Plant Resources Center, The University of Texas at Austin

Graduate Students

Name Dissertation topic Advisor
Simone Capellari ² Pollination Networks of a Bee Pollinated Plant Community in the Brazilian Cerrado Simpson

Juanita Choo ²

Studies in the ethnoecology, seed dispersal, and seed predation of South American palms Simpson
Sayantani Ghosh Dastidar ¹ Phylogeny, evolution, and ethnobotany of taro (Colocasia Araceae) Jansen
Debra Hansen ¹ Molecular systematics of Pectis (Asteraceae) Simpson
Josh McDill ¹ Phylogeny, biogeography, and evolution of Linum (flax) Simpson &
Linder
Taylor Sultan Quedensley ¹ Origin, Evolution, and Conservation Status of Roldana and Telanthophora (Senecioneae: Asteraceae) Jansen
Jason Schoneman ¹ Systematics, biogeography, and economic botany of Attalea (Arecaceae: Cocoeae: Attaleinae) Simpson
Roxi Steele ¹ Phylogeny and systematics of Psiguria (Cucurbitaceae) Jansen
Sarah Taylor ¹ Phylogeny of Nama (Hydrophyllaceae) and the Evolutionj of Gypsophily Simpson
Xiao Wei ¹ Systematics of an ethnobotanically important group in Tibet (taxon still to be decided) Simpson
¹ Graduate Program in Plant Biology
² Graduate Program in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (EEB)