Area of research
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research focused on Cactus and Phylogenetic tree, with related work in Genome, Phylogenetics, Caesalpinioideae. Notable publications include 'A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny: The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG)', 'Legume phylogeny and classification in the 21st century: Progress, prospects and lessons for other species–rich clades', and 'Exceptional reduction of the plastid genome of saguaro cactus ( Carnegiea gigantea ): Loss of the ndh gene suite and inverted repeat'.
Plastome Structural Evolution and Homoplastic Inversions in Neo-Astragalus (Fabaceae)
A Novel Divergent Geminivirus Identified in Asymptomatic New World Cactaceae Plants
A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny: The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG)
Extensive gene tree discordance and hemiplasy shaped the genomes of North American columnar cacti
Symbioses with nitrogen‐fixing bacteria: nodulation and phylogenetic data across legume genera
Exceptional reduction of the plastid genome of saguaro cactus (<i>Carnegiea gigantea</i>): Loss of the <i>ndh</i> gene suite and inverted repeat
Legume phylogeny and classification in the 21st century: Progress, prospects and lessons for other species–rich clades