Edith L. Taylor

Edith L. Taylor

Professor
Paleobotany
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Phone: (785) 864-3621
Fax: (785) 864-5860


Links

Division of Paleobotany
Women in Science Bibliography
Bibliography of Paleobotany

Classes Taught

BIOL 420/701 - Seminar on Women in Science (Fall semester)
BIOL 215 - The role of evolution and diversity in shaping our world (spring semester)
BIOL 640/641 and GEOL 528/529 - The biology and evolution of fossil plants (lecture and laboratory)

Awards

International Organisation of Palaebotany, Honorary Member, September, 2008
Botanical Society of America Merit Awaard, July 2007
Elected to the University of Kansas, Women's Hall of Fame, April 2004
Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1992

Area of Interest and Research

Fossil tree ring growth and paleoclimate interpretation
Biological input for paleoclimate models
Adaptations of high latitude fossil floras
Permian and Triassic permineralized plants from Antarctica
Distribution and diversity of Permian and Triassic floras from Antarctica
Fossil phloem--structure, function and phylogenetic trends

Representative Publications

Bomfleur, B., M. Krings, E.L. Taylor, and T.N. Taylor. 2010. Macrofossil evidence for pleuromeialean lycophytes from the Triassic of Antarctica. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.

Decombeix, A.-L., S.D. Klavins, E.L. Taylor and T.N. Taylor. 2010. Seed plant diversity in the Triassic of Antarctica: A new anatomically preserved ovule from the Fremouw Formation. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 158: 272-280.

Escapa, I.H., B.J. Axsmith, T.N. Taylor, and E.L. Taylor. 2010. Modifications of the transfer technique for studying complex plant structures. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 159: 62-68.

Escapa, I.H., A.-L. Decombeix, E.L. Taylor, and T.N. Taylor. 2010. Evolution and relationships of the conifer seed cone Telemachus: Evidence from the Triassic of Antarctica. International Journal of Plant Sciences 171: 560-573.

Matysová, P., R. Rössler, J. Götze, J. Leichmann, G. Forbes, E.L. Taylor, J. Sakala, and T. Grygar). 2010. Alluvial and volcanic pathways to silicified plant stems (Upper  Carboniferous– Triassic) and their taphonomic and palaeoenvironmental meaning. Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology 292(1-2): 127-143

Serbet, R., I.H. Escapa, T.N. Taylor, E.L. Taylor, and N.R. Cuneo. 2010. Additional observations on the enigmatic Permian plant Buriadia and implications on coniferophyte evolution. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 161: 168-178.

Taylor, T.N., E.L. Taylor, A.-L. Decombeix, A. Schwendemann, R. Serbet, I. Escapa, and M. Krings. 2010. The enigmatic Devonian fossil Prototaxites is not a rolled-up liverwort mat: Comment on the paper by Graham et al. (AJB 97: 268-275). American Journal of Botany 97: 1074-1078.

Decombeix, A.-L., E.L. Taylor, and T.N. Taylor. 2010. Epicormic shoots in a Permian gymnosperm from Antarctica. International Journal of Plant Sciences 171: 772-782.

Decombeix, A.-L., E.L. Taylor, and T.N. Taylor. 2010. Anatomy and affinities of permineralized gymnospermous trunks with preserved bark from the Middle Triassic of Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 163: 26-34.

TEXTBOOK: 2009  “Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants.” Academic Press. T.N. Taylor, E.L. Taylor, and M. Krings, 1230 pp and 2135 figs.


Graduate Students

Master's students:
Julie Bergene, 2010-Current, Plant Biology
Hilary McManus, 1998-2000, EEB (KU)
Nathania Vishnevsky, 1994, Plant Biology (OSU)
Cherise Pettway, 1992, Plant Biology (OSU)

Ph.D. students (co-advisor):
Patricia Ryberg, Plant Biology, Ph.D., 2009
Carlie J. Phipps, Botany (OSU & KU), Ph.D., 2001
Brian Axsmith, Botany (OSU & KU), Ph.D., 1998
Lisa Boucher, Ph.D., 1995, Plant Biology (OSU)



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