Wesley Martin Knapp is a regional botanist with the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program. Originally from New Hampshire, Knapp is an expert in North American plants belonging to the

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...

(sedges) and Juncaceae (rushes). Knapp has published research in journals including: Systematic Botany, the Botanical Research Institute of Texasbr>
Evansia (journal), Evansia, and Opuscula Philolicheum.
Opuscula Philolichem Article

Papers published

* Systematic Botany - Knapp, W.M. & R.F.C. Naczi 2008. Taxonomy, Morphology, and Geographic Distribution of ''

Juncus longii ''Juncus'' is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants, commonly known as rushes. It is the largest genus in the family Juncaceae, containing around 300 species. Description Rushes of the genus ''Juncus'' are herbaceous plants that superfici ...

'' ( Juncaceae) ''Systematic Botany'' 33(4): 685-694 * Opuscula Philolichenum - Lendemer, J.C. & W.M. Knapp. 2007. Contributions to the Lichen Flora of Maryland: Recent Collections from the Delmarva Peninsula. * Botanical Research Institute of Texas (Formerly SIDA) - Knapp, W.M. & D. Estes. 2006. ''Gratiola brevifolia'' ( Plantaginaceae) New to the Flora of Delaware, the Delmarva Peninsula and the Mid-Atlantic. ''SIDA'' 22(1):825-829.

References

External links

* http://www.nybg.org/files/scientists/rnaczi//Juncuslongii/Knapp%20&%20Naczi%20Sys%20Bot%20J%20longii.pdf * http://sweetgum.nybg.org/webmedia.php?irn=248688 * http://www.andestoamazon.com/Sida/PDF/PDF22(1)/57_Knapp-Estes_Gratiola_825-829.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Knapp, Wesley M. 21st-century American botanists Botanists active in North America Living people Year of birth missing (living people)