George William Staples (born 1953), U.S. botanist.

IPNI standard form: Staples

Taxon names authored

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• 18 taxon names authored by George William Staples

Publications

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• Staples, G.W. 2006. Revision of Asiatic Poraneae (Convolvulaceae) – Cordisepalum, Dinetus, Duperreya, Porana, Poranopsis, and Tridynamia. Blumea-Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 51(3): 403-491. Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Staples, G.W. & Traiperm, P. 2008. New species, new combinations, and new records in Convolvulaceae for the Flora of Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 36: 86–108. PDF.Reference page. 
• Staples, G.W. & Austin, D.F. 2009. Revision of neotropical Calycobolus and Porana (Convolvulaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66: 133–153. DOI: 10.1017/S0960428609005319 Reference page. 
• ZooBank Reference page. 
• Staples, G.W., Wiersema, J.H. & Chambers, N.A. (2005) The restoration of Ipomoea muricata (L.) Jacq. (Convolvulaceae). Taxon 54(4): 1075–1079.
• Staples, D.A. 2015. A reassessment of the pycnogonid genus Cheilopallene (Arthropoda, Callipallenidae) with description of a new species from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 3995(1): 51–57. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Simões, A.R. & Staples, G.W. 2017. Dissolution of Convolvulaceae tribe Merremieae and a new classification of the constituent genera. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 183(4): 561-586. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/box007 Reference page.