C.L. Lundell Professor of Systematic Botany
Section of Integrative Biology
The University of Texas at Austin
Phone: 512.471.7335
e-mail: beryl at mail.utexas.edu
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Beryl B. Simpson
C.L. Lundell Professor of Systematic Botany |
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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 |
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| Current Activities | Biographical Sketch | I.B. Website Listing | ||
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Current Activities (Fall 2006):
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| Teaching: Economic Botany | |||
| Editor: Lundellia | |||
| Director: The Plant Resources Center/ University of Texas Herbarium (TEX) | |||
| Research: speciation patterns in the South American genera Adesmia (Fabaceae) and Perezia (Asteraceae), phylogeny of the Caesalpinia generic group. | |||
| Dr. Simpson also offers the following graduate-level seminars on a rotating schedule: | |||
| Principles of Pollination Biology (BIO 394) | |||
| Principles and Methods of Organismal Monography (BIO 394) | |||
| Biogeography (BIO 394, Topic 2) | |||
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Recent Publications |
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| 2005 | Simpson, B.B., J.A. Tate, and A. Weeks. | The biogeography of Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, Caesalpinieae): a tale of many travels. | Journal of Biogeography 32:15-27 |
| 2004 | Simpson, B.B., J.A. Tate, and A. Weeks. | Phylogeny and character evolution in Hoffmannseggia (Caesalpinieae: Caesalpinipioideae: Leguminosae). | Systematic Botany 29: 933-946 |
| 2004 | Simpson, B.B., D.M. Helfgott, A. Weeks, and L.L. Larkin. | Species relationships in Krameria (Krameriaceae) based on ITS sequences and morphology: Implications for character utility and biogeography. | Systematic Botany 29:97-108 |
| 2004 | Simpson, B.B. | Krameriaceae. Pp. 198-200 in Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. N. Smith, S.A. Mori, A. Henderson, D.W. Stevenson and S.V. Heald, eds. | Princeton University Press, Princeton. |
| 2003 | Simpson, B.B., L.L. Larkin, and A. Weeks. | Progress towards resolving the relationships of the Caesalpinia group (Caesalpinieae: Caesalpinioideae: Fabaceae). Pp. 123-148 in Advances in Legume Systematics X: Higher Level Systematics and Biogeography. B. Klitgaard and A. Bruneau, eds. | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. |
| 2003 | Simpson, B.B. and G.P. Lewis. | New combinations in the genus Pomaria. | Kew Bulletin 58(1): 175-184 |
| 2003 | Neff, J.L., B.B. Simpson, N.L. Evenhuis, and G. Dieringer. | Character analysis of adaptations for tarsal pollen collection in the Bombyliidae (Insecta: Diptera): the benefits of putting your foot in your mouth. | Zootaxa 157: 1-14 |
| Updated: January 2005 | |||