Discussing controversial topics in
cladistics in Braunwald, Switzerland.
(photo courtesy of Chloé Galley)

Dr. Christopher R. Hardy
Keeper of the Herbarium

Department of Biology
Millersville University
288 Roddy Building
50 E. Fredrick St.
Millersville, Pa 17551
USA

Phone: (717) 871-2312
Fax: (717) 872-3905 christopher.hardy@millersville.edu

Education:

• PH.D., Cornell University & The New York Botanical Garden, 2001
• B.S., University of Maryland, 1995
• A.A., Catonsville Community College, 1991

Areas of Specialization

• Plant Systematics & Phylogenetics
• Floral Morphogenesis & Anatomy
• Botanical Illustration

Christopher R. Hardy, Ph.D.

Courses Taught:

BIOL 100— General Biology
BIOL 221— Concepts of Botany
BIOL 222— Honors Problem Solving in Botany
BIOL 325 & 625— Plant Systematics
BIOL 472-- Service Learning In Environmental Science Education: The Hand's Woods Project
BIOL 471— Methods in Systematics

Keeper of Millersville University's Herbarium
Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution
Member, MU Center for Environmental Sciences
Curator, www.Diversity-Of-Life.org and www.PlantSystemantics.org
Advisor, Millersville University Biology Club

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)

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)

Petersen G, O Seberg, JI Davis, D Goldman, DW Stevenson, LM Campbell, FA Michelangeli, CD Specht, MW Chase, MF Fay, JC Pires, JV Freudenstein, CR Hardy, MP Simmons (2006) Mitochondrial data in monocot phylogenetics. Aliso 22: 52-62. (pdf available)

Hardy CR, HP Linder (2005) Intraspecific variability and timing in ancestral ecology reconstruction: A test case from the Cape flora. Systematic Biology 54 (2): 299-316. (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 (2003) Malawi. Natural History 112 (travel issue, supplement 4A): 75.

Hardy CR, DL Lipscomb, KC Nixon, H Ochoterena (2003) WinClada ver . 1.0, a basic users manual. Available upon request from Kevin C. Nixon, Bailey Hortorium, 462 Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.

Hardy CR, DW Stevenson (2000) Floral organogenesis in some species of Tradescantia and Callisia (Commelinaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 161 (4): 551-562. (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)

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