George Diggs

George Diggs

George M. Diggs, Jr. (1952-) holds a Ph. D. in Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is Professor of Biology at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. He is a specialist in the systematics of the plant genera "Comarostaphylis and Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae)."

Diggs is Research Associate of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) in Fort Worth. In 1999 he was named Texas "Professor of the Year" by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. In 2000, Diggs was awarded the Donovan Stewart Correll Memorial Award for Scientific Writing by the Native Plant Society of Texas for his book "Shinners & Mahlers Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas".

His current research project is the "Illustrated Flora of East Texas," a 3-volume illustrated taxonomic treatment of the 3,402 species of vascular plants occurring in the East Texas Region. This project is a collaborative effort between the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) in Fort Worth and the Austin College Center for Environmental Studies.'

External links

* [http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/bio/gdiggs/NCTXpdf.htm Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Online Edition)]


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