Staff
Lynn Clark, Director ph. 515-294-8218 e-mail lgclark@iastate.edu
Research interests: Systematics and evolution of Chusquea and other woody bamboos (Poaceae); morphology and phylogeny of grasses
Deborah Lewis, Curator ph. 515-294-9499 e-mail dlewis@iastate.edu
Research interests: Systematics of Lindernia (Scrophulariaceae) and Burmanniaceae; flora of Iowa; herbarium curation techniques
Associated Faculty (Dept. of EEOB)
James Colbert
Lichens and bryophytes, especially in Iowa
Donald Farrar (emeritus)
Systematics and morphology; pteridophyte (fern) systematics, reproductive biology and ecology, forest ecology, flora of Camp Dodge
Nels Lersten (emeritus)
Anatomical survey of Scrophulariaceae leaves for internal secretory structures (foliar idioblasts, cavities and ducts); survey of Prunus (Rosaceae) leaves for types and distribution of calcium oxalate crystals and their systematic significance among the subgenera
Lois Tiffany (emerita)
Distribution and ecology of fungal parasites of tallgrass prairie plants; epidemiology of Sphacelotheca occidentalis (kernel smut) on Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem, Poaceae); survey of the distribution of the truffles of Iowa; continued documentation of the fungus flora of Iowa; study of canker of Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust, Fabaceae); survey of the fungi of Big Bend National Park, Texas
Robert Wallace
Molecular systematics and evolution of the Aizoaceae, Cactaceae, and Portulacaceae
Jonathan Wendel
Molecular systematics and evolution of Gossypium (cotton, Malvaceae)
Research Associates
Rosanne Healy
Survey of the distribution and documentation of Ascomycetous and Basioimycetous hypogeous fungi in Iowa; ultrastructure and development of the spores of Pachyphloeus
Mark Leoschke
Iowa biodiversity, rare and endangered vascular plants of Iowa, Iowa bryophytes
Cathy Mabry
Survey and comparison of plant species diversity of central Iowa forests
Bill Norris
Plant surveys in northeastern Iowa; Iowa sedges
John Pearson
Iowa biodiversity, rare and endangered vascular plants of Iowa, lichens
Chanda Riedel Skelton
Botrychium biology and systematics
Nick Stoynoff
Iowa flora
Graduate Students
Hathairat Chokthaweepanich
Systematics of Zingiberaceae of Thailand, tropical Poaceae
Undergraduate Students
Michael Hurst
"Grasses in Your Pocket" field guide
Cassandra Wright
Botrychium biology and systematics
Volunteers
Jean Day
Ardis Moore
Robert Nicholson
Jimmie Thompson
