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Steven R. Manchester, Ph.D.

Affiliate Curator
Florida Museum of Natural History

• (352) 392-1721 ext. 495
• steven@flmnh.ufl.edu
• Link to Manchester Lab Web Site
• Current CV and Publication Listing

Education

• Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington (Biology), 1981.
• M.S., Indiana University, (Plant Sciences) Bloomington, 1979.
• B.S., Oregon State University, Corvallis (Botany), 1977.
• B.S., Oregon State University, Corvallis (Geology), 1977.
• Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Fossil history of the Juglandaceae.

Academic Positions

• Curator of Paleobotany, Florida Museum of Natural History, Joint Affiliate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl, August 2002-present
• Associate Curator of Paleobotany, Florida Museum of Natural History,
  University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
  August 1994-2002.
• Assistant Curator of Paleobotany, Florida Museum of Natural History,
  University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
  August 1990-1994.
• Associate Scientist, Curator of Fossil Plants,
  Departments of Geology and Biology, Indiana University,
  Bloomington, IN 47405
  1988-July 1990.
• Assistant Scientist, Curator of Fossil Plants,
  Departments of Geology and Biology, Indiana University,
  Bloomington, IN 47405
  1982-1988.
• Director, Summer Field Paleobotany Program,
  Oregon Museum of Science and Industry,
  1976-1989.

Research Interests / Major Research Achievements:

Phylogeny and phytogeographic history of extant angiosperm families; multiple-organ paleobotanical investigations including investigations of flowers, fruits, pollen, leaves and wood; Paleocene and Eocene floras of the Rocky Mountains and northeastern China; Eocene and Oligocene floras from the John Day Basin, Oregon.

Present Students

Judy Chen

Courses Taught:

Click below for links to Manchester course web sites

• BOT 5115 Paleobotany
• BOT 5625 Plant Geography

Membership in Professional Organizations:

• Botanical Society of America (life membership), Paleobotanical Section;
• American Society of Plant Taxonomists (life membership);
• International Organization of Paleobotany;
• International Association of Wood Anatomists;
• American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists;
• Paleontological Research Institution

Grants received

• NSF research grant (DEB 81-11-89; $49,965), October 1981-March 1984. Systematics and evolutionary status of angiosperms from the Eocene of Oregon--A multiple organ investigation.
• NSF research grant (BSR-8407841; $120,000), August 1, 1984-January 31, 1987. Early history of the Juglandaceae--A multiple organ paleobotanical investigation.
• NSF research grant (EAR-8707523; $85,000), June 15, 1987-November 30, 1989. Systematic affinities, age and biogeographic relationships of fossil floras from the Eocene Clarno Formation of Oregon.
• National Academy of Science Interacademy Exchange travel grant for research in Czechoslovakia, August-September, 1989.
• NSF research grant (EAR-8904234; $30,000), June 1, 1989-November 30, 1990. Systematic affinities and biogeographic relationships of fossil floras from the Eocene Clarno Formation of Oregon.
• NSF research grant (BSR-9007495; $106,362), Sept. 1, 1990-August 31, 1992. Systematics of the early Oligocene Bridge Creek flora, Oregon, and implications for the derivation and expansion of broadleaved deciduous forests in the Northern Hemisphere.
• NSF research grant (EAR 9220079: $100,000), February 1, 1993-January 31, 1996. Paleocene spread of deciduous hardwood forest in North America and Asia: megafossil and palynological correlations.
• NSF research grant (EAR-9322765; $120,427), January 1,1994-December 31, 1996: Fossil dicotyledonous woods as paleoclimatic indicators: test cases from the Tertiary of western North America, PI.
• NSF research grant (EAR 9506727; $24,558), April 1, 1995-March 31,1997. Paleofloral and stratigraphic analysis and Eocene-Oligocene climate change in a single continental section in north-central Oregon, P

Selected Publications

Manchester, S.R. and Z.-D. Chen. 1998. A new genus of Coryloideae (Betulaceae) from the Paleocene of North America. International Journal of Plant Science 159: 522-532.

Manchester, S.R., D.L. Dilcher, and S.L. Wing. 1998. Attached leaves and fruits of myrtaceous affinity from the middle Eocene of Colorado, USA. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 102: 153-163.

Meyer, H.W. and S.R. Manchester. 1997. The Oligocene Bridge Creek flora of the John Day Formation, Oregon. University of California Publications in Geological Science 141:1-195, 75 pl.

Manchester, S.R., and L. Hably. 1997. Revision of "Abelia" fruits from the Paleogene of Hungary, Czech Republic, and England. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 96: 321-240.

McIntosh, W.C., Manchester, S.R., and H.W. Meyer. 1997. Age of the plant-bearing tuffs of the John Day Formation at Fossil, Oregon, based upon 40Ar/39Ar single-crystal dating. Oregon Geology 59: 3-5, 20.

Judd W. and S.R. Manchester. 1997. Circumscription of Malvaceae (Malvales) as determined by a preliminary cladistic anlysis of morphological, anatomical, palynological and chemical characters. Brittonia 49: 384-405.

Manchester, S.R. and D.L. Dilcher. 1997. Reproductive and vegetative morphology of Polyptera (Juglandaceae) from the Paleocene of Wyoming and Montana. American Journal of Botany. 84: 649-663, + cover photo.

Wehr, W.C., and Manchester, S.R. 1996. Paleobotanical significance of flowers, fruits, and seeds from the Eocene of Republic, Washington. Washington Geology 24: 25-27.

Manchester, S.R. 1996. Petrified woods in Florida. Papers in Florida Paleontology 8:1-8.

Manchester, S.R., and Chen Zhiduan. 1996. Palaeocarpinus aspinosa sp. nov. (Betulaceae) from the Paleocene of Wyoming, USA. International Journal of Plant Sciences 157: 644-655.

1996. Manchester, S.R., Guo Shuang-xing. Palaeocarpinus (extinct Betulaceae) from northwestern China: New evidence for Paleocene floristic continuity between Asia, North America and Europe. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 157: 240-246.

1995. Manchester, S.R. and M. Donoghue. Winged fruits of Linnaeeae (Caprifoliaceae) in the Tertiary of western North America: Diplodipelta gen. nov. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 156: 709-722.

1994. Manchester, S.R. Inflorescence bracts of fossil and extant Tilia in North America, Europe and Asia: Patterns of morphologic divergence and biogeographic history. American Journal of Botany. 81: 1176-1185.

1993. Manchester, S.R., and Kress, W.J. Fossil bananas (Musaceae) : Ensete ox-egonense sp. nov. from the Eocene of western North America and its phytogeographic significance. American Journal of Botany. 80: 1264-1272.

1992. Manchester, S.R. Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America. American Journal of Botany. 79: 996-1008.

1991. Manchester, S.R. Cruciptera, a new juglandaceous winged fruit from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America. Systematic Botany. 16: 715-725.

1989. Manchester, S.R. Systematics and fossil history of the Ulmaceae, pp. 221-252 in Crane, P.R. and Blackmore, S. [eds.]. Evolution, Systematics, and fossil history of the Samamelidae, Volume 2: 'Higher' Hamamelidae, Systematics Association Special Volume no. 40B, Clarendon Press, Oxford.

1989. Manchester, S.R. Early history of the Juglandaceae. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 162: 231-250.

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