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Participating Faculty
- Harvey
E. Ballard, Jr. Angiosperm Systematics and Evolution
- Philip
D. Cantino Angiosperm Systematics, Phylogenetic Nomenclature
- James
C. Cavender Systematics and Ecology of Cellular Slime Molds
- Gene
K. Mapes Conifer Morphology, Systematics, and Paleobotany
- Gar
W. Rothwell Vascular Plant Systematics, Paleobotany, and Evolution
- Morgan
L. Vis Systematics and Ecology of Freshwater Algae and Cyanobacteria
Current and Past Projects
- Adaptive radiation and morphological evolution in the Hawaiian violets (Ballard)
- Comparison of cellular slime mold populations on three islands in the Caribbean of different plant diversities (Cavender)
- Development of a robust molecular phylogeny of the Batrachospermales using nuclear and plastid DNA sequences (Vis)
- Dictyostelids of New Zealand (Cavender)
- Floral developmental evolution and phylogenetic restructuring of the Violaceae (Ballard)
- Fossil history of Araceae/Lemnaceae (Rothwell)
- Morphology and systematics of Paleozoic conifers (Rothwell, Mapes)
- Origin of plants (Rothwell)
- Origin of seed plants (Rothwell)
- Origins and phylogenetic affinities of batrachospermalean taxa in Australia (Vis)
- Paleontology and seed plant phylogeny (Rothwell)
- Phylogenetic relationships and polyploid evolution in the pansies (Ballard)
- Phylogenetic relationships of ferns (Rothwell)
- Phylogenetic relationships of lycophytes (Rothwell)
- Phylogeny
and affinities of Lemnaceae (Rothwell, Ballard)
- Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Caryopteris-Trichostema complex (Lamiaceae) (Cantino)
- Phylogeny of dictyostelids (Cavender)
- Phylogeny of the major clades of Lamiaceae (Cantino)
- Phylogeography in North America of Batrachospermum helminthosum using molecular markers, nuclear, plastid and mitochondrial DNA (Vis)
- Preparation
of the PhyloCode, a set of rules to govern phylogenetic nomenclature
(Cantino)
- Reproductive
biology and evolution of Bennettitales (Rothwell)
- Revisionary systematic studies of Neotropical violet genera (Ballard)
- Systematics
of Acytostelium (Cavender)
- Tests of allopatric speciation models in the Viola canadensis complex (Ballard)
- Treatments of subfamilies and genera of Lamiaceae for Kubitzki's "Families and Genera of Vascular Plants" (Cantino)
- Treatment of the Violaceae for Kubitzki's "Families and Genera of Vascular Plants" (Ballard)
- Utilization of developmental characters for taxonomy in Batrachospermum (Vis)
- Variations
in mode and tempo of plant evolution (Rothwell)
External Funding Sources
- National Science Foundation
- Ohio Biological Survey
- Sigma Xi
- U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Useful
Links
Phylogeny
(general):
The Tree of Life Project
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
Phylogenetics Resources
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/subway/phylogen.html
TreeBASE
http://www.treebase.org/treebase/index.html
Angiosperm
phylogeny:
Angiosperm
Phylogeny Website
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/
Phylogenetic
nomenclature:
The
PhyloCode
http://www.ohiou.edu/phylocode/
Systematics
societies:
Society
of Systematic Biologists
http://systbiol.org/
American
Society of Plant Taxonomists
http://www.sysbot.org/
Association
of Systematics Collections
http://www.ascoll.org/
International
Organisation of Palaeobotany
http://iop.biodiversity.org.uk/
Botanical
Society of America
http://www.botany.org/