Researchers at MO
	Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz, Ph.D. Curator and Head of the Department of Asian Botany 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 Al-Shehbaz, I. A. 2006. The genus Sisymbrium in South America, with synopses of the genera Chilocardamum, Mostacillastrum, Neuontobotrys, and Polypsecadium (Brassicaceae). Darwiniana 44: 341–358. 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. Al-Shehbaz, I. A., M. A. Beilstein & E. A. Kellogg. 2006. Systematics and phylogeny of the Brassicaceae: an overview. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259: 89-120. Beilstein, M., I. A. Al-Shehbaz & E. A. Kellogg. 2006. Brassicaceae phylogeny and trichome evolution. Am. J. Bot. 93: 607-619. Mitchell-Olds, T., I. A. Al-Shehbaz, M. Koch & T. F. Sharbel. 2005. Crucifer evolution in the post-genomic era. Pp. 119-137 in R. J. Henry, ed., Plant Diversity and Evolution: Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation in Higher Plants. CAB International. 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. Koch, M., I. A. Al-Shehbaz & K. Mummenhoff. 2003. Molecular systematics, evolution, and population biology in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 90: 151-171. 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 03/02/09.