Researchers at MO
	Wendy L. Applequist, Ph.D. Assistant Curator Wm. L. Brown Center Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA office phone: + 1-314-577-0267 fax: +1-314-577-0800 email: wendy.applequist@mobot.org Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1999 B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994 General Research Interests
	Identification, quality control, and systematics of medicinal plants Malagasy flora Molecular systematics Research Emphases Revisionary and phylogenetic studies in Portulacaceae and selected Malagasy subclades of Malvales Characterization of botanical materials for biomedical research Chemical variability within and among medicinal plant species Selected Publications Applequist, W. L., D. J. McGlinn, M. Miller, Q. G. Long, and J. S. Miller. In press. How well do herbarium data predict the location of present populations? A test using Echinacea species in Missouri. Biodiversity and Conservation. [Prepublished online.] Applequist, W., illustrated by B. Alongi. 2006. The identification of medicinal plants: a handbook of the morphology of botanicals in commerce. American Botanical Council, Austin, TX. Applequist, W. L., B. Avula, B. T. Schaneberg, Y.-H. Wang, and I. A. Khan. 2006. Comparative fatty acid content of seeds of four Cucurbita species grown in a common (shared) garden. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 19: 606-611. Applequist, W. L., W. L. Wagner, E. A. Zimmer, and M. Nepokroeff. 2006. Molecular evidence resolving the systematic position of Hectorella (Portulacaceae). Systematic Botany 31: 310-319. Miller, J. S., and W. L. Applequist. 2006. Research grade botanicals: issues in dietary supplement research. Acta Horticulturae 720: 49-58. Applequist, W. L. 2005. A revision of the Malagasy endemic Talinella (Portulacaceae). Adansonia, sér. 3, 27: 47-80. Applequist, W. L. 2005. Root anatomy of Ligusticum species (Apiaceae) sold as osha compared to that of potential contaminants. Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants 11(3): 1-11. Applequist, W. L., and D. B. Pratt. 2005. The Malagasy endemic Dendroportulaca (Portulacaceae) is referable to Deeringia (Amaranthaceae): molecular and morphological evidence. Taxon 54: 681-687. Applequist, W. L. 2003. Rhizome and root anatomy of potential contaminants of Actaea racemosa L. (black cohosh). Flora 198: 358-365. Applequist, W. L., and R. S. Wallace. 2003. Expanded circumscription of Didiereaceae and its division into three subfamilies. Adansonia, sér. 3, 25: 13-16. Applequist, W. L. 2002. A reassessment of the nomenclature of Matricaria L. and Tripleurospermum Sch. Bip. (Asteraceae). Taxon 51: 757-761. Applequist, W. L., and R. S. Wallace. 2002. Deletions in the plastid trnT-trnL intergenic spacer define clades within Cactaceae subfamily Cactoideae. Plant Systematics and Evolution 231: 153-162. Schaneberg, B. T., W. L. Applequist, and I. A. Khan. 2002. Determination of aristolochic acid I and II in North American species of Asarum and Aristolochia. Pharmazie 57: 686-689. Applequist, W. L., R. Cronn, and J. F. Wendel. 2001. Comparative development of fiber in wild and cultivated cotton. Evolution and Development 3(1): 1-15. Applequist, W. L., and R. S. Wallace. 2001. Phylogeny of the portulacaceous cohort based on ndhF sequence data. Systematic Botany 26(2): 406-419. Applequist, W. L., and R. S. Wallace. 2000. Phylogeny of the Madagascan endemic family Didiereaceae. Plant Systematics and Evolution 221: 157-166. This page was revised 01/07/09.