BRUCE BARTHOLOMEW
Senior Research Scientist

B.A. University of California at Los Angeles, Zoology (1968); Ph.D. Stanford University, Biological Sciences (1972); Senior Museum Scientist, Botanical Garden, University of California, Berkeley (1973-1980); Principal Museum Scientist, Botanical Garden, University of California, Berkeley (1980-1982); Collections Manager, Botany Department California Academy of Sciences (1982-1990); Senior Collections Manager, Botany Department, California Academy of Sciences (1990-2005); Senior Research Scientist, Botany Department, California Academy of Sciences (2005-) working on the Flora of China Project.

Member of the Committee for Scientific Liaison with the People's Republic of China, of the Botanical Society of America (1980-1984). Member of the Editorial Committee of the Flora of China (1988-). Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences.

Bruce Bartholomew, Senior Collections Manager

Selected (past 10 year) Publications

P. W. Fritch, L. H. Zhou, L. Lu & B. Bartholomew. 2008. The flowering plant genus Gaultheria (Ericaceae) in the Gaoligong Shan, along the border region of China and Myanmar. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 59: 147-214.
Q. R. Liu & B. Bartholomew. 2008. Erythroxylaceae in Flora of China 11: 39-40.
J. H. Ma & B. Bartholomew. 2008. Dipentondontaceae in Flora of China 11: 494-495.
H. Peng & B. Bartholomew. 2008. Munronia in Flora of China 11: 118-119.
B. Bartholomew & L. H. Zhou. 2007. Author citations for new names published in volumes 1 through 3 of Flora Yunnanica. Taxon 56: 545-550.
T. L. Ming & B. Bartholomew.
2007. Pentaphylaceae. Flora of China 12: 365.
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2007. Sladeniaceae. Flora of China 12: 364.
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2007. Theaceae. Flora of China 12: 366-478.
L. H. Zhou, P. W. Fritsch & B. Bartholomew.
2006. The Symplocaceae of Gaoligong Shan. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 57: 387-431.
T. Y. Tu, H. Sun, B. Bartholomew & Z. L. Nie. 2006. A cytological study of Kelloggia (Rubiaceae), an intercontinental disjunct genus between eastern Asia and western North America. J. Pl. Research 119: 397-400.
B. Bartholomew & T. L. Ming. 2005. New combinations in Chinese Polyspora (Theaceae). Novon 15: 264-266.
Z. L. Nie, J. Wen, H. Sun & B. Bartholomew.
2005. Monophyly of Kelloggia Torrey ex Benth. (Rubiaceae) and evolution of its intercontinental disjunction between western North America and eastern Asia. Amer. J. Bot. 92: 642-652.
H. N. Qin & B. Bartholomew.
2005. Diapensiaceae. Flora of China 14: 235-237. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
L. G. Fu, Y. Q. Xin & B. Bartholomew.
2003. Rhoipteleaceae. Flora of China 5: 20. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Z. K. Zhou & B. Bartholomew.
2003. Cannabaceae. Flora of China 5: 74-75. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
C. Z. Gu & B. Bartholomew.
2003. Princepia. Flora of China 9: 389-391. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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2003. Prunus. Flora of China 9: 401-404. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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2003. Padus. Flora of China 9: 420-426. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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2003. Maddenia. Flora of China 9: 432-434. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
C. L. Li & B. Bartholomew.
2003. Cerasus. Flora of China 9: 404-420. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
L. D. Lu & B. Bartholomew.
2003. Amygdalus. Flora of China 9: 391-395. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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2003. Armeniaca. Flora of China 9: 396-401. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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2003. Laurocerasus. Flora of China 9: 426-430. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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2003. Pygeum. Flora of China 9: 430-432. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
B. Bartholomew
. 2002. Amygalus pumila L. In: S. Cafferty & C. L. Jervis. Typification of Linnaean plant names in Rosaceae. Taxon 51: 541.
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz, B. Bartholomew, A. Abbas & A. Tumur
. 2002. New or nortworthy species of Brassicaceae from the flora of China. Harvard Papers Bot. 7: 23-24.
D. Z. Fu & B. Bartholomew
. 2001. Tetracentraceae. Flora of China 6: 125. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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W. C. Wang & B. Bartholomew. 2001. Pulsatilla. Flora of China 6: 329-333. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
_____ & _____. 2001. Clematis. Flora of China 6: 333-386. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
S. M. Huang & B. Bartholomew. 2001. Kirengeshoma. Flora of China 8: 379. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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_____ & _____. 2001. Pileostegia. Flora of China 8: 403-404. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
_____ & _____. 2001. Dichroa. Flora of China 8: 404-406. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Z. F. Wei & B. Bartholomew. 2001. Cardiandra. Flora of China 8: 406-407. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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_____ & _____. 2001. Schizophragma. Flora of China 8: 408-411. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
_____ & _____. 2001. Deinanthe. Flora of China 8: 411. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
_____ & _____. 2001. Hydrangea. Flora of China 8: 411-422. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
W. L. Ma & B. Bartholomew. 2000. Bromeliaceae. Flora of China 25: 18. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
H. Li, D. M. He, B. Bartholomew & C. L Long. 1999. Re-examination of the biological effect of plate movement - Impart of Shan-Malay Plate displacement (the movement of Burma-Malaya Geoblock) on the biota of the Gaoligong mountains. Acta Bot. Yunnan. 21: 407-425.
H. Li & B. Bartholomew. 1999. The Diversity of Orchidaceae in Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan. Acta Bot. Yunnan. suppl. 11: 65-78.
C. C. Huang, Y. T. Chang & B. Bartholomew. 1999. Fagaceae. Flora of China 4: 314-400. Sciences Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
B. Bartholomew & R. McVaugh. 1997. Identification and typification of Ternstroemia lineata de Candolle. Novon 7: 14-16.
B. Bartholomew, Dan H. Nicolson & Bertil R. Nordestam. 1997. Author citation of Thunberg's new species in Murray's Systema Vegetabilium ed. 14. Taxon 46: 311-314.
T. N. Ho, B. Bartholomew & M. G. Gilbert. 1996. New taxa from the Anyêmaqên Shan Region of Eastern Qinghai Province, China. Novon 6: 185-190.

Foreign Field and Collecting Experience

2006 Member of the Harvard University-Kunming Institute of Botany botanical expedition to western Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
2006
Member and co-leader of the biodiversity inventory expedition to the Gaoligong Shan region of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China involving the California Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Institute of Zoology Beijing, Hunan Normal University, and Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh.
2005 Member and co-leader of the biodiversity inventory expedition to the Gaoligong Shan region of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China involving the California Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Institute of Zoology Beijing, Hunan Normal University, and Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh.
2004
Member and botanical co-leader of the biodiversity inventory expedition to the Gaoligong Shan region of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China involving the California Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Institute of Zoology Beijing, Hunan Normal University, and Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh.
2004
Member of a botanical collecting expedition to Xinjiang Province, People's Republic of China involving the Missouri Botanical Garden, California Academy of Sciences, and Xinjiang University.
2003
Member and co-leader of the biodiversity inventory expedition to the Gaoligong Shan region of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China involving the California Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Institute of Zoology Beijing, Hunan Normal University, and Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh.
2002
Member of the biodiversity inventory expedition to the Gaoligong Shan region of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China involving the California Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Institute of Zoology Beijing, Hunan Normal University, and Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh.
2001
Member of the California Academy of Sciences biological collecting expedition to Myanmar also involving the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Kunming Institute of Botany, and Kunming Institute of Zoology.
2001 Member of a botanical collecting expedition to Xinjiang Province, People's Republic of China involving the Missouri Botanical Garden, California Academy of Sciences, and Xinjiang University.
2000 Member of the biodiversity inventory expedition to the Gaoligong Shan region of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China involving the California Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Institute of Zoology Beijing, and Hunan Normal University.
1998 Member and co-leader of the biodiversity inventory expedition to the Gaoligong Shan region of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China involving the California Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Botany, and Kunming Institute of Zoology.
1998 Collected herbarium specimens in Taiwan, Republic of China for the California Academy of Sciences.
1998 Member of the Harvard University-Kunming Institute of Botany botanical expedition to southern Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
1997 Collected herbarium specimens in Taiwan Province, Republic of China for the California Academy of Sciences with a particular emphasis on the family Fagaceae.
1996 Member and co-leader of the 1996 Sino-American-British plant collecting expedition to Qinghai Province, People's Republic of China involving the British Museum; California Academy of Sciences; Missouri Botanical Garden; Northwest Plateau Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; and Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
1993 Member and co-leader of the 1993 Sino-American-British plant collecting expedition to Qinghai Province, People's Republic of China involving the British Museum; California Academy of Sciences; Missouri Botanical Garden; and Northwest Plateau Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1992 Member of the 1992 Botanical Inventory of Taiwan Province, Republic of China collecting expedition involving the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; California Academy of Sciences; Field Museum of Natural History; U.S. National Herbarium of the Smithsonian Institution; University of New Mexico; and Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei.
1991 Member of the 1991 Botanical Inventory of Taiwan Province, Republic of China collecting expedition involving the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; California Academy of Sciences; Field Museum of Natural History; U.S. National Herbarium of the Smithsonian Institution; University of New Mexico; and Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei.
1991 Member of a California Academy of Sciences botanical collecting trip to Costa Rica.
1989 Member of a botanical collecting trip to Taiwan Province, Republic of China involving the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; California Academy of Sciences; and Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei.
1989 Site visit to Guangxi and Hunan provinces, People's Republic of China to identify locations for a potential floristic projects involving the California Academy of Sciences and the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.
1988 Member of the 1988 Sino-American botanical collecting expedition to Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China involving the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; California Academy of Sciences; and Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
1988 Member of a California Academy of Sciences botanical collecting trip to Mexico.
1987 Member of a California Academy of Sciences botanical collecting trip to Mexico.
1986 Member and co-leader of the 1986 Sino-American botanical collection expedition to Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China involving the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; California Academy of Sciences; and Guizhou Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1986 Member and leader of the 1986 California Academy of Sciences-Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University collecting expedition to Bhutan.
1986 Studied wild populations of Camellia reticulata in western Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China at the invitation of the Kunming Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1985 Member and leader of a botanical collecting trip to Mexico involving the California Academy of Sciences; Institute of Botany, Beijing; and Kunming Institute of Botany as part of a Sino-American botanical exchange with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1984 Member and co-leader of the 1984 Sino-American botanical collecting expedition to Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China involving the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; California Academy of Sciences; Missouri Botanical Garden; U.S. National Herbarium of the Smithsonian Institution; Institute of Botany, Beijing; and Kunming Institute of Botany.
1984 Collected herbarium specimens in Bhutan for the California Academy of Sciences.
1981 Seed collecting trip to Chiapas, Mexico for the University of California Botanical Garden along with Dennis Breedlove of the California Academy of Sciences.
1980 Member and co-leader of the 1980 Sino-American botanical collecting expedition to western Hubei Province, People's Republic of China involving the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; New York Botanical Garden; University of California, Berkeley; U.S. National Arboretum; Institute of Botany, Beijing; Jiangsu Institute of Botany; Kunming Institute of Botany; and Wuhan Institute of Botany.
1975 Collected seeds and herbarium vouchers for the University of California Botanical Garden in the hills of Hong Kong Island and the New Territories. During this trip, I also visited botanical institutions in Guangzhou and Beijing, People's Republic of China.
1974 Collected seeds and herbarium vouchers for the University of California Botanical Garden in Bhutan and Darjeeling in the Eastern Himalayas.
1968 Student in the Fundamentals of Tropical Biology field course given in Costa Rica by the Organization for Tropical Studies.
1967 Filming expedition to the Galapagos Islands with the University of California Media Center.
1964 Collected mosquitoes in Puerto Rico for a systematic study by John N. Belkin of the Department of Zoology, University of California at Los Angeles.
1962 Collected herpetological specimens for the University of California (both Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses) in Queensland, Australia.