Leo P. Bruederle

Research Interests: Plant systematics and Evolution

Current Projects

• Conservation genetics of rare plants
• Field Botany: Flora of Colorado, especially wetlands.
• Systematics of the Cyperaceae (Carex), Ericaceae (Vaccinium section Oxycoccus), and Pinaceae (Pinus)

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Professional Information

Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Univ. of Colorado at Denver
 

Select Publications:

1996 Bruederle, L.P., M.S. Hugan, J.M. Dignan, and N. Vorsa. Genetic variation in natural populations of the large cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. (Ericaceae). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 123: 41-47.

1994 Bruederle, L.P. and N. Vorsa. Genetic differentiation of diploid blueberry, Vaccinium section Cyanococcus (Ericaceae). Systematic Botany: 19:337-349.

1991 Bruederle, L.P. and U. Jensen. Genetic differentiation of Carex flava and Carex viridula in West Europe (Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany 16:41-49.

Bruederle, L.P., N. Vorsa, and J.R. Ballington. Population genetic structure in diploid blueberry, Vaccinium § Cyanococcus (Ericaceae). American Journal of Botany 78:230-237.

Recent synoptic publication:

Submitted Bruederle, L.P., J. Cayouette, and L.A. Standley. Carex section Phacocystis. Flora North America, Vol. 11.

complete list of publications

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Education

Ph.D., Biological Sciences (Botany), 1986, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
M.S., Biological Sciences (Botany), 1978, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
B.S., Biology, 1973, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.

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Contact Information

Department of Biology
CB# 171
U. Colorado - Denver
Denver, CO  80217

Office: SI 221
Lab: NC 2213
Email: lbrueder@carbon.cudenver.edu
Web page: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~lbrueder/bruederle.html
Office phone: 303-556-3419; x2130
Fax: 303-556-4352

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