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List of works by Dirk U. Bellstedt

A New Phylogeny-Based Sectional Classification for the Large African Orchid Genus Disa

scientific article published on November 2008

A PCR-based method to detect species of Gondwanamyces and Ophiostoma on surfaces of insects colonizing Protea flowers

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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 model of bulb evolution in the eudicot genus Oxalis (Oxalidaceae).

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A molecular phylogeny for the large African orchid genus Disa

scientific article published on 24 August 2006

A new species of Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae) endemic to Madagascar

scientific article published in 2005

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

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A tree well travelled: global genetic structure of the invasive treeAcacia saligna

Acid-treated, naked bacteria as immune carriers for protein antigens.

scientific article published in April 1987

Amplification, Sequence and Expression of the Harpin Encoding Gene of the Bacterial Canker Pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Strain NV

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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

An assessment of molecular variability and recombination patterns in South African isolates of Potato virus Y.

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

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Can biochemical phenotype, obtained from herbarium samples, help taxonomic decisions? – A case study using Gentianaceae

scientific article published in August 2019

Chilling response of ‘Granny Smith’ apple lateral buds inhibited by distal shoot tissues

article by Nigel C Cook & D.U. Bellstedt published July 2001 in Scientia Horticulturae

Conservation implications of avian malaria exposure for African penguins during rehabilitation

scholarly article by Annelise Botes et al published 31 July 2017 in South African Journal of Science

Consistent phenological shifts in the making of a biodiversity hotspot: the Cape flora

scientific article (publication date: 8 February 2011)

Cultivation shapes genetic novelty in a globally important invader

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Cytokinins in the xylem sap of the dioecious fynbos shrub, Leucadendron rubrum Burm. f.: seasonal fluctuations and their possible interaction with morphological characteristics as expressed in the two sexes

scientific article published in 1994

Diversity, Characterisation and Classification of PVY

Endogenous cytokinin distribution patterns at budburst in Granny Smith and Braeburn apple shoots in relation to bud growth

article by Nigel C. Cook et al published January 2001 in Scientia Horticulturae

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay detection of Ralstonia solanacearum in potatoes: the South African experience

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Estimating the age of fire in the Cape flora of South Africa from an orchid phylogeny

scientific article (publication date: 22 January 2011)

Evolution and Origin of PVY

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

scientific article published on 11 January 2016

Extinction risk and diversification are linked in a plant biodiversity hotspot

scientific article (publication date: May 2011)

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

scientific article published on 28 November 2019

Genetic variability within the coat protein gene of Grapevine fanleaf virus isolates from South Africa and the evaluation of RT-PCR, DAS-ELISA and ImmunoStrips as virus diagnostic assays

scientific article published on 5 February 2009

Genomic Fingerprints of Palaeogeographic History: The tempo and mode of Rift tectonics across tropical Africa has shaped the diversification of the killifish genus Nothobranchius (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)

scientific article published on 12 October 2020

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

Molecular Markers Reject Monophyly of the Subgenera of Satyrium (Orchidaceae)

scientific article published in 2005

Molecular phylogenetics and origins of southern African Oxalis

scientific article published on December 2011

New Streptocarpus species (Gesneriaceae) from South Africa

scientific article published in December 2008

Notes on the phytogeography and conservation status of the genus Acanthopsis (Acantheae, Acanthaceae)

scientific article published on 2 September 2019

Nothobranchius balamaensis (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from northern Mozambique

scientific article published in 2022

Nothobranchius sainthousei, a new species of annual killifish from the Luapula River drainage in northern Zambia (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)

scientific article published in November 2016

Origin and diversification of the Greater Cape flora: ancient species repository, hot-bed of recent radiation, or both?

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Phylogenetic relationships amongst the African genera of subtribe Orchidinae s.l. (Orchidaceae; Orchideae): implications for subtribal and generic delimitations

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

Phylogenetic relationships, character evolution and biogeography of southern African members of Zygophyllum (Zygophyllaceae) based on three plastid regions.

scientific article published on 29 February 2008

Phylogeography and molecular evolution of potato virus Y.

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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

Redescription of the seasonal killifish species Nothobranchius ocellatus and description of a related new species Nothobranchius matanduensis, from eastern Tanzania (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae)

scientific article published in August 2020

Review of the Nothobranchius taeniopygus species group from central and western Tanzania with descriptions of five new species and redescription of Nothobranchius taeniopygus (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae)

scientific article published in February 2020

Review of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group from the inland plateau of eastern Africa with descriptions of six new species (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae)

scientific article published in May 2020

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

scientific article published in 2024

Streptocarpus redefined to include all Afro-Malagasy Gesneriaceae: Molecular phylogenies prove congruent with geographical distribution and basic chromosome numbers and uncover remarkable morphological homoplasies

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Systematic Relationships in Southern African Oxalis L. (Oxalidaceae): Congruence between Palynological and Plastid trnL-F Evidence

scientific article (publication date: November 2004)

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 Cape element in the Afrotemperate flora: from Cape to Cairo?

scientific article (publication date: 22 February 2007)

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 effect of cytochrome b5on progesterone metabolism in the ovine adrenal

scientific article published on 01 February 1995

The identification of oppA gene homologues as part of the oligopeptide transport system in mycoplasmas

scientific article published on 17 December 2014

The impact of pollination syndrome and habitat on gene flow: a comparative study of two Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae) species

scientific article published in October 2007

The plasticity of breeding system in arid-adapted Zygophylloideae

scientific article published in 2019

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

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