Dieter Wasshausen
Emeritus Research Botanist
Botany
National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology
United States of America
Biography
Dieter Wasshausen, Emeritus Research Botanist, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History NMNH, United States. BS (1962), MS (1965), PhD (1972), The George Washington University
Research Interest
Systematics of the Neotropical Acanthaceae, including treatments of the family for the Flora of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. `Palynology and reproductive biology of tropical Acanthaceae. `Floristic studies in the family Begoniaceae, preparation of diagnostic keys and descriptions for species in Guianas, Brazil and Peru.
Publications
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Wasshausen DC. New spies and new combinations in Aphelandra (Acanthaceae) from Ecuador and adjacent Peru. Nordic Journal of Botany. 1996 Aug 1;16(4):389-407.
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Smith LB, Wasshausen DC, Klein RM. GramÃneas. Herbario" Barbosa Rodriguues"; 1982.
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Wasshausen DC, Wood JR. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 2004;49.
