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-
Elymus x ebingeri G. Tucker [hystrix × virginicus]
Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Coles
4-Jun-2002
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Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. ex B.D. Jackson
Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., West Virginia, Kanawha
13-Aug-1999
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Enkianthus campanulatus (Miq.) G. Nicholson
Gordon C. Tucker and Edwin H. Horning
U. S. A., New York, Suffolk
26-Jul-2000
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Epilobium ciliatum Raf.
Gordon C. Tucker and Edwin H. Horning
U. S. A., New York, Suffolk
15-Oct-1999
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Epilobium coloratum Biehler
Gordon C. Tucker and John E. Ebinger
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
25-Aug-2000
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Epilobium coloratum Biehler
Gordon C. Tucker and John E. Ebinger
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
25-Aug-2000
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Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz
Gordon C. Tucker and Edwin H. Horning
U. S. A., New York, Suffolk
1-Aug-1997