Curtis Clark's Graduate Students

Lahmeyer, Sean C.

• Year began: 2001
• Year completed: 2004
• Thesis title: A comparative floral developmental study of two species of Encelia (Asteraceae)

Koukol, Scott R.

• Year began: 2000
• Year completed: 2003
• Thesis title: Comparative anatomy of the leaves and stems of the Encelia alliance (Asteraceae: Heliantheae)
• BIO 693
• Poster: Comparative anatomy of the leaves and stems of Encelia (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) (abstract at Botany 2001 web site, local copy)

Tulig, Melissa C.

• Year began: 1998
• Year completed: 2000
• Thesis title: Morphological Variation in Mimulus section Diplacus (Scrophulariaceae)
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  • Abstract
• Defense
• BIO 693
• Publication: Tulig, Melissa. 2000. Morphological variation, distribution, and taxonomy in perennial Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae). Crossosoma 26:1-6.
• Poster: Morphological Variation in Mimulus section Diplacus (Scrophulariaceae) (abstract at Botany 200 web site, local copy)

Carpenter, Kevin J.

• Year began: 1998
• Year completed: 1999
• Thesis title: Comparative morphology of disk floret trichomes of Encelia (Asteraceae: Heliantheae)
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  • Appendices - Adobe Acrobat file
• Defense
• Poster: Comparative morphology of disk floret trichomes of Encelia (Asteraceae)

Allan, Gerard J.

• Year began: 1991
• Year completed: 1995 (Degree completed at Claremont Graduate University under the direction of Loren H. Riesberg)
• Thesis title: Distribution of parental DNA markers in Encelia virginensis (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) a diploid species of putative hybrid origin
• Publication: Allan, Gerard J., Curtis Clark, and Loren H. Riesberg. 1997. Distribution of parental DNA markers in Encelia virginensis (Asteraceae: Heliantheae), a diploid species of putative hybrid origin. Pl. Syst. Evol. 205:205-221. [pdf, 1045 kb]
• Presentation: Allan, Gery J., Curtis Clark, and Loren Rieseberg. 1993. Encelia virginensis (Asteraceae): Origin and genetic composition of a diploid species of putative hybrid origin. Amer. J. Bot. 80(6), Supplement, p. 129.

Fretz, David J.

• Year completed: 1992
• Thesis title: Consequences to host kelp (Egregia menziesii; Macrocystis pyrifera) of encrusting bryozoans (Membranipora membranacea)

Nishida, Joy H.

• Year began: 1986
• Year completed: 1988
• Thesis title: Systematics of Geraea (Asteraceae: Heliantheae)
• Presentation: Nishida, Joy H., and Curtis Clark. 1988. Scanning electron microscopic study of the trichomes of Geraea (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Amer. J. Bot. 75(6), Part 2, pp. 196-197.

Miller, David S.

• Year began: 1986
• Year completed: 1988
• Thesis title: Comparative studies of Encelia farinosa (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) of desert and cismontane origins in southern California

Charest, Nancy A.

• Year began: 1982
• Year completed: 1988 (Major Professor: Stephen H. Bryant)
• Thesis title: A scanning electron microscopic study of the peduncle, phyllary, and palea trichomes of Encelia (Asteraceae: Heliantheae)
• Defense
• Publication: Charest-Clark, Nancy. 1984. Preliminary scanning electron microscopic study of the peduncle, phyllary, and pale trichomes of Encelia (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Crossosoma 10(4):1-6.
• Poster: Clark, Nancy Charest, and Curtis Clark. 1984. Comparison of trichomes of the capitulum to leaf trichomes of the Encelia californica clade (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Amer. J. Bot. 71(5), Part 2, p. 152. [pdf, 184 kb]

Sanders, Donald L.

• Year completed: 1986
• Thesis title: Comparative morphology of the capitulum of Enceliopsis (Asteraceae: Heliantheae)
• Publications:
  • Clark, Curtis, Nancy C. Clark, Donald L. Sanders, and Emilia Parra. 1984. Noteworthy collections: Androstephium breviflorum S. Wats. (Amaryllidaceae). Madroño 31:192. [pdf, 40 kb]
  • Clark, Curtis and Donald L. Sanders. 1985. Lectotypification of Enceliopsis covillei (A. Nelson) S.F. Blake (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) and a consideration of its correct name. Taxon 34:147-149. [pdf, 130 kb]
  • Clark, Curtis and Donald L. Sanders. 1986. Floral ultraviolet in the Encelia alliance (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Madroño 33:130-135. [pdf, 279 kb]
  • Clark, Curtis, Donald L. Sanders, and Nancy Charest. 1986. A field-oriented technique for producing high-quality preparations of plant surfaces for scanning electron microscopy. Taxon 35:295-297. [pdf, 145 kb]
  • Sanders, Donald L. and Curtis Clark. 1987. Comparative morphology of the capitulum of Enceliopsis. Amer. J. Bot. 74:1072-1086. [pdf, 1017 kb]
• Poster: Sanders, Donald L., and Curtis Clark. 1984. Comparative morphology of the disk florets of Enceliopsis (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Amer. J. Bot. 71(5), Part 2, p. 153. [pdf, 164 kb]