Steven R. Manchester
(CURRICULUM VITAE)
Curator of Paleobotany
Florida Museum of Natural History
Adjunct Professor
Department of Botany
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
Ph. 352 273-1944
Home ph. 352 335-6343
Email: steven (add "@flmnh.ufl.edu"
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Education
Employment History
Major Research Interests
Professional Associations
Research Publications by Plant Families
Reseach Publications by Geologic Age and Geography
Research Publications
Reviews
Symposia and Field Excursions Organized
Current Teaching
Post-Doctoral Associates and Graduate Students
National Science Foundation Grants
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Education
B.S. Botany, with honors, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1977.
B.S. Geology, with honors, Oregon State University, 1977.
M.S. Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1979.
Ph.D. Paleobotany, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1981.
Employment History
Curator of Paleobotany, Florida Museum of Natural History, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 August 2002-.
Associate Curator of Paleobotany, Florida Museum of Natural History,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 August 1994-2002.
Assistant Curator of Paleobotany, Florida Museum of Natural History,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 August 1990-1994.
Associate Scientist, Curator of Fossil Plants, Departments of Geology
and Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 1988-July 1990.
Assistant Scientist, Curator of Fossil Plants, Departments of Geology
and Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 1982-1988.
Director, Summer Field Paleobotany Program, Oregon Museum of Science
and Industry, 1976-1989.
Major Research Interests
Evolution of extant angiosperm families in the Northern Hemisphere.
Multiple-organ paleobotanical investigations providing characters
of flowers, fruits, pollen, leaves and wood for inclusion in phylogenetic
analyses. Paleocene and Eocene floras of western North America, central
Europe and eastern Asia. I have enjoyed collaborative research with
paleobotanists in Canada, China, Czech Republic, England, Germany,
Hungary, Japan, Russia, and the United States.
Professional Associations
Botanical Society of America (life membership), Paleobotanical Section;
American Society of Plant Taxonomists (life membership); International
Organization of Paleobotany; International Association of Wood Anatomists;
American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists.
Research Publications by Plant Families
(keyed by the publication numbers listed below)
Actinidiaceae: 50,37
Alangiaceae: 83,50
Anacardiaceae: 83,50
Annonaceae: 83,37
Araliaceae: 83,77,37
Berberidaceae: 50
Betulaceae: 83,77,70,68,66,61,55,50,45,43,42,37,25,15
Caprifoliaceae: 77,50,41
Celtidaceae: 83,37,24
Cercidiphyllaceae: 83
Cornaceae sl.: 87,78,60,58,50,37,25
Cupressaceae: 64,50
Elaeocarpaceae: 72,60
Eucommiaceae: 77,66,62,60
Fagaceae: 83,71,60,50,37,9
Hamamelidaceae: 83,60,50,37
Hydrangeaceae 60,50,37
Icacinaceae: 50,45,37
Juglandaceae: 83,66,60,50,46,45,39,37,34,27,25,22,18,14,8,7,6
Lauraceae: 83,50,37
Lythraceae: 37
Magnolicaceae; 83,37
Malpighiaceae: 67
Malvaceae (incl. Tiliac, Sterc): 83,80,79,77,50,38,31,4,3,2
Menispermaceae: 37,35,5
Musaceae: 40,37,35
Myrtaceae: 52
Nyssaceae: 78,60,50
Palmae: 77,44,37
Pinaceae: 77,50,37
Platanaceae: 83,71,70,50,37,25,19,12
Podomogetonaceae: 77
Rosaceae: 83,50,37
Rhamnaceae: 60,38
Rubiaceae: 37
Sabiaceae: 84,83,37,36,25,5
Salicaceae: 88,77,10,
Sapindales (incl. Acerac, Hippocast.): 83,76,74,73,69,66,60,37,1
Schizaeaceae: 16
Sargentodoxaceae: 60
Schisandraceae: 37
Symplocaceae: 37
Tapisciaceae: 37,17
Taxaceae: 50,37
Toricelliaceae: 60
Trochodendraceae: 60,30,28,25
Ulmaceae: 86,83,77,76,60,50,37,24,23
Vitaceae: 83,37
Zamiaceae: 59
Reseach Publications by Geologic Age and Geography
(keyed by the publication numbers listed below)
Paleocene of Wyoming, Montana, and/or North Dakota 84,82,78,74,73,71,25,59,58,55,46,43,28,22,14,6
Paleocene of eastern Asia 85,84,82,78,71,58,42,28
Paleocene of Greenland 71,28
Paleocene of Scotland 19
Eocene of Europe 86,49,39,22,14,13
Eocene of Asia 68,65,62,22,14
Middle Eocene of Oregon, Washington or British Columbia 83,74,59,45,40,22,17,24,37,35,34,31,27,26,14,13,12,9,8,4,3,2,1
Middle Eocene of Rocky Mountain region 88,69,65,56,54,31,23,22,16,14,13,12,10,6
Late Eocene of Oregon 74,66,65,53,41,31 22,14
Late Eocene of Colorado 77,74,65,41,31,24,23,22,15,14,13,9
Early Oligocene of Oregon 74,70,64,50,48,38,29,26,21,15,14,13
Oligocene of Europe 72,70,67,64,49,29,24,14
Miocene of Oregon, Idaho and Washington 64,41,38,14
Miocene of Florida 60,44
Miocene of Europe 80,79,64,38,29,24,14
Miocene of Asia 65,30,24,14
Research
Publications
(* indicates reprints available on request)
95 Dillhoff, R. M., E.B. Leopold, and S.R. Manchester 2005. The McAbee
flora of British Columbia and its relation to the Early-Middle Eocene
Okanagan Highlands flora of the Pacific Northwest. Canadian Journal
of Earth Sciences 42: 151-166.*
94 Manchester, S.R. K.B. Pigg, and P.R. Crane 2004. Palaeocarpinus
dakotensis sp.n. (Betulaceae: Coryloideae) and associated staminate
catkins, pollen, and leaves from the Paleocene of North Dakota.
International Journal of Plant Sciences. 165: 1135-1148.*
93 Corbett, S.R. and S.R. Manchester. 2004. Phytogeography
and fossil history of Ailanthus (Simaroubaceae). International
Journal of Plant Sciences. 165: 671-690.*
92 Manchester, S.R. and R. M. Dillhoff. 2004. Fagus (Fagaceae)
fruits, foliage, and pollen from the Middle Eocene of Pacific
Northwestern North America. Canadian Journal of Botany
82: 1509-1517.*
91 Manchester, S. 2004. Photoshop tips for palynology. American
Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Newsletter, March
2004. 37(1): 16-18.
90 Kvacek, Z., and S.R. Manchester 2004. Vegetative and reproductive
structure of the extinct Platanus neptuni from the Tertiary of Europe and
relationships within the Platanaceae. Plant Systematics and
Evolution 244: 1-29.*
89 Pigg, K.B., S.R. Manchester, and W. C. Wehr. 2004. Corylus,
Carpinus, and Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the middle Eocene
Klonkike Mountain and Allenby Formations of Northwestern North
America. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 164: 807-22.*
88 Boucher, L.D., S.R. Manchester, and W.S. Judd. 2003. An extinct
genus of Salicaceae based on twigs with attached flowers, fruits,
and foliage from the Eocene Green River Formation of Utah and Colorado,
USA. American Journal of Botany 90: 1389-1399 + cover photo *
87 Takahashi, M., P.R. Crane, and S.R. Manchester. 2003. Huronoia
fusiformis gen. et sp. nov.; a cornalean fruit from the Kamikitaba
locality (Upper Cretaceous, Lower Coniacean) in northeastern Japan.
Journal of Plant Research 115: 463-473.*
86 Wilde, V., and S.R. Manchester. 2003. Cedrelospermum fruits (Ulmaceae)
and related leaves from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hesse, Germany).
Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg 241: 147-153.*
85 Akhmetiev, M.A., T.V. Kezina, T.M. Kodrul, and S.R. Manchester.
2002. Stratigraphy and flora of the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary
layers in the southeast part of the Zeya-Bureya sedimentary basin.
Pp. 275-315, in M.A. Akhmetiev, M.P. Doludenko, A.B. Herman, and I.A.
Ignatiev, eds. Special volume dedicated to the memory of the Corresponding
member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Professor Vsevolod Andreevich
Vakrameev (to the 90th anniverserary of his birth). Geological Institute
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.336 pp. In Russian.
84 Manchester, S.R. 2002. Morphology and phytogeographic history of
Porosia Hickey in the Cretaceous and Paleocene of Asia and North America,
and its distinction from Limnobiophyllum Krassilov. Pp. 180-181, in
M.A. Akhmetiev, M.P. Doludenko, A.B. Herman, and I.A. Ignatiev, eds.
Special volume, dedicated to the memory of the Corresponding member
of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Professor Vsevolod Andreevich Vakrameev
(to the 90th anniverserary of his birth). Geologi cal Institute Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow. 336 pp.
83 Wheeler, E.A., and S.R. Manchester. 2002. Woods of the Eocene Nut
Beds flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon, USA. International Association
of Wood Anatomists Journal, Supplement 3. 188 pp.*
82 Manchester, S.R., M.A. Akhmetiev, T. Kodrul. 2002. Leaves and fruits
of Celtis aspera (Newberry) comb. nov. (Celtidaceae) from the Paleocene
of North America and eastern Asia. International Journal of Plant
Sciences. 163: 725-736.*
81 Manchester, S.R. 2002. Automated Multilingual Text Translation.
International Organization of Palaeobotany Newsletter. 71: 3-5.*
80 Kvacek, Z., S.R. Manchester , R. Zetter , M. Pingen. 2002. Fruits
and seeds of Craigia bronnii (Malvaceae -Tilioideae) and associated
flower buds from the late Miocene Inden Formation,Lower Rhine Basin,Germany.
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 119:311-324.
79 Pingen, M., Z. Kvacek, and S.R. Manchester. 2001. Fr??chte und
Samen von Craigia bronnii aus dem Obermioz??n von Hambach (Niederrheinische
Bucht - Deutschland) Vorl??ufige Mitteilung. Documenta Naturae, 138,
1-7, 2 pls. M??nchen. (issued 2002).
78 Manchester, S.R. 2002. Leaves and fruits of Davidia (Cornales)
from the Paleocene of North America. Systematic Botany 27(2): 368-382.*
77 Manchester, S.R. 2001. Update on the megafossil flora of Florissant,
Colorado, USA. In Evanoff, E., Gregory-Wodzicki K.M., Johnson K.R.,Editors.
Fossil flora and stratigraphy of the Florissant Formation,Colorado.
Proceedings of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Series 4,
No. 1, p. 137-161.*
76 Manchester, S.R., and Tiffney, B.H. 2001. Integration of paleobotanical
and neobotanical data in the assessment of phytogeographic history
of holarctic angiosperm clades. International Journal of Plant Sciences
162 (6, supplement): S19-S27.*
75 Tiffney B.H., and Manchester, S.R. 2001. The use of geological
and paleontological evidence in evaluating plant phylogeographic hypotheses
in the Northern Hemisphere Tertiary. 162 (6, supplement): S3-S17.*
74 McClain, A.M. and Manchester, S.R. 2001. Dipteronia (Sapindaceae)
from the Tertiary of North America and implications for the phytogeographic
history of the Aceroideae. American Journal of Botany 88(7):1316-1325.*
73 Manchester, S.R. 2001. Leaves and fruits of Aesculus (Sapindales)
from the Paleocene of North America. International Journal of Plant
Science 162(4):985-998.*
72 Kvacek, Z., L. Hably, and S.R. Manchester. 2001. Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae)
fruits and foliage from the Early Oligocene of Hungary and Slovenia.
Palaeontographica Abt. B,259:113-124.
71 Kvacek, Z., Manchester, S.R., and Guo, Shuang-xing. 2001. Trifoliolate
leaves of Platanus bella (Heer) comb. n. from the Paleocene of North
America, Greenland, and Asia and their relationships among extinct
and extant Platanaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162:
441-458.*
70 Hably, L., Z. Kvacek, and S.R. Manchester. 2000. Shared taxa of
land plants in the Oligocene of Europe and North America in context
of Holarctic phytogeography. Acta Universitatis Carolinae-Geologica
44: 59-74.
69 Manchester, S.R., and E. J. Hermsen. 2000. Flowers, fruits, seeds,
and pollen of Landeenia gen. nov., an extinct sapindalean genus from
the Eocene of Wyoming. American Journal of Botany. 87: 1909-1914.*
68 Akhmetiev, M.A. and S.R. Manchester. 2000. A new species of Palaeocarpinus
(Betulaceae) from the Paleogene of Eastern Sikhote-Alin. Paleontological
Journal 34: 467-474.*
67 Hably L., and S.R. Manchester. 2000. Fruits of Tetrapterys (Malpighiaceae)
from the Oligocene of Hungary and Slovenia. Review of Palaeobotany
and Palynology. 111: 93-101.*
66 Manchester, S.R., 2000. Late Eocene fossil plants of the John Day
Formation, Wheeler County, Oregon. Oregon Geology 62:51-63.*
65 Wang, Yufei, and Manchester, S.R. 2000. Chaneya, A new genus of
winged fruit from the Tertiary of North America and eastern Asia.
International Journal of Plant Sciences 161:167-178.*
64 Kvacek, Z., S.R. Manchester, and H.E. Schorn. 2000. Cones, seeds,
and foliage of Tetraclinis salicornioides (Cupressaceae) from the
Oligocene and Miocene of western North America: a geographic extension
of the European Tertiary species. International Journal of Plant Sciences.
161:331-344.*
63 Xiang, Qiu-Yun, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, S. R. Manchester and
D. J. Crawford. 2000. Timing the Eastern Asian?IEastern North American
Floristic Disjunction: Molecular clock corroborates paleontological
estimates. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 15: 462?I472.
62 Geng Baoyin, S.R. Manchester, and Lu Anming. 1999. The first discovery
of Eucommia fruit fossil in China. Chinese Science Bulletin 44: 1506-1509.*
61 Chen, Zhi-duan, S.R. Manchester, and Hai-Ying Sun. 1999. Phylogeny
and evolution of the Betulaceae as inferred from DNA sequences, morphology
and paleobotany. American Journal of Botany. 86: 1168-1181.*
60 Manchester, S.R. 1999. Biogeographical relationships of North American
Tertiary floras. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 86: 472-522.*
59 Kvacek, Z. and S.R. Manchester. 1999. Eostangeria Barthel (extinct
Cycadales) from the Paleogene of western North America and Europe.
International Journal of Plant Science 160: 621-629.*
58 Manchester, S.R., P.R. Crane, and L. Golovneva. 1999. An extinct
genus with affinities to extant Davidia and Camptotheca (Cornales)
from the Paleocene of North America and Eastern Asia. International
Journal of Plant Science 160: 188-207.*
57 Wiemann, M.C., S.R. Manchester, and E.A. Wheeler. 1999. Paleotemperature
estimation from dicotyledonous wood anatomical characters. Palaios
14: 459-474.
56 Lott, T.A., S.R. Manchester, and D.L. Dilcher. 1998. A unique and
complete polemoniaceous plant from the middle Eocene of Utah, USA.
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 104: 39-49.
55 Manchester, S.R. and Z.-D. Chen. 1998. A new genus of Coryloideae
(Betulaceae) from the Paleocene of North America. International Journal
of Plant Science 159: 522-532.*
54 Manchester, S.R., D.L. Dilcher, and S.L. Wing. 1998. Attached leaves
and fruits of myrtaceous affinity from the middle Eocene of Colorado,
USA. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 102: 153-163.
53 Smith, G.A., S.R. Manchester, M. Ashwill, W.C. McIntosh, and R.M.
Conrey. 1998. Late Eocene-early Oligocene tectonism, volcanism, and
floristic change near Gray Butte, central Oregon. Geological Society
of America Bulletin 100: 759-778.
52 Wiemann, M.C., S.R. Manchester, D.L. Dilcher, L.F. Hinojosa, and
E.A. Wheeler. 1998. Estimation of temperature and precipitation from
morphological characters of dicotyledonous leaves American Journal
of Botany 1998 85: 1796-1802.
51 Wiemann, M.C., E.A. Wheeler, S.R. Manchester, and K.M. Portier.
1998. Dicotyledonous wood anatomical characteres as predictors of
climate. Palaeogeogrpahny, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 139: 83-100.
50 Meyer, H.W. and S.R. Manchester. 1997. The Oligocene Bridge Creek
flora of the John Day Formation, Oregon. University of California
Publications in Geological Science 141: 1-195, 75 pl.
49 Manchester, S.R., and L. Hably. 1997. Revision of ?lAbelia ?L fruits
from the Paleogene of Hungary, Czech Republic, and England. Review
of Palaeobotany and Palynology 96: 321-240.*
48 McIntosh, W.C., Manchester, S.R., and H.W. Meyer. 1997. Age of
the plant-bearing tuffs of the John Day Formation at Fossil, Oregon,
based upon 40Ar/39Ar single-crystal dating. Oregon Geology 59: 3-5,
20, + cover photo.
47 Judd W. and S.R. Manchester. 1997. Circumscription of Malvaceae
(Malvales) as determined by a preliminary cladistic analysis of morphological,
anatomical, palynological and chemical characters. Brittonia 49: 384-405.
46 Manchester, S.R. and D.L. Dilcher. 1997. Reproductive and vegetative
morphology of Polyptera (Juglandaceae) from the Paleocene of Wyoming
and Montana. American Journal of Botany 84: 649-663, + cover photo.*
45 Wehr, W.C., and Manchester, S.R. 1996. Paleobotanical significance
of flowers, fruits, and seeds from the Eocene of Republic, Washington.
Washington Geology 24: 25-27.*
44 Manchester, S.R. 1996. Petrified woods in Florida. Papers in Florida
Paleontology 8:1-8.
43 Manchester, S.R., and Chen Zhiduan. 1996. Palaeocarpinus aspinosa
sp. nov. (Betulaceae) from the Paleocene of Wyoming, USA. International
Journal of Plant Sciences 157: 644-655.*
42 Manchester, S.R., Guo Shuang-xing. 1996. Palaeocarpinus (extinct
Betulaceae) from northwestern China: New evidence for Paleocene floristic
continuity between Asia, North America and Europe. International Journal
of Plant Sciences 157: 240-246.*
41 Manchester, S.R. and M. Donoghue. 1995. Winged fruits of Linnaeeae
(Caprifoliaceae) in the Tertiary of western North America: Diplodipelta
gen. nov. International Journal of Plant Sciences 156: 709-722.*
40 Manchester, S.R. 1995. Yes, we had bananas. Oregon Geology 57:
41-43.
39 Manchester, S.R., M.E. Collinson, and K. Goth. 1994. Fruits of
the Juglandaceae from the Eocene of Messel, Germany and implications
for early Tertiary phytogeographic exchange between Europe and western
North America. International Journal of Plant Sciences 155: 388-394,
+ cover photo.*
38 Manchester, S.R. 1994. Inflorescence bracts of fossil and extant
Tilia in North America, Europe and Asia: Patterns of morphologic divergence
and biogeographic history. American Journal of Botany 81: 1176-1185.*
37 Manchester, S.R. 1994. Fruits and seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut
Beds flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon. Palaeontographica Americana
58: 1-205.
36 Carlquist, S., Morrell, P., and S.R. Manchester. 1993. Wood anatomy
of Sabiaceae (s.l.): Ecological and systematic implications. Aliso
13: 521-549.*
35 Manchester, S.R., and W.J. Kress. 1993. Fossil bananas (Musaceae):
Ensete oregonense sp. nov. from the Eocene of western North America
and its phytogeographic significance. American Journal of Botany 80:
1264-1272.*
34 Manchester, S.R., and E.A. Wheeler. 1993. Extinct juglandaceous
wood from the Eocene of Oregon and its implications for xylem evolution
in the Juglandaceae. International Association of Wood Anatomists
Journal 14: 103-111.*
33 Call, V.B., S.R. Manchester, and D.L. Dilcher. 1993. Wetherellia
fruits and associated plant remains from the Paleocene/Eocene Tuscahoma-Hatchetigbee
interval, Meridian, Mississippi. Mississippi Geology 14: 10-18.
32 Meyer, H.W. and S.R. Manchester. 1992. Presentation of the Harrell
L. Strimple award of the Paleontological Society to Melvin S. Ashwill.
Journal of Paleontology 66: 714-716.
31 Manchester, S.R. 1992. Flowers, fruits and pollen of Flor issantia,
an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western
North America. American Journal of Botany 79: 996-1008 + cover photo.*
30 Manchester, S.R., P.R. Crane, and D.L. Dilcher. 1991. Nordenskio
ldia and Trochodendron (Trochodendraceae) from the Miocene of northwestern
North America. Botanical Gazette. 152: 357-368.*
29 Kvacek, Z., C. Buzek, and S.R. Manchester. 1991. Fossil fruits
of Pteleaecarpum Weyland--Tiliaceous not Sapindaceous. Botanical Gazette
152: 522-523.*
28 Crane, P.R., S.R. Manchester and D.L. Dilcher. 1991. Reproductive
and vegetative structure of Nordenskioldia (Trochodendraceae), a vesselless
dicotyledon from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere. American
Journal of Botany 78: 1311-1334.*
27 Manchester, S.R. 1991. Cruciptera, a new juglandaceous winged fruit
from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America. Systematic
Botany 16: 715-725.*
26 Manchester, S.R. 1990. Eocene to Oligocene floristic changes recorded
in the Clarno and John Day Formations, Oregon, USA, in E. Knobloch,
and Kvacek, Z., [eds.], Symposium Proceedings, paleofloristic and
paleoclimatic changes in the Cretaceous and Tertiary, pp. 183-187,
Geological Survey Press, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
25 Crane, P.R., S.R. Manchester and D.L. Dilcher. 1990. A preliminary
survey of fossil leaves and well-preserved reproductive structures
from the Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene) near Almont, North Dakota.
Fieldiana Geology 1418: 1-63.*
24 Manchester, S.R. 1989c. Systematics and fossil history of the Ulmaceae,
pp. 221-252 in Crane, P.R. and Blackmore, S. [eds.]. Evolution, Systematics,
and fossil history of the Hamamelidae, Volume 2: 'Higher' Hamamelidae,
Systematics Association Special Volume no. 40B, Clarendon Press, Oxford.*
23 Manchester, S.R. 1989b. Attached reproductive and vegetative remains
of the extinct American-European genus Cedrelospermum (Ulmaceae) from
the early Tertiary of Utah and Colorado, USA. American Journal of
Botany 76: 256-276.*
22 Manchester, S.R. 1989a. Early history of the Juglandaceae. Plant
Systematics and Evolution 162: 231-250.
21 Buzek,C, Z. Kvacek, and S.R. Manchester. 1989. Sapindaceous affinities
of the Pteleaecarpum fruits from the Tertiary of Eurasia and North
America. Botanical Gazette 150: 477-489.
20 Dilcher, D.L. and S.R. Manchester. 1988. Investigations of angiosperms
from the Eocene of North America: a fruit belonging to the Euphorbiaceae.
Tertiary Research 9: 45-58.
19 Crane, P.R., S.R. Manchester, and D.L. Dilcher. 1988. Morphology
and Phylogenetic significance of the angiosperm Platanites hebridicus
from the Palaeocene of Scotland. Palaeontology 31: 503-517.*
18 Jones, J.H., S.R. Manchester, and D.L. Dilcher. 1988. Dryophyllum
Debey ex Saporta, juglandaceous not fagaceous. Review of Palaeobotany
and Palynology 56: 205-211.
17 Manchester, S.R. 1988. Fruits and seeds of Tapiscia (Staphyleaceae)
from the middle Eocene of Oregon, USA. Tertiary Research 9: 59-66.*
16 Manchester, S.R. and M.S. Zavada. 1987. Lygodium foliage with intact
sorophores from the Eocene of Wyoming. Botanical Gazette 148: 392-399.*
15 Manchester, S.R. and P.R. Crane. 1987. A new genus of Betulaceae
from the Oligocene of western North America. Botanical Gazette 148:
263-273.*
14 Manchester, S.R. 1987b. The fossil history of the Juglandaceae.
Missouri Botanical Garden Monograph 21: 1-137.*
13 Manchester, S.R. 1987a. Extinct ulmaceous fruits from the Tertiary
of Europe and western North America. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
52: 119-112.*
12 Manchester, S.R. 1986. Vegetative and reproductive morphology of
an extinct plane tree (Platanaceae) from the Eocene of western North
America. Botanical Gazette 147: 200-226.*
11 Dilcher, D.L., and Manchester, S.R. 1986. Investigations of angiosperms
from the Eocene of North America: leaves of the Engelhardieae (Juglandaceae).
Botanical Gazette 147: 189-199.*
10 Manchester, S.R., D.L. Dilcher and W.D. Tidwell. 1986. Interconnected
reproductive and vegetative remains of Populus (Salicaceae) from the
Middle Eocene Green River Formation, northeastern Utah. American Journal
of Botany 73: 156-160.
9 Manchester, S.R. and P.R. Crane. 1983. Attached leaves, inflorescences,
and fruits of Fagopsis, an extinct genus of fagaceous affinity from
the Oligocene Florissant Flora of Colorado, USA. American Journal
of Botany 70: 1147-1164.
8 Manchester, S.R. 1983. Fossil wood of the Engelhardieae (Juglandaceae)
from the Eocene of North America: Engelhardioxylon gen. nov. Botanical
Gazette 144: 157-163.
7 Crane, P.R. and S.R. Manchester. 1982. An extinct juglandaceous
fruit from the Upper Paleocene of Southern England. Botanical Journal
of the Linnean Society 85: 89-101.
6 Manchester, S.R., and D.L. Dilcher. 1982. Pterocaryoid fruits (Juglandaceae)
in the Paleogene of North America and their evolutionary and biogeographic
significance. American Journal of Botany 69: 275-286.
5 Manchester, S.R. 1981. Fossil plants of the Eocene Clarno Nut Beds.
Oregon Geology, 43: 75-81.
4 Manchester, S.R. 1980. Chattawaya (Sterculiaceae): a new genus of
wood from the Eocene of Oregon and its implications for xylem evolution
of the extant genus Pterospermum. American Journal of Botany 67:59-67.
3 Manchester, S.R. 1979. Triplochitioxylon (Sterculiaceae): a new
genus of wood from the Eocene of oregon and its bearing on the xylem
evolution of the extant genus Triplochiton. American Journal of Botany
66: 699-708.
2 Manchester, S.R., and R.B. Miller. 1978. Tile cells and their occurrence
in malvalean fossil woods. IAWA Bulletin 1978/2-3:23-28.
1 Manchester, S.R. 1977. Wood of Tapirira (Anacardiaceae) from the
Paleogene Clarno Formation of Oregon. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
23: 119-127.
Reviews
Manchester S.R. 2000. Review of: Bibliography on Seed Morphology by
Jensen. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. 1998, 310 pp. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology,
Palaeoecology 162: 414-415.
Manchester S.R. 2000. Review of: Fossil Plants and Spores--Modern
Techniques, edited by T.P. Jones and N.P. Rowe. 1999. Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Manchester, S.R. 1999. Review of: Common Fossil Plants of Western
North America, 2nd edition, by W.D. Tidwell. American Paleontologist
7(4): 7-8.
Symposia and Field Excursions Organized
"Eur-American floristic similarities through the Cenophytic",
co-organized with Z. Kvacek for the International Botanical Congress,
St. Louis, 1999.
"Intracontinental floristic relationships through the Late Cretaceous
and Tertiary", held at the International Organisation of Palaeobotany
Conference, Qinhuangdao, China, August 2000.
"Fossil Forests of Central Oregon", S.R. Manchester and
G. J. Retallack, Botanical Society of America Field Trip 17. August
10-14, 2000.
Current Teaching
Bot. 5115 Paleobotany;
Bot 5625 Plant Geography;
Bot 6935 Paleobotanical Microtechnique.
Post-Doctoral Associates
Dr. Herbert Meyer, 1990-1993; Dr. Huang Qiangsheng, 1993-1994; Dr.
Michael Wiemann, 1995-1996.
Graduate Students
Amy McClain, 1998-2000 (MS, Botany); Iju (Judy) Chen, 2001-; Sarah
Corbett, 2001-
National Science Foundation Grants
EAR 0174295, March 1, 2001-April 31, 2004. Eocene floras of the Northern
Hemisphere: Paleoclimate and implications for large scale floristic
interchange. ($75,000)
INT 0074295, May 1, 2000-April 30, 2003. U.S. China Cooperative Research:
Origins and evolution of major characteristic elements and key taxa
in east Asian flora. ($41,796)
INT 560260112 , May 15, 1997-April 30, 2000. U.S.-Czech paleobotanical
research on Tertiary plant disjunctions of North America and Europe.
($19,558)
DEB 9631371, August 15, 1996-July 31, 1999 (Co-PI with David Dilcher).Curation
of the Florida Museum of Natural History Paleobotanical Collection.
($200,000)
EAR 9506727, April 1, 1995-March 31, 1997. Paleofloral and stratigraphic
analysis and Eocene-Oligocene climate change in a single continental
section in north-central Oregon. ($24,558)
EAR-9322765, January 1, 1994-December 31, 1996: Fossil dicotyledonous
woods as paleoclimatic indicators: test cases from the Tertiary of
western North America. ($120,427)
EAR 9220079, February 1, 1993-January 31, 1996. Paleocene spread
of deciduous hardwood forest in North America and Asia: megafossil
and palynological correlations. ($100,000)
BSR-9007495, Sept. 1, 1990-August 31, 1992. Systematics of the early
Oligocene Bridge Creek flora, Oregon, and implications for the derivation
and expansion of broadleaved deciduous forests in the Northern Hemisphere.
($106,362)
EAR-8904234, June 1, 1989-November 30, 1990. Systematic affinities
and biogeographic relationships of fossil floras from the Eocene Clarno
Formation of Oregon. ($30,000)
EAR-8707523, June 15, 1987-November 30, 1989. Systematic affinities,
age and biogeographic relationships of fossil floras from the Eocene
Clarno Formation of Oregon. ($85,000)
BSR-8407841, August 1, 1984-January 31, 1987. Early history of the
Juglandaceae--A multiple organ paleobotanical investigation.($120,000)
DEB 81-11-89, October 1981-March 1984. Systematics and evolutionary
status of angiosperms from the Eocene of Oregon -A multiple organ
investigation. ($49,965)
