People

Permanent Staff:

Shelley McMahon - Herbarium Director

My research in plant systematics has focused on papilionoid legumes, particularly in the Amorpheae, a group of c. 240 New World arid/semi-arid species, which includes Dalea, Marina, Psorothamnus, and Amorpha. My interests include the evolution of variation in floral morphology among lineages, their developmental morphology, and who is related to whom. I am also interested in general systematics of legumes and angiosperms, phylogenetic methodology, and large-scale phylogenetics and tree-of-life efforts.

You can e-mail me at mcmahonm@email.arizona.edu.
McMahon Lab Website

Sarah Hunkins - Collections Manager

My interest in plants led to a degree in Plant and Soil Science at the University of Vermont and a career at the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. In 2003, I moved west to gain field experience before returning to herbarium management in 2010.

Email: shunkins@email.arizona.edu