Staci Markos Associate Director of the University & Jepson Herbaria 1001 Valley Life Sciences Building, # 2465 Berkeley, CA 94720-2465 smarkos@berkeley.edu

Dr. Staci Markos is Associate Director at the University and Jepson Herbaria. She received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley studying the evolutionary patterns in Lessingia (Asteraceae). She was the project manager for the second edition of The Jepson Manual (2012) and now serves as an editor of the Jepson eFlora. She also serves as co-chair for the Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH), a role she has had since the CCH originated in 2003. Dr. Markos is an advocate for building educational resources that share information about the vascular plants of California and has a leading role in the Jepson Workshop program, the Jepson Videos, and the Jepson mini-workshop program. She is also responsible for procuring funds for the Herbaria including the annual fund, grant writing, and building the endowment funds.

Principal fundraiser for these awards:

2024: California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Improving and enhancing California rare plant specimen data for the Jepson eFlora, CCH1, and CNDDB, and accessioning voucher specimens from state-wide vegetation mapping projects; $292,846

2024: California Institute for Biodiversity (CIB), Securing biodiversity specimens in the Berkeley Natural History Museums & Berkeley Natural Reserves; $396,030

2023: California Institute for Biodiversity (CIB), Backlog of Angiosperm Specimens for the Jepson eFlora and the Consortium of California Herbaria; $25,000

2021: Institute of Museum and Library Services INSPIRE award, Environmental outreach in the modern era: Virtual workshops from the Jepson Herbarium; $50,000

2017: NSF, Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: Capturing California’s Flowers: using digital images to investigate phenological change in a biodiversity hotspot; $505,327

2017: Institute of Museum and Library Services, The Jepson Videos: Visual Guides to the Plants of California; $182,697

2017: CalTrans, Specialized workshop, Introduction to keying in the field; $15,443

2015: National Park Service (CESU), Catalog and Digitize Historic John Muir Herbarium Collections; $19,545

2015: California Digital Library, Further development of the Jepson eFlora; $80,000

2014: UC MEXUS; Baja California and its floristic connection to the California Floristic Province: Data for climate models, floristic studies, and conservation efforts; $24,873

2014: NSF, Consortium of California Herbaria supplement (Baja); $23,838

2013: Packard Foundation, California Seaweed eFlora: A Free, Online Resource for the 21st Century; $500,000

2010: US Forest Service, second edition of The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California; $30,000

2010: UC Press, second edition of The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California; $15,000

2010: California Energy Commission, Mapping Habitat Distributions of Desert Rare Plants from Optimized Data; $100,896

2010: California Digital Library, Improvements to the Consortium of California Herbaria; $75,000

2009: Homeland (Marisla) Foundation; second edition of The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California; $15,000

2009: NSF-BRC Collaborative Proposal: Harnessing the power of herbaria to understand the changing flora of California: A biodiversity hotspot in peril; $1,920,000

2009: JiJi Foundation, second edition of The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California; $10,000

2008: Andrew Mellon Foundation, Digitizing Type Specimens at UC/JEPS; $110,050

2007: Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Data content development from the Consortium of California Herbaria: Advancing the international effort to monitor and control non-native taxa; $62,103

2007: Andrew Mellon Foundation, Latin American types databasing and imaging; $64,865

2007: U.S. Forest Service, for georeferencing vascular plant specimens Siskiyou and Tehama counties; $12,000

2007: Institute of Museum and Library Services - CAP program; $3,000

2007: Bureau of Land Management, for second edition of The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California; $25,000, phase II

2007: Bureau of Land Management, for second edition of The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California; $25,000, phase I

2006: NSF, planning meeting for Consortium of California Herbaria; $15,000

2006: U.S. Forest Service, for georeferencing vascular plant specimens Shasta and Trinity counties; $5,610

2006: Resource Legacy Fund Foundation, for second edition of The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California; $51,177

2006: California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, for second edition of The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California; $15,000

2005: Giles W. and Elise G. Mead Foundation, for second edition of The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California; $15,000

2004: Global Biodiversity Informatics Facility, Developing Global Access to the Index Nominum Algarum, a Nomenclator Targeting All Algal Names; $25,000

2004: UC Press, for second edition of The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California; $100,000

2004: Institute of Museum and Library Services, for second edition of The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California; $70,234

2004: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, California Native Plant Georeferencing: A Fundamental Conservation Tool; $30,800

2003: California Digital Library, Digital Integration of California Floristic Resources Across University of California Herbaria (establishment of the Consortium of California Herbaria); $504,844

2003: Slosson Research Endowment, Native Plant Horticultural Database Initiative of the Jepson Herbarium; $24,640

Publications:

Baldwin, B. G., D. J. Keil, S. Markos, B. D. Mishler, R. Patterson, T. J. Rosatti, and D. H. Wilken. 2013 - 2022. Jepson eFlora, Revisions 1 – 11 https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/supplement_summary.html

Yost, Jenn M., Katelin D. Pearson, Jason Alexander, Edward Gilbert, Layla Aerne Hains, Teri Barry, Robin Bencie, Peter Bowler, Benjamin Carter, Rebecca E. Crowe, Ellen Dean, Joshua Der, Amanda Fisher, Kirsten Fisher, Lluvia Flores-Renteria, C. Matt Guilliams, Colleen Hatfield, Larry Hendrickson, Tom Huggins, Lawrence Janeway, Christopher Lay, Amy Litt, Staci Markos, Susan J. Mazer, Danny McCamish, Lucinda McDade, Michael Mesler, Brent Mishler, Mare Nazaire, Jon Rebman, Lars Rosengreen, Philip W. Rundel, Dan Potter, Andrew Sanders, Katja C. Seltmann, Michael G. Simpson,Gregory A. Wahlert, Katherine Waselkov, Kimberlyn Williams and Paul S. Wilson. 2020. The California phenology collections network: Using digital images to investigate phenological change in a biodiversity hotspot. Madroño 66.4: 130-141.

Markos, Staci, R. L. Moe, and David Baxter. 2016. A powerful resource for plant conservation efforts: The Consortium of California Herbaria reaches two million specimens. Fremontia. 40.1:16-19.

Markos, Staci, and Brent D. Mishler. 2013. Bruce G. Baldwin (Dedication). Madroño 60.4: 365-366.

Baldwin, Bruce G., and Staci Markos. 2012. The new Jepson Manual and accompanying resources of the Jepson Flora Project. Fremontia. 40:2-6.

Markos, Staci. 2012. Benitoa. In Baldwin, B. G., D. H. Goldman, D. J. Keil, R. Patterson, T. J. Rosatti, and D. H. Wilken, editors. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California, second edition. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Markos, Staci. 2012. Lessingia. In Baldwin, B. G., D. H. Goldman, D. J. Keil, R. Patterson, T. J. Rosatti, and D. H. Wilken, editors. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California, second edition. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Markos, Staci and J. L. Strother. 2012. Corethrogyne. In Baldwin, B. G., D. H. Goldman, D. J. Keil, R. Patterson, T. J. Rosatti, and D. H. Wilken, editors. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California, second edition. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Vasey, Michael C., V. Thomas Parker, and Staci Markos. 2012. Two champions of California botany: The California Botanical Society and the California Native Plant Society. Fremontia. 40: 7-10.

Markos, S. 2006. Benitoa. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.), Flora of North America, Vol. 20: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, Part 8: Asteraceae, Part 2. Pp. 450. Oxford University Press, New York.

Markos, S and J. L. Strother. 2006. Corethrogyne. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.), Flora of North America, Vol. 20: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, Part 8: Asteraceae, Part 2. Pp. 450-451. Oxford University Press, New York.

Markos, S. 2006. Lessingia. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.), Flora of North America, Vol. 20: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, Part 8: Asteraceae, Part 2. Pp. 452-458. Oxford University Press, New York.

Markos, S. 2005. Taxonomic changes in Lessingia (Compositae: Astereae). Madroño 52:60-61.

Markos, S. and B. G. Baldwin. 2002. Structure, molecular evolution, and phylogenetic utility of the 5' region of the external transcribed spacer of 18S-26S rDNA in Lessingia (Compositae, Astereae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23: 214-228.

Markos, S. and B. G. Baldwin. 2001. Higher-level relationships and major lineages of Lessingia (Compositae, Astereae) based on nuclear rDNA internal and external transcribed spacer (ITS and ETS) sequences. Systematic Botany 26: 168-183.

Markos, S. 2000. Evolutionary patterns in Lessingia and close relatives (Compositae, Astereae): Evidence from rDNA, morphology, and biosystematic data. Dissertation. University of California, Berkeley.

Mishler, B. D., B. Ertter, B. G. Baldwin, and S. Markos. 2000. The Jepson Herbarium 50th anniversary celebration and scientific symposium: Discovery, communication, and conservation of plant biodiversity in California. Madroño 47: 217-218.

Baldwin, Bruce G., and Staci Markos. 1998. Phylogenetic utility of the External Transcribed Spacer (ETS) of 18S-26S rDNA: Congruence of ETS and ITS Trees of Calycadenia (Compositae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10: 449-463.

Markos, S., L. C. Hileman, M. C. Vasey, and V. T. Parker. 1998. Phylogeny of the Arctostaphylos hookeri complex (Ericaceae) based on nrDNA data. Madroño 45: 187-199.