Kelloff, Carol
Museum Specialist
Assistant Director for the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield (BDG) Program.
Positions
- Museum Specialist, National Museum of Natural History 1985 -
Background And Education
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in Bio, George Mason University , Environmental Science and Public Policy, Plant Diversity of Kaieteur National Park, Guyana: Using plant data as a tool in conservation and development. 2002
- M.S., George Mason University , Biology, A Systematic Study of the Eastern North American Lady Fern (Athyrium filix femina). 1987 - 1990
- B.A. in Biology, Elmira College 1986
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Jacobsen, Frode, Kelloff, Carol, and Castlebury, Lisa A. 2025. "New additions to the fungal species of Guyana." Studies in Fungi, 10, (1). https://doi.org/10.48130/sif-0025-0019. 2025
- Kelloff, Carol, Funk, Vicki A., Chan, Raymund, and Calvo, Joel. 2024. "A phylogenetic analysis and new delimitation of the Neotropical genus Werneria (Compositae, Senecioneae)." Taxon, https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13294. 2024
- Gostel, M. R., Loeuille, Benoit, Santana, Mariana Henriques, Kelloff, Carol L., Chan, Raymund, Giraldes Simões, Ana Rita, Larridon, Isabel, and Funk, Vicki A. 2024. "Molecular phylogenetics of Distephanus supports the recognition of a new tribe, Distephaneae (Asteraceae)." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae025. 2024
- Robinson, Harold, Funk, Vicki A., Kelloff, Carol L., and Chan, Raymund. 2023. "Vickianthus, a new genus of the Vernonieae (Compositae) from Mexico." Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 17, (1) 139–149. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v17.i1.1291. 2023
- Dirig, Robert L., Kass, Lee B., Kelloff, Carol L., and Kowalewski, Dylan. 2021. "Stanley Jay Smith: An unsung hero of New York State Botany." Solidago: Newsletter of the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society, 21, (3) 5–17. 2021
- Kelloff, Carol L. 2018. "Databasing and georeferencing historical collections to discover potential sites for rare and endangered plants of New York, U.S.A." Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 12, (1) 323–368. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v12.i1.940. 2018
- Databasing and georeferencing historical collections to discover potential sites for rare and endangered plants of New York, U.S.A. 2018
- Cardoso, Domingos, Särkinen, Tiina, Alexander, Sara, Amorim, André M., Bittrich, Volker, Celis, Marcela, Daly, Douglas C., Fiaschi, Pedro, Funk, Vicki Ann, Giacomin, Leandro L., Goldenberg, Renato, Heiden, Gustavo, Iganci, João, Kelloff, Carol L., Knapp, Sandra, de Lima, Haroldo Cavalcante, Machado, Anderson F. P., dos Santos, Rubens Manoel, Mello-Silva, Renato, Michelangeli, Fabián A., Mitchell, John, Moonlight, Peter, de Moraes, Pedro Luís Rodrigues, Mori, Scott A., Nunes, Teonildes Sacramento et al. 2017. "Amazon plant diversity revealed by a taxonomically verified species list." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, (40). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706756114. 2017
- Funk, Vicki Ann, Gostel, Morgan, Devine, Amanda, Kelloff, Carol L., Wurdack, Kenneth J., Tuccinardi, Chris, Radosavljevic, Aleks, Peters, Melinda, and Coddington, Jonathan. 2017. "Guidelines for collecting vouchers and tissues intended for genomic work (Smithsonian Institution): Botany Best Practices." Biodiversity Data Journal, (5) e11625. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e11625. 2017
- Gostel, Morgan R., Kelloff, Carol L., Wallick, Kyle, and Funk, Vicki Ann. 2016. "A workflow to preserve genome-quality tissue samples from plants in botanical gardens and arboreta." Applications in Plant Sciences, 4, (9). https://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1600039. 2016
- Funk, Vicki Ann, Sancho, Gisela, Roque, Nadia, Kelloff, Carol L., Ventosa-Rodriguez, Iralys, Diazgranados, Mauricio, Bonifacino, J. Mauricio, and Chan, Raymund. 2014. "A phylogeny of the Gochnatieae: Understanding a critically placed tribe in the Compositae." Taxon, 63, (4) 859–882. 2014
- Funk, Vicki Ann, Kelloff, Carol L., and Chan, Raymund. 2012. "Phylogeny and biogeography of the tribe Liabeae (Compositae subfamily Cichorioideae)." Taxon, 61, (2) 437–455. 2012
- Kelloff, Carol L. 2008. "Structure and diversity of a riparian forest at Kaieteur National Park, Guyana." Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 2, (1) 521–545. 2008
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Blog Posting
- Kelloff, Carol L. and Strong, Mark T. 2016. "Building Genomic Plant Collections from the Southeastern United States." National Museum of Natural History Unearthed http://nmnh.typepad.com/100years/2016/07/building-genomic-plant-collections-from-the-southeastern-united-states.html. 2016
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Book
- Kelloff, Carol L., Redden, Karen M., Wurdack, Kenneth J., and Alexander, Sara N. 2023. Smithsonian Plant Collections, Guiana Shield 2002-2012, Karen M. Redden and Kenneth J. Wurdack. In Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 116. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.21912828. 2023
- Kelloff, Carol L., Funk, Vicki Ann, and Alexander, Sara N. 2019. Smithsonian Plant Collections, Guiana Shield: 1985 - 2014, Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Collections. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 110. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.1938-2812.110. 2019
- Aymard, G. and Kelloff, Carol L. 2016. Dilleniaceae, Mota de Oliveira, S. and Jansen-Jacobs, M. J., editors. Richmond: Royal Botanic Garden - Kew. 2016
- Henkel, Terry W., Kelloff, Carol L., Alexander, Sara N., and Funk, Vicki Ann. 2016. Smithsonian Plant Collections, Guyana: 1992–2014, Terry W. Henkel. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 104. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.1938-2812.104. 2016
- Alexander, Sara N., Hoffman, Bruce, Kelloff, Carol L., and Funk, Vicki Ann. 2014. Smithsonian Plant Collections, the Guianas: 1991-1993 and 1995-2000, Bruce Hoffman. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 101. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.19382812.101. 2014
- Kelloff, Carol L., Alexander, Sara N., Funk, Vicki Ann, and Clarke, H. David. 2011. Smithsonian Plant Collections, Guyana: 1995–2004, H. David Clarke. In Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 97. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.0081024X.97.1. 2011
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Chapter
- Funk, Vicki Ann and Kelloff, Carol L. 2011. "Introduction." In Smithsonian Plant Collections, Guyana: 1995-2004. Kelloff, Carol L., Alexander, Sara N., Funk, Vicki Ann, and Clarke, H. D., editors. 1–20. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 97. (https://doi.org/10.5479/si.0081024X.97.1) 2011
- Aymard, C. and Kelloff, Carol L. 2007. "Dilleniaceae." In Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Funk, Vicki Ann, Hollowell, Thomas H., Berry, P. E., Kelloff, Carol L., and Alexander, Sara N., editors. 280–282. Washington D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 2007
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- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
