www.mobot.org Research Home | Search | Contact | Site Map  
 
Research
W³TROPICOS
QUICK SEARCH

MO PROJECTS:
Africa
Asia/Pacific
Mesoamerica
North America
South America
General Taxonomy
Photo Essays
Training in Latin
  America

MO RESEARCH:
Wm. L. Brown Center
Bryology
GIS
Graduate Studies
Research Experiences
  for Undergraduates

Imaging Lab
Library
MBG Press
Publications
Climate Change
Catalog Fossil Plants
MO DATABASES:
W³MOST
Image Index
Rare Books
Angiosperm
  Phylogeny

Res Botanica
All Databases
INFORMATION:
What's New?
People at MO
Visitor's Guide
Herbarium
Jobs & Fellowships
Symposium
Research Links
Site Map
Search

People

 

Researchers at MO


  George Yatskievych, Ph.D.
Curator, and Director, Flora of Missouri Project

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

Research Associate Professor and Adjunct Graduate Faculty,
University of Missouri–St. Louis
Research Associate, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson

office phone: +1-314-577-9522
fax: +1-314-577-0830
email: george.yatskievych@mobot.org

Ph.D., Indiana University, 1990
M.S., University of Arizona, 1982
B.S., University of Arizona, 1979

General Research Interests
George collecting in Brazil, January 2010
Photo courtesy of
Jefferson Prado
 
  • Floristics of the United States (particulary Missouri)
  • Floristics of Mexico
  • Systematics of Pteridophytes
  • Systematics of Parasitic Flowering Plants
  • Plant Conservation

    Research Emphases
  • Revision of Steyermark's Flora of Missouri
  • Holoparasitic Orobanchaceae, Flora of North America
  • Pteridophytes, Vascular Plants of Arizona

    Selected Publications
  • Jessee, L.H., and G. Yatskievych. 2011. A new putative hybrid in Silphium (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Phytoneuron 2011-62: 1–7.
  • Sigel, E. M., M. D. Windham, L. Huiet, G. Yatskievych, and K. M. Pryer. 2011. Species relationships and farina evolution in the cheilanthoid fern genus Argyrochosma (Pteridaceae). Syst. Bot. 36: 554–564.
  • Applequist, W. L., M. Callmander, G. Davidse, A. Sennikov, M. Thulin, P. Vorster, and G. Yatskievych. 2010. Apportionment of institutional votes for the Nomenclature Section: a rebuttal to Smith & al. Taxon 59: 1567–1570.
  • Beck, J. B., M. D. Windham, G. Yatskievych, and K. M. Pryer. 2010. A diploids-first approach to species delimitation and interpreting polyploid evolution in the fern genus Astrolepis (Pteridaceae). Syst. Bot. 35: 223–234.
  • Yatskievych, G., T. R. Van Devender, and A. L. Reina-Guerrero. 2010. Pteridofitas. Pp. 217–227 in F. E. Molina Freaner and T. R. Van Devender, eds. Biodiversidad Biológica de Sonora. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City.
  • Yatskievych, G., and M. D. Windham. 2009. Vascular Plants of Arizona: Isoëtaceae, Marsileaceae, Polypodiaceae, Selaginellaceae, Thelypteridaceae. Canotia 5: 27–52.
  • Yatskievych, G., and J. L. Contreras J. 2009. A new genus of holoparasitic Orobanchaceae from Mexico. Novon 19: 266–276.
  • Collins, L. T., A. E. L. Colwell, and G. Yatskievych. 2009. Orobanche riparia (Orobanchaceae), a new species from the American Midwest. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3: 3–11.
  • Mora-Olivo, A., and G. Yatskievych. 2009. Salvinia molesta in Mexico. Amer. Fern J. 99: 56–58.
  • Yatskievych, G., and S. Kobal. 2008. The genus Cystopteris at Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, DuPage County Illinois. Amer. Fern J. 98: 79–83.
  • Yatskievych, G., and M. D. Windham. 2008. Vascular Plants of Arizona: Azollaceae, Blechnaceae, Dennstaedtiaceae, Equisetaceae, Salviniaceae. Canotia 4: 31–49.
  • Raveill, J. A., and G. Yatskievych. 2008. Heliotropium europaeum (Heliotropiaceae) new to Missouri. Missouriensis 28/29: 10–17.
  • Yatskievych, G., and A. L. Arbeláez A. 2008. A new species and three generic transfers in the fern genus Notholaena (Pteridaceae). Novon 18: 120–124.
  • Meijer, W., and G. Yatskievych. 2007. Rafflesiaceae. P. 476 in V. Funk, T. Hollowell, P. Berry, C. Kelloff, and S.N. Alexander. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55: 1–584.
  • Yatskievych, G. 2007. A new combination in Glossopetalon (Crossosomataceae). Novon 17: 529–530.
  • Phipps, J. B., G. Yatskievych, and K. Wood. 2007. Typification of Crataegus names from the Missouri flora. Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 179–197.
  • Yatskievych, G. 2006. Steyermark’s Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Errata. Missouriensis 27: 23–25.
  • Hill, R., and G. Yatskievych. 2006. Taxonomic and nomenclatural differences between Steyermark’s Flora of Missouri and the Revised Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Missouriensis 27: 26–46.
  • Yatskievych, G. 2006. Steyermark’s Flora of Missouri, Second Edition, Volume 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Flora of Missouri Volunteers
    Jack Harris
    Rex Hill
    Ann Larson
    Nancy Parker
    Mark Williams
    Kathleen Wood
    For Dr. Yatskievych's complete CV with list of publications, click here (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).

    This page was revised 08/21/12.


     

     
     
    © 1995-2024 Missouri Botanical Garden, All Rights Reserved
    4344 Shaw Blvd.
    St. Louis, MO 63110
    (314) 577-5100

    E-mail
    Technical Support