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Morphological innovation, ecological opportunity, and the radiation of a major vascular epiphyte lineage by Sundue, Michael A., Testo, Weston L., Ranker, Tom A.

“…The emergence of angiosperm-dominated tropical forests in the Cretaceous led to major shifts in the composition of biodiversity on Earth. Among these was the…”
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Reticulate evolution in the Pteris fauriei group (Pteridaceae) by Chao, Yi-Shan, Ebihara, Atsushi, Chiou, Wen-Liang, Tsai, Jer-Min, Huang, Yu-Wen, Ranker, Tom A.

“…The Pteris fauriei group (Pteridaceae) has a wide distribution in Eastern Asia and includes 18 species with similar but varied morphology. We collected more…”
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What do we know about Hawaiian ferns and lycophytes by Ranker, Tom A.

“…The Hawaiian Islands are home to one of the most distinctive fern and lycophyte floras in the world. Of the 144 native fern species, 76% are endemic and,…”
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Evolutionary history and phylogeography of Encelia farinosa (Asteraceae) from the Sonoran, Mojave, and Peninsular Deserts by Fehlberg, Shannon D., Ranker, Tom A.

“…Pleistocene glaciations have had a profound influence on the genetic structure of plant species throughout the Northern Hemisphere because of range…”
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Unraveling the phylogeny of polygrammoid ferns (Polypodiaceae and Grammitidaceae): exploring aspects of the diversification of epiphytic plants by Schneider, Harald, Smith, Alan R., Cranfill, Raymond, Hildebrand, Terri J., Haufler, Christopher H., Ranker, Tom A.

“…We explore the phylogeny of the polygrammoid ferns using nucleotide sequences derived from three plastid loci for each of 98 selected species. Our analyses…”
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Origin of the endemic fern genus Diellia coincides with the renewal of Hawaiian terrestrial life in the Miocene by Schneider, H, Ranker, T.A, Russell, S.J, Cranfill, R, Geiger, J.M.O, Aguraiuja, R, Wood, K.R, Grundmann, M, Kloberdanz, K, Vogel, J.C

“… 0.43 Myr ago)…”
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A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns by Schuettpelz, Eric, Schneider, Harald, Smith, Alan R, Hovenkamp, Peter, Prado, Jefferson, Rouhan, Germinal, Salino, Alexandre, Sundue, Michael, Is, Tha, Almeida, Elias, Parris, Barbara, Sessa, Emily B, Field, Ashley R, Is de Gasper, Lu, Rothfels, Carl J, Windham, Michael D, Lehnert, Marcus, Dauphin, Benjamin, Ebihara, Atsushi, Lehtonen, Samuli, Bond Schwartsburd, Pedro, Metzgar, Jordan, Zhang, Li-Bing, Kuo, Li-Yaung, Brownsey, Patrick J, Kato, Masahiro, Arana, Marcelo Daniel, Assis, Francine C, Barker, Michael S, Barrington, David S, Chang, Ho-Ming, Chang, Yi-Han, Chao, Yi-Shan, Chen, Cheng-Wei, Chen, De-Kui, Chiou, Wen-Liang, Icius, Vin, de Oliveira Dittrich, Antonio, Duan, Yi-Fan, Dubuisson, Jean-Yves, Farrar, Donald R, Fawcett, Susan, Mar Ia Gabriel y Gal An, Jose, Luiz, Armando, Oes-Neto, G, Grant, Jason R, Grusz, Amanda L, Haufler, Christopher, Hauk, Warren, He, Hai, Hennequin, Sabine, Hirai, Regina Yoshie, Huiet, Layne, Kessler, Michael, Korall, Petra, Labiak, Paulo H, Larsson, Anders, Le On, Blanca, Li, Chun-Xiang, Li, Fay-Wei, Link-P Erez, Melanie, Liu, Hong-Mei, Lu, Ngan Thi, Meza-Torres, Esteban I, Miao, Xin-Yuan, Moran, Robbin, Mynssen, Claudine Massi, Nagalingum, Nathalie, Øllgaard, Benjamin, Paul, Alison M, De, Jovani B, Pereira, S, Perrie, Leon R, Ponce, Onica, Ranker, Tom A, Schulz, Christian, Shinohara, Wataru, Shmakov, Alexander, Sigel, Erin M, Soares de Souza, Filipe, Da, Lana, Sylvestre, Silva, Testo, Weston, Luz, Amparo, Tsutsumi, Chie, Tuomisto, Hanna, Valdespino, Iv an A, Vasco, Alejandra, Stauffer Viveros, Raquel, Weakley, Alan, Wei, Ran, Weststrand, Stina, Wolf, Paul G, Yatskievych, George, Xu, Xiao-Gang, Yan, Yue-Hong, Zhang, Liang, Zhang, Xian-Chun, Zhou, Xin-Mao

“…Phylogeny has long informed pteridophyte classification. As our ability to infer evolutionary trees has improved, classifications aimed at recognizing natural…”
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Islands are key for protecting the world’s plant endemism by Schrader, Julian, Weigelt, Patrick, Cai, Lirong, Westoby, Mark, Fernández-Palacios, José María, Cabezas, Francisco J., Plunkett, Gregory M., Ranker, Tom A., Triantis, Kostas A., Trigas, Panayiotis, Kubota, Yasuhiro, Kreft, Holger

“…Islands are renowned as evolutionary laboratories and support many species that are not found elsewhere 1 , 2 . Islands are also of great conservation concern,…”
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High resilience of Pacific Island forests to a category- 5 cyclone by Ticktin, Tamara, McGuigan, Ashley, Alo, Frazer, Balick, Michael J., Boraks, Andre, Sam, Chanel, Doro, Thomas, Dovo, Presley, Ibanez, Thomas, Naikatini, Alivereti, Ranker, Tom A., Tuiwawa, Marika V., Wahe, Jean-Pascal, Plunkett, Gregory M.

“…Assessing how forests respond to, and recuperate from, cyclones is critical to understanding forest dynamics and planning for the impacts of climate change…”
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Madagascar sheds new light on the molecular systematics and biogeography of grammitid ferns: New unexpected lineages and numerous long-distance dispersal events by Bauret, Lucie, Gaudeul, Myriam, Sundue, Michael A., Parris, Barbara S., Ranker, Tom A., Rakotondrainibe, France, Hennequin, Sabine, Ranaivo, Jaona, Selosse, Marc-André, Rouhan, Germinal

“…[Display omitted] Based on a worldwide phylogenetic framework filling the taxonomic gap of Madagascar and surrounding islands of the Western Indian Ocean…”
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends: Resolving the origins and relationships of the Pellaea wrightiana hybrid complex by Windham, Michael D., Huiet, Layne, Metzgar, Jordan S., Ranker, Tom A., Yatskievych, George, Haufler, Christopher H., Pryer, Kathleen M.

“…Premise The taxonomic status of Wright's cliff brake fern, Pellaea wrightiana, has been in dispute ever since it was first described by Hooker in 1858…”
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Why are there so few species of ferns? by Ranker, Tom A., Sundue, Michael A.

“…A recent study has documented a natural hybridization event between two fern lineages that last shared a common ancestor about 60 million years ago. This is…”
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Molecular biogeography and origins of the Hawaiian fern flora by Geiger, Jennifer M. O., Ranker, Tom A., Neale, Jennifer M Ramp, Klimas, Susan T.

“…Located approximately 4000 km from the nearest continent, the Hawaiian Islands comprise the most isolated archipelago on Earth. This isolation has resulted in…”
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Global phylogeny and biogeography of grammitid ferns (Polypodiaceae) by Sundue, Michael A., Parris, Barbara S., Ranker, Tom A., Smith, Alan R., Fujimoto, Erin L., Zamora-Crosby, Delia, Morden, Clifford W., Chiou, Wen-Liang, Chen, Cheng-Wei, Rouhan, Germinal, Hirai, Regina Y., Prado, Jefferson

“…[Display omitted] •We examined historical biogeography of grammitid ferns.•The grammitid clade arose among Neotropical polypod ancestors about…”
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Calendar Plants in Southern Vanuatu by Balick, Michael J., Plunkett, Gregory M., Harrison, K. David, Kelso, Neal, Wahe, Martial, Ramík, Dominik M., Dovo, Presley, Nasauman, Wina, Neriam, Reuben, Keith, Tony, Ranker, Tom A., Wahe, Jean-Pascal

“…Pacific peoples maintain strong traditional ties to their local environments. One noteworthy example of these is the use of “ecological calendars,” in which…”
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Conservation of rare species with island-like distributions: A case study of Lasthenia conjugens (Asteraceae) using population genetic structure and the distribution of rare markers by RAMP NEALE, JENNIFER M., RANKER, TOM A., COLLINGE, SHARON K.

“…Californian vernal pools, a patchy, island‐like habitat, are endangered as a result of habitat destruction. Conservation of the remaining vernal pool habitat…”
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Morphological characterization of infra‐generic lineages in Deparia (Athyriaceae: Polypodiales) by Kuo, Li‐Yaung, Ebihara, Atsushi, Kato, Masahiro, Rouhan, Germinal, Ranker, Tom A., Wang, Chun‐Neng, Chiou, Wen‐Liang

“…Deparia, including the previously recognized genera Lunathyrium, Dryoathyrium (=Parathyrium), Athyriopsis, Triblemma, and Dictyodroma, is a fern genus…”
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Systematics of Grammitid Ferns (Polypodiaceae): Using Morphology and Plastid Sequence Data to Resolve the Circumscriptions of Melpomene and the Polyphyletic Genera Lellingeria and Terpsichore by Sundue, Michael A, Islam, Melissa B, Ranker, Tom A

“…Recent phylogenetic analyses of grammitid ferns (Polypodiaceae) have demonstrated that some genera recognized within this clade are not monophyletic. We focus…”
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Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic Malesian fern Thylacopteris (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae) by Schneider, H, Janssen, T, Hovenkamp, P, Smith, A.R, Cranfill, R, Haufler, C.H, Ranker, T.A

“…Thylacopteris is the sister to a diverse clade of polygrammoid ferns that occurs mainly in Southeast Asia and Malesia. The phylogenetic relationships are…”
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Ecological factors influencing growth of the endangered Hawaiian fern Marsilea villosa (Marsileaceae) and implications for conservation management by Chau, Marian M, Reyes, Whitney R, Ranker, Tom A

“…• Premise of the Study: Conserving endangered plants is a complex task, and practitioners must often use a “triage” approach, addressing only immediate needs…”
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