John J. Pipoly III explained

John James Pipoly III (born September 5, 1955) is an American botanist and plant collector. He is a leading expert on the systematics and taxonomy of the genus Ardisia within the Myrsinoideae,^[1] as well as the family Clusiaceae.^[2]

Biology

Pipoly graduated in 1978 with a B.Sc. in botany from Michigan State University.^[3] In 1986 he graduated with a Ph.D. in botany from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York as part of a joint program with the New York Botanical Garden. His thesis "Monograph of Cybianthus p. p. (Myrsinaceae)" was supervised by Scott A. Mori.^{[4] [5]} In 1986 in the Bronx, Pipoly married Fabiola Monje. The newlyweds arrived in Guyana in April 1986, where John J. Pipoly III was the first resident collector on the "Flora of the Guianas" Program sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution, two universities, and five other institutes. After 13 months in Guyana, where he collected thousands of botanical specimens,^[6] he and his wife returned to the US, where he had a post-doctoral position at the National Museum of Natural History.^[2] After working as a Contract Specialist at Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters, he worked at the Missouri Botanical Garden in the early 1990s and at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas from 1995 to 2001.^{[6] [2]} He then became the Urban Horticulture Extension Agent, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and an adjunct professor at Nova Southeastern University.^[7]

He also ran a Master Gardener Program in Florida.^[5]

In Fort Lauderdale, Pipoly gave important, expert testimony in a murder case in which plant parts were mixed among human body parts.^[8]

Selected publications

• Book: Adams, M. W.. Pipoly III, J. J.. Biological structure, classification and distribution of economic legumes. Summerfield, R. J.. Bunting, A. H.. Advances in Legume Science. Kew, England. Royal Botanic Garden. 1980. 1–16. ^[9]
• Mori. Scott A.. Pipoly. John J.. Observations on the Big Bang Flowering of Miconia minutiflora (Melastomataceae). Brittonia. 36. 4. 1984. 337. 0007-196X. 10.2307/2806595. 2806595. 84465485.
• The Genus Cybianthus Subgenus Conomorpha (Myrsinaceae) in Guayana. Pipoly III, John J.. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 79. 4. 1992. 908–957. 10.2307/2399725. 2399725.
• Pipoly III, John J.. Graff, Allison. A synopsis of the genus Clusia sections Criuvopsis and Brachystemon (Clusiaceae) in northern South America. SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 1995. 16. 3. 505–528. 41967155.
• Ricketson, Jon M.. Pipoly III, J. J.. 1997. Nomenclatural notes and a synopsis of the genus Myrsine (Myrsinaceae) in Mesoamerica. SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 579–589. 41967290.
• Pipoly III, John J.. The genus Cybianthus (Myrsinaceae) in Ecuador and Peru. SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 1998. 18. 1. 1–160. 41967290.

References

1. Marlberries. Garden Views. Autumn 2003. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Virtual Herbarium.
2. Web site: Pipoly, John James. JSTOR Global Plants.
3. Web site: Commencement Fall Term 1978, Michigan State University.
4. Web site: Scott A. Mori. New York Botanical Garden.
5. News: Work, Deborah. Master Gardeners' leader publishes rain forest research. June 26, 2015. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Also published in at this link in the Boynton Forum
6. Kelloff, C. L.. Alexander, S. N.. Funk, V. A.. Vicki Funk. 10. Smithsonian Plant Collections, Guyana: John J. Pipoly, III: An Update. Contributions to the Study of Biological Diversity. 2013. 4.
7. Web site: John Pipoly, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor. Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Florida. Archived version.
8. Web site: Former NYBG Student Helps Solve Murder. Plant Talk,New York Botanical Garden (NYBG). March 3, 2011.
9. Simmonds. N. W.. N. W. Simmonds. Review of Advances in Legume Science edited by R. J. Summerfield and A. H. Bunting. Experimental Agriculture. 17. 1. 2008. 112. 0014-4797. 10.1017/S0014479700011327.