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Michael Wynne
Professor Emeritus of Botany
Curator Emeritus of Algae
Washington University in St. Louis, A.B., 1962
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., 1967
U-M affiliation(s)
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University Herbarium
College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Contact information
University of Michigan
2035 Kraus Natural Science Bldg.
830 N. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2228
Phone: (734) 764-8415
Fax: (734) 998-0038
Email: mwynne@umich.edu
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Fields of study
Phycology, systematics of marine algae, phytogeography
Academic background
Washington University in St. Louis, A.B., 1962; University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., 1967; NSF Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, 1967-1969; Ass’t. Professor, Assoc. Professor, University of Texas, Austin, 1969-1976; Assoc. Professor, Full Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1976-present.
Wynne lab home page
Research interests
On-going interest in cataloguing the benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic; second revision of the checklist is being compiled; current efforts at describing the algal composition of the Northern Arabian sea (coast of the Sultanate of Oman), the most significant area of upwelling known in the world. Systematic treatment of the red algal family Delesseriaceae. Contributions to the historical aspects of phycology and phycological exploration.
Select publications
M.J. Wynne. Portraits of marine algae: a historical perspective. The University of Michigan Herbarium, Ann Arbor, Michigan viii + 180 pp.
M. J. Wynne. 2005. Two new species of Bryopsis (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) from the Sultanate of Oman, with a census of currently recognized species in the genus. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 24: 229-256.
M .J. Wynne & D. W. Freshwater. 2004. Gelidium omanense sp. nov. (Gelidiaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Sultanate of Oman. Botanica Marina 47: 64-72.
M. J. Wynne. 2003. Leveillea major sp. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Sultanate of Oman. Botanica Marina 46: 357-365.
M. J. Wynne. 2003. Centroceras secundum sp. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Sultanate of Oman. Nova Hedwigia 77: 125-137.
M. J. Wynne. 2002. Turbinaria foliosa sp. nov. (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) from the Sultanate of Oman, with a census of currently recognized species in the genus Turbinaria. Phycological Research 50: 283-293.
M. J. Wynne. 2002. A description of Plocamium fimbriatum sp. nov. (Plocamiales, Rhodophyta), from the Sultanate of Oman, with a census of currently recognized species in the genus. Nova Hedwigia 75: 333-356.
M. J. Wynne & F. Leliaert. 2001. Pedobesia simplex (Kützing) comb. nov. (Chlorophyta), a new name for P. lamourouxii and its first report from the Indian Ocean. Cryptogamie, Algologie 22: 3-14.
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