Publications

Here is a listing of Dr. Macior’s publications (at least the ones we know about!). Please notify us if you notice that any of his publications are missing from this list, or if you can update or correct any of the citations (several of which are incomplete).

Macior, W. A. and E. B. Matzke 1951. An Experimental Analysis of Cell-Wall Curvatures, and Approximations to Minimal Tetrakaidecahedra in the Leaf Parenchyma of Rhoeo discolor. American Journal of Botany 38(10): 783-793. (W.A. Macior = L. W. Macior. His given name was Walter Aloysius Macior, Jr. and he took the “religious name” Lazarus when joining the Franciscans and becoming a priest in 1956. Walt’s coauthor is his major professor), Thanks to Anthony Brach for this information)

Macior LW. 1960. The tetrakaidecahedron and related cell forms in undifferentiated plant tissues. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 87(2): 99-138.

Macior LW. 1964. An experimental study of the floral ecology of Dodecatheon meadia. American Journal of Botany 51(1): 96-108.

Macior LW. 1965. Insect adaptation and behavior in Asclepias pollination. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 92(2): 114-126.

Macior LW. 1966. Foraging behavior of Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in relation to Aquilegia pollination. American Journal of Botany 53(3): 302-309.

Macior LW. 1967. Pollen-foraging behavior of Bombus in relation to pollination of nototribic flowers. American Journal of Botany 54(3): 359-364.

Macior LW. 1968. Pollination adaptation in Pedicularis canadensis. American Journal of Botany 55(9): 1031-1035.

Macior LW. 1968. Pollination adaptation in Pedicularis groenlandica. American Journal of Botany 55(8): 927-932.

Macior, L. W. 1968. “Bombus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) queen foraging in relation to vernal pollination in Wisconsin.” Ecology 49: 20-25

Macior LW. 1969. Pollination adaptation in Pedicularis lanceolata. American Journal of Botany 56(8): 853-859.

Macior LW. 1970. The pollination ecology of Dicentra cucullaria. American Journal of Botany 57(1): 6-11.

Macior LW. 1970. Pollination ecology of Dodecatheon amethystinum (Primulaceae). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 97(3): 150-153.

Macior LW. 1970. The pollination ecology of Pedicularis in Colorado. American Journal of Botany 57(6): 716-728.

Macior LW. 1971. Co-evolution of plants and animals. Systematic insights from plant-insect interactions. Taxon 20(1): 17-28.

Macior, L. W. 1972. “Of flowers, bees, and natural areas.” Newsletter Wisconsin Botany Club 4: 2-8.

Macior LW. 1973. The pollination ecology of Pedicularis on Mount Rainier. American Journal of Botany 60(9): 863-871.

Macior, L. W. 1973. Pollination ecology – the study of cooperative interactions in evolution. Pollination and Dispersal. N. B. M. Brantjes, H. Linskens. Netherlands:101-110.

Macior LW. 1974. Behavioral aspects of coadaptations between flowers and insect pollinators. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 61(3): 760-769.

Macior LW. 1974. Pollination ecology of the front range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains: Melanderia 15: 1-59. Washington State Entomological Society.

Macior LW. 1975. The pollination ecology of Delphinium tricorne (Ranunculaceae). American Journal of Botany 62(10): 1009-1016.

Macior LW. 1975. The pollination ecology of Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) in the Yukon territory. American Journal of Botany 62(10): 1065-1072.

Macior LW. 1977. The pollination ecology of Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) in the Sierra Nevada of California. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 104(2): 148-154.

Macior LW. 1978. The pollination ecology and endemic adaptation of Pedicularis furbishiae s. Wats. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 105: 268-277.

Macior LW. 1978. Pollination ecology of vernal angiosperms. Oikos 30(3): 452-460.

Macior LW. 1978. Pollination interactions in sympatric Dicentra species. American Journal of Botany 65(1): 57-62.

Macior, L. W. 1978. Bumble bees as pollinators of native and introduced plants. “Proceedings IVth Symposium on Pollination, Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station Special Miscellaneous Publications 1: 441-446

Macior, L. W. 1978. Phenological and behavioral co-adaptations of flowers and their native insect pollinators. Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress International Union for the Study of Social Insects Wageningen. pp 158-159.

Macior, L. W. 1978. Pollination. Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Publishing Company.

Macior LW. 1980. Population ecology of the furbish louswort, Pedicularis fubishale s. Wats. Rhodora 82: 105-111.

Macior LW. 1981. Book review: Faegri and van der Pijl 1979 edition. Plant Ecology 48(1): 93-94.

Macior, L. W. 1981. “The Furbish lousework – weed, weapon, or wonder?” American Biology Teacher 43: 323-326.

Macior, L. W. 1982. Plant community and pollinator dynamics in the evolution of pollination mechanisms in Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae). Pollination and evolution. J. A. Armstrong, J. M. Powell and A. J. Richards. Sydney, Australia, Royal Botanic Gardens: 29-45.

Macior LW. 1983. The pollination dynamics of sympatric species of Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae). American Journal of Botany 70(6): 844-853.

Macior, L. W. 1984. Behavioral co-adaptation of Bombus pollinators and Pedicularis flowers. Proceedings of the 5th International Pollination Symposium, Versailles, 257-261.

Macior, L. W. 1984. The pollination ecology of spring ephemeral angiosperms in the Hueston Woods area. Proceedings of the Hueston Woods State Park and Nature Preserve Symposium, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. pp 140-149.

Macior LW. 1986. Book review: The evolutionary ecology of ant-plant mutualisms. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 113(3): 312-313.

Macior LW. 1986. The fernflowers (Pedicularis) and their pollinators-a study in coadaptation. Bull. Native Plant Soc. NE Ohio 4: 3-9.

Macior LW. 1986. Floral resource sharing by bumblebees and hummingbirds in Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) pollination. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club113(2): 101-109.

Macior LW. 1986. Pollination ecology and endemic adaptation of Pedicularis howellii gray (Scrophulariaceae). Plant Species Biology 1(2): 163-172.

Macior LW. 1986. Pollination ecology and endemism of Pedicularis pulchella Pennell (Scrophulariaceae). Plant Species Biology 1(2): 173-180.

Macior, Lazarus Walter. 1988. A Preliminary Study of the Pollination Ecology of Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) in Japan. Plant Species Biology 3(1): 61-66.

Macior LW. 1990. Pollination ecology of Pedicularis punctata Decne.(Scrophulariaceae) in the kashmir himalaya. Plant Species Biology 5(2): 215-223.

Macior, L. W. 1990. Foreword: The controversy. In Creation or Evolution: Correspondence on the Current Controversy. E. O. Dodson, Howe, G.F., Eds., University of Ottawa Press: pp. i-xii.

Macior LW, Sood SK. 1991. Pollination ecology of Pedicularis megalantha d. Don (Scrophulariaceae) in the himachal himalaya. Plant Species Biology 6(2): 75-81.

Robart BW, Macior LW. 1992. Haustorium structure of Pedicularis howellii (Scrophulariaceae). Phytomorphology 42(3-4): 219-224.

Macior LW. 1993. Pollination ecology of Pedicularis palustris l.(Scrophulariaceae) in North America. Plant Species Biology 8(1): 35-44.

Macior LW. 1994. Pollen-foraging dynamics of subalpine bumblebees (Bombus Latr.). Plant Species Biology 9(2): 99-106.

Macior LW. 1995. Pollination ecology of Pedicularis in the Teton mountain region. Plant Species Biology 10(2): 77-82.

Macior LW. 1995. Pollination ecology of Pedicularis parryi ssp. purpurea (Parry) Carr (Scrophulariaceae). Plant Species Biology 10(3): 163-168.

Macior, L. W. 1995. Pedicularis, a valuable information resource for plant conservation. In Pollination Biology. .R. C . Sihag, Ed. Rajendra Scientific Publishers, Hisar. pp 8-19.

Macior LW. 1996. Pollination ecology of Pedicularis bracteosa in the montane-subalpine ecotone. Plant Species Biology 11(2-3): 165-171.

Macior LW, Ya T. 1997. A preliminary study of the pollination ecology of Pedicularis in the Chinese himalaya (reproductive biology). Plant Species Biology 12(1): 1-7.

Ya T, Macior LW, Jian-chen Z. 1998. A new variety of Pedicularis longiflora (Scrophulariaceae) from northwest Sichuan, China. Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 8(4): 455-456. http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/novon/tang8-4.html

Macior , L.W. 1998.  Review of the treatment of the genus Pedicularis for the Flora of China (Volume 18):Yang, H. B., N. H. Holmgren & R. R. Mill. 1998. Pp. 97-209. In: Wu, Z. Y. & P. H. Raven (eds.) Flora of China. Vol. 18 (Scrophulariaceae through Gesneriaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Flora of China: http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ www.eFloras.org

Macior, L. W. (Order of Friars Minor). 1998. Critical Scientific Concepts in the Creation/Evolution Controversy. Creation and Evolution. R. Brungs, SJ. ITEST Faith and Science. pp 26-47.

Macior LW, Ya T, Zhang J. 2001. Reproductive biology of Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) in the Sichuan Himalaya. Plant Species Biology 16(1): 83-89.

Macior, L. W. 2002. Foreword: Leaves of Prayer: Scriptural Passages and Catholic Reflections for Those Who Enjoy Nature. A. R. Brach. iUniverse.com.http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/leavesofprayer/Foreword.htm


And we can’t forget at least some images of pedicularis! Here are a few available on the web:

The Furbish Lousewort: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Pedicularis_furbishiae.jpg

other Pedicularis spp.: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pedicularis

and Pedicularis in China: http://hengduan.huh.harvard.edu/fieldnotes/specimens/search/search.zpt?action=search&st=pedicularis