List of works - Barnabas H. Daru

Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large-scale digitization

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Savanna fire and the origins of the 'underground forests' of Africa

scientific article

Spiny plants, mammal browsers, and the origin of African savannas.

scientific article published on 06 September 2016

Biological collections for understanding biodiversity in the Anthropocene

scientific article published on 19 November 2018

Incorporating trnH-psbA to the core DNA barcodes improves significantly species discrimination within southern African Combretaceae

scientific article

Phylogenetic Patterns of Extinction Risk in the Eastern Arc Ecosystems, an African Biodiversity Hotspot

scientific article published on October 8, 2012

Evidence of constant diversification punctuated by a mass extinction in the African cycads

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Phylogenetic exploration of commonly used medicinal plants in South Africa

scientific article

A Global Trend towards the Loss of Evolutionarily Unique Species in Mangrove Ecosystems.

scientific article

Integrating biogeography, threat and evolutionary data to explore extinction crisis in the taxonomic group of cycads

scientific article

Efficacy of the core DNA barcodes in identifying processed and poorly conserved plant materials commonly used in South African traditional medicine

scientific article

Ten years of barcoding at the African Centre for DNA Barcoding

scientific article

A novel proof of concept for capturing the diversity of endophytic fungi preserved in herbarium specimens

Morphological and molecular identification of filamentous Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus isolated from compound feeds in South Africa

scientific article published on 2 June 2014

DNA barcodes reveal microevolutionary signals in fire response trait in two legume genera

scientific article published on 27 October 2015

Testing the reliability of standard and complementary DNA barcodes for the monocot subfamily Alooideae from South Africa

scholarly article

Multiple routes underground? Frost alone cannot explain the evolution of underground trees

scientific article

Endemism patterns are scale dependent

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

phyloregion: R package for biogeographic regionalization and spatial conservation

Savanna tree evolutionary ages inform the reconstruction of the paleoenvironment of our hominin ancestors

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Temperature controls phenology in continuously flowering species of subtropical Africa

article

Herbarium records reveal early flowering in response to warming in the southern hemisphere

article

Bias assessments to expand research harnessing biological collections

article by Emily K. Meineke & Barnabas H. Daru published September 2021 in Trends in Ecology & Evolution

The macroecology of spines on woody plants

scientific article published on 6 August 2025

Biogeographic processes underlying global patterns of plant diversity

scientific article published in 2026

Spatial overlaps between the global protected areas network and terrestrial hotspots of evolutionary diversity

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

phyloregion: Biogeographic Regionalization and Macroecology

Nine changes needed to deliver a radical transformation in biodiversity measurement

scientific article published on 4 March 2026

Opportunities for unlocking the potential of genomics for African trees

scientific article published on December 22, 2015

Widespread homogenization of plant communities in the Anthropocene

scientific article published on 06 December 2021

phyloregion: R package for biogeographical regionalization and macroecology

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Differences in evolutionary history translate into differences in invasion success of alien mammals in South Africa

scientific article

List of works by Barnabas H. Daru

Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large-scale digitization

Savanna fire and the origins of the 'underground forests' of Africa

Spiny plants, mammal browsers, and the origin of African savannas.

Biological collections for understanding biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Incorporating trnH-psbA to the core DNA barcodes improves significantly species discrimination within southern African Combretaceae

Phylogenetic Patterns of Extinction Risk in the Eastern Arc Ecosystems, an African Biodiversity Hotspot

Evidence of constant diversification punctuated by a mass extinction in the African cycads

Phylogenetic exploration of commonly used medicinal plants in South Africa

A Global Trend towards the Loss of Evolutionarily Unique Species in Mangrove Ecosystems.

Integrating biogeography, threat and evolutionary data to explore extinction crisis in the taxonomic group of cycads

Efficacy of the core DNA barcodes in identifying processed and poorly conserved plant materials commonly used in South African traditional medicine

Ten years of barcoding at the African Centre for DNA Barcoding

A novel proof of concept for capturing the diversity of endophytic fungi preserved in herbarium specimens

Morphological and molecular identification of filamentous Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus isolated from compound feeds in South Africa

DNA barcodes reveal microevolutionary signals in fire response trait in two legume genera

Testing the reliability of standard and complementary DNA barcodes for the monocot subfamily Alooideae from South Africa

Multiple routes underground? Frost alone cannot explain the evolution of underground trees

Endemism patterns are scale dependent

phyloregion: R package for biogeographic regionalization and spatial conservation

Savanna tree evolutionary ages inform the reconstruction of the paleoenvironment of our hominin ancestors

Temperature controls phenology in continuously flowering species of subtropical Africa

Herbarium records reveal early flowering in response to warming in the southern hemisphere

Bias assessments to expand research harnessing biological collections

The macroecology of spines on woody plants

Biogeographic processes underlying global patterns of plant diversity

Spatial overlaps between the global protected areas network and terrestrial hotspots of evolutionary diversity

phyloregion: Biogeographic Regionalization and Macroecology

Nine changes needed to deliver a radical transformation in biodiversity measurement

Opportunities for unlocking the potential of genomics for African trees

Widespread homogenization of plant communities in the Anthropocene

phyloregion: R package for biogeographical regionalization and macroecology

Differences in evolutionary history translate into differences in invasion success of alien mammals in South Africa