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Wurdack, Kenneth

Research Botanist and Associate Curator of Botany (Euphorbiaceae, Malpighiales)

Systematic biology: Systematics, phylogenetics, and biogeography of Euphorbiaceae s.l. and other Malpighiales; also Thymelaeaceae.

Evolutionary biology: plant-insect interactions, especially pertaining to ants and myrmecophytic associations.

Floristic work: neotropics, southeastern USA, Molecular biology: genome evolution especially in plant mitochondria; processes of molecular evolution.

History of science: botanical exploration and natural history, especially pertaining to 19th century southeastern USA.

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