Mary Barkworth Explained

Mary E. Barkworth
Birth Date:	^[1]
Birth Place:	Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
Fields:	Botany, plant systematics
Alma Mater:	Washington State University, Western Washington University, University of British Columbia
Thesis Title:	Intraspecific variation in Brodiaea douglasii watson, liliaceae
Thesis Url:	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29721562
Thesis Year:	1975
Known For:	Manual of Grasses for North America, Flora of North America (Volumes 24 and 25)
Author Abbrev Bot:	Barkworth

Mary Elizabeth Barkworth (born 1941, Marlborough, England) is an American botanist and professor emerita at Utah State University in Logan, Utah.

Education and career

Barkworth has a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia, and went on to teach school in British Columbia after graduation.^[2] She has an M.Ed. and a Ph.D. in 1975 from Western Washington University where she worked on variation in Brodiaea.^[3] Following her Ph.D. she worked with Agriculture Canada until moving to Utah State University in 1979, where she also served as the director of the Intermountain Herbarium.^[4] Barkworth retired in 2012.

Barkworth is known for her work on grasses, particularly members of the Stipeae and Triticeae. She also had responsibility for production of the two grass volumes in the Flora of North America. Barkworth has worked to digitize collections at OpenHerbarium.org, which includes collections from Pakistan^[5] and Somaliland.^[6] In 2013 Barkworth established a collaboration with the Daggett County Jail whereby inmates helped catalogue specimens through a collaboration between the herbarium and the jail.^[7]

Selected publications

• Book: R., Soderstrom, Thomas . Grass systematics and evolution : an international symposium held at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., July 27-31, 1986 . 1988 . Smithsonian Institution Press . Thomas R. Soderstrom, Khidir W. Hilu, Christopher S. Campbell, Mary E. Barkworth . 0-87474-300-1 . 869053991. ^[8]
• Book: Manual of grasses for North America . 2007 . Intermountain Herbarium and Utah State University Press . Mary E.. Barkworth. Cindy. Talbott Roché . 978-0-87421-778-0 . Logan, Utah . 659579715. ^[9]
• Book: Flora of North America : north of Mexico . 1993 . Flora of North America Editorial Committee . 0-19-505713-9 . New York . 26803793. ^[10]

External links

• OpenHerbarium.org

Notes and References

1. Smith . James . 2021-06-01 . Derivation of the Generic Names of North American Grasses (Names in Current or Recent Use) . Botanical Studies.
2. Web site: Key Note Speakers – Conference Faculty of Sciences . 2022-11-25 . en-US.
3. Web site: Barkworth . Mary Elizabeth . 1975 . Intraspecific variation in Brodiaea douglasii watson, liliaceae WorldCat.org . 2022-11-25 . www.worldcat.org . en.
4. Web site: Ogden . Lisa . 2002-03-11 . Intermountain Herbarium a 'jewel in the basement' at USU . 2022-11-25 . The Utah Statesman . en-US.
5. Barkworth . Mary . Ahmad . Mushtaq . Asrar . Mudassir . Bhatti . Raza . Cobb . Neil . Fareed . Lubna . Jamil . Shahid . Khaskheli . Shakeel . Memon . Rabia . Rashid . Abdur . Sultan . Amir . Ullah . Zahid . 2019-06-13 . Developing Digital Botanical Resources for Pakistan . Biodiversity Information Science and Standards . 3 . e35885 . 10.3897/biss.3.35885 . 198067138 . 2535-0897. free .
6. Barkworth . Mary E. . Olonova . Marina V. . Gudkova . Polina D. . Ullah . Zahid . Dyreson . Curtis . 2020 . Regional floras: increasing their value while reducing their cost . BIO Web of Conferences . en . 24 . 00010 . 10.1051/bioconf/20202400010 . 226673283 . 2117-4458. free .
7. Web site: Opsahl . Kevin . March 22, 2013 . Jail inmates help catalogue new collection for USU's Intermountain Herbarium . 2022-11-25 . The Herald Journal . en.
8. Review of Grass systematics and evolution
   • Denton . Melinda . 1989 . Review of Grass Systematics and Evolution. Based on a Symposium Held at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., July 27-31, 1986 . The Quarterly Review of Biology . 64 . 2 . 199–200 . 10.1086/416270 . 2830558 . 0033-5770.
   • Reeder . Charlotte G. . Reeder . John R. . 1989 . Review of Grass Systematics and Evolution. International symposium, Washington, DC, 1986 . American Scientist . 77 . 5 . 498 . 27855975 . 0003-0996.
   • Davis . Jerrold I. . 1989 . Review of Grass Systematics and Evolution . Journal of the Arnold Arboretum . 70 . 4 . 523–524 . 10.5962/p.185951 . 43782597 . 163669924 . 0004-2625. free .
9. Review of Manual of grasses for North America
   • Landers . Roger Q. Jake . 2008 . Review of Manual of Grasses for North America . Rangelands . 30 . 5 . 45 . 10.2111/1551-501X(2008)30[45:BR]2.0.CO;2 . 25145435 . 10150/640590 . 198969030 . 0190-0528. free .
10. Review of Flora of North America
    • 2007 . Mary E. Barkworth . Kathleen M. Capels. Sandy. Long. Laurel K. Anderton. Michael B. Piep. Review of Flora of North America: North of Mexico. Volume 24: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. . The Quarterly Review of Biology . 82 . 3 . 278 . 10.1086/523149 . 10.1086/523149 . 0033-5770.