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Walter Judd

Distinguished Professor, Emeritus

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1978

lyonia378 Dickinson Hall
(352) 273-1983
lyonia@ufl.edu

Research Interests

My research concerns the systematics and evolution of flowering plants, with specific interest in the Ericaceae and Melastomataceae, phylogenetic relationships within temperate/tropical family pairs, and the floras of the West Indies and southeastern U.S. I have conducted field work mainly in the southeastern United States, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Currently, I am involved in taxonomic revisions of several Antillean clades of Miconieae (Melastomataceae), an investigation of the phylogeny of the Gaultherieae (Ericaceae), the treatment of several families for the Generic Flora of the Southeastern United States, and the production of an introductory textbook in plant systematics (Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach).

Research achievements include revisions of Agarista, Craibiodendron, Lyonia, Pieris, and subclades of Rhododendron (in the Ericaceae), and revisions of Miconia sect. Chaenopleura, and the Miconia desportesii complex (in the Melastomataceae). Other significant research includes published phylogenetic analyses of various clades within the Ericaceae and Melastomataceae.

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Representative Publications

  • Judd, W., D. Nickrent, K. Robertson, J. R. Abbott, C. Campbell, B. S. Carlsward, T. M. Schuster, K. M. Neubig, S. Zona, M. Donoghue, & E. Kellogg.  2015.  Photo Gallery of Vascular Plants (to accompany Plant Systematics, Fourth Edition).  Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA. ISBN: 978-1-60535-574-0.  Website: sites.sinauer.com/plantsystematics4e.
  • Judd, W. S., C. S. Campbell, E. A. Kellogg, P. F. Stevens, & M. J. Donoghue.  2015 [2016].  Plant Systematics: a phylogenetic approach.  Fourth Edition.  Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA. xvii + 677 pp.  ISBN 978-1-60535-389-0.
  • Judd, W.S., L.C. Majure, J.D. Skean, Jr. & K.M. Neubig. 2015. Miconia abscondita (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), a new species from the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti: Rediscovered in herbaria after being hidden for nearly nine decades.  Rhodora 117: 317-341.
  • Majure, L.C., K. M. Neubig, J. D. Skean, Jr., E. R. Bécquer, & W. S. Judd. 2015. Evolution of the Sandpaper clade (Miconieae, Melastomataceae). International Journal of Plant Science 176: 607-626.
  • Judd, W. S., L. C. Majure, G. M. Ionta, & K. M. Neubig. 2015. Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). XIII. Systematics of Miconia subcompressa, a Hispaniolan endemic comprised of three eco-geographic subspecies.  Phytotaxa 192 (2): 61-83.
  • Judd, W. S., E. R. Bécquer, J. Dan Skean, Jr., & L. C. Majure. 2014. Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). XII. Revision of Miconia sect. Miconiastrum, with emphasis on the Miconia bicolor complex.  Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 457-491.
  • Corogin, P.T. and W.S. Judd. 2014.  New geographical and morphological data for Sideroxylon reclinatum subspecies austrofloridense (Sapotaceae), a taxon endemic to southeastern peninsular Florida, USA.  Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 403-417.
  • Majure, L. C., W. S. Judd, & F. A. Michelangeli. 2014.  Taxonomic revision of the Greater Antillean Pseudolima clade of Miconia (Miconia sect. Krugiophytum: Miconieae: Melastomataceae).  Brittonia (published online on 19 August 2014 as DOI 10.1007/s12228-04-9349-x).
  • Majure, L. C. , W. S. Judd, G. M. Ionta, J. D. Skean, Jr., E. R. Becquer, & K. M. Neubig. 2014. Miconia cineana (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), a new species from the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti, based on morphological and molecular evidence.  Systematic Botany 39: 906-914. [published online 17 June 2014 as DOI 10.1600/036364414X682247; hardcopy published 1 July 2014].
  • Judd, W. S., E. R. Bécquer, & L. C. Majure. 2014.  Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). XI. A revision of Miconia sect. Calycopteris on Hispaniola. Brittonia 66: 216-249 [published online February 25, 2014 as DOI 10.1007/s12228-014-9326-4; hardcopy published 1 Sept. 2014].