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Then:
Gerrit collecting in Venezuela

Now:
Gerrit Davidse, Ph.D.
Gerrit in his office
in St. Louis.
Gerrit Davidse, Ph.D.
John S. Lehmann Curator of Grasses

Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
USA

office phone: + 1-314-577-9533
fax: +1-314-577-9596
email: gerrit.davidse@mobot.org

Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1972
M.S., Utah State University, 1968
B.S., Calvin College, 1965

General Research Interests
  • Taxonomy of grasses and sedges
  • Floristics
  • Botanical nomenclature
  • Cytology of grasses

    Research Emphases
  • Flora Mesoamerica (Co-editor)
  • Taxonomy of neotropical Poaceae
  • Georeferencing
  • Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae)
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    Selected Publications
  • Davidse, G, R. J. Soreng & P. M. Peterson. 2009. Agrostopoa (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Poinae), a new genus with three species from Colombia
  • . Novon 19(1): 32-40.
  • Judziewicz, E. J. & G. Davidse. 2008. Arthrostylidium berryi (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Bambuseae, Arthrostylidiinae), a new species from white sand shrublands in Venezuela and Colombia. Novon 18(3): 361-365.
  • MacVean, A. L. de & G. Davidse. 2007. Dónde debemos colectar plantas en Guatemala? Un análisis basado en los herbarios UVAL (Universidad del Velle de Guatemala) y el MO (Missouri Botanical Garden). Revista Univ. Valle de Guatemala 16: 150-165.
  • Bess, E. C., A. N. Doust, G. Davidse & E. A. Kellogg. 2006. Zuloagaea, a new genus of neotropical grass within the "Bristle Clade" (Poaceae: Paniceae). Syst. Bot. 31(4): 656-670.
  • Soreng, R. J., P. M. Peterson, G. Davidse, E. J. Judziewicz, F. O. Zuloaga, T. S. Filgueiras & O. Morrone. 2003. Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48: 1-730.
  • Zuloaga, F. O. O. Morrone, G. Davidse, T. S. Filgueiras, P. M. Peterson, R. J. Soreng & E. Judziewicz. 2003. Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. 2003. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46: 1-662 (Chief Editors: R. J. Soreng and S. J. Pennington).
  • Knapp, S., G. Davidse & M. Sousa S. 2001. Proyectos floristicos, hoy y mañana: su importancia en la sistematica y la conservación. Enfoques Contemporáneos 331-358.
  • Davidse, G., R. W. Pohl, C. G. Reeder, P. Dávila, E. J. Judziewicz, L. G. Clark & V. C. Hollowell. 2001. Poaceae. En: Stevens, W.D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(3): 1987-2150.
  • Peterson, P. M., R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, T. S. Filgueiras, F. O. Zuloaga & E. J. Judziewicz. 2001. Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41: 1-255.
  • Filgueiras, T. S., G. Davidse, F. O. Zuloaga & O. Morrone. 2001. The establishment of the new genus Altoparadisium and a reevaluation of Arthropogon (Poaceae, Paniceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88(2): 351-372.
  • Morrone, O., F.O. Zuloaga, G. Davidse & T.S. Filgueiras. 2001. Canastra, a new genus of Paniceae (Poaceae, Panicoideae) segregated from Arthropogon. Novon 11(4): 429-436.
  • Davidse, G., O. Morrone & F.O. Zuloaga. 2001. Two new species of Paspalum (Poaceae: Panicoideae) from Brazil. Novon 11(4): 389-394.
  • Judziewicz, E. J., R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, T. S. Filgueiras & F. O. Zuloaga. 2000. Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochloideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 39: 1-128.
  • Associated Staff
    Jeany Davidse, Assistant, Flora Mesoamericana Project
    email: jeany.davidse@mobot.org

    Teri Bilsborrow, Data Entry Specialist, Flora Mesoamericana Project
    email: teri.bilsborrow@mobot.org

    Ellen Adams, Georeferencer, Mesoamerican plants.
    email: ellen.adams@mobot.org

    Volunteers for Flora Mesoamericana Project
    Virginia G. Laschober (types, synonymy, distribution)
    Bruce Phillips (georeferencing)
    Shirley Anton (exsiccatae records)

    This page was last revised 04/15/11.

     

     
     
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