Research Interests The main focus of my research is on biosystematic and molecular studies of the Asteraceae in the southern hemisphere. Currently, I am involved in the following studies: Evolutionary genetics of adaptive radiation in Tetramolopium (with R. Whitkus, Sonoma State University, California) Molecular systematics of Tetramolopium and Vittadinia (with C. Quinn, RBG Sydney) Biosystematic revision of the Pteronia (Asteraceae) in South Africa (with P. Herman, NBI Pretoria)

Erigeron trinervus, Fouquieria splendens, Townsendia gypsophila © 2003 T.K. Lowrey

Background

• Ph.D. in Botany, University of California, Berkeley (1981). Dissertation: Biosystematic Revision of Hawaiian Tetramolopium.
• Master of Science in Biology, Utah State University (1977). Thesis: Comparative anatomy of several sections in the genus Polygonum.
• Bachelor of Science in Botany, Utah State University (1974).

Courses

• Biology 463- Flora of New Mexico (Fall Semesters)
• Biology 461- Tropical Biology (Spring Semesters)

Websites

Recent Publications

Lowrey, T. K., R. Whitkus, and W.R. Sykes. 2005. A new species of Tetramolopium (Asteraceae) from the Cook Islands: Biogeography, phylogenetic relationships and dispersal. Systematic Botany. 30: 448-455.

Duran, K., T. K. Lowrey, R. Parmenter, P. O. Lewis. 2005. Genetic diversity in Chihuahuan Desert populations of creosotebush (Zygophyllaceae: Larrea tridentata (DC.) Coville). American Journal of Botany. 92: 722-729.

Carlquist, S. and T. Lowrey. 2003. Wood anatomy of Hawaiian Tetramolopium. Pacific Science. 57: 171-179.

Lowrey, T. K. , C J. Quinn, R K. Taylor, R. Chan, R. Kimball, and J. C. De Nardi. 2001. A reassessment of relationships within the Vittadinia group of Astereae (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany. 88: 1279-1289.

Whitkus, R., H. Doan, And T. K. Lowrey. 2000. Genetics of sex expression in Hawaiian Tetramolopium (Asteraceae). Heredity. 85: 37-43.

Okada, M., T.K. Lowrey, and R. Whitkus. 2000. Quantitative morphological variation in Tetramolopium (Asteraceae) in Hawaii and the Cook Islands. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 221: 1-13.