Myrtales, Geraniales, Brassicales, Saxifragales:

Tarullo, C., J. P. Rose, K. J. Sytsma, and B. Drew. 2021. Using a supermatrix approach to explore phylogenetic relationships, divergence times, and historical biogeography of Saxifragales. Turkish Journal of Botany 45: 440-456. doi.org/10.3906/bot-2106-41

Cardinal-McTeague, W. M., K. J. Sytsma, J. C. Hall. 2016. Biogeography and diversification of Brassicales: a 103 million year chronicle.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 204-224.

Berger, B.A.., R. Kriebel, D. Spalink, and K. J. Sytsma. 2016. Divergence times, historical biogeography, and shifts in speciation rates of Myrtales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 95: 116-136 .

Sytsma, K. J., D. Spalink, and B. Berger. 2014. Calibrated chronograms, fossils, outgroup relationships, and root priors: re-examining the historical biogeography of Geraniales. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 29-49.

Monocots:

Spalink, D., R. MacKay, and K. J. Sytsma. 2019. Phylogeography, population genetics, and distribution modeling reveal vulnerability of the Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora: a case study of Scirpus longii (Cyperaceae). Molecular Ecology 28: 2046-2061.

Spalink, D., J. Pender, M. Escudero, A. L. Hipp, E. H. Roalson, J. Starr, M. J. Waterway, L. Bohs, and K. J. Sytsma. 2018. The spatial structure of phylogenetic and functional diversity in the United States and Canada: an example using sedges (Cyperaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 56: 449-465 doi: 10.1111/jse.12423.

Spalink, D., B.T. Drew, M.C. Pace, J.G. Zaborsky, J.R. Starr, K.M. Cameron, T.J. Givnish, and K. J. Sytsma. 2016. Biogeography of the cosmopolitan sedges (Cyperaceae) and the area-richness correlation in plants. Journal of Biogeography doi:10.1111/jbi.12802 .

Hawaiian Islands:

Givnish, T. J., G. J. Bean, M. Ames, S. P. Lyon, and K. J. Sytsma. 2013. Phylogeny, floral evolution, and inter-island dispersal in Hawaiian Clermontia (Campanulaceae) based on ISSR variation and plastid spacer sequences. PLOS ONE 8(5): e62566.

Givnish, T. J., K. C. Millam, A. R. Mast, T. B. Paterson, T. J. Theim, A. L. Hipp, J. M. Henss,  J. F. Smith, K. R. Wood, and K. J. Sytsma. 2009. Origin, adaptive radiation, and diversification of the Hawaiian lobeliads (Asterales: Campanulaceae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 276: 407-416.

Havran, J. C., K. J. Sytsma, and H. E. Ballard. 2009.  Evolutionary relationships, inter-island biogeography, and molecular evolution in the Hawaiian violets (Viola: Violaceae). American Journal of Botany 96: 2087-2099.

Selected recent publications from this area of research are listed below with links to pdf files if available.

Spalink, D., B.T. Drew, M.C. Pace, J.G. Zaborsky, P. Li, K.M. Cameron, T.J. Givnish, and K. J. Sytsma. 2016. Evolution of geographical place and niche space: Patterns of diversification in the North American sedge (Cyperaceae) flora. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 95: 183-195 .

Givnish, T. J., M. H. J. Barfuss, B. Van Ee, R. Riina, K. Schulte, R. Horres, P. A. Gonsiska, R. S. Jabaily, D. M. Crayn, J. A. C. Smith, K. Winter, G. K. Brown, T. M. Evans, B. K. Holst, H. Luther, W. Till, G. Zizka, P. E. Berry, and K. J. Sytsma. 2014. Adaptive radiation, correlated and contingent evolution, and net species diversification in Bromeliaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 55-78

Sulman, J., B. T. Drew, C. Drummond, E. Hayasaka, and K. J. Sytsma. 2013. Systematics, biogeography, and character evolution of Sparganium (Typhaceae): diversification of a widespread, aquatic lineage. American Journal of Botany 100: 2023-2039.

Jabaily, R. S., and K. J. Sytsma. 2013. Historical biogeography and life history evolution of Andean Puya (Bromeliaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 201-224.

Givnish, T. J., M. H. J. Barfuss, B. Van Ee, R. Riina, K. Schulte, R. Horres, P. A. Gonsiska, R. S. Jabaily, D. M. Crayn, J. A. C. Smith, K. Winter, G. K. Brown, T. M. Evans, B. K. Holst, H. Luther, W. Till, G. Zizka, P. E. Berry, and K. J. Sytsma. 2011. Adaptive radiation and diversification in Bromeliaceae: insights from a 7-locus plastid phylogeny. American Journal of Botany 98: 872-895.

Givnish, T. J., K. C. Millam, P. E. Berry, and K. J. Sytsma. 2006. Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography of Bromeliaceae inferred from ndhF sequence data. In: J. T. Columbus, E. A. Friar, C. W. Hamilton, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince, and M. G. Simpson (eds.) Monocots: Comparative Biology and Evolution (3 volumes). Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA.

Givnish, T. J., K. C. Millam, T. M. Evans, J. C. Hall, J.C. Pires, P. E. Berry, and K. J. Sytsma. 2004.  Ancient vicariance or recent long-distance dispersal? Inferences  about phylogeny and South American-African disjunctions in Rapateaceae and Bromeliaceae based on ndhF sequence data.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 165 (4 suppl.): S35-S54.

Salvia, Mentheae, Lamiaceae - the mints:

Rose, J. P., C.-L. Xiang, K. J. Sytsma, and B. Drew. 2022. A timeframe for mint evolution: towards a better understanding of trait evolution and historical biogeography in the Lamiaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 200: 15-38. doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boab104

Kriebel, R., B. T. Drew, C. P. Drummond, J. G. González-Gallegos, F. Celep, M. M. Mahdjoub, J. P. Rose, C.-L. Xiang, G.-X. Hu, J. B. Walker, E. M. Lemmon, A. R. Lemmon, and K. J. Sytsma. 2019. Tracking the temporal shifts in area, biomes, and pollinators in the radiation of Salvia (sages) across continents: leveraging Anchored Hybrid Enrichment and targeted sequence data. American Journal of Botany 106: 573-597.

Drew, B. T., S. Liu, J. M. Bonifacino, and K. J. Sytsma. 2017. Amphitropical disjunctions in New World Menthinae (Lamiaceae): three Pliocene dispersals to South America following late Miocene dispersal to North America from Old World. American Journal of Botany 104: 1695-1707. [special symposium series on Amphitropical Distributions]

Walker, J.B., B.T. Drew, and K. J. Sytsma. 2015. Unravelling species relationships and diversification within the iconic California Floristic Province sages (Salvia subgenus Audibertia, Lamiaceae). Systematic Botany 40: 826-844.

Nepokroeff, M., K. J. Sytsma, W. L Wagner, and E. A. Zimmer.  2003.  Reconstructing ancestral patterns of  colonization and dispersal in the Hawaiian understory tree genus Psychotria (Rubiaceae) : a comparison of parsimony and likelihood approaches.  Systematic Biology 52: 820-838.

Sytsma, K.J., A. Litt, M.L. Zjhra, J.C. Pires, M. Nepokroeff, E. Conti, Jay Walker, and P.G. Wilson. 2004. Clades, clocks, and continents: historical and biogeographical analysis of Myrtaceae, Vochysiaceae, and relatives in the southern hemisphere.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 165 (4 suppl.): S85-S105.

Conti, E., F. Rutschmann, T. Eriksson, K. J. Sytsma, and D. A. Baum. 2004. Response to Robert G. Moyle Calibration of molecular clocks and the biogeographic history of Crypteroniaceae: a reply to Moyle.  Evolution 58: 1874-1876.

Berry, P.E., W.J. Hahn, K.J. Sytsma, J.C. Hall, and A. Mast.  2004. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Fuchsia (Onagraceae) based on non-coding nuclear and chloroplast DNA data.  American Journal of Botany 91: 601-614.

Conti, E., T. Eriksson, J. Schönenberger, K. J. Sytsma, and D. A. Baum.  2002.  Early Tertiary  "Out-of-India" dispersal of Crypteroniaceae: evidence from phylogeny and molecular dating.  Evolution 56: 1931-1942.

Regional flora historical biogeography:

Drummond, C. P., T. C. Cochrane, and K. J. Sytsma. 2022. Western North American plants disjunct in the Great Lakes Region – 40 years after Marquis and Voss. International Journal of Plant Sciences 183: 691-705. doi.org/10.1086/721653

Givnish, T. J., R. Kriebel, J. Zaborsky, J. P. Rose, D. Spalink, D. M. Waller, K. M. Cameron, and K. J. Sytsma. 2020. Adaptive associations among life history, reproductive traits, environment, and origin in the Wisconsin angiosperm flora. American Journal of Botany 107: 1677-1692.

Spalink, D., R. Kriebel, P. Li, M. C. Pace, B. T. Drew, J. G. Zaborsky, J. Rose, C. P. Drummond, M. A. Feist, W. S. Alverson, D. M. Waller, K. M. Cameron, T. J. Givnish, and K. J. Sytsma. 2018. Spatial phylogenetics reveals evolutionary constraints on the assembly of a large regional flora. American Journal of Botany 105: 1938-1950. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1191

Spalink, D., J. Pender, M. Escudero, A. L. Hipp, E. H. Roalson, J. Starr, M. J. Waterway, L. Bohs, and K. J. Sytsma. 2018. The spatial structure of phylogenetic and functional diversity in the United States and Canada: an example using sedges (Cyperaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 56: 449-465 doi: 10.1111/jse.12423.

Spalink, D., B.T. Drew, M.C. Pace, J.G. Zaborsky, J.R. Starr, K.M. Cameron, T.J. Givnish, and K. J. Sytsma. 2016. Biogeography of the cosmopolitan sedges (Cyperaceae) and the area-richness correlation in plants. Journal of Biogeography doi:10.1111/jbi.12802 .

Spalink, D., B.T. Drew, M.C. Pace, J.G. Zaborsky, P. Li, K.M. Cameron, T.J. Givnish, and K. J. Sytsma. 2016. Evolution of geographical place and niche space: Patterns of diversification in the North American sedge (Cyperaceae) flora. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 95: 183-195 .

Drew, B. T., and K. J. Sytsma. 2013. Phylogenetics, biogeography, and evolution of dioecy in South American Lepechinia (Lamiaceae). Botanical Journal of Linnaean Society 171: 171-190.

Drew, B. T., and K. J. Sytsma. 2012. Phylogenetics, biogeography, and staminal evolution in the tribe Mentheae (Lamiaceae). American Journal of Botany 99: 933-953.