| Birth date | February 19, 1957[1] |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Montgomery County, Maryland, United States |
| Workplaces | North Carolina Department of Natural Resources, The Nature Conservancy, NatureServe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Herbarium |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A.), Duke University (Ph.D.) |
| Thesis year | 2005 |
| Author abbrev bot | Weakley |
Alan Stuart Weakley (born 1957) is an American botanist with expertise in the systematics, ecology, and conservation of the flora of the Southeastern United States.[2] Weakley is the director of the UNC Herbarium at the North Carolina Botanical Garden and an adjunct associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Flora of the Southern & Mid-Atlantic States, a manual covering the approximately 7000 vascular plants found in the Southeastern United States.[3][4]
As of August 2025, the International Plant Names Index lists 84 names published by Weakley.[5]
References
- ^ "Collectors of the UNC Herbarium, Alan Stuart Weakley". www.herbarium.unc.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ^ "Alan S. Weakley, Biology Department, UNC Chapel Hill". bio.unc.edu. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ^ Weakley, Alan S. "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States". www.herbarium.unc.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ^ Weakley, Alan S. (2018), "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018", University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- ^ "Weakley, Alan Stuart (1957-)". www.ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2021-12-16.