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Gordon McPherson, Ph.D., Curator
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
USA

office phone: + 1-314-577-9571
fax: +1-314-577-0820
email: gordon.mcpherson@mobot.org

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1979
M.S., University of Alberta, 1972
B.S., University of Saskatchewan, 1969

Research Interests
  • Euphorbiaceae of Madagascar
  • Flora of New Caledonia
  • Flora of Gabon
  • Flora of Panama
  • Checklist of the Fortuna Watershed, Chiriqui, Panama
  • Checklist of the Lope-Okanda Reserve, Gabon, Africa.

    Selected Publications
  • Elaeocarpus tremulus Tirel & McPherson, nouvelle espèce d’Elaeocarpaceae de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Adansonia, ser. 3, 28:137-141. 2006. [with C. Tirel]
  • Deforestation and plant diversity of Madagascar’s littoral forests. Conservation Biology 20:1799-1803. 2006 [with T. Consiglio et al.]
  • Hooglandia, a newly discovered genus of Cunoniaceae from New Caledonia. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91:260-265. 2004. [with P. Lowry]
  • Transfer of Madagascan Glochidion to Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae s.l. or Phyllanthaceae). Novon 13:307-310. 2003. [with Petra Hoffmann]
  • Euphorbiaceae, in The natural history of Madagascar, 2003, eds S. M. Goodman & J.P. University of Chicago Press. [with Petra Hoffmann]
  • Melanophylla angustior (Melanophyllaceae), a new species from southeastern Madagascar. Adansonia, sér. 3, 24: 263-265. 2002. [with J. Rabenantoandro]
  • Drypetes (Euphorbiaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Adansonia, sér. 3, 22:205-209. 2000.
  • Blotia leandriana (Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae), a new species from eastern Madagascar. Novon 7: 249-251. 1997.
  • A new species of Xerophyta (Velloziaceae) from Madagascar. Novon 7:387-394. 1997. [with H. van der Werff & R. Keating]
  • A new species of Macaranga(Euphorbiaceae) from Madagascar. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Sect. B (Adansonia), 4 Ser., 18: 275-278. 1996.
  • On Mallotus and Deuteromallotus (Euphorbiaceae) in Madagascar. Novon 5:287-289. 1995.
  • List of plant species identified in the northern part of the Lope Reserve, Gabon. Tropics 3: 249-276. 1994. [with C.E.G. Tutin, L.J.T. White, E.A. Williamson, & M. Fernandez]
  • Euphorbiaceae II. In: Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonia et Dependances, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 1990. [with M. Schmid]
  • Euphorbiaceae I. In: Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonia et Dependances, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 1987.
  • Scagea, a new genus of Euphorbiaceae from New Caledonia. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Sect. B (Adansonia), 4 Ser., 6: 461-464. 1985.

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