]> Education: B.S. (1995; University of Maryland); Ph.D. (2001; Cornell Unversity; Thesis: Systematics of Cochliostema, Geogenanthus, and an undescribed genus in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae). Research: Commelinaceae; Restionaceae. Example of Name Published: Plowmanianthus Faden & C. R. Hardy in Syst. Bot. 29(2): 316. 2004 Botany Hardy, Christopher Ross Hardy, Christopher Ross C.R.Hardy C. R. Hardy Christopher Ross Hardy 1971