This is the Home Page of
STEVEN P. DARWIN
Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology
Room 428, Boggs Center for Energy and Biotechnologyl
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
Telephone (voice mail): 504-862-8286
Telephone (secretary): 504-865-5191
Fax: 504-862-8706
e-mail: darwin@tulane.edu
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Present Position: Professor and Director, Tulane University Herbarium.
Academic Degrees: B. A. (Botany), Drew University (1971); Ph. D. (Botany), University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1976).
Professional Research Interests: Flowering plant evolution and classification; botany of Pacific Island plants; plant phylogenetics and biogeography; flora of the southeastern United States and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
Other Professional Interests: Economic plants and ethnobotany; Charles Darwin and the history of evolutionary biology; botanical exploration and illustration; history of arboreta, botanical gardens, and herbaria; biological nomenclature.
Teaching Interests: General biology and botany; plant systematics; economic botany; history and philosophy of biology; evolutionary biology; field botany.
LINKS TO OTHER TULANE PAGES
[Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology]
[Plants and Human Affairs: Course Materials]
[Plant Systematics: Course Materials]
[Darwin and Darwinism: Course Materials]
[Instructions for Term Papers]
Pictures of Arabella