Kathleen Anne Kron
Kathleen Anne Kron | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 (age 68–69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Michigan State University |
| Alma mater | University of Florida |
| Thesis | A taxonomic revision of Rhododendron L. section Pentanthera g. don (Ericaceae) (1987) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biology |
| Sub-discipline | Botany |
| Institutions | Wake Forest University |
| Main interests | Large-scale relationships between flowering plants |
Kathleen Anne Kron (born 1956)[1] is a retired biology professor from Wake Forest University. She is known for her research on Ericaceae, a family of flowering plants.
Education
Kron received her bachelor's degree and her master's degree from Michigan State University in 1979 and 1982 respectively.[2] She received her doctorate from the University of Florida in 1987.[2] In 2020, she retired as full professor from Wake Forest University.[3]
Kron ran a lab concerned with the large-scale relationships between flowering plants using Ericaceae as a model organism.[4] In 2011, Rhododendron kroniae Craven, was named in honor of Kron and her work defining the evolutionary relationships within Ericaceae.[5] Rhododendron groenlandicum (Oeder) Kron & Judd is named after Georg Christian Oeder, whose work was amended by Kron and Walter Stephen Judd.[6]
The standard author abbreviation Kron is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]
Selected publications
- Kron, K. A.; Judd, W. S.; Stevens, P. F.; Crayn, D. M.; Anderberg, A. A.; Gadek, P. A.; Quinn, C. J.; Luteyn, J. L. (2002). "Phylogenetic Classification of Ericaceae: Molecular and Morphological Evidence". The Botanical Review. 68 (3): 335–423. doi:10.1663/0006-8101(2002)068[0335:PCOEMA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0006-8101. S2CID 35699816.
- Chase, Mark W.; Soltis, Douglas E.; Olmstead, Richard G.; Morgan, David; Les, Donald H.; Mishler, Brent D.; Duvall, Melvin R.; Price, Robert A.; Hills, Harold G.; Qiu, Yin-Long; Kron, Kathleen A. (1993). "Phylogenetics of Seed Plants: An Analysis of Nucleotide Sequences from the Plastid Gene rbcL" (PDF). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 80 (3): 528. doi:10.2307/2399846. JSTOR 2399846.
- Kron, Kathleen A.; Chase, Mark W. (1993). "Systematics of the Ericaceae, Empetraceae, Epacridaceae and Related Taxa Based Upon rbcL Sequence Data". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 80 (3): 735. doi:10.2307/2399857. JSTOR 2399857.
References
- ^ Craven, L.A. (April 29, 2011). "Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron ( Ericaceae )". Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. 56 (1): 34. doi:10.3767/000651911X568594. ISSN 0006-5196.
- ^ a b "Kathleen Kron". WFU Biology. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ "Undergraduate College | Teacher-Scholar Legacies: Kathleen Kron". July 13, 2021. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ "Ericaceae Homepage". Wake Forest University. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ Craven, L.A. (April 29, 2011). "Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron ( Ericaceae )". Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. 56 (1): 33–35. doi:10.3767/000651911X568594. ISSN 0006-5196.
- ^ "Labrador Tea, Ledum groenlandicum, Rhododendron groenlandicum". www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ "Kron, Kathleen Anne | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved October 26, 2021.