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-
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Gordon C. Tucker and Edwin H. Horning
U. S. A., New York, Suffolk
26-Jun-2002
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Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) B.S.P.
Gordon C. Tucker and Vicky M. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Fulton
13-Sep-2013
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Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.
Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
9-Sep-2005
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Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.
Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., West Virginia, Kanawha
28-Jul-1998
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Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.
Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Providence
3-Aug-2010
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Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.
Gordon C. Tucker and Edwin H. Horning
U. S. A., New York, Suffolk
29-Jul-2001
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Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.
Gordon C. Tucker and Edwin H. Horning
U. S. A., New York, Suffolk
30-Jul-2001
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Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
Gordon C. Tucker
U. S. A., Rhode Island, Washington
6-Aug-2005
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Erechtites hieracifolia (L.) Raf. ex DC.
Gordon C. Tucker and John E. Ebinger
U. S. A., Illinois, Jasper
25-Aug-2000