Diggs, George M., Jr. 1952–

(George Minor Diggs, Jr.)

PERSONAL:

Born February 4, 1952, in Charlottesville, VA. Education: College of William and Mary, B.S., 1974, M.A., 1976; University of Wisconsin—Madison, Ph.D., 1981.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Department of Biology, Austin College, 600 N. Grand Ave., Sherman, TX 75090-1177; fax: 903-813-3199. E-mail—gdiggs@austincollege.edu.

CAREER:

Austin College, Sherman, TX, professor of biology, 1981—. Botanical Research Institute of Texas, research associate.

MEMBER:

International Society of Plant Taxonomy, American Society of Plant Taxonomists.

WRITINGS:

(With Barney L. Lipscomb and Robert J. O'Kennon) Shinners & Mahler's Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas, Botanical Research Institute of Texas (Fort Worth, TX), 1999.

(With Barney L. Lipscomb, Monique D. Reed, and Robert J. O'Kennon) Illustrated Flora of East Texas, Volume 1, Botanical Research Institute of Texas (Fort Worth, TX), 2006.

SIDELIGHTS:

George M. Diggs Jr., is a research associate at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, where his include the taxonomy and ecology of North Texas flora, the plant genera Comarostaphylis and Arctostaphylos, and the systematics of Tropical Ericaceae (blueberry family). Diggs coauthored Shinners & Mahler's Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas with Barney L. The book describes 2,376 taxa of vascular plants found in North Central Texas. Each plant is depicted as a line drawing, and symbols are given to indicate if the plant is endemic, introduced, poisonous, or endangered. Discussions and maps of the geology, soil, climate, and prairie types of the area are given. Fifteen appendixes and a glossary are found in the back of the book. C.T. Mason Jr., reviewing the work in Choice, remarked that Diggs and his coauthors "have crafted a fantastic compilation of information about the flora of North Central Texas."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Choice, January, 2000, C.T. Mason, Jr., review of Shinners & Mahler's Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas, p. 960.

ONLINE

Austin College Web site: George M. Diggs, Jr. Home Page, http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/bio/gdiggs/diggs.html (December 25, 2007).

Austin College Web site: Illustrated Flora of East Texas research project, http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/bio/gdiggs/EastTX/index.htm (December 25, 2007).