C u r r i c u l u m   V i  t a e

                                                  GORDON CHARLES TUCKER

 

                                                       EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1998-                    Associate Professor and Curator of Stover--Ebinger Herbarium, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University

1996-1998            Associate Professor and Curator of Stover--Ebinger Herbarium, Dept. of Botany, Eastern Illinois University

1991 - 1996          Scientist (Botany), Biological Survey, New York State Museum

1993                     Temporary Instructor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University at Albany (State Univ. of New York)

1990 - 1991          Junior Scientist (Botany), Biological Survey, New York State Museum

1985 - 1990          Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Survey, New York State Museum

                      (Generic Flora of Southeastern U. S. Project)

1980 - 1985          Dept. of Botany, Duke University, Teaching Assistant

1979 - 1980          Dept. of Botany, Duke University, Herbarium Assistant

 

                                                                  EDUCATION

       Degree          Year              Institution                           Major Field

       Ph.D.             1985              Duke University                 Botany

       M.S.              1981              Duke University                 Botany

       A.B.              1979              Cornell University              Biological Sciences

 

                                                        RESEARCH INTERESTS

Taxonomy of sedges and grasses, especially Cyperus of the New World Tropics; Flora of Illinois; edible and poisonous plants; field biology and biodiversity inventories

 

COURSES TAUGHT

Wetland Plants, Biology for Non-Majors, Bryology, Dendrology, Environmental Science (Honors), Ethnobotany, Economic Botany; Field Ecology for Teachers, Horticulture, Local Flora, Plant Anatomy, Plant Ecology, Plant Geography, Plant Morphology, Plant Morphology for Teachers, Plant Taxonomy, Plants and Civilization (and Honors), Practical Botany

 

 

 

                                                   PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

Membership in Professional Societies:

       American Society of Plant Taxonomists (since 1979)

       Illinois State Academy of Science (since 1997)

       New England Botanical Club (since 1985)

       Flora of North America Association (since 1990); member of the Board of Directors since 2006

       Illinois Native Plant Society (since 1997); President (2004-2006); Technical Editor (2001-) for Erigenia; Executive Board member since 1999

       Connecticut Botanical Society (since 1975)

 

                                                               PUBLICATIONS

                                                          Book-length Publications

 

Gibbons, E.T., & G.C. Tucker.  1979.  The Euell Gibbons Handbook of Edible Wild Plants. Donning Co., Virginia Beach.  280 pp.

Tucker, G.C.  1983.  The Taxonomy of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) in Costa Rica and Panama. Systematic Botany Monographs, vol. 2. 85 pp. 

_____.  1994. Revision of the Mexican Species of Cyperus L. (Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs, vol. 43.  213 pp.

_____.  1995. Vascular Flora of Southeastern Connecticut.  Memoirs of the Connecticut Botanical Society, vol. 3.  xxvii + 205 pp.

Mitchell, R. S., & G. C. Tucker. 1997.  Revised Checklist of New York State Plants.  New York State Museum Bulletin 490.  vii + 400 pp.

Mitchell, R. S. & G. C. Tucker. 2000. Revised Checklist of New York State Plants, Edition II. 332 pp.  CD format. New York State Museum Bulletin 490A.

 

                                                Journal Articles and Chapters in Books

Tucker, G.C.  1978.  Notes on the flora of Rhode Island.  Rhodora 80: 596, 597.

_____.  1982.  Name changes for three familiar plants [Ribes grossularia, Ribes sativum, Sedum telephium].  Newsletter of the Connecticut Botanical Society 10(3): 4. 

_____.  1982.  A new species of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) from Costa Rica and Mexico.  Systematic Botany 7: 345‑347. 

_____.  1983.  Two new species of Cyperus (subgenus Protocyperus) from Mexico and Central America.  Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 110: 161‑165. 

_____.  1984.  Taxonomic notes on two common neotropical species of Cyperus  (Cyperaceae).  Sida Contributions to Botany 10: 298‑307. 

_____.  1984.  A revision of Kyllinga Rottb. (Cyperaceae) in Mexico and Central America.  Rhodora 86: 507‑538.

_____.  1985.  Cyperus flavicomus, the correct name for Cyperus albomarginatus.  Rhodora 87: 539‑541.

_____.  1986.  The species of Cyperus described by Liebmann in "Mexicos halvgraes."  Systematic Botany 11: 14‑19. 

_____.  1986.  The correct name for Cyperus cayennensis (C. flavus), Cyperaceae.  Southwestern Naturalist 30: 607, 608. 

_____.  1986.  Cyperaceae.  Pp. 206‑211 in: D. E. Breedlove, ed.  Flora de Chiapas.  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City. 

_____.  1986.  The genera of Elatinaceae in the southeastern United States.  Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 67: 471‑483.

_____.  1986.  New Mesoamerican species of Cyperus (Cyperaceae).  Rhodora 88:  503‑514. 

_____.  1987.  The genera of Cyperaceae in the southeastern United States.  Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 68: 361‑445.

_____.  1987.  New records of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) from West Virginia.  Castanea 52: 145, 146. 

_____.  1987.  Some taxonomic abbreviations and symbols.  Newsletter of the Connecticut Botanical Society 15(2): 7; 10.

_____.  1987.  Additions to the flora of Connecticut.  Rhodora 89: 217‑220.

_____.  1988.  The genera of Bambusoideae (Gramineae) in the southeastern United States.  Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 69: 239-273. 

_____.  1989.  The genera of Commelinaceae in the southeastern United States.  Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 70: 97-130.

_____, & N.G. Miller. 1990. Achene microstructure in Eriophorum L. (Cyperaceae): systematic implications and paleobotanical applications.  Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 117: 266-283.

_____.  1990.  The genera of Arundinoideae (Gramineae) in the southeastern United States.  Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 71: 145-177.

_____.  1991. Five adventive species new to the flora of Connecticut.  Newsletter of  the Connecticut Botanical Society 19(1): 3, 4.

Mitchell, R.S., & G.C. Tucker.  1991. Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi, an overlooked adventive in the northeastern United states.  Rhodora 93: 192-194. 

Tucker, G.C.  1991. Scirpus polyphyllus (Cyperaceae) in New Hampshire. Rhodora 93: 198, 199.

_____.  1992. Our Beachgrasses (Ammophila), including the rare Champlain Beachgrass. NYFA Newsletter 3(1): 4.

_____.  1992. Scirpus (Cyperaceae) in Connecticut.  Newsletter of the Connecticut  Botanical Society 20(3): 3-10.

_____. 1993. Elatinaceae, pp. 542-544, In: J.C. Hickman, T.R. Rosatti and D.H. Wilken, eds., The Jepson Manual, Higher Plants of California. Berkeley, California.

_____. 1993. Cyperus, pp. 1138-1140, Kyllinga, 1143-1144, and Lipocarpha, 1144 (Cyperaceae), In: J.C. Hickman, T.R. Rosatti and D.H. Wilken, eds., The Jepson Manual, Higher Plants of California. Berkeley, California.

____ & R. McVaugh. 1993. Cyperus L. (Cyperaceae).  In: W.R. Anderson, ed., Flora Novo-Galiciana: A Descriptive Account of the Vascular Plants of Western Mexico, vol. 13 (Limnocharitaceae to Typhaceae): 270-344.

Mitchell, R.S., & G.C. Tucker. 1994. Flora of an unusually diverse old growth forest in the southeastern Adirondacks.  Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 121: 10-16.

Tucker, G.C.  1995. Preliminary Keys to Carex (Cyperaceae) in New York State. NYFA Newsletter 6(2): 3-18.

_____. 1996. The genera of Pooideae (Gramineae) in the southeastern United States.  Harvard Papers in Botany 9: 11-90.

_____. 1997. Distribution of Common Reed.  Long Island Botanical Society Newsletter 7: 10.

_____. 1998.  Cyperus (pp. 523—541) and Kyllinga  (pp. 588—590)  (Cyperaceae).  In: Berry, P., B. Holst, & K. Yatskievych, eds.  Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, volume 4: Caesalpiniaceae--Ericaceae.

McKenzie, P.M., B. Jacobs, C.T. Bryson, G.C. Tucker, & R. Carter. 1998. Cyperus fuscus (Cyperaceae), new to Missouri and Nevada, with comments on its occurrence in North America.  Sida Contributions to Botany 18: 325-333.

Stalter, R., E.E. Lamont, & G.C. Tucker. 2000.  Noteworthy Collections: Cyperus difformis in New Jersey. Castanea 65: 84-85.

Tucker, G.C. 2000.  Sagina (Caryophyllaceae) in Illinois: an update. Rhodora 102: 214--216.

_____. 2000.  Some notable plant records from east-central and southern Illinois.  Erigenia 18: 75-79.

_____.. 2001. Cyperus, pp. 740-757 and Kyllinga, pp. 771-773 (Cyperaceae), in W. D. Stevens et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua (Tomo I).  Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85.

_____.. 2001. Elatinaceae, pp. 820-821 in W. D. Stevens et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua (Tomo I).  Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85.

Kessler, A., G.C. Tucker, & J.E. Ebinger. 2001. Prairie Restorations at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Jasper County, Illinois.  Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 94: 127-138.

G.C. Tucker & J.E. Ebinger. 2001. Status of the Oak Hybrids Quercus ´ leana and Q. ´ runcinata in Illinois.  Sida Contributions to Botany 19: 1073-1081.

Hay, S., & G.C. Tucker.  2002.  Scirpus ancistrochaetus (Cyperaceae), a new record for Canada.  Rhodora 104: 83-85.

Tucker, G.C., J.R. Carter & B.G. Marcks. 2002. Cyperus (Cyperaceae -- Sedge Family) in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.). Flora of North America, vol. 23: 141-190. New York and Oxford

----- & J.J. Bruhl. 2002. Blysmopsis and Remirea (Cyperaceae - Sedge Family) in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.). Flora of North America, vol. 23: 191; 199. New York and Oxford

-----. Cladium (pp. 240-242), Kyllinga (193-195), Lipocarpha (195-197), and Schoenus (239-240) (Cyperaceae - Sedge Family) in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.). Flora of North America, vol. 23: New York and Oxford

Tucker, G. C.  2002.  Elatine (Elatinaceae) in Baldwin, B., et al. (eds.), The Jepson Desert manual, vascular plants of southeastern California, 282, 291. Univ. Calif. Press.

Tucker, G. C.  2002.  Cyperus and Kyllinga (Cyperaceae) in Baldwin, B., et al. (eds.), The Jepson Desert Manual, vascular plants of southeastern California, 529-533. Univ. Calif. Press.

Edgin, B., B. Garrard, G.C. Tucker & J.E. Ebinger. 2003. Vegetation of Allison Prairie – A Gravel Prairie Reconstruction in Lawrence County, Illinois. Erigenia 19: 52-59.

Tucker, G. C.  2004. Elatinaceae. in N. Smith et al., eds.  Flowering Plants of the Neotropics, pp. 138-139. New York Botanical Garden and Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, N.J.

Ward, J.A., G.C. Tucker, S.J. Meiners, & J. E. Ebinger. 2004. Analysis of Prairie Restorations at Rock Springs Environmental Center, Decatur, Illinois. Erigenia 20: 9-19.

Edgin, B., G.C. Tucker &  J. E. Ebinger. 2005. Vegetation and Flora of American Beech Woods Nature Preserve, Clark County, Illinois.  Sida Contributions to Botany 21: 1861-1878.

Tucker, G.C.  2006.  Additions to the flora of Rhode Island. Rhodora 108: 65-71.

Owens, N. L., G.C. Tucker &  J. E. Ebinger.  2006. Flora and Vegetation of Coneflower Glacial Drift Hill Prairie Natural Area, Moultrie County, Illinois. Rhodora 108: 370-386.

Tucker, G.C.  2007.  Lagurus  Linnaeus.  pp. 669-670 in Barkworth, M.E., K.M. Capels, S. Long, & M.B. Piep, eds. Flora of North America, north of Mexico.  Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1.  New York and Oxford.

Tucker, G.C.  2007.Desmazeria Dumortier.  pp. 681-683 in Barkworth, M.E., K.M. Capels, S. Long, & M.B. Piep, eds. Flora of North America, north of Mexico.  Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1.  New York and Oxford.

Tucker, G.C.  2007. Avenula (Dumortier) Dumortier.  pp. 698-699 in Barkworth, M.E., K.M. Capels, S. Long, & M.B. Piep, eds. Flora of North America, north of Mexico.  Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1.  New York and Oxford.

Tucker, G.C..  2007. Helictotrichon Besser.  pp. 701-702 in Barkworth, M.E., K.M. Capels, S. Long, & M.B. Piep, eds. Flora of North America, north of Mexico.  Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1.  New York and Oxford.

Yang, Q. E. & Tucker, G. C. 2007. Elatinaceae. Pp. 55-56 in: Wu, Z. Y., Raven, P. H. & Hong, D. Y., eds., Flora of China vol. 13 (Clusiaceae through Araliaceae). Science Press, Beijing and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Tucker, G.C.  2007. Systematics of Cyperus L. section Diffusi Kunth (Cyperaceae) in the Neotropics. pp. 311—314, in L.M. Barbosa and N.A. Santos, eds. A botânica no Brasil: pesquisa, ensino e políticas públicas ambientais.  São Paulo: Soc. Bot. Bras. Bull. 238A.

Tucker, G.C.  2007. Additions to the flora of Connecticut.  Rhodora 109: 459-463.

Nelson, D., G. C. Tucker, & J. E. Ebinger. 2007. Glyceria maxima (Poaceae), sweet reed grass, an exotic grass new to the Illinois flora.  Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 100: 223-224.

 

 

Abstracts

 

Tucker, G.C.  1986.  The distribution of C3 and C4 species of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) in North  and Central America. American Journal of Botany 73: 792. 

_____.  1987.  Overlooked sectional names in Carex (Cyperaceae) from Loudon's Hortus Britannicus (1830). Canadian Botanical Association Bulletin 20(3): 16.

_____  & N.G. Miller.  1989.  Achene microstructure in Eriophorum L. (Cyperaceae):  systematic implications and paleobotanical applications. American Journal of Botany 76: 276.

_____. 1992. Northeastern Botanical Database Network, a Developing Effort. New York Natural History Conference II, Program and Abstracts, pp. 71, 72.

_____. 1993. How Research Underpins Resource Management: Predicating Use Levels on Ecosystem Integrity. With M. Batcher et al.  Mohonk Preserve Land Management Conference. Pp. 19-20.

_____. 1994. Plant Life of the Helderberg Highlands of Eastern New York. New York Natural History Conference III, Program and Abstracts, pp. 48, 49.

Mitchell, R.S., & G.C. Tucker. 1994. Recent Floristic Work in the Hudson Highlands. New York Natural History Conference III, Program and Abstracts, pp. 35.

Mitchell, R.S., G.C. Tucker, & S. Barbour. 1996.  Plant Hunting in Bear Mountain and Harriman State Parks.  New York Natural History Conference IV, Program and Abstracts, pp. 20.

Tucker, G.C.  1996. Plant Life of the Whitaker Lake Region, Hamilton County, New York. New York Natural History Conference IV, Program and Abstracts, pp. 21.

Bryant, J.M., G.C. Tucker, & P. Bailey. 1996.  Resurrecting a Nineteenth Century Herbarium and a Collector’s Career. New York Natural History Conference IV, Program and Abstracts, pp. 60.

Kessler, A., G.C. Tucker, & J.E. Ebinger. 1999. Prairie restorations at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Jasper County, Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 92: 46.

Tyson, W.S., G.C. Tucker, & J.E. Ebinger. 1999. Status of the Hybrid Oak Quercus ´ bushii in Illinois. Ibid.

Tucker, G.C. & J.E. Ebinger. 2000. Status of the Hybrid Oak Taxa Quercus ´ leana and Q. ´ runcinata in Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 93: 50.

Ward, J. A., G.C. Tucker, & J.E. Ebinger. 2000. Prairie restorations at Rock Springs Environmental Center, Decatur, Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 93: 82.

Tucker, G.C. 2001. Scirpus sensu lato (Cyperaceae) in Illinois: an update. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 94: 53.

Tucker, G.C. 2002.  The bulrushes (Scirpus, Cyperaceae) in Illinois: an update. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 95: 25.

Edgin, B., G. C. Tucker, & J.E. Ebinger. 2003. Vegetation and Flora of American Beech Woods Nature Preserve, Clark County, Illinois.  Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 96: 31.

Tucker, G.C., S.A. Jones, B. Edgin, & J.E. Ebinger. 2006.  Botanical Inventory of Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Jasper County, Illinois. Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conference 20: 30.

 

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

 

1989       Botanical survey of the Great Swamp, Dutchess and Putnam Counties, New York  (New York Natural Heritage Program and The Nature Conservancy).

1990       Botanical Survey of Chittenden County Circumferential Highway (Vermont Agency of Transportation).

1991       Biological Inventory of Fishers Island Watershed (Suffolk County Dept. of Health Services and Fishers Island Conservancy); Edwin H. Horning, co-principal investigator.

1991       Botanical Inventory of Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration Forest, Warren County, New York (Adirondack Regional Development Council); Richard S. Mitchell, principal investigator.

1992       Supplemental Floristic Inventory of U.S. Military Academy Reservation (West Point) (U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory); Richard S. Mitchell, principal investigator.

1993       Floristic Inventory of Bear Mountain and Harriman State Parks (Palisades Interstate Park Commission); Richard S. Mitchell, co-principal investigator.

1995       Botanical Collection Upgrade at Pember Museum of Natural History, Granville, New York

1995       Ohio River Plant Life Inventory (West Virginia Chapter of The Nature Conservancy), botanical consultant.

1996       Floristic Inventory of Storm King Mountain State Parks (Palisades Interstate Park Commission); Richard S. Mitchell, co-principal investigator.

1997       Botanical Inventory of Proposed Fishers Island Bicycle Path (Fishers Island Conservancy).

1998       Floristic Analysis of Prairie Reconstructions at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Jasper Co., Illinois (Annette Kessler and John Ebinger, collaborators) (Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources)

Jul 2002 – Jun 2003. Illinois Department of Natural Resources Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund Botanical Inventory of Coneflower Hill Prairie, Moultrie County, Illinois

Jul 2003--Dec 2004 . Illinois Department of Natural Resources Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. Botanical Inventory of Wildcat Hollow State Forest, Effingham County, Illinois

Jul 2004 –Dec 2005. Illinois Department of Natural Resources Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. Botanical Inventory of Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Jasper County, Illinois.

Jul 2006—Dec 2008 Illinois Department of Natural Resources Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. Botanical Inventory of Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Marion County, Illinois.

Jul 2006—Dec 2007 Illinois Department of Natural Resources Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund. Is Anostrophus a rare species in Illinois?  (ZhiWei Liu, Principal Investigator).

 

                                                              Publications Edited

 

1992. The New York Natural History Conference II, Program and Abstracts. New York State Museum Circular 54. iv + 76 pp.

1994. The New York Natural History Conference III, Program and Abstracts. New York State Museum and New York State Museum Institute. 76 pp.

1996. The New York Natural History Conference IV, Program and Abstracts. New York State Museum and New York State Museum Institute. 78 pp.

 

Book Reviews

Wild Plants of America: A Select Guide for the Naturalist and Traveler, by Richard M. Smith. John

       Wiley and Sons. 1989. 267 pp.  NYFA Newsletter 1(3): 10, 11. 1990.

Wild Rice in Canada, by S.G. Aiken, P.F. Lee, D. Punter, & J.M. Stewart. Agriculture Canada Publ. 1830.  130 pp. Canadian Field-Naturalist 104: 508. 1990.

The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses, by John Greenlee & Derek Fell. Rodale Press. 1992. 186 pp. NYFA Newsletter 5(2): 8. 1994.

The Ashokan Catskills: A Natural History, by John Bierhorst. Purple Mountain Press. 1995. 116 pp. NYFA Newsletter 6(3): 4, 5.

Ferns for American Gardens, by John T. Mickel. MacMillan Publ. Co. 1994.  370 pp.  NYFA Newsletter 7(1): 8, 9. 1996.

Vascular Plants of Illinois, by R. Mohlenbrock. SIU Press. 2002. 490 pp.  Rhodora 104: 253-254. 2003.

Illustrated Flora of Illinois, by R. Mohlenbrock. SIU Press. 2004. 2 vol. 720  pp.  Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Sciences 98: 100-102.