Beryl B. Simpson

C.L. Lundell Professor of Systematic Botany

Director, Plant Resources Center

  
School of Biological Sciences
Section of Integrative Biology
The University of Texas at Austin		 Office: BIO 112
Phone: 512.471.7335
e-mail: beryl at mail.utexas.edu
Current Activities Biographical Sketch I.B. Website Listing

Biographical Sketch
Education:
A.B. (Magna cum laude), 1964, Radcliffe College
M.A., 1967, Harvard University
Ph.D., 1968, Harvard University

Professional Experience:
1970-1972, Assistant Curator, Gray Herbarium, Harvard University
1972-1977, Associate Curator, Smithsonian Institution
1977, Curator, Smithsonian Institution
1978-1994, Professor, The University of Texas-Austin
1994-present, C. L. Lundell Professor, The University of Texas-Austin

Honors, major offices, and professional service:
1975-1980, Council, Society for the Study of Evolution
1975, Vice-President, Botanical Society of Washington
1975-1980, Board of Directors, I International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology
1980-1985, Co-President, III International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology
1981, Elected Fellow, Society of Naturalists
1981-1984, Council, American Society of Plant Taxonomists
1984, Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1984-1986, President-elect, President, Past President, Society for the Study of Evolution
1986-1988, Chairman, U.S. Committee to the International Union of Biological Sciences
1990-1992, President-elect, President, Past President, Botanical Society of America
1992-present, Board of Governors, US-Mexico Foundation for Science
1993-1995, Board of Directors, American Institute of Biological Sciences
1993-1994, President-elect, President, American Society of Plant Taxonomists
1994 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Editorial Boards: Evolution, Paleobiology, Darwiniana, Evolutionary Ecology Research
Editor-in-chief (1976-1978), Systematic Botany
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Winner: Cooley Award; Greenman Award

Representative Recent Publications:
   
2006 Weeks, A., and B.B. Simpson.  Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Commiphora (Burseraceae) yields insight on the evolution and historical biogeography of an "impossible" genus.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 62-79.
2006 Simpson, B. B., L. Larkin, A. Weeks, and J. McDill.  Phylogeny and biogeography of Pomaria (Caesalpinioideae: Leguminosae).  Syst. Bot. 31: 792-804.
2006 Simpson, B. B. Krameriaceae Pp. 208-212 in K. Kubitzki, ed. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Heidelberg: Springer.
2006 Simpson, B. B. and E. A. Ulibarri.  Synopsis of the genus Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae).  Lundellia 9: 7-33.
2006 Simpson, B. B. Gochnatia. Pp. 76-77 in Flora North America, North of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. eds. Flora North America Editorial  Committee. New York: Oxford University Press.
2006 Simpson, B. B. Acourtia. P.. 71-74 in Flora North America,  North of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6:  Asteraceae, part 1. eds. Flora North America Editorial Committee.  New York: Oxford University Press.
2006 Simpson, B. B. Hecastocleis. P. 71-72 in Flora North America, North of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. eds. Flora North America Editorial Committee. New York: Oxford University Press.
2006 Meudt, H. M. and B. B. Simpson. The biogeography of the austral, subalpine genus Ourisia (Plantaginaceae) based on molecular phylogenetic evidence: South American origin and  dispersal to New Zealand and Tasmania. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society. 87: 479-513.
2006 Hansen, A. K., L. E. Gilbert, B. B. Simpson, S. R. Downie, A. C. Cervi, and R. K. Jansen. Phylogenetic relationships and chromosome number evolution in Passiflora.  Systematic Botany
31: 138-150.
2006 Larkin, L. L., J. L. Neff, and B. B. Simpson.  Phylogeny of the Callandrena subgenus of Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae):  Discrediting monophyly with mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data.   Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38: 330-343.
2005 Neff, J. L. and B. B. Simpson.  4. Other rewards - oils, resins, and gums.  pp 314-328 in A. Dafni, P. G. Kevin, and B. C. Husband (eds.). Practical Pollination Biology. Enviroquest: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
2002 Barkman, T. and B. B. Simpson. Hybridization and Parentage of Dendrochilum acuiferum (Orchidaceae) inferred in a  phylogenetic context using nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data.  Syst. Bot. 27: 209-220.
2001 Simpson, B. B., D. M. Helfgott, and J. L. Neff. A new cryptic species of Nemophila (Hydrophyllaceae) and leptotypification of N. phacelioides Nuttall. Lundellia 4: 30-36.
2001  Barkman, T. J., & B. B. Simpson.  2001.  Origin of high elevation endemic Dendrochilum  species (Orchidaceae) on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Syst. Bot. 26(3): 658-669.
2000 Lewis, G. P., B. B. Simpson, and J. L. Neff. Progress in understanding the reproductive biology of the Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae). pp. 65-78 in P. S. Herendeen and A. Bruneau (eds.) Advances in Legume Systematics. Part 9. Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens.
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
 
 

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