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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Carya tomentosa (Lam. ex Poir.) Nutt.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
23-May-2006
Carya tomentosa (Lam. ex Poir.) Nutt.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Washington
4-Aug-2004
Cassia fasciculata Michx.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Moultrie
21-Aug-2002
Cassia marilandica L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
26-Aug-2005
Cassia marilandica L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
18-Sep-1997
Cassia marilandica L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Moultrie
25-Sep-2002
Cassia marilandica L.

Gordon C. Tucker and Vicky M. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
7-Aug-2014
Cassia tora L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
9-Sep-1996
Castanea dentata Sudworth

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Connecticut, New London
30-Jul-2010
Castanea dentata Sudworth

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Kent
21-Jun-2002
Castanea mollissima Blume

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Connecticut, New London
2013-07-14
Castanea mollissima Blume

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
9-Jun-2004
Castanea pumila (L.) Mill.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., South Carolina, Horry
11-Jun-2003
Castanopsis carlesii

Gordon C. Tucker and Xun-lin Yu
China, Hunan, Changsha
5/24/2010
Catalpa bignonioides Walt.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
24-Jul-2013
Catalpa bignonoides

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Marion
8/3/2012
Catalpa Scop.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Washington
6-Aug-2005
Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnep.

Gordon C. Tucker
China, Hunan, Huaihua
22-May-2011
Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnep.

Gordon C. Tucker
China, Hunan, Xiangxi
2011-05-21
Celastrus orbiculata Thunb., orth.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Connecticut, New London
18-Jun-2002
Celastrus orbiculata Thunb., orth.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Piatt
30-Aug-2000
Celastrus orbiculata Thunb., orth.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
18-Oct-2005
Celastrus orbiculata Thunb., orth.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Macon
15-Jul-2000
Celastrus orbiculata Thunb., orth.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Connecticut, New London
26-Jul-2001
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
9/24/2013