University of Michigan
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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William Anderson

William Anderson

  • Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus

Anderson webpage

Contact information

  • University of Michigan
    3600 Varsity Dr
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2228
  • Phone: (734) 764-2432
  • Fax: (734) 998-0038
  • Email: wra@umich.edu

Fields of study

Vascular Plants

Research interests

My research has two foci. I specialize in the systematics of neotropical flowering plants in the family Malpighiaceae, working both on revisions of several genera and on treatments for the many floristic projects now in progress from Arizona to Uruguay. In addition, I am collaborating with Charles C. Davis on the use of both molecular and morphological data to elucidate the generic and suprageneric phylogeny of the Malpighiaceae. My other research hat is that of General Editor and publisher of Rogers McVaugh's Flora Novo-Galiciana, which describes the vascular plants of southwestern Mexico.

Academic background

University of Michigan, Ph.D.
University of Michigan, M.S.
Duke University, B.S.

UM affiliation

  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • UM Herbarium
  • College of Literature, Science, and the Arts