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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Dactylis glomerata L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
18-May-2005
Dalbergia mimosoides

Gordon C. Tucker and Xun-lin Yu
China, Hunan, Zhangjiajie
5/19/2009
Dalea purpurea Vent.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Moultrie
21-Aug-2002
Danthonia compressa Austin

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., West Virginia, Randolph
1-Aug-2007
Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
3-Jun-2005
Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
20-Jun-2006
Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
27-Jun-2013
Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
27-Jun-2013
Datura stramonium L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
27-Jul-2006
Daucus carota L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Washington
4-Aug-2005
Daucus carota L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., West Virginia, Kanawha
12-Aug-1997
Daucus carota L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Moultrie
21-Aug-2002
Daucus carota L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., New York, Hamilton
26-Jul-1997
Daucus carota L.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Marion
28-Aug-2012
Decodon verticillatus (L.) Elliot

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Washington
2-Aug-2010
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T. Moore

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Washington
27-Jun-2002
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T. Moore

Gordon C. Tucker
USA, West Virginia, Kanawha
30-Jun-2006
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T. Moore

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., West Virginia, Kanawha
6-Aug-2002
Dentaria laciniata Muhl.

Gordon C. Tucker
USA, New York, Tompkins
21-Apr-1976
Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M. Kato

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., West Virginia, Kanawha
7-Aug-2002
Descurainia pinnata (Walt.) Britt.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Moultrie
9-May-2003
Descurainia pinnata (Walt.) Britt.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
19-May-2012
Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM. ex B.L. Robins. & Fern.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Shelby
10/6/2013
Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM. ex B.L. Robins. & Fern.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Marion
10-Aug-2006
Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.

Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Marion
28-Aug-2012