Ronald Tyrl

co-author of Toxic Plants of North America, Second Edition

February 4, 2013

Ronald J. Tyrl is Emeritus Professor of Toxicology and former curator of the herbarium at Oklahoma State University. He is coordinating editor of the Flora of Oklahoma Project and has authored numerous technical articles and books on the identification and classification of flowering plants, including Field Guide to Oklahoma Plants, Dyes from American Native Plants, Handbook of Toxic Plants of North America, Keys and Descriptions for the Vascular Plants of Oklahoma.

Coauthor George Burrows is Emeritus Professor of Toxicology and former adjunct toxicologist in the Animal Diagnostic Laboratory of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine. The author of numerous journal articles on the identification of plant toxicants and their mechanisms of action, he has also served as an associate editor for Veterinary & Human Toxicology, coordinating a feature page, "Poisonous Plant Cases."

Toxic Plants of North America, Second Edition is an up-to-date, comprehensive reference for both wild and cultivated toxic plants on the North American continent. In addition to compiling and presenting information about the toxicology and classification of these published in the 12 years since the appearance of the first edition, this edition significantly expands coverage of human and wildlife--both free-roaming and captive--intoxications and the roles of secondary compounds and fungal endophytes in plant intoxications.

More than 2,700 new literature citations document identification of previously unknown toxicants, mechanisms of intoxication, additional reports of intoxication problems, and significant changes in the classification of plant families and genera and associated changes in plant nomenclature. The book is a resource for veterinarians, toxicologists, agricultural extension agents, animal scientists, and poison control professionals.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2013-honorees/ronald-tyrl

Last Updated: 13 March 2023