Dr. Kenneth J. Sytsma

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Education
  • Ph.D., Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 1983
  • M.A., Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A., 1979
  • B.S., Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A., 1976

Dr. Kenneth Sytsma is a North American botanist and Professor of Botany at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. His research focuses on molecular systematics of vascular plants (Ericales, Myrtales, Onagraceae, Bromeliaceae, and Lamiaceae); Angiosperm Tree of Life; Biogeography; Adaptive radiations on islands.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Sytsma has published the following:

Bremer, K., M. W. Chase, P. F. Stevens, A. Anderberg, A. Backlund, B. Bremer, B. Briggs, P. K. Endress, M. F. Fay, P. Goldblatt, M. H. G. Gustafsson, S. B .Hoot, W. S. Judd, M. Källersjö, E. A. Kellogg, K. A. Kron, D. H. Les, C. M. Morton, D. L. Nickrent, R. G. Olmstead, R. A. Price, C. J. Quinn, J. E. Rodman, P. J. Rudall, V. Savolainen, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, K. J. Sytsma, and M. Thulin (The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group). 1998. An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: 531–553.

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