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Dr. Steven P. McLaughlin Professor Emeritus   Biographical Sketch Education Employment Experience Honors and Awards Most Recent Publications

Working in western Honduras, summer 1998, with Honduran student Martha Moreno

EDUCATION

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• B.S. 1972, University of Washington, Ecological Systems and Problems
• Ph. D. 1978, University of Arizona, Major: Botany, Minor: Watershed Management

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

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• 2001-2006 Curator, University of Arizona Herbarium.
• 1998-2006 Professor, Arid Lands Resource Sciences, Office of Arid Lands Studies, The University of Arizona.
• 1997-2001 Chair, Arid Lands Resource Sciences Interdisciplinary Degree Program.
• 1993-1998 Associate Professor, Arid Lands, Office of Arid Lands Studies, The University of Arizona.
• 1987-1993 Assistant Professor, Arid Lands, Office of Arid Lands Studies, The University of Arizona.
• 1987 Assistant Research Scientist, Office of Arid Lands Studies, The University of Arizona.
• 1978-1987 Research Associate, Office of Arid Lands Studies, The University of Arizona.

HONORS AND AWARDS

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• Phi Beta Kappa, The University of Washington, 1978.
• Summer Faculty Fellowship, Indiana University, 1997.
• Outstanding Service Award, Society for Economic Botany.
• Anson Ellis Thompson Career Service Award, Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC), 2004.
• Career Achievement Award (co-recipient with Janice E. Bowers), Arizona Botanists Symposium, 2006.

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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• McLaughlin, S. P. 1994. Floristic plant geography: the classification of floristic areas and floristic elements. Progress in Physical Geography 18: 185-208.
• Hoffmann, J. J., A. J. Aladesanmi, L. K. Hutter, and S. P. McLaughlin. 1994. Triterpene acids from Cowania mexicana. Planta Medica 60: 95.
• McLaughlin, S. P. 1995. Morphological development and yield potential in Hesperaloe funifera (Agavaceae), an experimental fibre crop for dry regions. Journal of Experimental Agriculture 31: 345-353.
• McLaughlin, S. P. 1995. Floristic relationships of the eastern Mojave Desert: a quantitative analysis of local floras. Crossosoma 21: 57-74.
• Ravetta, D. A., and S. P. McLaughlin. 1996. Ecophysiological studies in Hesperaloe funifera (Agavaceae): a potential new CAM crop. Seasonal patterns of photosynthesis. Journal of Arid Environments 33: 211-223.
• Bowers, J. E., and S. P. McLaughlin. 1996. Flora of the Huachuca Mountains, a botanically rich and historically significant sky island in Cochise County, Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 29: 66-107.
• Ravetta, D. A., and S. P. McLaughlin. 1996. Ecophysiological studies in Hesperaloe funifera (Agavaceae): a potential new CAM crop. The effect of light availability on photosynthesis and growth. Journal of Arid Environments 33:399-407.
• Ravetta, D. A., A. Anouti, and S. P. McLaughlin. 1996. Resin production of Grindelia accessions under cultivation. Industrial Crops and Products 5: 197-201.
• Ravetta, D. A., F. Goffmann, E. Pagano, and S. P. McLaughlin. 1996. Grindelia chiloensis resin and biomass production in its native environment. Industrial Crops and Products 5: 235-238.
• Ravetta, D. A., S. P. McLaughlin, and J. W. O'Leary. 1997. Evaluation of salt tolerance and resin production in coastal and Central Valley accessions of Grindeliaspecies (Asteraceae). Madroño 44: 74-88.
• McLaughlin, S. P., and J. E. Bowers. 1999. Diversity and affinitiess of the flora of the Sonoran Floristic Province. Pp. 12-35 in: R. H. Robichaux (ed.), Ecology of the Sonoran Desert Plants and Plant Communities. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
• McLaughlin, S. P. 2000. Properties of paper made from fibers of Hesperaloe funifera (Agavaceae). Economic Botany 54: 192-196.
• McLaughlin, S. P., and R. R. Williams. 2000. Carbohydrates and flowering in Hesperaloe funifera (Koch) Trel. (samandoque). Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México. 66: 67-72.
• McLaughlin, S. P., R. R. Williams, A. R. Anouti, D. A. Ravetta, and J. M. Nelson. 2000. Allocation of resources to flowering and fruit production in Hesperaloe funifera (Agavaceae). Journal of Arid Environments 45: 99-110.
• McLaughlin, S. P., E. L. Geiger, and J. E. Bowers. 2001. A flora of the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch, northeastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 33: 113-131.
• McLaughlin, S. P. 2002. Exotic species in the western United States: putting the Sonoran Floristic Province into perspective. Pp. 47-62 in: B. Tellman (ed.), Exotic species in the Sonoran Desert. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
• Valeriote, F., C. K. Grieshaber, J. Media, H. Pietraszkewicz, J. Hoffmann, M. Pan, and S. McLaughlin. 2002. Discovery and development of anticancer agents from plants. Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology 2: 228-236.
• McLaughlin, S. P. 2003. Removing flower stalks increases leaf biomass production in Hesperaloe funifera. Journal of Arid Environments 55: 143-149.
• Nelson, J. M., and S. P. McLaughlin. 2003. Hesperlaoe water requirement and management for biomass production. Industrial Crops and Products 17: 93-101.
• McLaughlin, S. P., and M. P. McClaran. 2004. Recent additions to the flora of the Pinaleno Mountains, Graham County, Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 37: 91-93.
• McLaughlin, S. P. 2004. Riparian flora. Pp. 127-167 in M. B. Baker, Jr., P. F. Ffolliott, L. F. DeBano, and D. G. Neary (eds.), Riparian areas of the southwestern United States: hydrology, ecology, and management. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton.
• Jiang, H., Z. Xie, H. J. Koo, S. P. McLaughlin, B. N. Timmermann, and D. R. Gang. 2006. Metabolic profiling and phylogenetic analysis of medicinal Zingiber species: tools for authentication of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.). Phytochemistry 67: 1673-1685.
• McLaughlin, S. P., and J. E. Bowers. 2006. Plant species richness at different scales in native and exotic grasslands in southeastern Arizona. Western North American Naturalist 66 (2): 209-221.
• McLaughlin, S. P. 2006. A new species of Phacelia (Hydrophyllaceae) from southern Arizona. Novon, in press.
• McLaughlin, S. P. 2006. Vascular floras of Sonoita Creek State Natural Area and San Rafael State Park: Arizona's first natural area parks. Sida 22 (1): 661-704.
• McLaughlin, S. P. 2006. Tundra to tropics: the floristic plant geography of North America. Sida Botanical Miscellany, in press.
• Bashyal, B. P., S. P. McLaughlin, and A. A. L. Gunatilaka. 2006. Zinagrandinolides A - C, three new cytotoxic gamma-elemanolide-type sesquiterpene lactones from Zinnia grandiflora. Journal of Natural Products, in press.
• McLaughlin, S. P., and J. E. Bowers. 2006. Effects of exotic grasses and wildfire on soil seed banks in southeastern Arizona grasslands. Western North American Naturalist, revision submitted October 2006.

Works in Progress

• McLaughlin, S. P. 2006. Vascular flora. In O. Davis and P. Ffolliott (eds.), Arizona's Natural Environment. Solicited chapter in review.

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Updated: 5 October 2006