Edward G. Voss - Professor Emeritus, Curator Emeritus (Vascular Plants)












email: egvoss@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-2432

Academic background
 University of Michigan, Ph.D.
Denison University, B.S.

Research interests
 Dr. Voss's focus of research is the vascular plants of the Great Lakes region: their taxonomy, identification, phytogeography, postglacial history, and status in natural environments—with special interest in boreal plants generally and in aquatic plants. He is also interested in the history of biology (especially the early exploration in the Great Lakes region) and in Lepidoptera of the northern Great Lakes area. Since 1969 he has been deeply involved in botanical nomenclature, including service on the editorial committee (1969-1993) for the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and as chairman of the General Committee on Botanical Nomenclature (1999-2005).
Dr. Voss received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1954. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, served as Rapporteur-general for botanical nomenclature at the XIII International Botanical Congress (Sydney, 1981) and was editor of The Michigan Botanist vols. 1-15 (1962-1976). The first volume of his Michigan Flora was honored by a Resolution of the Michigan Senate in 1972; the second volume received the H.A. Gleason Award of the New York Botanical Garden; the third and final volume was published late in 1996. Dr. Voss was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, by Denison University, his undergraduate alma mater, in 2003.

Select publications
Gazetteer of some possibly puzzling collecting localities for Michigan plants. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 24: 189-225. 2005.

Labeling of Herbarium Specimens. Michigan Botanist 38: 57-63. 2002 ["1999"].

Flora of St. Helena Island (Straits of Mackinac), Michigan. Michigan Botanist 40: 27-47. 2002 ["2001"].

Moths of the Douglas Lake Region (Emmet and Cheboygan Counties), Michigan: VI. Miscellaneous Small Families. Great Lakes Entomologist 35: 53-61. 2003 ["2002"].

*Botanical Beachcombers and Explorers: Pioneers of the 19th Century in the Upper Great Lakes. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 13. viii + 100 pp. 1978.

Frederick J. Hermann (1906-1987): The Evolution of a Botanical Career. Michigan Botanist 27: 59-73. 1988. [with A. A. Reznicek]

Moths of the Douglas Lake Region (Emmet and Cheboygan Counties), Michigan: IV. Geometridae (Lepidoptera). Great Lakes Entomologist 24: 187-201. 1991.

*Michigan Flora. A Guide to the Identification and Occurrence of the Native and Naturalized Seed-plants of the State.

Part I: Gymnosperms and Monocots. Cranbrook Institute of Science Bulletin 55 & University of Michigan Herbarium. xv + 488 pp. 1972.

Part II: Dicots (Saururaceae-Cornaceae). Cranbrook Institute of Science Bulletin 59 & University of Michigan Herbarium. xix + 724 pp. 1985.

Part III: Dicots (Pyrolaceae-Compositae). Cranbrook Institute of Science Bulletin 61 & University of Michigan Herbarium. xii + 622 pp. 1996.

*For information on the availability of Botanical Beachcombers and Explorers and all three volumes of the Michigan Flora go to the Publications page in this site.