Researchers at MO Peter C. Hoch, Ph.D., Curator Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA office phone: + 1-314-577-5175 fax: + 1-314-577-0820 email: peter.hoch@mobot.org Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, 1978 B.S., Stanford University, 1972 General Research Interests Systematics and evolution of Epilobium (Onagraceae) Phylogeny, biogeography, and floristics of Onagraceae Evolution of pollination systems Inventory of the plants of Pakistan Research Emphases Systematics and evolution of Epilobium in North America Evolution and historical biogeography of Onagraceae (with Warren L. Wagner and others) Phylogenetics and biogeography of Ludwigia (with Jan Barber) Evolution of the reproductive biology of Oenothera (with Warren L. Wagner, Richard Clinebell†, Kyra Burraston, Robert Raguso, and others) Completion of the Flora of Pakistan, development of a web-accessible database of the plants of Pakistan, and preparation of a checklist of the plants of Pakistan (in collaboration with S.I. Ali [Karachi]) Selected Publications Wagner, W. L., P. C. Hoch & P. H. Raven. 2007. A revised classification of the plant family Onagraceae based on molecular sequence data and morphology. Syst. Bot. Mongr. (in press). Peng, C.-I., C. L. Schmidt, P. C. Hoch & P. H. Raven. 2005. Systematics and evolution of Ludwigia sect. Dantia (Onagraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 92: 307-359. Clinebell II, R. R., A. Crowe, D. P. Gregory, & P. C. Hoch. 2004. Pollination ecology of Gaura and Calylophus (Onagraceae, tribe Onagreae) in western Texas, U.S.A. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 369-400. Levin, R. A., W. L. Wagner, P. C. Hoch, W. J. Hahn, A. Rodriguez, D. A. Baum, L. Katinas, E. A. Zimmer & K. J. Sytsma. 2004. Paraphyly in tribe Onagreae: insights into phylogenetic relationships of Onagraceae based on nuclear and chloroplast sequence data. Syts. Bot. 29: 147-164. Katinas, L., J. V. Crisci, W. L. Wagner & P. C. Hoch. 2004. Geographical diversification of tribes Epilobieae, Gongylocarpeae, and Onagreae (Onagraceae) in North America, based on parsimony analysis of endemicity and track compatibility analysis. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 159-185. Hoch, P. C. (Editor). 2004. Proceedings XVI International Botanical Congress, Saint Louis. 155 pp. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Levin, R. A., W. L. Wagner, P. C. Hoch, M. Nepokroeff, J. C. Pires, E. A. Zimmer & K. J. Sytsma. 2003. Family-level relationships of Onagraceae based on chloroplast rbcL and ndhF data. Amer. J. Bot. 90: 107-115. This page was revised 02/28/07