Botany

Daniel Lee Nickrent

Daniel Lee Nickrent (born 1956) is an American botanist, working in plant evolutionary biology, including the subdisciplines of genomics, phylogenetics, systematics, population genetics, and taxonomy. A major focus has been parasitic flowering plants, particularly of the sandalwood order (Santalales). His interest in photographic documentation and photographic databases has led to several photographic databases including Parasitic Plant Connection, Phytoimages, Plant Checklist for the Rocky Mountain National Park, Plant Checklist for the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines Nickrent has over 26000 citations (as of 25 April 2026) according to Google Scholar. He is Research Faculty and Professor Emeritus of Plant Molecular Systematics and Evolution at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) (As of July 2019). The standard author abbreviation Nickrent is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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• ▸Anthurium brownii
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• ▸Artedia

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