Barbara Ann Whitlock
American botanist (born 1967)
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Barbara Ann Whitlock (born 1967)[1] is an American botanist. She earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University, with her dissertation Systematics and evolution of chocolate and its relatives (Sterculiaceae or Malvaceae s.l.) c. 2000,[2] an interest which continues.[3]
- University of Miami (2003–present)
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (2003)
Barbara Ann Whitlock | |
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| Born | 1967 (age 58–59) |
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| Thesis | Systematics and evolution of chocolate and its relatives (Sterculiaceae or Malvaceae s.l.) (c. 2000) |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Whitlock |
She has been working in the Department of Biology, University of Miami from at least 2015,[3] where she works on tropical (plant) biology, and ecology and evolutionary biology.[4][5]
Much of her work centres on Malvaceae and related phylogeny.[6][7][8][9]
She has published 39 names,[1] including Androcalva fraseri, and Commersonia borealis. (See also Taxa named by Barbara Ann Whitlock.)
The standard author abbreviation Whitlock is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
