Overview

Paleobotany and Plant anatomy, with emphasis on plant evolution and development, origin of angiosperms, Cretaceous and Tertiary floras and paleoclimate.

Additional Links

• http://www.plantsystematics.org
• Maria Alejandra Gandolfo
• PlantSystematics.org
• The Willi Hennig Society
• Link to CALS Research portal
• Link to CALS Impact statements

Honors, Awards and Appointments

• Antorchas Foundation (Argentina) -
• National Science Foundation (USA) -
• Franklin Research Award (American Philosophical Society) -
• National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET, Argentina) -

Professional Activities

• Plant Anatomy course. (lectures and laboratories) -
• Acting Curator of the Paleobotany Collection -
• Associate Editor of Cladistics (Botany and Paleontology) -
• Associate Curator of PlantSystematics.org -

Selected Publications

• Gandolfo, M.A., K.C. Nixon and W.L. Crepet (in press). Selection of fossils for calibration of molecular dating models. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
• C. C. Gonzalez, M. A. Gandolfo, M. C. Zamaloa, N. R. Cuneo, P. Wilf and K. R. Johnson. (in press). Revision of the Proteaceae macrofossil record from Patagonia, Argentina. The Botanical Review
• Zamaloa, M.C., M.A. Gandolfo, C.C. Gonzalez, E.J. Romero, N.R. Cuneo and P. Wilf. 2006. Casuarinaceae from the Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina. International Journal of Plant Sciences 167:1279-1289.
• Cuneo, N. R., and M. A. Gandolfo. 2005. Angiosperm leaves from the Kachaike Formation, Lower Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 136: 29-47
• Gandolfo, M. A., and N. R. Cuneo. 2005. Fossil Nelumbonaceae from the La Colonia Formation (Maastrichtian- Campanian, Upper Cretaceous), Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 133: 169-178.
• Wilf, P., K.R. Johnson, N. R. Cuneo, M. E. Smith, B.S. Singer and M.A. Gandolfo.2005. Eocene Plant Diversity at Laguna del Hunco and R?o Pichileuf?, Patagonia, Argentina. The American Naturalist 165: 634-650.
• Crepet, W. L., K. C. Nixon and M.A. Gandolfo. 2004. Fossil evidence and phylogeny: the age of major angiosperm clades based on mesofossil and macrofossil evidence from Cretaceous deposits. American Journal of Botany 91: 1666-1682.
• Gandolfo, M. A., K. C. Nixon, and W. L. Crepet. 2004. The oldest complete fossil flowers of Nymphaeaceae and implications for the complex insect entrapment pollination mechanisms in Early Angiosperms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101: 8056-8060.
• Gandolfo, M. A., Nixon, K. C., and Crepet, W. L. 2002. Triuridaceae fossil flowers from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. American Journal of Botany 89: 1940-1957.
• Gandolfo, M. A., K. C. Nixon, and W. L. Crepet. 2000. Monocotyledons: A review of their Early Cretaceous record. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons. K. Wilson and D. Morrison (eds.) Pp. 44-52. Sydney, Australia.

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