Department of Plant Biology, 166 Plant Biology Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1312,Phone (517) 355-4683, Fax(517)353-1926
Alan Prather ; Professor of Plant Biology
Five Recent Pubs:
Monfils, A. K. and L. A. Prather. 2004. The conserved nature and taxonomic utility of pollen grain morphology in Cantua. Grana.
Prather, L. A., O. Alvarez-Fuentes, M. H. Mayfield, and C. J. Ferguson. 2004. The decline of plant collecting in the United States: A threat to the infrastructure of biodiversity studies. Systematic Botany 29: 15-28.
Posto, A. L. and L. A. Prather. 2003. The evolutionary and taxonomic implications of RAPD data on the genetic relationships of Mimulus michiganensis (comb. et stat. nov.: Scrophulariaceae). Systematic Botany 28: 172-178.
Prather, L. A., A. K. Monfils, A. L. Posto, and R. A. Williams. 2002. Monophyly and phylogeny of Monarda (Lamiaceae): Implications of sequence data from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Systematic Botany 27: 127-137.
Prather, L. A., C. J. Ferguson, and R. K. Jansen. 2000. Polemoniaceae phylogeny and classification: Implications of sequence data from the chloroplast gene ndhF. American Journal of Botany 87: 1300-1308.
Total Publication List:
Prather, L. A. Submitted. Polemoniaceae. In: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Bolivia. Peter Jorgensen, ed.
Porter, J. M and L. A. Prather. Accepted. Cantua dendritica (Polemoniaceae), a new species from Peru and two new Cantua names. Novon.
Prather, L. A. In press. Cobaea. In: Flora Mesoamericana, Vol. 4. G. Davidse, M. Sousa S., & A. O. Chater, eds.
Monfils, A. K. and L. A. Prather. 2004. The conserved nature and taxonomic utility of pollen grain morphology in Cantua. Grana.
Prather, L. A., O. Alvarez-Fuentes, M. H. Mayfield, and C. J. Ferguson. 2004. The decline of plant collecting in the United States: A threat to the infrastructure of biodiversity studies. Systematic Botany 29: 15-28.
Prather, L. A., O. Alvarez-Fuentes, M. H. Mayfield, and C. J. Ferguson. 2004. Commentary: Implications of the decline in plant collecting for systematic and floristic research. Systematic Botany 29: 216-220.
Prather, L. A. and J. A. Keith. 2003. Monarda humilis (Lamiaceae), a new combination for a species from New Mexico, and a key to the species of section Cheilyctis. Novon 13: 104-109 .
Posto, A. L. and L. A. Prather. 2003. The evolutionary and taxonomic implications of RAPD data on the genetic relationships of Mimulus michiganensis (comb. et stat. nov.: Scrophulariaceae). Systematic Botany 28: 172-178.
Prather, L. A., A. K. Monfils, A. L. Posto, and R. A. Williams. 2002. Monophyly and phylogeny of Monarda (Lamiaceae): Implications of sequence data from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Systematic Botany 27: 127-137.
Beaman, J. H. and L. A. Prather. 2001. John A. Churchill, M. D., 1920-2000—An Appreciation. Rhodora 103: 435-444.
Fryday, A. M. and L. A. Prather. 2001. The lichen collection of Henry Imshaug at the Michigan State University Herbarium (MSC). Bryologist 104: 464-467.
Fryday, A. M., J. B. Fair, M. S. Googe, A. J. Johnson, E. A. Bunting, and L. A. Prather. 2001. Checklist of lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi recorded from Michigan. Contributions of the University of Michigan Herbarium 23: 145-223.
Sahagún-Godínez, E., J. A. Lomelí-Sención, and L. A. Prather. 2001. Habitat and range extension of Cobaea lutea (Polemoniaceae) in western Mexico. Acta Botanica Mexicana 54: 29-37.
Prather, L. A., C. J. Ferguson, and R. K. Jansen. 2000. Polemoniaceae phylogeny and classification: Implications of sequence data from the chloroplast gene ndhF. American Journal of Botany 87: 1300-1308.
Prather, L. A. 1999. The relative lability of floral vs non-floral characters and a morphological phylogenetic analysis of Cobaea (Polemoniaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 131: 433-450.
Prather, L. A. 1999. Systematics of Cobaea (Polemoniaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 57: 1-81.
Prather, L. A. and R. K. Jansen. 1998. The phylogeny of Cobaea (Polemoniaceae) based on sequence data from the ITS region of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Systematic Botany 23: 57-70.
Prather, L. A. 1996. Three new species of Cobaea (Polemoniaceae). Brittonia 48: 111-119.
Prather, L. A., R. J. Tyrl, and W. D. Warde. 1995. A taxonomic investigation of Cuscuta attenuata (Cuscutaceae) and related taxa. Sida 16: 447-458.
Prather, L. A. 1994. A new species of Phlox (Polemoniaceae) from Northern Mexico with an expanded circumscription of subsection Divaricatae. Plant Systematics and Evolution 192: 61-66.
Prather, L. A. and R. J. Tyrl. 1993. The biology of Cuscuta attenuata Waterfall (Cuscutaceae). Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences 73: 7-13.
