Dr. Sterling C. Keeley

Professor of Botany

Contact Information

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Botany Department
3190 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822

office: St. John 508A (808-956-8043)
research lab: St. John 510 (808-956-3539)

email: sterling@hawaii.edu

Fall - Spring 2002-03

Botany 101, General Botany

Biology 265, Ecology and Evolution

Botany 669, Molecular Systematics

Research interests

The Vernonieae (Cichoriodeae, Asteraceae) 

                An illustrated discussion of this diverse tribe based on world-wide distributions and recent cladistical analyses.

Recent publications

• Kim, HG, SC Keeley, PS Vroom and RK Jansen. 1998.  Molecular evidence for an African origin of the Hawaiian endemic Hesperomannia (Asteraceae).   Proceedings of the National Academy USA 95:15440-15445.

Educational Background

• AB 1970, Stanford University
• MS 1973, San Diego State University
• PhD 1977, University of Georgia