Bryology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
The Bryophyte Group
Faculty
Barbara J. Crandall-Stotler, Ph.D., Professor of Plant Biology
- Research Interests
- Phylogeny and systematics of bryophytes, morphogenesis of
lower cryptogams, cytology, cell biology and population biology of bryophytes.
- Research Associate of the Missouri
Botanical Garden.
- Raymond E. Stotler, Ph.D., Professor of Plant Biology
- Research Interests
- Bryophyte systematics and phylogeny; plant nomenclature
and
botanical documentation.
Research Associate of the Missouri
Botanical Garden.
Current Graduate Students in Bryology
- James Bray, Jr., Ph. D. candidate
- "A revision of the genus Fossombronia Raddi in North America, north of Mexico and Europe."
D. Christine Cargill, Ph.D. candidate
- "A revision of the Fossombroniineae of Africa, southwest Asia and the Indian subcontinent."
Heather Ford, M.S. candidate
- "A monograph of the genus Petalophyllum Nees & Gottsche ex Lehm."
Virginia Freire, Ph.D. candidate
- "A revision of the Fossombroniineae of Latin America."
Yuki Kobiyama, Ph.D. candidate
- M. S. Thesis title:"Studies of specialized, pitted parenchyma cells of the liverwort Conocephallum Hill and their phylogenetic implications."
David M.Krayesky, M.S. candidate
- "A revision of the genus Fossombronia Raddi in East Asia and the Ocenanic Region."
Kelsi Scott, M.S. candidate
- "Development of a RAPD protocol to determine the breeding system and genetic linkage map for Fossombronia foveolata Lindb."
James D. Thompson, Ph. D. candidate
- M. S. Thesis title: "The Phaeoceros laevis (L.) Prosk. species
complex."
Current Undergraduate Students in Bryology
Tracy Schilling, Plant Biology Major
- "The effects of substrate pigmentation on the morphology of Fossombronia Raddi."
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Last updated: 31-August-1998/ jrb, res, dmk
