Popli, L.N. Misra, M.M. Gupta,
G.N. Srivastara, Z. Abraham and A.K. Singh. J. Nat. Prod. 56: 797-798. 1993.
A Systematic Treatment of Fruit Types. Richard W. Spjut. J. Nat. Prod. 58: 158. 1995.
Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources. V.U. Sivarajan and I. Balachandran. J. Nat. Prod.
Ethnobotany and the search for new drugs. Ciba Foundation Symposium 185. D. J., Chadwick and J.
Marsh (eds.). ASPT Newsletter 9: 55-56. 1995.
Zulu Medicinal Plants: An Inventory. A. Hutchings, A.H. Scott, G. Lewis and A.B. Cunningham. J. Nat.
Prod. 60: 955. 1997.
Medicine from the Mountains, Medicinal Plants of the Sierra Nevada. Kimball Chatfield.
J. Nat. Prod. 61:1453. 1998
African Ethnobotany: Poisons and Drugs. H. D. Neuwinger. J. Nat. Prod. 62: 1077. 1999.
Plant Resources of South-East Asia. No. 12: Medicinal and Poisonous Plants I. J. Nat. Prod.
James S. Miller page 13
African Traditional Medicine: A Dictionary of Plant Use and Applications. H.D. Neuwinger. J. Nat.
Prod. 64: 552.
Medicinal Plants of Brazil. W.B. Mors, C.T. Rizzini and N.A Pereira. Journal of Natural Products. 2001
Herbs of Southern Ecuador: A field guide to the medicinal plants of Vilcabamba. E. Bejar, R. Bussmann,
C. Roa and D. Sharon. LH Press, 2003.
Thomas, A.L, Crawford, Jr., R.J., Havermann, L.J., Applequist, W.L., Schweitzer, B.E., Woodbury, S.,
Miller, J.S. 2006. Effect of Planting Depth, Planting Season, and Fungicide Treatment of
Establishment of Black Cohosh in a Poorly Drained Soil. HortScience. Vol. 41(2).
Published Abstracts:
Miller, J. S. 1984. Biogeography of Cordia section Gerascanthus. Abstract published in the program of the
Midwest Botany Graduate Student Meeting.
Miller, J. S. 1985. Hybridization in Cordia section Varronia in Mexico and Central America. Abstract
published in Botanical Society of America abstracts for A.I.B.S. meetings.
Nowicke, J. W. and J. S. Miller. Pollen morphology of the Cordioideae (Boraginaceae): Auxemma, Cordia,
Patagonula. Abstracts of the International Botanical Congress, Berlin, July 1987.
Miller, J. S. 1994. Botanicals as a discovery resource: collection, preservation and development. Abstracts
of the 1994 International Forum on Advances in Screening Technologies and Data Management.
Simon, J. E., J. Jato, D. Thomas, P. Symonds, B. Alkire, G. Cragg, T. G. McCloud, M. Morales, J. S.
Miller and R. E. Gereau. 1994. Investigations on Ancistrocladus korupensis: A promising source
of michellamine B from Cameroon. Abstracts for the 35th annual meeting of the Society for
Economic Botany.
Miller, J. S. 1995. The impact of bioprospecting on botanical research and conservation. Abstract
published in Botanical Society of America abstracts for A.I.B.S. meetings.
Mione, T., J. S. Miller and D. L. Lentz. 1997. Economic botany: sustainable development and
conservation of botanical resources. Abstract published for the A.I.B.S. August meeting.
Miller, J. S. and D. L. Lentz. 1997. Models of working with indigenous communities: new paradigms for
botany. Abstract published for the A.I.B.S. August meeting.
Miller, J. S. 1997. Ensuring community based benefits in multinational bioprospecting. Abstract published
for the A.I.B.S. meeting.
Miller, J. S. 1997. The therapeutic potential of plant derived compunds: realizing the potential. Abstract
published for the American Chemical Society September meeting.
Kingston, D. G. I., M. S. Abdel-Kader, B.-N. Zhou, A. A. L. Gunatilaka, J. M. Berger, R. Evans, J. S.
Miller, H. van der Werff, R. Mittermeier, L. Famolare, S. Malone, J. H. Wisse, D. M. Vyas, and J.
J. K. Wright. 1998. Biodiversity conservation and drug discovery: Explorations in Suriname’s
tropical rainforest. 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognasy.
Stevens, W.D. and J.S. Miller. 1998. The Convention on Biological Diversity, opportunity or limitation for
the use of germplasm: A decade of bioprospecting experience at the Missouri Botanical Garden 7th
Congreso Latinoamericana de Botánica.
Miller, J.S. 1999. Impact of the Convention on Biological Diversity on Management of Herbarium
Collections. International Botanical Congress.
Miller, J.S. 2000. Botanical reference standards: problems documenting the identity of variable species.
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Workshop on Reference Standards.
Popular Articles:
Miller, J. S. 1986. Mistletoe. World Book Encyclopedia.
James S. Miller page 14
Miller, J. S. 1991. Plants Show Promise for New Medicines. Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin.
May/June: 11.
Miller, J. S. 1992. Day lily. World Book Encyclopedia.
Miller, J. S. 1992. Phlox. Wold Book Encyclopedia.
Miller, J. S. 1994. Campanula. World Book Encyclopedia.
Miller, J. S. 1994. Snowdrop. World Book Encyclopedia.
Miller, J. S. 1994. Tiquilia. The World of Plants. Asahi Shinbun. (In Japanese).
Miller, J. S. 1994. The Potential of Plants as Sources of New Medicines. St. Louis Metropolitan
Medicine. 16: 25.
Miller, J. S. 1995. Ancistrocladaceae. The World of Plants. Asahi Shinbun. (In Japanese).
Miller, J. S. 1995. The Caribbean Species of Cordia: Seldom Seen and Highly Threatened Ornamentals.
Tropical Flowering Tree Society Bulletin.
Miller, J. S. 1996. Heliotrope. World Book Encyclopedia.
Miller, J. S. 1999. Bioprospecting Misunderstood. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. April 26, 1999.
Miller, J. S. 2000. Bioprospecting. Pp. 57-58. McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology.
Miller, J. S., Lowry II, P. P. 2003. Bush in Africa. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Selected Invited Presentations:
March 1989. “Botanical Exploration of the Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela.” Illinois Department of
Conservation, Urbana, IL.
January 1990. “The People and Plants of Madagascar.” Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
November 1991. “Medicinal Plant Programs at the Missouri Botanical Garden.” Ethnobotany Seminar,
Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
April 1992. “The Missouri Botanical Gardenn’s Africa Program.” National Cancer Institute, Bethesda,
MD.
May 1992. “The Search for Anticancer Drugs: The Missouri Botanical Garden’s Program with the
National Cancer Institute.” University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
December 1992. “The Global Significance of Tropical Deforestation.” Powder Valley Nature Center,
Kirkwood, MO.
January 1993. “Quantitative Assessment of the Yield of Bioactive Compounds from Various Ecosystems.”
Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University, MS.
April 1993. “Models for Ethical Collaboration in Biodiversity Prospecting.” DNA Bank-Net, St. Louis,
MO.
May 1993. “Research and Conservation Activities of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Africa and
Madagascar Department.” U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
May 1993. “Why the Resurgence in Interest in Plant Derived Pharmaceuticals?” CASE Journalists, St.
Louis, MO.
October 1993. “Natural Products Drug Discovery and Plant Conservation.” National Collegiate Honors
Council, St. Louis, MO.
November 1993. “Prescription Rx: Plant Derived Medicines.” Adult Education Program, Missouri
Botanical Garden.
November 1993. “Assessment of the Potential of Wild Species for Medicinal Purposes.” American Society
of Agronomy, Cincinnati, OH.
November 1993. “Collecting Methodologies for Plant Samples for Pharmaceutical Research.” Botanical
Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, TX.
February 1994. “Forests of the World: A Potential Source of New Medicines.” Kansas City, Missouri,
James S. Miller page 15
Department of Parks and Recreation, Kansas City, MO.
March 1994. “Biochemical Prospecting for the Future.” Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
University of Mississippi.
April 1994. “Tropical Forests: Medicine Cabinets of the World.” Rainforest Awareness Program, Murray
State University, Murray, KY.
April 1994. “Botanicals as a Discovery Resource: Collection, Preservation, and Development.” The 1994
International Forum on Advances in Screening Technologies and Data Management, Princeton,
NJ.
September 1994. “The Missouri Botanical Garden’s Botanical Inventory and Drug Discovery Programs.”
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, St. Louis, MO.
September 1994. “Plant Collecting in Africa.” Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL.
September 1994. “Biodiversity Prospecting: Collections and Management Issues.” Drug Discovery and
Commercial Opportunity in Medicinal Plants, Arlington, VA.
June 1995. “Research Programs of the Missouri Botanical Garden.” St. Louis Research Council, St. Louis,
MO.
June 1995. “Banking Desiccated Leaf Material as a Resource for Molecular Phylogenetics.” Society for
the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Toronto, Canada.
August 1995. “The Impact of Bioprospecting on Botanical Research and Conservation.” A.I.B.S. meeting.
San Diego, CA.
September 1995. “Benefits Derived by Source Countries Participating in the NCI Plant Collection
Program.” National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD.
September 1995. “The Botany of Tropical Africa and Madagascar: Research at the Missouri Botanical
Garden.” Howard University, Washington, D.C.
December 1995. “Surveying the Botanical World for Novel Chemicals.” Chemistry Department, The
University of Missouri-St. Louis.
March 1996. “Biodiversity, Genetic Resources, and Intellectual Property Law in Bioprospecting
Programs.” Washington University Law School. St. Louis, MO.
March 1996. “Bioprospecting Programs of the Missouri Botanical Garden and their impact on botanical
research and conservation.” Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, TX.
April 1997. “The Lessons of a Decade of Bioprospecting.” Annual Meeting of the American Society for
Testing Materials, St. Louis, MO.
April 1997. “Searching Africa for New Anti Cancer and Anti Aids Medicines.” St. Louis Science Center,
St. Louis, MO.
Sept. 1997. “A Decade of Bioprospecting at the Missouri Botanical Garden.” Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, New Jersey.
April 1998. “A Botanist’s View of Madagascar.” St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO.
May 1998. “Research at the Missouri Botanical Garden.” Washington University Alumni Association, St.
Louis, MO
June 1998. “Evaluating Strategies for the Selection of Plant Species For Screening in Natural Products
Discovery Programs.” IBC Conference, Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development,
Annapolis, Maryland.
June 1998. “The Economic Implications of Biodiversity Prospecting.” Presentation and panel discussion.
IBC Conference, Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development, Annapolis, Maryland.
August 1998. “Lessons of a Decade of Evaluating Plants for New Pharmaceutical and Agricultural
Products.” Illinois Agricultural Leadership Program.
September 1998. “Lessons of a Decade of Bioprospecting at the Missouri Botanical Garden.” Sigma
Chemical, St. Louis, MO.
November 1998. “Future Directions in the Development of New Products from Plants.” First Partners
Conference, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO.
James S. Miller page 16
November 1998. “A Decade in Madagascar: Floristic Inventory to the Ethics of Bioprospecting.”
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
January 1999. “Issues of Access to Research Resources Across the Disciplines.” National Academy of
Sciences, Washington, D. C.
March 1999. “Legal and Ethical Considerations for Bioprospecting.” St. Louis University School of Law,
St. Louis, MO.
March 1999. “Botanicals as New Sources of Pharmaceuticals and Herbal Medicines.” Missouri Society of
Health Care Pharmacists Annual Meeting.
May 1999. “The Biological and Legal Implications of Bioprospecting for Agricultural Development.” 3rd
Annual Biotechnology Roundtable, American Bar Association, St. Louis, MO.
August 1999. “Impact of the Convention on Biological Diversity on Management of Herbarium
Collections.” 16th International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, MO.
August 1999. “Global Plant Prospecting: New Products to Benefit Human Life.” Press Briefing. 16 th
International Congress, St. Louis, MO.
January 1999. “Bioprospecting: Exploration and Ethics for the Discovery of New Medicines.” Physicians
for Social Responsibility. University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.
January 1999. “A Decade of Botanical Research in Madagascar: Floristic Inventory, Bio-prospecting and
Conservation. Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO.
March 2000. “Sampling the Diversity of Plant Species Used as Food and Herbal Remedies.” Monsanto
Company, St. Louis, MO.
May 2000. “Biodiversity Prospecting and Natural Products Development.” Association for Systematics
Collections, Baltimore, MD.
May 2000. “Botanical Reference Standards: Problems Documenting the Identity of Variable Species.”
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Workshop on Reference Standards, Arlington,
VA.
July 2000. “Conservation Inventory in Madagascar.” International Cooperative Biodiversity GroupsNetwork Meeting, Bethesda, MD.
August 2000. “Collection of Medicinal Plants for New Drugs.” Traditional Chinese Medicine: Science,
Regulation and Globalization. Institute for Global Chinese Affairs, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD.
October 2000. “Developing Plants with Economic Potential.” Association for the Advancement of
Industrial Crops, St. Louis, MO.
November 2000. “Identifying the Constituent Species in Phytomedicines: Past, Present and Future.”
Symposium on PCR-Based Approaches to Identify and Quantitate Botanicals in Dietary
Supplements, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
December 2000. Medicinal Plant Research at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Institute of BioAgricultural
Sciences, Academica Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
January 2001. Discovery of Plant-Derived Medicines: The Missouri Botanical Garden’s Role. Academy of
Science of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
May 2001. Medicinal plant research at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Foundation for the Revitalization
of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore, India.
May 2001. Medicinal Plants: Discovery programs and legal and ethical framework for research.
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India.
June 2001. Conserving the Diversity of Useful Plants. St. Louis Technology Gateway Alliance.
November 2001. Research at the Missouri Botanical Garden and its Application in Biotechnology. Greater
Missouri Leadership Foundation.
May, 2002. Legal and Technical Issues for the Collection of Plant Material for Discovery Efforts. Donald
Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO.
October, 2003. Plant research leading to materials for medicinal and pharmaceutical products. Workshop
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on Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Conflict Resolution, The Einstein Institute for Science, Health
and the Courts, St. Louis, MO.
October, 2003. Accessing Genetic Resources and Sharing the Benefits: Lessons from Implementing the
Convention on Biological Diversity, University of California, Davis, CA.
January, 2004. Medicinal Plant research at the Missouri Botanical Garden. University of the Western
Cape, Capetown, South Africa,
July, 2004. Importance of Medicinal Plants: A special case for the conservation of useful plants. Chicago
Botanical Garden.
September, 2004. Ensuring identity and quality of plant materials for dietary supplement research.
National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS .
March, 2005. Quality issues with Research-grade botanicals. University of the Western Cape, Capetown,
South Africa.
August, 2005. The special issues of test materials in botanical dietary supplement research. International
Conference on Quality and Safety Issues Related to Botanicals. National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine. University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.
November, 2005. The Promise of Plants as Sources of New Products for Healthcare. Tashkent Uzbeck
National Academy of Sciences, Uzbekistan; Samarqand State University, Uzbekistan; Agricultural
Research Institute, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
November, 2005. The Lessons of 20 Years of Natural Products Research. Tashkent Uzbeck National
Academy of Sciences, Uzbekistan; Samarqand State University, Uzbekistan; Agricultural
Research Institute, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
March, 2006. The Importance of Large Natural History Collections for achieving the Goals of the
Convention on Biological Diversity. COP8 Associated Meeting, Curitiba, Brazil.
May, 2006. Plenary Lecture: Botanical Reference Materials for Purposes of Plant Species Authentication.
BERM10 Tenth International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials.
Charleston, South Carolina