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Barbara Ann Whitlock (born 1967) is a botanist, who earned a Ph.D. from
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
, with her dissertation ''Systematics and evolution of chocolate and its relatives (Sterculiaceae or Malvaceae s.l.)'' , an interest which continues. She has been working in the Department of Biology,
University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...
from at least 2015, where she works on tropical (plant) biology, and ecology and evolutionary biology. Much of her work centres on
Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...
and related
phylogeny A phylogenetic tree (also phylogeny or evolutionary tree Felsenstein J. (2004). ''Inferring Phylogenies'' Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA.) is a branching diagram or a tree showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological spec ...
. She has published 39 names, including '' Androcalva fraseri, and Commersonia borealis.'' (See also Taxa named by Barbara Ann Whitlock.) The standard author abbreviation Whitlock is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a
botanical name A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the '' International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or Group epithets must conform to the ''Intern ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitlock, Barbara Ann 1967 births Living people American botanists University of Miami faculty University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni University of Missouri alumni Harvard University alumni