Mark Alan Hershkovitz

Mark Alan Hershkovitz is an American biochemist and taxonomist. The standard author abbreviation Hershk. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

In 1981 he received his Bachelor of Science from Illinois State University. He received his Master of Science and PhD degrees from University of California, Davis, in 1986 and 1990;[2] his focus in his doctoral program was botany. Afterwards, he worked for the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics at the Smithsonian Institution as a postdoctoral scientist, and c. 1996 he joined the National Center for Biotechnology Information as a fellow under the Postdoctoral Intramural Research Training Award.[3]

As of 2005 he is a professor at the University of Chile.[2]

Taxa (re)named by Hershkovitz
  • Cistanthe amaranthoides (Phil.) Carolin ex Hershk.[4]
  • C. arenaria (Cham.) Carolin ex Hershk.
  • C. calycina Carolin ex Hershk.
  • C.celosioides (Phil.) Carolin ex Hershk.
  • C.cephalophora (I.M.Johnston) Carolin ex Hershk.
  • C.coquimbensis (Barneoud) Carolin ex Hershk.
  • C.cymosa (Phil.) Hershk.
  • C. densiflora (Barnéoud) Hershk.
  • C. monandra (Nutt.) Hershk.
  • Phemeranthus spinescens
    Phemeranthus spinescens

Works
  • Hershkovitz, M.A. & Zimmer, E.A. 2000. Ribosomal DNA evidence and disjunctions of western American Portulacaceae Mol. Phylogenetics and Evolution 15(3): 419–439.
  • Hershkovitz M.A., Arroyo M.T.K, Bell C., and Hinojosa L.F 2006

Phylogeny of Chaetanthera (Asteraceae: Mutisieae) reveals both ancient and recent origins of the high elevation lineages Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 594-605.

  • Hershkovitz, M. A. (April–June 1992). "Leaf Morphology and Taxonomic Analysis of Cistanthe tweedyi (Nee Lewisia tweedyi; Portulacaceae)". Systematic Botany. 17 (2): 220–238. doi:10.2307/2419519. JSTOR 2419519.
  • Hershkovitz, M. A. (November 1989). "Phylogenetic Studies in Centrospermae: A Brief Appraisal". Taxon. Wiley. 38 (4): 602–608. doi:10.2307/1222636. JSTOR 1222636.

References
  1. International Plant Names Index.  Hershk.
  2. "HERSHKOVITZ , MARK ALAN". Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT), Ministry of Education (Chile). Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  3. National Library of Medicine Programs and Services. National Library of Medicine. 1996. p. 59.
  4. Rodríguez R. et al. 2018 Catálogo de Plantas vasculares Gayana 75(1):1-430
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