About the Author

Richard Zander is currently Research Associate at the Missouri Botanical Garden. He is presently Lead Editor for the bryophyte volumes of the Flora of North America. Ph.D. from Duke University 1969. Editor, The Bryologist 1980-1984. Major publication is Genera of the Pottiaceae, Mosses of Harsh Environments (H. A. Gleason Award, 1994). Curator of Botany, Buffalo Museum of Science, 1970-2001. More than 170 peer-reviewed publications in bryology and botany.