Introduction
Mark Alan Hershkovitz is an American biochemist and taxonomist. The standard author abbreviation Hershk. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
In 1981 he received his Bachelor of Science from Illinois State University. He received his Master of Science and PhD degrees from University of California, Davis, in 1986 and 1990; his focus in his doctoral program was botany. Afterwards, he worked for the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics at the Smithsonian Institution as a postdoctoral scientist, and c. 1996 he joined the National Center for Biotechnology Information as a fellow under the Postdoctoral Intramural Research Training Award.
As of 2005 he is a professor at the University of Chile.
Taxa (re)named by Hershkovitz
- Cistanthe amaranthoides (Phil.) Carolin ex Hershk.
- C. arenaria (Cham.) Carolin ex Hershk.
- C. calycina Carolin ex Hershk.
- C.celosioides (Phil.) Carolin ex Hershk.
- C.cephalophora (I.M.Johnston) Carolin ex Hershk.
- C.coquimbensis (Barneoud) Carolin ex Hershk.
- C.cymosa (Phil.) Hershk.
- C. densiflora (Barnéoud) Hershk.
- C. monandra (Nutt.) Hershk.
Phemeranthus spinescens
Works
- Hershkovitz, M.A. & Zimmer, E.A. 2000. Ribosomal DNA evidence and disjunctions of western American PortulacaceaeMol. Phylogenetics and Evolution 15(3): 419–439.
- Hershkovitz M.A., Arroyo M.T.K, Bell C., and Hinojosa L.F 2006
Phylogeny of Chaetanthera (Asteraceae: Mutisieae) reveals both ancient and recent origins of the high elevation lineages Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 594-605.
- Hershkovitz, M. A. (April–June 1992). "Leaf Morphology and Taxonomic Analysis of Cistanthe tweedyi (Nee Lewisia tweedyi; Portulacaceae)". Systematic Botany. 17 (2): 220–238. doi:10.2307/2419519. JSTOR 2419519.
- Hershkovitz, M. A. (November 1989). "Phylogenetic Studies in Centrospermae: A Brief Appraisal". Taxon. Wiley. 38 (4): 602–608. doi:10.2307/1222636. JSTOR 1222636.