- John M. MacDougal
John Mochrie MacDougal (born 1954) is an American
botanist , noted for his work on the taxonomy ofpassion flowers , having discovered several varieties.He earned his
Bachelor of Science in 1975 atCollege of Charleston . In 1984 he earned hisdoctorate atDuke University .Between 1984 and 1986 he was visiting
assistant professor ofbiology at theNorth Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University . Between 1987 and 1989 he waspostdoctoral researcher at the Flora Mesoamerica project at theMissouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri. Between 1990 and 2002 he was conservatory manager at the Missouri Botanical Garden.MacDougal has written more than fifty peer reviewed articles and book chapters. Currently, MacDougal is an
assistant professor of biology atHarris-Stowe State University .James Mallet and Sandra Knapp have named "Passiflora macdougaliana" after him.
External links
* [http://www.hssu.edu/profiles_full.cfm?prflID=206 MacDougal's Harris-Stowe State University's page]
* [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/curators/macdougal.shtml MacDougal's page at the website of Missouri Botanical Garden]
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