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Wayne P. Armstrong | |
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| Other names | Mr.Wolffia |
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| Known for | Creating the extensive online natural history textbook,Wayne's Word: An Online Textbook Of Natural History |
| Website | Wayne's Word: An Online Textbook of Natural History |
Wayne P. Armstrong (aka "Mr.Wolffia") is anatural historian, author, photographer and creator of the extensive online natural history textbook,Wayne's Word: An Online Textbook Of Natural History.[1]
He was a professor of botany atPalomar College, now adjunct professor. He is an expert on the flora of NorthSan Diego County.[1] He wrote the section onLemnaceae (syn.Araceae) in the revisedJepson Manual.[2] He specializes in themacrophotography of unusual and obscure plants and animals.
For 40 years Armstrong taught courses in general biology, general botany, plants, people and plant identification. He is also author of the popular natural history website calledWayne's Word: An Online Textbook Of Natural History, including four decades of lecture material placed on blackboards and whiteboards during his teaching career. He has studied and photographed duckweeds extensively in California (subfamilyLemnoideae), including the world's-smallest flowering plants, and wrote the duckweed section forThe Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California (2nd edition). His articles and photo images have appeared in more than 240 natural history publications.
Armstrong's special areas of interest include: the taxonomy of duckweeds, lichen symbiosis, the fig and its symbiotic wasp, drift seeds and fruits that float across oceans, botanical jewelry and the coconut pearl hoax,poison oak immune response, amazing plants (botanical record-breakers), California floristics (including Brodiaeas in California), and the evolution and adaptations of organisms. He wrote a master's thesis onCupressus.[3]
Although primarily a botanist, he has once again focused his attention on ant diversity, his childhood passion.
He is a professor emeritus in the Life Sciences Department atPalomar College,San Marcos, California.[4][5]
