Kirkbride, Joseph H.
Botanist
Systematics of the Neotropical Rubiaceae. Treatments of the following genera are being prepared for the Flora of Ecuador: Borreria G. Mey., Diodia Gronov., Emmeorhiza Pohl ex Endl., Galianthe Griseb., Hexasepalum Bartl. ex DC., Manettia Mutis, Mitracapus Zucc., and Richardia Houst. ex L.
Positions
- Research Associate, Department of Botany 2015 -
Geographic Focus
- Neotropics Geographic Region
Background And Education
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in Biology, City University of New York , New York Botanical Garden, A revision of the genus Declieuxia (Rubiaceae) 1968 - 1975
Professional Biography
- My professional university training was in the field of biology with specialization in systematic botany. My bachelor degree (1966) and master's degree (1968) were awarded by St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. My doctoral studies were conducted at the New York Botanical Garden, and my doctoral degree was awarded by the City University of New York, New York, New York (1975). I was at the Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution from 1975 to 1979. From 1979 to 1984, I was a professor the Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil, and was tenured in 1983. I worked for the USDA Agricultural Research Service from 1984 to 2015 as a Research Botanist dealing with the systematics and nomenclature of crop plants. I retired from the Agricultural Research Service in January 2015, and have been a Research Associate in the Department of Botany, Smithsonian since that time. I am now preparing generic treatments of various Rubiaceae genera for the Flora of Ecuador.
Awards And Honors
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Kirkbride, Joseph H. and Wiersema, John H. 2020. "Neotypification of Manettia reclinata (Rubiaceae)." Taxon, Article 12232. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12232. 2024
- Kirkbride, Joseph H. and Wiersema, John H. 2020. "Nomenclatural anomalies among Kunth's Rubiaceae." Taxon, 69, (3) 605–612. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12183. 2024
- Kirkbride, Joseph H., Jr. and Wiersema, John H. 2022. "Authorship and typification of Rubiaceae names published by AP de Candolle and A. Richard revisited." Taxon, https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12724. 2022
- Wadl, Phillip A., Rinehart, Timothy A., Olsen, Richard T., Waldo, Benjamin D., and Kirkbride, Joseph H., Jr. 2022. "Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Chionanthus virginicus." Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 147, (1) 62–69. https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05095-21. 2022
- Kirkbride, Joseph H., Jr. and Wiersema, John H. 2019. "(81-84) Requests for binding decisions on the descriptive statements associated with Cinchona cordifolia, C. lancifolia, C. oblongifolia, and C. ovalifolia (Rubiaceae)." Taxon, 68, (4) 877–878. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12115. 2019
- Kirkbride, Joseph H., Wiersema, John H., and Delprete, Piero G. 2018. "(2588) Proposal to conserve the name Emmeorhiza against Endlichera (Rubiaceae)." Taxon, 67, (1) 215–216. https://doi.org/10.12705/671.26. 2018
- Kirkbride, Joseph H., Jr., Wiersema, John H., and Gunn, Steven R. 2018. "Charles Robert (Bob) Gunn (1927-2015)." Taxon, 67, (1) 227–228. https://doi.org/10.12705/671.33. 2018
- Delprete, Piero G. and Kirkbride, Joseph H., Jr. 2017. "Schradera involucrata is the correct name for Spermacoce scandens (Rubiaceae)." Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 11, (1) 121–122. 2017
- Wiersema, John H., Delprete, Piero G., Kirkbride, Joseph H., Jr., and Franck, Alan R. 2017. "A New Weed in Florida, Spermacoce latifolia , and the Distinction between S. alata and S. latifolia (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae)." Castanea: The Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society, 82, (2) 114–131. https://doi.org/10.2179/17-124. 2017
- Olsen, Richard T. and Kirkbride, Joseph H., Jr. 2017. "Taxonomic revision of the genus Catalpa (Bignoniaceae)." Brittonia, 69, (3) 387–421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-017-9471-7. 2017
- Delprete, Piero G. and Kirkbride, Joseph H., Jr. 2016. "New combinations and new names in Palicourea (Rubiaceae for species of Psychotria subgenus Heteropsychotria occurring in the Guianas)." Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 10, (2) 409–442. 2016
- Kramina, Tatiana E., Degtjareva, Galina V., Samigullin, Tahir H., Valiejo-Roman, Carmen M., Kirkbride, Joseph H., Jr., Volis, Sergei, Deng, Tao, and Sokoloff, Dmitry D. 2016. "Phylogeny of Lotus (Leguminosae: Loteae): Partial incongruence between nrITS, nrETS and plastid markers and biogeographic implications." Taxon, 65, (5) 997–1018. https://doi.org/10.12705/655.4. 2016
Affiliation
Member Of
Contact
Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
Mailing Address
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Department of Botany
NMNH - MRC 166
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
USA
