 Dr.
Paul R. Fantz
Professor
Department of Horticultural Science
130 Kilgore
Hall, Box 7609
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
Office Phone: 919.515.1186
Fax: 919.515.7747
E-Mail: paul_fantz@ncsu.edu
Ph.D. 1977 University of Florida
Taxonomy of Ornamental Plants
Plants studied are cultivated ornamentals with identification and nomenclatural
problems. Research objectives include an inventory of cultivated taxa
with their biology, improved quantitative descriptions, ordering of
the nomenclature, qualitative observations and notes, and providing
keys and other aids to identification. Methods include morphology, biometrics,
cytology and scanning electron microscopy.
Current research on new germplasm documentation, liriopogons, and international
collaboration in providing revisionary and floristic treatments of resupinate
papilionaceous legumes (Barbieria, Centrosema, Clitoria). Graduate programs
include taxa of student’s interest, with gymnosperms (Juniperus
horizontalis, Cryptomeria japonica), grapes (Vitis), and cultivated
ornamental trees of North Carolina (urban trees, Maritime Forest, Barrier
Islands).
You may be interested in our web page on ornamental
horticulture identification.
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