- George Diggs
George M. Diggs, Jr. (1952-) holds a Ph. D. in Biology from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison . He is Professor of Biology atAustin College inSherman, Texas . He is a specialist in thesystematics of the plant genera "Comarostaphylis andArctostaphylos (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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