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List of works by Michael D. Pirie

'Andean-centred' genera in the short-branch clade of Annonaceae: testing biogeographical hypotheses using phylogeny reconstruction and molecular dating

scholarly article by Michael D. Pirie et al published January 2006 in Journal of Biogeography

A Generic Classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae)1

scholarly article by H. Peter Linder et al published October 2010 in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

A broader model for C₄ photosynthesis evolution in plants inferred from the goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae s.s.)

scientific article (publication date: 22 August 2012)

A densely sampled ITS phylogeny of the Cape flagship genus Erica L. suggests numerous shifts in floral macro-morphology

scientific article published on 22 June 2011

A molecular phylogeny reveals evidence of rapid and recent radiation in Cape and Australian members of the genus Zygophyllum

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A new subfamilial and tribal classification of the pantropical flowering plant family Annonaceae informed by molecular phylogenetics

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

A novel supermatrix approach improves resolution of phylogenetic relationships in a comprehensive sample of danthonioid grasses.

scientific article published on 2 July 2008

A plastid tree can bring order to the chaotic generic taxonomy of Rytidosperma Steud. s.l. (Poaceae).

scientific article published on 21 December 2009

A rapid and inexpensive method for the direct PCR amplification of DNA from plants

scientific article

A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus (Annonaceae), including five new species

scientific article published in 2018

An approach to determining anthocyanin synthesis enzyme gene expression in an evolutionary context: an example from Erica plukenetii

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

An approach to identify putative hybrids in the 'coalescent stochasticity zone', as exemplified in the African plant genus Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae).

scientific article published on 4 February 2013

Ancient paralogy in the cpDNA trnL-F region in Annonaceae: implications for plant molecular systematics

scientific article published in June 2007

Annonaceae substitution rates: a codon model perspective

Back to Gondwanaland: can ancient vicariance explain (some) Indian Ocean disjunct plant distributions?

scientific article

Chromosome-level reference genome of the soursop (Annona muricata): A new resource for Magnoliid research and tropical pomology

scientific article published on 10 March 2021

Cremastosperma (and other evolutionary digressions): Molecular phylogenetic, biogeographic, and taxonomic studies in Neotropical Annonaceae

scientific article published in 2005

Curating an online checklist for Erica L. (Ericaceae): contributing to and supporting global conservation through the World Flora Online

scientific article published in 2024

Dating clades with fossils and molecules: the case of Annonaceae

scientific article published in 2012

Diversification in evolutionary arenas – assessment and synthesis

Diversification in evolutionary arenas-Assessment and synthesis

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Diversification ofChionochloa(Poaceae) and biogeography of the New Zealand Southern Alps

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Do pollinator distributions underlie the evolution of pollination ecotypes in the Cape shrub Erica plukenetii?

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Early evolutionary history of the flowering plant family Annonaceae: steady diversification and boreotropical geodispersal

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Ecology and evolution of the diaspore "burial syndrome".

scientific article published in December 2010

Evolution of leaf anatomy in arid environments - A case study in southern African Tetraena and Roepera (Zygophyllaceae).

scientific article published on 11 January 2016

Floral Color, Anthocyanin Synthesis Gene Expression and Control in Cape Erica Species

scientific article published on 28 November 2019

Genus Erica: An identification aid version 4.00

scientific article published in 2024

Historical biogeography of two cosmopolitan families of flowering plants: Annonaceae and Rhamnaceae

scientific article (publication date: 29 October 2004)

Identifying clades in Asian Annonaceae: monophyletic genera in the polyphyletic Miliuseae

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Leaps and bounds: geographical and ecological distance constrained the colonisation of the Afrotemperate by Erica

scholarly article published 30 March 2018

Leaps and bounds: geographical and ecological distance constrained the colonisation of the Afrotemperate by Erica

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

Model uncertainty in ancestral area reconstruction: A parsimonious solution?

scientific article published on June 2012

New Species of Cremastosperma (Annonaceae) from Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama

scientific article

Parallel diversifications of Cremastosperma and Mosannona (Annonaceae), tropical rainforest trees tracking Neogene upheaval of South America

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Parallel diversifications ofCremastospermaandMosannona(Annonaceae), tropical rainforest trees tracking Neogene upheaval of the South American continent

scholarly article published 3 June 2017

Phylogenies from concatenated data: Is the end nigh?

scientific article (publication date: 25 June 2015)

Phylogenomic analysis reveals deep divergence and recombination in an economically important grapevine virus

scientific article

Preventing species extinctions: A global conservation consortium for <i>Erica</i>

scientific article published in 2022

Redefining the megagenus Erica L. (Ericaceae): the contributions of E. G. H. Oliver and I. M. Oliver (née Nitzsche) to taxonomy and nomenclature

scientific article published in 2024

Reticulation, data combination, and inferring evolutionary history: an example from Danthonioideae (Poaceae).

scientific article

Revision and Biogeography of Centrolobium (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae)

scholarly article, published in 'Systematic Botany' in 2009

Spatial decoupling of taxon richness, phylogenetic diversity and threat status in the megagenus Erica (Ericaceae)

scientific article published in 2024

Targeted NGS for species level phylogenomics: "made to measure" or "one size fits all"?

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Testing reticulate versus coalescent origins of Erica lusitanica using a species phylogeny of the northern heathers (Ericeae, Ericaceae).

scientific article published on 16 April 2015

The Migration of the Palaeotropical Arid Flora: Zygophylloideae as an Example

scientific article published in 2012

The biodiversity hotspot as evolutionary hot-bed: spectacular radiation of Erica in the Cape Floristic Region

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The evolution of dwarf shrubs in alpine environments: a case study of Alchemilla in Africa

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The recent recombinant evolution of a major crop pathogen, potato virus Y

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The soursop genome and comparative genomics of basal angiosperms provide new insights on evolutionary incongruence

Three New Rarely Collected or Endangered Species of Annonaceae from Venezuela

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Underestimated regional species diversity in the Cape Floristic Region revealed by phylogenetic analysis of the Erica abietina/E. viscaria clade (Ericaceae)

scientific article published in June 2017

What determines biogeographical ranges? Historical wanderings and ecological constraints in the danthonioid grasses

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When do different C4 leaf anatomies indicate independent C4 origins? Parallel evolution of C4 leaf types in Camphorosmeae (Chenopodiaceae).

scientific article published on 8 May 2014

Which changes are needed to render all genera of the German flora monophyletic?

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Erica L. (Ericaceae): homonyms amongst published names for African species and proposed replacement names

scientific article published in 2023