Kathleen Anne Kron Explained

Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Professor
Education:	Michigan State University
Alma Mater:	University of Florida
Thesis Title:	A taxonomic revision of Rhododendron L. section Pentanthera g. don (Ericaceae)
Thesis Url:	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:	1987
Discipline:	Biology
Sub Discipline:	Botany
Workplaces:	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. http://link.springer.com/10.1663/0006-8101(2002)068[0335:PCOEMA2.0.CO;2 Phylogenetic Classification of Ericaceae: Molecular and Morphological Evidence]. The Botanical Review. en. 68. 3. 335–423. 10.1663/0006-8101(2002)068[0335:PCOEMA]2.0.CO;2. 35699816 . 0006-8101.
• 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. 2399846. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 80. 3. 528. 10.2307/2399846.
• Kron. Kathleen A.. Chase. Mark W.. 1993. Systematics of the Ericaceae, Empetraceae, Epacridaceae and Related Taxa Based Upon rbcL Sequence Data. 2399857. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 80. 3. 735. 10.2307/2399857.

Notes and References

1. Craven. L.A.. 2011-04-29. Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron (Ericaceae). Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. en. 56. 1. 34. 10.3767/000651911X568594. 0006-5196.
2. Web site: Kathleen Kron. dead. WFU Biology. 2016-03-13. March 13, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313123337/http://college.wfu.edu/biology/people/faculty/kron/.
3. Web site: 2021-07-13. Undergraduate College Teacher-Scholar Legacies: Kathleen Kron. 2021-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20210713000159/https://college.wfu.edu/college-news/teacher-scholar-legacies/kathleen-kron/. July 13, 2021.
4. Web site: Ericaceae Homepage. Wake Forest University. 2016-03-13.
5. Craven. L.A.. 2011-04-29. Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron (Ericaceae). Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. en. 56. 1. 33–35. 10.3767/000651911X568594. 0006-5196.
6. Web site: Labrador Tea, Ledum groenlandicum, Rhododendron groenlandicum. 2021-10-26. www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org.
7. Web site: Kron, Kathleen Anne International Plant Names Index. 2021-10-26. www.ipni.org.