• BIOL 211 (Diversity of Life)
• PBIO 248 (Trees and Shrubs)
• PBIO 309/509 (Plant Systematics and Ohio Flora)

• Associate Chair
• Director of the Bartley Herbarium

My primary interests are angiosperm systematics (with emphasis on the phylogeny and taxonomy of Lamiaceae) and phylogenetic nomenclature, an alternative to traditional biological nomenclature that is designed to name the parts of the tree of life by explicit reference to phylogeny. Students in my lab have worked on taxonomic treatments of various angiosperm groups, phylogenetic analyses of intergeneric relationships in the Lamiaceae, and floristic studies of local natural areas.

• Bryant, H. N. and P. D. Cantino. 2002. A review of criticisms of phylogenetic nomenclature: Is taxonomic freedom the fundamental issue? Biological Reviews (in press).
• De Queiroz, K. and P.D. Cantino. 2001. Phylogenetic nomenclature and the PhyloCode. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 58: 254-271.
• Cantino, P.D. and K. de Queiroz. 2000. The PhyloCode: a phylogenetic code of biological nomenclature. http://www.ohiou.edu/phylocode/
• Cantino, P.D. 2000. Phylogenetic nomenclature: addressing some concerns. Taxon 49:85-93.
• Cantino P.D., H.N. Bryant, K. de Queiroz, M.J. Donoghue, T. Eriksson, D.M. Hillis, and M.S.Y. Lee. 1999. Species names in phylogenetic nomenclature. Systematic Biology 48:790-807.
• Cantino, P.D. 1999. A new species of Monochilus (Lamiaceae) from Brazil. Novon 9:323-324.
• Cantino, P.D., S.J. Wagstaff, and R.G. Olmstead. 1999. Caryopteris (Lamiaceae) and the conflict between phylogenetic and pragmatic considerations in botanical nomenclature. Systematic Botany 23:369-386.
• Cantino, P.D. 1998. Binomials, hyphenated uninomials, and phylogenetic nomenclature. Taxon 47:425-429.
• Cantino, P.D. and S.J. Wagstaff. 1998. A reexamination of North American Satureja s.l. (Lamiaceae) in light of molecular evidence. Brittonia 50:63-70.
• Cantino, P.D. 1998. Obtegomeria (Lamiaceae), a new genus from South America. Novon 8:1-3.
• Cantino, P.D., R.G. Olmstead, and S.J. Wagstaff. 1997. A comparison of phylogenetic nomenclature with the current system: a botanical case study. Systematic Biology 46:313-331.
• Wagstaff, S.J., R.G. Olmstead, and P.D. Cantino. 1995. Parsimony analysis of cpDNA restriction site variation in subfamily Nepetoideae (Labiatae). American Journal of Botany 82: 886-892.
• Abu-Asab, M.S. and P.D. Cantino. 1994. Systematic implications of pollen morphology in subfamilies Lamioideae and Pogostemonoideae (Labiatae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 81:653-686.
• Abu-Asab, M.S. and P.D. Cantino. 1993. Phylogenetic implications of pollen morphology in tribe Ajugeae (Labiatae). Systematic Botany 18:100-122.
• Abu-Asab, M.S., P.D. Cantino, J.W. Nowicke, and T. Sang. 1993. Systematic implications of pollen morphology in Caryopteris (Labiatae). Systematic Botany 18:502-515.
• Cantino, P.D. and M.S. Abu-Asab. 1993. A new look at the enigmatic genus Wenchengia (Labiatae). Taxon 42:339-344.

• Cantino, P.D. 1992. Evidence for a polyphyletic origin of the Labiatae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 79: 361-379.
  

Faculty Research Focus Groups

• Phylogenetic Systematics

Current or Recent Student Research Projects

• Flora of Strouds Run State Park, Athens County, Ohio
• Systematic Revision of Collinsonia (Labiatae)
• Flora of the United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary, Meigs County, Ohio
• Phylogeny and character evolution in subfamily Nepetoideae (Labiatae)
• Phylogenetic implications of pollen morphology in subfamily Lamioideae (Labiatae)
• Systematics of Salvia section Ekmania (Labiatae)
• Flora of Dysart Woods, a remnant stand of primary forest in eastern Ohio