Tucker, Gordon C.

A vascular plant systematist, Dr. Tucker is a specialist on the sedge family. He serves as curator of the Stover-Ebinger Herbarium. He has strong interests in field botany and conducts inventories for the Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources and other agencies. His teaching interests include Plant Taxonomy, Dendrology, Wetland and Aquatic Plants, Environmental Sciences, and Ethnobotany. He co-teaches a study abroad course, Ethnobotany in China, with Dr. Zhiwei Liu. He has recently published papers and monographs on the sedges of North America, China, and Brazil. He is a participant in the Flora of North America Association, serving as a family editor and board member. Current projects include studies of the Cyperaceae for the Flora of Nepal; a monograph of the Neotropical species of Cyperus; and, authorship of Caprifoliaceae and related families for the Flora of North America, with students and colleagues.

Selected Works of Gordon Tucker

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Polygala senega L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Clark
11-Jun-1999
Polygala verticillata L.

Gordon C. Tucker
USA, West Virginia, Kanawha
14-Oct-2011
Polygala verticillata L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Connecticut, New London
6-Aug-2004
Polygala verticillata L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Macon
17-Aug-2012
Polygala verticillata L.

Gordon C. Tucker
USA, West Virginia, Kanawha
11-Aug-1998
Polygonatum commutatum (Schult. & Schult. f.) A. Dietr.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
11-Jun-1999
Polygonum amphibium L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Marion
21-Sep-2007
Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx.

Gordon C. Tucker and Nathan D. Badgett
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
5-Sep-2002
Polygonum arenastrum Jord. ex Boreau

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., West Virginia, Kanawha
6-Aug-2002
Polygonum aviculare L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
1-Dec-1998
Polygonum aviculare L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
Polygonum aviculare L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
Polygonum aviculare L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Marion
21-Sep-2007
Polygonum aviculare L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
27-Jul-2006
Polygonum aviculare L.

Gordon C. Tucker and BOT 4801 students
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
Polygonum aviculare L.

Gordon C. Tucker and BOT 4801 students
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
Polygonum aviculare L.

Gordon C. Tucker and Edwin H. Horning
U. S. A., New York, Suffolk
1-Aug-1997
Polygonum buxiforme Small

Gordon C. Tucker and Edwin H. Horning
U. S. A., New York, Suffolk
31-Jul-1997
Polygonum careyi Olney

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Washington
31-Jul-2000
Polygonum cespitosum

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Sangamon
25-Jul-2005
Polygonum cespitosum

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
1-Jul-2005
Polygonum cespitosum

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Washington
24-Jul-2008
Polygonum cespitosum

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., West Virginia, Kanawha
6-Aug-2002
Polygonum cespitosum var. longisetum (Bruijn) A.N. Steward

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
20-Sep-1997
Polygonum cespitosum var. longisetum (Bruijn) A.N. Steward

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
20-Sep-1997