Christopher R. Hardy, Ph.D.
Keeper of the Herbarium (visit herbarium site)
& Assistant Professor of Biology
Courses Taught:
BIOL 100— General Biology (Fall 2008)
BIOL 101— Foundations of Biology (Fall 2009)
BIOL 221— Concepts of Botany (Spring 2009)
BIOL 222— Honors Problem Solving in Botany
BIOL 325 & 625— Plant Systematics (Fall 2008)
BIOL 472-- Service Learning In Environmental Science Education: The Hand's Woods Project (Fall 2007)
BIOL 471— Computational Methods in Systematics (Spring 2009).
Other Duties & Appointments:
Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution
Member, Vascular Plant Technical Committee, PA Natural Heritage Program
Member, MU Center for Environmental Sciences
Curator, www.Diversity-Of-Life.org and www.PlantSystemantics.org
Advisor, Millersville University Biology Club
Collaborative Projects with Students (chronological):
Contributions to the Natural History of Lancaster County: The Botany of Mary Emma Groff
(Principal Investigator: Christopher Hardy, Keeper of the Herbarium)
Floral Development in the Mexican spiderwort Tinantia pringlei (Commelinaceae)
(Principal Investigator: Jason Ryndock, B.Sc. Candidate)
Biogeography of North American Dayflowers (Commelina, Commelinaceae)
(Principal Investigators: John Brakeall, B.Sc. Candidate, and Lindsey Sloat, B.Sc. '06)
Phytochemistry of Commelina species (Commelinaceae)
(Principal Investigator: M. Joe Tomlinson, B.Sc. Candidate; Co-advised by Dr. Ryan Wagner)
Invasive Plant Species of Millersville University's "Bush": A Photographic Guide
(Principal Investigator: Kate Hasapes, B.Sc. '07)
Botanical Illustrations for an Upcoming Monograph of Geogenanthus (Spiderwort Family)
(Illustrator: Zel Stoltzfus, B.Sc. '07)
Floral Development in the Asiatic Dayflower Commelina (Commelinaceae)
(Principal Investigator: Lindsey Sloat, B.Sc. '07)
Phytochemistry of members of the Spiderwort Family, Commelinaceae
(Principal Investigator: Meredith Biedrzycki, B.Sc. '06)
8 Selected Publications (*student author):
*See complete list of Dr. Hardy's publications? Click Here
Hardy CR, LL Sloat*[MU '06], RB Faden (2009) Floral organogenesis and the developmental basis for pollinator deception in the Asiatic dayflower Commelina communis (Commelinaceae). American Journal of Botany 96: 1236-1244. (Please contact Dr. Hardy for pdf of article.)
Hardy CR, NW Hardy (2008) Simple biodiversity mashups for non-tech-savvy biologists: a demonstration using the liana flora of Pennsylvania, USA. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 135: 585-594. (Please contact Dr. Hardy for pdf of article.)
Hardy CR, P Moline, HP Linder (2008)
A Phylogeny for the African Restionaceae, and New Perspectives on Morphology's Role in Generating Complete Species Phylogenies for Large Clades. International Journal of Plant Sciences 169: 377-390.
(Please contact Dr. Hardy for pdf of article; click here for supporting electronic appendices, matrices, and cladograms)
Hardy CR, HP Linder (2007) Phylogeny and historical ecology of Rhodocoma (Restionaceae) from the Cape Floristic Region. Aliso 23: 213-226.(pdf available)
Hardy CR (2006) Reconstructing ancestral ecologies: Challenges and possible solutions. Diversity & Distributions 12: 7-19. (pdf available)
Linder HP, CR Hardy, F Rutschmann (2005) Taxon sampling effects in molecular clock dating: An example from the African Restionaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 35: 569-582. (pdf available)
Hardy CR, RB Faden (2004) Plowmanianthus, a new genus of Commelinaceae with five new species from tropical America. Systematic Botany 29 (2): 316-333.
(pdf available)
Hardy CR, DW Stevenson (2000) Development of the flower, gametophytes, and floral vasculature in Cochliostema odoratissimum (Commelinaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 134 (1): 131-157. (pdf available)
*See complete list of Dr. Hardy's publications? Click Here