Hugh Iltis
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Hugh Iltis was a professor of botany and director of the herbarium at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While he is most noted as a scientist for his role in the discovery of perennial teosinte , a wild diploid relative of modern maize , he is also remembered as an outspoken environmental conservationist.
Hugh Iltis's Published Works
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- Phylogeny of Capparaceae and Brassicaceae based on chloroplast sequence data. (2002) (268)
- Ferns and Allled Plants with Special Reference to Tropical America (1983) (259)
- From Teosinte to Maize: The Catastrophic Sexual Transmutation (1983) (221)
- TAXONOMY OF ZEA (GRAMINEAE). II. SUBSPECIFIC CATEGORIES IN THE ZEA MAYS COMPLEX AND A GENERIC SYNOPSIS (1980) (194)
- TAXONOMY OF ZEA (GRAMINEAE). I. A SUBGENERIC CLASSIFICATION WITH KEY TO TAXA (1980) (171)
- Zea diploperennis (Gramineae): A New Teosinte from Mexico (1979) (158)
- Zea nicaraguensis (Poaceae), a new teosinte from Pacific Coastal Nicaragua. (2000) (93)
- Molecular Phylogenetics of Core Brassicales, Placement of Orphan Genera Emblingia, Forchhammeria, Tirania, and Character Evolution (2004) (84)
- Homeotic Sexual Translocations and the Origin of Maize (Zea Mays, Poaceae): A New look at an old problem (2008) (78)
- Life of Mendel (2018) (56)
- Studies in Archaeological Maize I: The “Wild” Maize from San Marcos Cave Reexamined (1990) (54)
- Studies in the Cleomaceae I. On the Separate Recognition of Capparaceae, Cleomaceae, and Brassicaceae1 (2011) (47)
- Studies in the Capparidaceae. III. Evolution and Phylogeny of the Western North American Cleomoideae (1957) (43)
- Atlas of the Wisconsin Prairie and Savanna Flora. (2000) (40)
- Response of annual and perennial teosintes (Zea) to six maize viruses. (1982) (39)
- Studies in the Cleomaceae V: A New Genus and Ten New Combinations for the Flora of North America (2007) (29)
- Biosystematic studies on Maianthemum (Liliaceae-Polygonatae) (1967) (29)
- Criteria for an Optimum Human Environment (1970) (24)
- Maize evolution and agricultural origins (1988) (23)
- Zea—A Biosystematical Odyssey (1984) (23)
- SETCHELLANTHACEAE (CAPPARALES), A NEW FAMILY FOR A RELICTUAL, GLUCOSINOLATE-PRODUCING ENDEMIC OF THE MEXICAN DESERTS (1999) (22)
- A Fog-Induced Lichen Community in the Coastal Desert of Southern Peru (1968) (20)
- Studies in the Capparidaceae—VII old world Cleomes adventive in the new world (1960) (20)
- At the University of Vienna (2018) (20)
- Two New Genera of Capparaceae: Sarcotoxicum and Mesocapparis stat. nov., and the Reinstatement of Neocalyptrocalyx (2008) (19)
- STUDIES IN THE CAPPARIDACEAE. XI: CLEOME AFROSPINA, A TROPICAL AFRICAN ENDEMIC WITH NEOTROPICAL AFFINITIES (1967) (18)
- A Revision of the American Species of the Genus Crateva (Capparaceae) (2008) (17)
- Studies in the Capparidaceae—IV. Polanisia Raf (1958) (16)
- Studies in the Capparaceae XXX: Capparicordis, a new genus from the neotropics (2007) (16)
- New Combinations in South American Capparaceae (2008) (15)
- Hispaniolanthus: A New Genus of Capparaceae Endemic to Hispaniola (2009) (15)
- Studies in the Cleomaceae VII: Five New Combinations in Corynandra, an Earlier Name for Arivela (2014) (12)
- NEW COMBINATIONS IN CAPPARACEAE SENSU STRICTO FOR FLORA OF ECUADOR (2006) (12)
- Studies in the Cleomaceae VI: A New Genus and Sixteen New Combinations for the Flora Mesoamericana (2014) (12)
- THE GENUS GENTIANOPSIS (GENTIANACEAE): TRANSFERS AND PHYTOGEOGRAPHIC COMMENTS (1965) (12)
- Tropical Forests: What Will Be Their Fate? (1983) (11)
- Origin of Polystichy in Maize (2006) (11)
- Two New Genera and Three New Combinations in Neotropical Capparaceae (2011) (11)
- THE REINSTATEMENT OF BEAUTEMPSIA (CAPPARACEAE) AND A KEY TO THE GENERA OF NEOTROPICAL CAPPARACEAE WITH VARIOUSLY STELLATE OR PELTATE INDUMENTA (2009) (10)
- Preliminary reports on the flora of Wisconsin no. 55 Compositae IV-composite family IV (tribes Helenieae and Anthemideae) (1966) (10)
- Nota Científica / Short Communication: Lectotypification and a new combination in Cynophalla (Capparaceae) (2010) (10)
- Inheritance of missing incisors. (1948) (9)
- A new species and a new subspecies of Salvia (Lamiaceae) from Jalisco and Michoacán, Mexico (2012) (9)
- Hemophilia, the royal disease, and the British Royal Family. (1948) (9)
- Studies in the capparidaceae—VI. Cleome sect. physostemon: Taxonomy, Geography and Evolution (1959) (9)
- Napaea dioica (Malvaceae): Whence Came the Type? (1963) (9)
- The Extinction of Species and the Destruction of Ecosystems. (1972) (8)
- Evolution of female sexuality in the maize ear (Zea mays L. subsp.mays—Gramineae) (1992) (8)
- Studies in the Capparidaceae XVIII. A New Giant-Fruited Capparis (C. muco) from Eastern Venezuela (1996) (8)
- To the Taxonomist and Ecologist Whose Fight is the Preservation of Nature (1967) (8)
- A NEW CASE OF TYPICAL BRACHYDACTYLY (1944) (8)
- Cytotaxonomy of the genus Smilacina (liliaceae) (1963) (8)
- Discovery of No. 832: An Essay in Defense of the National Science Foundation (1982) (7)
- Cytotaxonomy of the Genus Polygonatum (Liliaceae) (1963) (7)
- STUDIES IN THE CAPPARIDACEAE IX. CAPPARIS PACHACA AND C. OXYSEPALA: TAXONOMY AND GEOGRAPHY' (1965) (7)
- STUDIES IN CAPPARACEAE XXVII: SIX NEW TAXA AND A NEW COMBINATION IN QUADRELLA (2010) (7)
- Studies in the Capparaceae XXIII: Capparis coimbrana, a new species from Bolivia (2005) (7)
- Accurate documentation of Germplasm: The lost guatemalan teosintes (Zea, Gramineae) (2008) (6)
- Studies in the Capparidaceae XII: Polanisia dodecandra riograndensis ssp. nov. (1969) (6)
- HISTORY OF THE LCU HERBARIUM, 1895-1986 (1989) (6)
- Man First? Man Last? The Paradox of Human Ecology (1970) (6)
- Preliminary reports on the flora of Wisconsin no. 48. Compositae I-composite family I (1963) (6)
- Viola lilliputana sp. nov. (Viola sect. Andinium, Violaceae), one of the world's smallest violets, from the Andes of Peru (2012) (6)
- Capparidastrum tafallanum (Capparaceae), a New Species from the Northwestern Andean Slopes of Ecuador (2014) (5)
- Capparidaceae of Nevada (1955) (5)
- STUDIES IN CAPPARACEAE XXVIII: THE QUADRELLA CYNOPHALLOPHORA COMPLEX (2010) (5)
- STUDIES IN THE CAPPARIDACEAE II. THE MEXICAN SPECIES OF CLEOMELLA: TAXONOMY AND EVOLUTION (1956) (5)
- Cytotaxonomic and geographical notes on Uvularia (Lilaceae) (1964) (5)
- Forchhammeria and Stixis (Brassicales): Stem and Wood Anatomical Diversity, Ecological and Phylogenetic Significance (2013) (4)
- Tropical Flowers Are Marvelous (1996) (4)
- Revision of martiodendron (Cassieae, Caesalpiniaceae) (1962) (4)
- CHROMOSOME MORPHOLOGY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF ACTAEA (RANUNCULACEAE). I (1966) (4)
- Studies in the Capparaceae XXVIp Capparis bonifazianac a new species and western ecuadorian sister to the mostly amazonian Cp macrophylla (2005) (4)
- The meaning of human evolution to conservation (1966) (4)
- Three New Species of Capparidastrum (Capparaceae) from Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador (2010) (4)
- New Combinations in Capparaceae for Flora Mesoamericana (2013) (4)
- Studies in the Capparaceae XIX: Cleome torticarpa n. sp., a Venezuelan Endemic (1997) (4)
- Studies in the Capparaceae XXXII: A New Combination in Quadrella (2007) (4)
- Tropical Deforestation and the Fallacies of Agricultural Hope (1993) (3)
- STUDIES IN THE CAPPARIDACEAE X ORTHOGRAPHY AND CONSERVATION: CAPPARIDACEAE VS. CAPPARACEAE (1966) (3)
- Biosystematic Studies on Maianthemum (Liliaceae-Polygonatae) I. Somatic Chromosome Number and Morphology* (2006) (3)
- Preliminary reports on the flora of Wisconsin No. 61. Hypericaceae-St. John's-Wort family (1970) (3)
- Preliminary reports on the flora of Wisconsin no. 53. Gentianaceae and Menyanthaceae-gentian and buckbean families (1965) (3)
- The Pleistocene biogeography of eastern North America: A nonmigration scenario for deciduous forest (1998) (3)
- NEOCALYPTROCALYX MORII (CAPPARACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM CENTRAL FRENCH GUIANA (2008) (3)
- Romanschulzia mexicana (Brassicaceae), a remarkable new species from Guerrero, Mexico (1993) (3)
- Capparidastrum tuxtlense (Capparaceae), a new Mexican endemic (2010) (3)
- A plea for man and nature. (1967) (3)
- Studies in Capparaceae XXII. Capparis sclerophylla, a novelty from arid coastal Peru and Ecuador (2005) (2)
- Gentiana chazaroi (Gentianaceae), a new western Mexican species (1994) (2)
- Notes on the genus Cynophalla (Capparaceae) and the description of C. amazonica, a new species from Bolivia and Brazil (2020) (2)
- Flora de Manantlan, Sida Botanical Mescellany (1996) (2)
- Studies in the Cleomaceae IIc Cleome boliviensisc a newc spinyc large-flowered Andean species (2005) (2)
- Screening data from the Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center screening laboratories. XXXVI. Plant extracts. (1966) (2)
- Studies in the Cleomaceae III: Cleome costaricensis, a montane endemic (2005) (2)
- Preliminary reports on the flora of Wisconsin no. 44 Cruciferae-mustard family (1961) (2)
- Can One Love a Plastic Tree? (1973) (2)
- Studies in the capparaceae XXIV: Edward Palmer in Corumbá, Brazil and the first collection of Capparis coimbrana (2005) (2)
- Seasonal shift in frequency of lethal chromosomes in the local wild population of Drosophila melanogaster. (1948) (1)
- Letter to Editors (1993) (1)
- Botanical Translations: Needs and Responsibilities (1983) (1)
- Studies in the Capparidaceae XV: Capparis Panamensis, N. SP. (1981) (1)
- STUDIES IN THE CAPPARIDACEAE-V. (2016) (1)
- The Biology Teacher and Man's Mad and Final War on Nature. (1972) (1)
- Studies in the Capparidaceae: V. Capparidaceae of New Mexico (1958) (1)
- In reply: the origin of maize. (1984) (1)
- A VISIT TO GREGOR MENDEL'S HOME* (1947) (1)
- Flora of Manantlan: vascular plants of the Sierre de Manantlan Biosphere Reserve, Jalisco-Colima, Mexico. (1995) (0)
- Crossings of Hieracium (2018) (0)
- DISTRIBUTIONAL AND NOMENCLATORIAL NOTES ON GALIUM (RUBIACEAE) (1957) (0)
- Solanum roeii: a new species from Chiapas, Mexico (1978) (0)
- The Monograph and its Reception (2018) (0)
- Teacher at BrÜnn Modern School (2018) (0)
- Home and Ancestry 1 (2018) (0)
- U.s.-Soviet relations. (1981) (0)
- Crossings of the Pea (2018) (0)
- Preliminary reports on the flora of Wisconsin. No. 39. Phrymaceae--lopseed family (1957) (0)
- STUDIES IN THE CAPPARIDACEAE-D VIII POLANISIA-DODECANDRA-D (1966) (0)
- Charles Naudin (2005) (0)
- Viola lilliputana sp. nov. (Viola sect. Andinium, Violaceae), one of the world's smallest violets, from the Andes of Peru (2012) (0)
- Elymus arenarius and Diarrhena americana in Wisconsin (1960) (0)
- The Genes and Academician Lysenko (1950) (0)
- A new species and a new subspecies of Salvia (Lamiaceae) from Jalisco and Michoacán, Mexico (2012) (0)
- William T. Stearn—Recipient of the 2000 Asa Gray Award (2009) (0)
- Letter from Hugh H. Iltis to Joshua Lederberg (1970) (0)
- Meteorological Studies (2018) (0)
- A Plea for Man and Nature (1967) (0)
- Gregor Mendels Leben (0)
- Prelude to the Rediscovery of Mendel’s Work (2018) (0)
- Experiments with Other Plants (2018) (0)
- The Distribution of Malarial Mosquitos in Moravia and the Risk of Malaria becoming endemic. (0)
- Floral province of the European "Mittelgebirge" I (0)
- The Research Period (1856–1871) (2018) (0)
- Mendel and NÄgeli (2018) (0)
- The KÖniginkloster and the Augustinian Monastery (2018) (0)
- From Novice to High-School Teacher (2018) (0)
- A Taxonomy of Neotropical Ferns (1983) (0)
- Abundance of Selaginella in Oklahoma (1945) (0)
- Mendel as Gardener and Beekeeper (2018) (0)
- Prelate and Dignitary (2018) (0)
- The Range of Malarial Mosquitoes in Moravia and the Risk of Malaria becoming Endemic. (0)
- BUD-MUTATIONS IN THE MARIGOLD (1945) (0)
- Hugh H. Iltis 1998 Distinguished Economic Botanist (2008) (0)
- Botanizing on Muir's lake (1957) (0)
- The “Struggle for the Right” (2018) (0)
- Capparis Hypoleuca Presl: A Synonym of Solanum Schlechtendalianum Walp (1972) (0)
- Ploughed in an Examination (2018) (0)
- On the inheritance of lacking incisors. (1948) (0)
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