Frederick B. Essig
Frederick B. Essig
Associate Professor Emeritus
Contact
Office: SCA 318, 308
Phone: 813/974-4941
Fax: 813/974-3263
Email: essig@usf.edu
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Education
PhD, Cornell University, 1975
Specialty Area
Plant Systematics, Botanical Education
Recent Publications
Essig, F. B. 2008. A systematic histological analysis of palm fruits. VIII. The Dypsidinae (Arecaceae). Brittonia 60: 82 - 92.
Essig, F. B. 2004. A preliminary analysis of Clematis (Ranunculaceae) in subsaharan Africa. Sida 21(4): 861-877.
Slomba, J., Garey, J.R., and Essig, F. B. 2004. The actin I intron—a phylogenetically informative DNA region in Clematis (Ranunculaceae). Sida 21(2): 879–886.
Essig, F. B. and L. Litten. 2004. A systematic histological analysis of palm fruits. VII. The Cyrtostachidinae (Arecaceae). Brittonia 56(4): 375-379.
Essig, F. B. 2002. A systematic histological study of palm fruits. VI. Subtribe Linospadicinae (Arecaceae) Brittonia 54:196-201.
Essig, F. B. and N. Hernandez. 2002. A systematic histological study of palm fruits. V. Subtribe Archontophoenicinae (Arecaceae). Brittonia 54:65-71.
Essig, F. B. and N. Hernandez. 2001. A systematic histological study of palm fruits. IV. Subtribe Oncospermatinae (Arecaceae). Brittonia 53:466-471.
Chapin, M. H., F. B. Essig and J.-C. Pintaud, 2001. The Morphology and Histology of the Fruits of Pelagodoxa (Arecaceae): Taxonomic and Biogeographical Implications. Systematic Botany 26(4): 779-785. (R)
Essig, F. B. and D. TeStrake. 2000. Florida’s Wax Palm: The Silver Form of Serenoa repens (Arecaceae). Florida Scientist 63: 13-16.