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Eastern Illinois University Courses

General Botany (BIO 1200G) - Spring 2008

Plant Microtechnique (BIO 5250) - Fall 2008

Plant Morphology (BIO 3612) - Spring 2009

Plant Anatomy (BIO 3614) - Fall 2009

Paleobotany (BIO 4892) - Fall 2009

Academic History

Post Doctoral Fellow, Botany. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 2006. Assembling the Angiosperm Tree of Life (AToL): Stamen and pollen morphology.
Ph.D., Botany. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. December 2004. Molecular systematics and anatomy of Vandeae (Orchidaceae): the evolution of monopodial leaflessness.
M.S., Botany. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. May 1996. Comparative leaf anatomy and systematics in Dendrobium, sections Aporum and Rhizobium (Orchidaceae): preliminary studies.
B.S., Physics. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. May 1994.

Publications

CARLSWARD, B. S. and W. L. STERN. In review. Vegetative anatomy of the terrestrial genus Corallorhiza (Orchidaceae). The Orchid Review.

STERN, W. L. and B. S. CARLSWARD. In review. Comparative vegetative anatomy and systematics of Laeliinae (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.

MICHENEAU, C., B. S. CARLSWARD, M. F. FAY, B. BYTEBIER, T. PAILLER, and M. W. CHASE. 2008 (in press). Phylogenetics and biogeography of Mascarene angraecoid orchids (Vandeae, Orchidaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

JUDD, W. S., D. L. NICKRENT, K. R. ROBERTSON, J. R. ABBOTT, C. S. CAMPBELL, B. S. CARLSWARD, M. J. DONOGHUE, and E. A. KELLOGG. 2007. Photo Gallery of Vascular Plants [the companion CD to Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach, 3rd ed.]. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Maryland.

WHITTEN, W. M. AND B. S. CARLSWARD. 2006. Ghosts of the Caribbean: Dendrophylax fawcettii and an overview of the genus. Orchids 75: 742-749.

CARLSWARD, B. S., W. M. WHITTEN, N. H. WILLIAMS, AND B. BYTEBIER. 2006. Molecular phylogenetics of Vandeae (Orchidaceae) and the evolution of leaflessness. American Journal of Botany 93: 770-786

STERN, W. L., AND B. S. CARLSWARD. 2006. Comparative vegetative anatomy and systematics of Oncidiinae (Maxillarieae, Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 91-107.

CARLSWARD, B. S., W. L. STERN, AND B. BYTEBIER. 2006. Comparative vegetative anatomy and systematics of the angraecoids (Vandeae, Orchidaceae) with an emphasis on the leafless habit. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 151: 165-218.

STERN, W. L., AND B. S. CARLSWARD. 2004. Vegetative constants in the anatomy of epiphytic orchids. The Orchid Review 112: 119-122.

STERN, W. L., W. S. JUDD, AND B. S. CARLSWARD. 2004. Systematic and comparative anatomy of Maxillarieae (Orchidaceae), sans Oncidiinae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 144: 251-274.

ABBOTT, J. R., AND B. S. CARLSWARD. 2004. Noteworthy collections: Florida. Castanea 69: 324-327.

CARLSWARD, B. S. 2003. Using trees to see the forest. The Orchid Review 111: 166-174.

CARLSWARD, B. S., W. M. WHITTEN, AND N. H. WILLIAMS. 2003. Molecular phylogenetics of neotropical leafless Angraecinae (Orchidaceae): reevaluation of generic concepts. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: 43-51.

CARLSWARD, B. S., W. L. STERN, W. S. JUDD, AND T. W. LUCANSKY. 1997. Comparative leaf anatomy and systematics in Dendrobium, sections Aporum and Rhizobium (Orchidaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 158: 332-342.

GRANT, M. W., P. F. LYMAN, J. H. HOOGENRAAD, B. S. CARLSWARD, D. A. ARMS, L. E. SEIBERLING, AND F. NAMAVAR. 1993. Fabrication and characterization of thin, self-supporting germanium single-crystals. Journal of Applied Physics 73: 2486-2488.

Published Abstracts & Papers Presented

CARLSWARD, B. S., S. R. MANCHESTER, AND W. S. JUDD. 2006. Angiosperm AToL Stamen and Pollen Morphology: Preliminary Observations. Annual Meeting of the Botanical Societies, Chico, California, USA.

CARLSWARD, B. S. 2003. Anatomy and molecular systematics of leafless Vandeae (Orchidaceae). Annual Meeting of the Botanical Societies, Mobile, Alabama, USA.

CARLSWARD, B. S. 2003. Leafless orchids: not just a case of horticultural neglect. The 14th Annual Graduate & Professional Student Forum, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

CARLSWARD, B. S., AND W. M. WHITTEN. 2001. Molecular systematics of leafless Vandeae (Orchidaceae): an example from tropical America. Annual Meeting of the Botanical Societies, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

CARLSWARD, B. S. 1996. Comparative leaf anatomy in Dendrobium, sections Aporum and Rhizobium (Orchidaceae): preliminary studies. The 7th Annual Graduate Student Forum, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Professional Societies

Contact me:
bscarlsward@eiu.edu