Thomas Croat @ www.efloras.org

Thomas Croat [ United States ]

P.A. Schulze Curator of Botany
Research
Missouri Botanical Garden

Photo by: Hong Song

Faculty Associate of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis

Adjunct Associate Professor, St. Louis University

Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Education: Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1967
M.A., University of Kansas, 1966
B.A., Simpson College, Iowa, 1962

Interests: Systematics and Ecology of Neotropical Araceae
Floristics of Araceae for Neotropical Areas
Horticulture of Araceae
Phenological Variations of Neotropical Floras

Research Emphases: Revision of Dieffenbachia of Central America
Preliminary Revision of Dieffenbachia of South America
Revision of Rhodospatha for the Neotropics
Revision of Chlorospatha (with Lynn Hannon)
Araceae for the Flora of Mesoamerica
Araceae for the Flora of Ecuador
Araceae for the Flora of Guianas
Araceae for the Flora of Bolivia
Araceae for the Flora of Bajo Calima, Valle Dept., Colombia (with Dorothy Bay)
Araceae for the Flora of La Planada, Nariño Dept., Colombia (with Jeffrey Lake)
Araceae of Reserva Yotoco, Valle Dept., Colombia (with Eugenio Escobar)
Araceae of La Planada (with Lynn Hannon and Richard Mansell)

Address: Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
U.S.A.

Selected Publications

Croat, T. 1994. The use of New World Araceae as drug plants. Japanese Journal of Botany 69: 185-203.
Croat, T. 1992(1994). Taxonomic status of neotropical Araceae. Aroideana 13 (1-4): 44-3. 1990 [1992].
Croat, T. 1991. A revision of Anthurium section Pachyneurium (Araceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 539-855.
Croat, T. 1988(1990). The ecology and life forms of Araceae. Aroideana 11(3-4): 4-56.
Croat, T. & D. Mount. 1988. Araceae. Pp. 7-46 in Flora del Paraguay. Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique, Geneva & Missouri Bot. Gard.
Croat, T. & N. Lambert. 1987. The Araceae of Venezuela. Aroideana 9: 3-214.
Croat, T. 1986. The distribution of Anthurium (Araceae) in Mexico, Middle America and Panama. Selbyana 9: 94-99.
Croat, T. 1986. A revision of the genus Anthurium (Araceae) of Mexico and Central America. Part 2: Panama. Monogr. in Syst. Bot., Missouri Bot. Gard. 14: 1-204.
Croat, T. 1983. A revision of the genus Anthurium (Araceae) of Mexico and Central America. Part 1: Mexico and Middle America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 70: 211-417.
Croat, T. 1981. A revision of Syngonium (Araceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 68: 565-651.
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