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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Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.

Gordon C. Tucker and James W. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Washington
27-Jun-2002
Xanthium strumarium L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Shelby
10/6/2013
Xanthium strumarium L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Marion
20-Oct-2006
Xanthium strumarium L.

Gordon C. Tucker and Aquatic Plants Class
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
26-Sep-2002
Youngia japonica DC.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., South Carolina, Pickens
3-Jun-2006
Yucca filamentosa Wood

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Washington
5-Aug-2004
Yucca flaccida Haw.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
28-Sep-2000
Yucca L.

Gordon C. Tucker and BOT 4801 students
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
Zanthoxylum americanum Mill.

Gordon C. Tucker
USA, Illinois, Cumberland
1-Jul-2004
Zanthoxylum americanum Mill.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
23-Jun-2006
Zanthoxylum americanum Mill.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Moultrie
21-Aug-2002
Zanthoxylum americanum Mill.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Vermilion
6/14/2013
Zanthoxylum schinifolium

Gordon C. Tucker
China, Hunan, Shaoyang
5/24/2011
Zizania aquatica L.

Gordon C. Tucker and James W. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Washington
11-Sep-2003
Zizia aptera (A. Gray) Fernald

Gordon C. Tucker and Sarah E. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
15-Sep-2001
Zizia aurea (L.) W.D.J. Koch

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Effingham
14-Oct-2005
Zizia aurea (L.) W.D.J. Koch

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
10-Jun-1999
Zizia aurea (L.) W.D.J. Koch

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
30-May-2012
Zizia aurea (L.) W.D.J. Koch

Gordon C. Tucker and Vicky M. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
6-May-2005
Zostera marina Vis.

Gordon C. Tucker and Edwin H. Horning
U. S. A., New York, Suffolk
27-Jul-2000