Researchers at MO
	Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz, Ph.D. Senior Curator Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA Adjunct Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis office phone: + 1-314-577-9556 email: ihsan.al-shehbaz@mobot.org	With Eremurus robustus in Tajikistan
	Ph.D., Harvard University, 1973 M.S., Harvard University, 1969 B.S., Baghdad University, 1962 General Research Interests Systematics and Phylogeny of the Mustard Family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) Research Emphases Brassicaceae of the Himalayas, Central Asia, and the New World Evolution of Arabidopsis and Related Genera Selected Publications Franzke, A., M. A. Lysak, I. A. Al-Shehbaz, M. A. Koch, and K. Mummenhoff. 2010. Cabbage family affairs: The evolutionary history of Brassicaceae. Trends in Plant Sciences (electronic publication in December). Warwick, S. I., K. Mummenhoff, C. A. Sauder, M. A. Koch, and I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2010. Closing the gaps: Phylogenetic relationships in the Brassicaceae based on DNA sequence data of nuclear ribosomal ITS. Pl. Syst. Evol. 285: 209-232. Al-Shehbaz, I. A. and co-workers. 2010. Brassicaceae. Pp. 224-746 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.). Oxford University Press, New York. Couvreur, T. L. P., A. Franzke, I. A. Al-Shehbaz, F. Bakker, M. A. Koch, and K. Mummenhoff. 2010. Molecular phylogenetics, temporal diversification and principles of evolution in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). Mol. Biol. Evol. 27: 55-71. Beilstein, M. A., I. A. Al-Shehbaz, S. Mathews, & E. A. Kellogg. 2008. Brassicaceae phylogeny inferred from phytochrome A and ndhF sequence data: Tribes and trichomes revisited. Amer. J. Bot. 95: 1307-1327. Warwick, S. I., A. Francis & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2006. Brassicaceae: species checklist and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259: 249-258. Warwick, S. I. & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2006. Brassicaceae: chromosome number index and database on CD-Rom. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259: 237-248. Beilstein, M., I. A. Al-Shehbaz & E. A. Kellogg. 2006. Brassicaceae phylogeny and trichome evolution. Am. J. Bot. 93: 607-619. O’Kane, S. L., Jr. & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2003. Phylogenetic position and generic limits of Arabidopsis (Brassicaceae) based on sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 90: 603-612. Al-Shehbaz, I. A. 2003. Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Brassicaceae). Novon 13: 381-391. Appel, O. & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2003. Cruciferae. In: K. Kubitzki (editor), Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. 5: 75-174. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. Click here to see a complete listing of Dr. Al-Shehbaz's publications. Click here for a complete listing in pdf format (must have Adobe Acrobat to read and print in this format). This page was last revised 01/21/11.