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ALGAE. Corallina vancouveriensis.   Photograph copyright © of Kent Brothers. Algae

BRYOPHYTES. Grimmia pulvinata.  Photograph copyright © of the UBC Biology 321 website, by Shona Ellis. Bryophytes

VASCULAR PLANTS.  Calypso bulbosa.  Photograph copyright © of Gerald and Irmgard Carter. Vascular Plants

FUNGI.  Polyporus sulphureus. Photograph copyright © of Kent Brothers. Fungi

LICHENS.  Xanthoria parietina. Photograph copyright © of Kent Brothers. Lichens

 

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Director
Dr. Jeannette Whitton jwhitton@interchange.ubc.ca

Curators
Curator of Algae Dr. Michael Hawkes
mhawkes@interchange.ubc.ca
The natural history, biogeography, systematics, and conservation of Pacific Northwest seaweeds with emphasis on Rhodophyta.
Curator of Algae Dr. Sandra Lindstrom
sandracl@interchange.ubc.ca
Biogeography, phylogenetics and systematics of the benthic marine algae (seaweeds) of the Northeast Pacific.
Curator of Coralline Algae Dr. Patrick Martone
pmartone@interchange.ubc.ca
Biomechanics and evolutionary morphology of seaweeds, especially calcified coralline algae.
Curator of Bryophytes Dr. Wilf Schofield
wilfs@interchange.ubc.ca
Bryophytes (particularly mosses) and Bryophyte geography.
Curator of Fungi Dr. Mary Berbee
berbee@interchange.ubc.ca
Molecular phylogeny of ascomycetes.
Curator of Lichen Mr. Trevor Goward
tgoward@interchange.ubc.ca
Lichenized fungi.
Curator of Vascular Plants Dr. Jeannette Whitton
jwhitton@interchange.ubc.ca
Plant evolution and systematics, polyploidy, hybridization, apomixis, cryptic diversification. Taxonomic groups: Lasthenia, Crepis, Townsendia (all Asteraceae).
Curator of Eudicots Dr. Quentin Cronk
quentin.cronk@ubc.ca
Plant systematics, evolutionary developmental genetics.
Curator of Monocots and Basal Angiosperms Dr. Sean Graham
swgraham@interchange.ubc.ca

Collections Managers
Vascular Plants and Algae Linda Jennings (Lipsen)
linda.jennings@ubc.ca
Rare plant theory, population genetics,
Pacific Northwest vascular flora, botanical history.
Lichens, Bryophytes, and Fungi Olivia Lee
olivia@interchange.ubc.ca
Bryophytes.

Research and Faculty Associates
Dr. Fred Ganders
ganders@interchange.ubc.ca
Evolution of Polynesian Bidens, Asteraceae, mating systems, genetic variation.
Dr. Helen Kennedy Taxonomy and pollination of Marantaceae, especially Calathea and cultivated taxa.
Dr. Brian Klinkenberg
brian@geog.ubc.ca
Biogeography of rare plants, spatial analysis, E-Flora BC.
Rose Klinkenberg E-Flora BC.
Frank Lormer
lomerlomer@hotmail.com
Contributor to the Flora of BC new vascular plant records, weeds, Juncus, Cyperaceae.
Terry McIntosh
ginkgo@shaw.ca
Specialist in arid-land bryophytes. Taxon Editor for Bryoflora of North America and board Member for Flora of North America.
Paul Kroeger Identification of Macrofungi, with emphasis on fungi of forest ecosystems and founding member of the Vancouver Mycological Society.
Dr. Jeff Saarela
jsaarela@mus-nature.ca
Taxonomy and phylogenetics of grasses (Poaceae); monocot systematics; molecular evolution of the plastid genome; DNA barcoding; botanical nomenclature.

Associated Graduate Students
Chris Sears
sears@interchange.ubc.ca
Ph.D. candidate Systematics, taxonomy and population genetics of the North America Crepis agamic complex, Polystichum and Platanthera.
Dr. Jeannette Whitton
Will Iles
Ph.D. candidate Biogeography and phylogenetics of Temperate regions. Tofieldiaceae, Nartheciaceae, and Monocots.
Dr. Sean Graham

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