Section of Botany - Cynthia Morton

CMNH - Section of Botany

~Cynthia Morton~
Associate Curator and Head of Botany

Phone: (412) 622-3253; Fax: (412) 622-8670
e-mail: mortonc@CarnegieMNH.org;

Professional Affiliations:
American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Botanical Society of America, Fellow of the Linnean Society, Systematics Association, UK, and Society of Systematic Biologist.

Teaching Experience:
Auburn University, Auburn, AL-- Systematic Botany, Special Prob. In Molecular Biology, Current Topics, Plant Biology, General Biology.

Reading University, Reading, U.K.--Undergraduate tutorial group for molecular biology, Plant taxonomy and systematics, Floral Ontogeny, Plant molecular systematics, in practice and analysis.

Research Interests:
Plant phylogenetics, a multidisciplinary approach specializing in the use of morphological and molecular features to assess taxonomic relationships and biogeographical patterns.

Complete List of Publications:

Some Recent Publications:

Morton, C. M. 2002. Dipterocarpaceae.Chapter in: "Families of Neotropical Flowering Plants" NYBG and Princeton University Press.

Penny, E., M-K Lee, C.M. Morton and S. Davis. 2002. Groundwater geochemistry, isotope hydrology, and microbiology of coastal plain aquifers in central-south Alabama. Journal of Hydrology (submitted)

Fritsch, P.W., C.M. Morton, T. Chen and Candice Meldrum. 2001. Phylogeny of the Styracaceae based on morphology and molecular data. Int. J. Plant Sci. 162:95-116.

Capo-chichi, L, D.B. Weaver and C.M. Morton. 2001. Assessment of genetic diversity within a collection of velvet bean (Mucuna spp.) germplasms. TAQ 103:1180-1188.

Grant, M., S. Blackmore and C.M. Morton. 2000. Pollen morphology of the subfamily Aurantioideae (Rutaceae). Grana. 39(1): 8-20.

Barker, N. P., H. P. Linder and C. M. Morton. 2000. The Danthonieae: Composition and Relationships. Systematic and Evolution: 221-231.

Vargas, P, H. McAllister, C. M. Morton, S. L. Jury and M. J. Wilkinson . 1999. Polyploid speciation in Hedera L.: phylogenetic and biogeographic insights based on chromosome counts, ITS sequences, and SSR-PCR data. Plant Systematics and Evolution 219:165-179.

Chase, M.W., C.M. Morton, and J.A. Kallunki. 1999. Evaluation of the six subfamilies of Rutaceae using evidence from rbcL and atpB sequence variation. American Journal of Botany 86:1191-1199.

Vargas, P., C. M. Morton, and S. L. Jury. 1999. Biogeographic patterns in Mediterranean and Macaronesian species of Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) based on phylogenetic analyses using ITS (Internal Transcribed Spacer). American Journal of Botany 86:724-734.

Morton, C. M., D.M. D.M. Dissanayake and S. Dayanandan. 1999.Phylogeny and biogeography of Pseudomonotes using morphological and molecular data.Plant Systematics and Evolution 216:197-205.

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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