Barbara Ann Whitlock

{{short description|American botanist (born 1967)}}

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| birth_date = {{bya|1967}}

| alma_mater = {{ubl|Harvard University|University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Missouri}}

| workplaces = {{ubl|University of Miami (2003–present)|{{nowrap|Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (2003)}}}}

| thesis_title = Systematics and evolution of chocolate and its relatives (Sterculiaceae or Malvaceae s.l.)

| thesis_year = {{circa|2000}}

| author_abbrev_bot = Whitlock

}}

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Barbara Ann Whitlock (born 1967) is an American botanist. She earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University, with her dissertation Systematics and evolution of chocolate and its relatives (Sterculiaceae or Malvaceae s.l.) {{circa|2000}},{{Cite thesis|title=Systematics and evolution of chocolate and its relatives (Sterculiaceae or Malvaceae s.l.)|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1035352787|date=2000|language=English|first=Barbara Ann|last=Whitlock|oclc = 1035352787}} an interest which continues.

She has been working in the Department of Biology, University of Miami from at least 2015,{{cite Q|Q57533680 |doi-access=free}} where she works on tropical (plant) biology, and ecology and evolutionary biology.{{Cite web|title=Research {{!}} Biology {{!}} University of Miami|url=https://biology.as.miami.edu/research/index.html|access-date=2020-12-03|website=biology.as.miami.edu|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Barbara Whitlock|url=https://people.miami.edu/profile/b.whitlock@miami.edu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808002249/https://people.miami.edu/profile/b.whitlock@miami.edu |archive-date=8 August 2020 |access-date=2020-12-03|website=people.miami.edu|language=en}}

Much of her work centres on Malvaceae and related phylogeny.{{cite Q|Q28239894}}{{cite Q|Q95467476}}{{cite Q|Q95462600}}{{Cite Q|Q30582727}}

She has published 39 names,{{Cite web|title=Whitlock, Barbara Ann {{!}} International Plant Names Index|url=https://www.ipni.org/a/20006921-1|access-date=2020-12-02|website=www.ipni.org}} including Androcalva fraseri, and Commersonia borealis. (See also Taxa named by Barbara Ann Whitlock.)

The standard author abbreviation Whitlock is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.