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Mary Barkworth

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Mary E. Barkworth
Born1941 (age 82–83)[1]
Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
Alma materWashington State University, Western Washington University, University of British Columbia
Known forManual of Grasses for North America, Flora of North America (Volumes 24 and 25)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, plant systematics
ThesisIntraspecific variation in Brodiaea douglasii watson, liliaceae (1975)
Author abbrev. (botany)Barkworth

Mary Elizabeth Barkworth (born 1941, Marlborough, England) is an American botanist and professor emerita at Utah State University in Logan, Utah.

Education and career

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Barkworth has a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia, and went on to teach school in British Columbia after graduation.[2] She has an M.Ed.[when?][2] and a Ph.D. in 1975 from Western Washington University where she worked on variation in Brodiaea.[3] Following her Ph.D. she worked with Agriculture Canada until moving to Utah State University in 1979,[2] where she also served as the director of the Intermountain Herbarium.[4] Barkworth retired in 2012.[2]

Barkworth is known for her work on grasses, particularly members of the Stipeae and Triticeae. She also had responsibility for production of the two grass volumes in the Flora of North America. Barkworth has worked to digitize collections at OpenHerbarium.org, which includes collections from Pakistan[5] and Somaliland.[6] In 2013 Barkworth established a collaboration with the Daggett County Jail whereby inmates helped catalogue specimens through a collaboration between the herbarium and the jail.[7]

Selected publications

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  • R., Soderstrom, Thomas (1988). Grass systematics and evolution : an international symposium held at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., July 27-31, 1986. Thomas R. Soderstrom, Khidir W. Hilu, Christopher S. Campbell, Mary E. Barkworth. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 0-87474-300-1. OCLC 869053991.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[9]

References

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  1. ^ Smith, James (2021-06-01). "Derivation of the Generic Names of North American Grasses (Names in Current or Recent Use)". Botanical Studies.
  2. ^ a b c d "Key Note Speakers – Conference Faculty of Sciences". Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  3. ^ Barkworth, Mary Elizabeth (1975). "Intraspecific variation in Brodiaea douglasii watson, liliaceae | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  4. ^ Ogden, Lisa (2002-03-11). "Intermountain Herbarium a 'jewel in the basement' at USU". The Utah Statesman. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  5. ^ Barkworth, Mary; Ahmad, Mushtaq; Asrar, Mudassir; Bhatti, Raza; Cobb, Neil; Fareed, Lubna; Jamil, Shahid; Khaskheli, Shakeel; Memon, Rabia; Rashid, Abdur; Sultan, Amir; Ullah, Zahid (2019-06-13). "Developing Digital Botanical Resources for Pakistan". Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 3: e35885. doi:10.3897/biss.3.35885. ISSN 2535-0897. S2CID 198067138.
  6. ^ Barkworth, Mary E.; Olonova, Marina V.; Gudkova, Polina D.; Ullah, Zahid; Dyreson, Curtis (2020). "Regional floras: increasing their value while reducing their cost". BIO Web of Conferences. 24: 00010. doi:10.1051/bioconf/20202400010. ISSN 2117-4458. S2CID 226673283.
  7. ^ Opsahl, Kevin (March 22, 2013). "Jail inmates help catalogue new collection for USU's Intermountain Herbarium". The Herald Journal. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Barkworth.
  9. ^ Review of Grass systematics and evolution
  10. ^ Review of Manual of grasses for North America
  11. ^ Review of Flora of North America
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