Dr. Robert S Wallace
Position
- Associate Professor
When research active, the foci of our systematic studies included: 1) Elucidation of relationships among the major clades and their tribal/generic relationships within the family Cactaceae; 2) Intergeneric relationships in the species-rich tribe Cacteae; 3) Phylogenetic structure and tribal/generic delimitation of the Subfamily Opuntioideae; 4) Determination of relationships between North and South American columnar cactus lineages; and 5) Relationships among related families of the ‘Portulacaceous Alliance’ of families in Order Caryophyllales, in particular Portulacaceae, Cactaceae, Didiereaceae, and segregates.
Contact
Email
rwallace@iastate.edu
Phone
+1 515 294 0367
Contact Info
311 Bessey
Ames
,
IA
50011-1020
Research Area
Education
- B.S., Biology, Wilkes College, 1981
- M.S., Botany and Plant Physiology, Rutgers University, 1984
- Ph.D., Botany and Plant Physiology, Rutgers University, 1988