David E. Boufford
- Senior Research Scientist
- Location: HUH 305
- Phone: (617) 495-0794
- Fax: (617) 495-9484
- Email: boufford[at]oeb.harvard.edu
- Boufford Home Page
My research interests are on the vascular plants of temperate to subtropical Asia, their patterns of distribution and how they relate to the plants of North America. I am on the editorial boards or otherwise involved in several flora projects, including the English language
Flora of Japan (1992- ),
the Flora of China (1989- ) ,
Flora of Taiwan, Second edition (1992-2003; database),
the Flora of Korea (2001- ),
the Flora of North America (1983- )
and Flora of Nepal. Locally, Ray Angelo of the New England Botanical Club and I are producing an annotated Atlas of the New England Flora. Rick Ree (F), Susan Kelley (A), SUN Hang (KUN), YANG Zhuliang (KUN) and JIA Yu (PE), and their students, and I are also undertaking a survey of the plant diversity of the Hengduan Mountain region, one of the world’s hotspots of biodiversity, in western Sichuan and eastern Xizang, China.
(Photo: Xizang (Tibet), Jiangda Xian, Qingnidong (Qunyido) Xiang , 3 August 2004; by Hidetsugu Miwa)