Wesley M. Knapp
Encyclopedia
Wesley Martin Knapp is a regional botanist with the Maryland Natural Heritage Program. Originally from New Hampshire
, Knapp is an expert in North American plants belonging to the Cyperaceae
(sedges) and Juncaceae
(rushes). Knapp has published research in journals including: Systematic Botany, the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
http://www.andestoamazon.com/Sida/PDF/PDF22(1)/57_Knapp-Estes_Gratiola_825-829.pdf, Evansia, and Opuscula Philolicheum.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, Knapp is an expert in North American plants belonging to the Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 species described in about 109 genera. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group...
(sedges) and Juncaceae
Juncaceae
Juncaceae, the rush family, are a monocotyledonous family of flowering plants. There are eight genera and about 400 species. Members of the Juncaceae are slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous plants, and they may superficially resemble grasses. They often grow on infertile soils in a wide range...
(rushes). Knapp has published research in journals including: Systematic Botany, the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
The Botanical Research Institute of Texas is a global botanical research institute and learning center in the U.S. that provide accessible resources to both scientific and public communities...
http://www.andestoamazon.com/Sida/PDF/PDF22(1)/57_Knapp-Estes_Gratiola_825-829.pdf, Evansia, and Opuscula Philolicheum.
Papers Published
- Systematic Botany - Knapp, W.M. & R.F.C. Naczi 2008. Taxonomy, Morphology, and Geographic Distribution of Juncus longii (JuncaceaeJuncaceaeJuncaceae, the rush family, are a monocotyledonous family of flowering plants. There are eight genera and about 400 species. Members of the Juncaceae are slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous plants, and they may superficially resemble grasses. They often grow on infertile soils in a wide range...
) Systematic Botany 33(4): 685-694 - Opuscula Philolichenum - Lendemer, J.C. & W.M. Knapp. 2007. Contributions to the Lichen Flora of Maryland: Recent Collections from the Delmarva Peninsula.
- Botanical Research Institute of TexasBotanical Research Institute of TexasThe Botanical Research Institute of Texas is a global botanical research institute and learning center in the U.S. that provide accessible resources to both scientific and public communities...
(Formerly SIDA) - Knapp, W.M. & D. Estes. 2006. Gratiola brevifolia (PlantaginaceaePlantaginaceaePlantaginaceae Juss. or plantain family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales. The type genus is Plantago L..In older classifications it used to be the only family of the order Plantaginales, but numerous phylogenetic studies, summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, have...
) New to the Flora of Delaware, the Delmarva Peninsula and the Mid-Atlantic. SIDA 22(1):825-829.
External links
- http://www.nybg.org/files/scientists/rnaczi//Juncuslongii/Knapp%20&%20Naczi%20Sys%20Bot%20J%20longii.pdf
- http://sweetgum.nybg.org/webmedia.php?irn=248688
- http://www.andestoamazon.com/Sida/PDF/PDF22(1)/57_Knapp-Estes_Gratiola_825-829.pdf