Updated on 1/9/2007

Robert K. Jansen, Blake Centennial Professor and Chair

Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin

Birthdate: 4/23/54 Birthplace: Green Bay, Wisconsin

Home Address: 10911 Sierra Oaks

Austin, TX 79759

(512) 335-6098

Work Address: Section of Integrative Biology

University of Texas at Austin

Patterson Labs 141

Austin TX 78712

Phone: 512-471-8827 (office), 512-471-8854 (lab)

Email: jansen@mail.utexas.edu

Date of Appointment: 1991

Education: B.S. 1976 Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh - Biology

Ph.D. 1982 Ohio State University - Botany

Experience: 1976‑1982 Research/Teaching Assistant, Ohio State

University

1982‑1983 Assistant Professor, Columbus College of Art and Design

1982‑1983 Research Associate, Botany Department, Ohio State Univ.

1983‑1984 Visiting Assistant Professor and Acting Curator of Beal-
Darlington Herbarium, Michigan State University

1984‑1987 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Univ. of Michigan

1987‑1991 Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Connecticut

1991-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Botany, The University of Texas at Austin

1998-1999 Professor, Department of Botany, The University of Texas at Austin

1999- Professor and Chair, Section of Integrative Biology, The

University of Texas at Austin

2000- Blake Centennial Professor in Systematic Botany

Honors or Distinctions: B.S. Biology (cum laude) 1976, Sigma Xi member, 1977-present

Fields of Specialization: Plant Molecular Systematics and Evolution, Chloroplast Genome Evolution, Evolution and Systematics of the Asteraceae and Campanulaceae, Origin and Evolution of Oceanic Island Floras

Professional Societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Botanical Society of America, International Association of Plant Taxonomists, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biology; Sigma Xi

National and International Offices:

1983‑1984 ASPT Committee for Floristics of Temperate North America,

Acting Chairman

1988‑1989 ASPT Nominations Committee member

2001- Editorial Committee, Systematic Botany

1996-1999 Council Member, ASPT

1996-1999 ASPT Awards Committee

1990- Advisory Board, Plant Systematics and Evolution

1990- Editorial Board, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

1998- Member, Committee of Visitors, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard

Univ.

1998- Editorial Board, Journal of Plant Biology

2001- Scientific Advisory Board, Seacology

2002- Committee on Committees, Botanical Society of America

2005 ASPT Local host of Annual Meetings

2005- BMC Evolutionary Biology, Editorial Board

Manuscript Reviews:

American Journal of Botany

Annals of Botany

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Canadian Journal of Botany

Brittonia

Evolution

Genetics

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Molecular Ecology

Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution

National Geographic Society

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

Science

Systematic Botany

Systematic Botany Monographs

Taxon

Nucleic Acids Research

Grant Reviews

National Science Foundation: Systematic Biology

Population Biology

New Young Investigators - panel member (1993)

Committee of Visitors - Systematics and

Population Biology Cluster - member (1993)

NSF/DOE/USDA Collaborative Research in Plant

Biology Panel (1994)

Systematic Biology Panel Member (1997,1998, 2000)

Past Graduate Students:

Linda Raubeson, Ph.D. 1992 Yale - currently an Associate Professor at Central

Washington University

Roberta Mason-Gamer, Ph.D. 1993 University of Connecticut - currently an

Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago

Mary Beth Cosner, Ph.D. 1993 Ohio State University - deceased

Jeannette Whitton, Ph.D. 1994 University of Connecticut - currently an Associate

Professor at the University of British Columbia

Youngdong Kim, Ph.D. 1994 Univeristy of Texas - currently an Assistant

Professor at Han Lim University, Korea

Alice Hempel, Ph.D. 1995 Univ. of Texas - Associate Professor at Texas A&M

Kingsville

Dennis Loockerman, Ph.D. 1996 Univeristy of Texas - currently employed in the

DNA fingerprinting lab in the Texas Department of Public Safety

Kathy Gould Mathews, Ph.D. 1997 University of Texas - currently an Assistant

Professor at Western Carolina University

Hyi-Gyung Kim, Ph.D. 1997 University of Texas - currently a Research Associate

at the University of Texas

Carolyn Ferguson, Ph.D. 1998 University of Texas, currently an Assistant

Professor at Kansas State University

Zaiming Zhao, Ph.D. 1999 University of Texas, currently a Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at University of Texas

Doug Goldman, Ph.D. 2000 University of Texas, currently a Research Assistant at

Harvard University

Jan Barber, Ph.D. 2000 University of Texas, currently an Assistant Professor at

Saint Louis University

Les Goertzen, Ph.D. 2001 University of Texas, currently an Assistant Professor at

Auburn University.

Sarah Simmons, Ph.D. (co-advisor with Beryl Simpson) 2002 University of Texas,

currently the Program Coordinator of Undergraduate Research, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas.

Katie Hansen, Ph.D. 2004 University of Texas, currently a Lecturer and Research Fellow at University of Texas.

Stacia Wyman, Ph.D. (co-advisor with Ben Kuipers, computer science) 2004 University of Texas, currently a postdoctoral fellow at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute, Seattle, Washington.

Bonnie Crozier, Ph.D. (co-advisor with Jose Panero) 2005 University of Texas,

currently a research fellow at University of Texas.

Mike Moore, Ph.D. 2005 University of Texas, currently a postdoctoral fellow at

University of Florida.

Romey Haberle, Ph.D. 2006 University of Texas, currently a postdoctoral fellow

University of California, Davis.

Current Graduate Students:

Timothy Chumley, Ph.D.

Barbara Goodson, Ph.D.

Mary Guisinger, Ph.D.

Pamela Steele, Ph.D.

Debra Hansen, Ph.D. (co-advised with Beryl Simpson)

Zhengqiu Cai, Ph.D.

Sayantani Ghosh Dastidar, Ph.D.

Taylor Sultan Quedensley, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellows:

Dr. Robert S. Wallace - Rutgers University - Oct 1987- Aug 1990

Dr. Jan Johannson - University of Lund - Sep 1989 - Jun 1990

Dr. Ki-Joong Kim - University of Texas - Dec 1989 - Aug 1994

Dr. Linda Raubeson - Yale University - May 1991 - Dec 1991

Dr. Jose Panero - University of Tennessee - Jun 1991- Dec 1993

Dr. Jun Wen - Ohio State University - Mar 1991 - Dec 1991

Dr. Javier Fuertes - Univ. of Salemanca, Spain - Oct 1994 - Jun 1996

Dr. Javier Francisco-Ortega - Univ. of Birmingham, Great Britain - Jan 1994 -

Dec 1996

Dr. Juli Caujape-Castells - University of Barcelona, Spain - Jan 1997 - Sep 1998

Dr. Seonjoo Park - Korea University, Korea - Sep 1998 - May 2000.

Dr. William Eddie - University of Edinburgh - Apr 2000 - Sep 2003

Visiting Scientists:

Dr. Birgitta Bremer - University of Stockholm - Fall 1987

Dr. Edward Schilling - University of Tennessee - Spring 1988

Ms. Linda Watson - University of Oklahoma - Spring 1988

Mr. Ki-Joong Kim - University of Texas - Summer 1988

Dr. Sterling Keeley - Whittier College - Aug 1988 - Aug 1990

Ms. Linda Raubeson - Yale University - Aug 1988 - Apr 1991

Dr. Meredith Lane - Univ. of Kansas - Aug 1989 - Dec 1989

Dr. Lowell Urbatsch - Louisiana State University - 1991

Dr. Mari Kallerjso - Smithsonian Institution - Nov 1991

Dr. Mark Bierner - Southwest Texas State University - Jun 1992 - Jun 1993

Dr. John Averett - National Wildflower Research Center - Aug 1992 - Aug 1994

Dr. Luc Brouillet - University of Montreal - Jan 1993 - Apr 1993

Dr. Frank Hellwig - University of Gottingen - Jul 1993 - Dec 1993

Mr. Liu Jianguo - Xinjiang Agricultural College - Aug 1994 - Aug 1995

Dr. Uta-Regina Boehle - Freie Universitat Berlin - Dec 1996 - Jan 1997

Dr. John Bain - University of Lethbridge - Jan 1993 - Jul 1993, Jan 1997 - Jun 1997

Ruth Jaen Molina – Jardín Botánico Canario "Viera y Clavijo", Mar – Dec 2001

Dr. Ki-Ryong Park - Kyung-Nam University, Mar 2004 - Feb 2005

Undergraduate Research Advising:

Elisa Korompai - Summer - Fall 1993 -"Phylogenetic Relationships in the tribe Lactuceae (Asteraceae) Using ndhF Sequences" -funded by a REU supplement to NSF grant

Marianela Cuadrado - Summer 1993 - "Molecular Phylogenetic Studies in Passiflora (Passifloracae)" - funded by a REU supplement to an NSF grant to Dr. Linda Escobar at the University of Puerto Rico

Fernanda Zermoglio - Fall - Spring 1994 "Phylogenetic Studies of the tribe Mutisieae (Asteraceae)"

Ayelet Hines - Summer - Fall 1995 - "Phylogenetic Relationships of Argyranthemum (Asteraceae)" - funded by an REU supplement to my NSF grant

Susan Chen - Fall - Spring 1996 - "Origin of the Crop Plant Pepino Based on Nuclear DNA Sequences" - funded by University of Texas Undergraduate Research Funds

Scott McGauley - Fall - Spring 1996 - "Morphological and Molecular Studies of Ibervillea (Cucubitaceae) in Texas"

Franziska Kramer - Spring 1997 - "Molecular Systematic Studies of Phlox (Polemoniaceae)" - Franziska was an exchange student from Germany

Kyla Hobbs - Spring 1997 - "A Data-base of Useful Wild Plants of Texas"

Cindy Lintz - Fall 1997-Spring 1998 - "DNA Studies of Endemic Macaronesian Asteraceae" - funded by a REU supplement to my NSF grant

Jeff Mower - Spring/Summer 1998 - "ndhF Sequence Variation in the Inuleae" - funded by a REU supplement to my NSF grant

Josh Egly – Summer - Fall 1999 – “ETS Sequence Variation in Tolpis (Asteraceae)”- funded by a REU supplement to my NSF grant

Kavita Vyas - Fall 2000 -"ITS Sequence Variation in the Campanulaceae" - funded by a REU supplement to my NSF grant

Christine Green – Summer 2001 – present “Molecular Phylogeny of Echium”

Michael Martinez - Summer 2002 - "Chloroplast genome sequencing of Pelargonium"

Ashley Dang - Spring 2002 - Spring 2003 "matK sequences and the phylogeny of Campanulaceae

Tammy Lee - Fall 2002 - Spring 2004 "rbcL sequences and the phylogeny of Campanulaceae

Vanity McMurtry - Fall 2003 - Spring 2004 "chloroplast genome sequencing of Trifolium (Fabaceae)

Cynthia Penaflor - Summer 2004/2005 - Intern from Brigham Young University "chloroplast gene sequences and the phylogeny of Campanulaceae"

Sumaiyah Krehman - Fall 2004 - Spring 2006 - Phylogenetic studies in Descurainea (Brassicaceae)

Heather Bruce - Fall 2006 - present - Chloroplast genome evolution in Geraniaceae.

Graduate Student Committees:

Gary Baird, Ph.D. - Botany Hyong-Ha Kim, Ph.D. - Botany

Todd Barkman, Ph.D. - Botany Jae-Hyun Kim, Ph.D. - Microbiology

Phyllis Boyd, M.S. – Botany Younseok Kweon, Ph.D. - Zoology

Yu-Fen Chen, M.S. - Biology James V. Landrum, Ph.D. - Botany

Karen Clary, Ph.D. - Botany Leah Larkin, M.S. - Botany

John Clement, Ph.D. - Botany Yew Lee, Ph.D. - Botany

Janis Clements, M.A. - Botany Mark Mayfield, Ph.D. - Botany

Xiojiang Cui, Ph.D. - Botany Josh McDill, Ph.D. - Plant Biology

Jennifer Fritz, Ph.D. - Botany Heungsop Shin, Ph.D. - Botany

Tony Gonzalez, Ph.D. - Plant Biology Jennifer Tate, Ph.D. - Botany

Yanlin Guo, Ph.D. - Botany Martin E. Timana - Botany

Tracy Heath, Ph.D. - EEB Ruth Timme, Ph.D., Plant Biology

Megan Helfgott, Ph.D. - Botany Shun Tong, Ph.D. - Molecular Biology

Mark Holder, Ph.D. - Molecular Biology Yoriko Uozumi, Ph.D. - Biology

Hsu-Liang Hsieh, Ph.D. - Biology Li-San Wang, Ph.D. - Computer Science

Kyongmin Hwang, Ph.D. - Biology Zaiming Zhao, Ph.D. - Botany

Sarah Jackson, Ph.D. - Plant Biology Alicia Zicker, Ph.D. - Botany

Sarah Johnson, Ph.D. - Botany Derrick Zwickl, Ph.D. - EEB

Courses Taught (UT only):

Native Plants (Botany 419)

Plant Systematics (Botany 362/383C)

Angiosperm Diversity Lab (Botany 262C/283D)

Laboratory Methods in Molecular Systematics (Botany 394C)

Methods in Systematics (Botany 394)

Conference Course (Botany 110C)

Chloroplast Genomics (BIO 384K)

Recent Advances in Plant Phylogeny (BIO 384K)

Departmental/Section Committees:

1992-1993 Co-organized Departmental Seminars

1994 Plant Ecology Search Committee

1995 Plant Evolution Search Committee

1995-1996 Undergraduate advisor

1994 Graduate Affairs Committee, Member

1996-1999 Head, Graduate Admissions, Botany Graduate Program

1999 Conservation Biology Search Committee, Member

2002 Uteach Search Committee, Chair

2003 Molecular Evolution Search Committee, Member

1999 - present Chair, Section of Integrative Biology

School of Biological Sciences Committees:

1998 – present Executive Council, Member

1999 – present Planning Council, Member

2000 Biostatistics Search Committee, Chair

2001 - present Academic Council

University Committees:

1993-1994 College of Natural Sciences, Member, Committee for Strategic Planning of Life Sciences

1994 - 1995 College of Natural Sciences, Member, Life Sciences Reorganization

Committee

1995 – 1996 College of Natural Sciences, Member, Honors Committee

1995 – 1996 College of Natural Sciences, Member, ESB Renovation Committee

1997 – 1998 College of Natural Sciences, Member, Graduate Programs Task

Force for Reorganization of the Life Sciences

2001 - present College of Natural Sciences, Chair, Adhoc Committee on

Reviewing Current Conditions and Future Needs of Plant

Growth Facilities

Invited Lectures, Workshops, and Courses (since 1993):

12 October 1993 - Biology Department, Southwest Texas State University

20 October 1993 - Biology Department, Texas A & M University

11 - 13 January 1993 - Department of Biology, University of South Florida, Plant Molecular Systematics Workshop

18 February 1993 - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut

14 July 1993 - University Rotary Club, Austin, Texas

11 November 1993 - Botany Department, Ohio University

August 1993 – “Phylogenetic studies of the Asteridae based on ndhF sequences,”

Symposium on Alternative Genes for Plant Phylogeny. American Institute of Biological Sciences, Ames, Iowa

14 October 1994 - Biology Department, University of North Dakota

November 19, 1994. “The use of herbarium material for DNA studies. “ Sampling the Green World Conference, Fort Worth, Texas

11 February 1994 - Conference of the Association of Texas Botanic Gardens, University of Texas.

25 May 1994 - Botany Department, Smithsonian Institution

31 May 1994 - Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

June 1994 – “Applications of chloroplast DNA restriction site studies for conservation genetics. “ American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division, San Francisco State University

June 1994 - Bio 401C, 601C and Hughes Undergraduate program, University of Texas

July 1994 – “Phylogenetic implications of chloroplast DNA variation at inter- and intrafamilial levels.” Compositae Conference, Kew Botanic Gardens, England

July 1994 – “Phylogeny and evolution of the Lactuceae based on chloroplast DNA data.” Compositae Conference, Kew Botanic Gardens, England

3 July - 13 July 1995 - "Curso sobre sistematics molecular en plantas", two week course at the Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias, Valle Guerra, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

27 June - 10 July 1996 - "Metodos en Sistematica Molecular de Plantas", two week course at the Jardin Botanico Canario "Viera Y Clavijo", Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

29 September 1996 - Department of Biology, Yeungnam University, South Korea

1 October 1996 - Korean Institute of Biological Sciences, 50th Anniversary Meeting, Seoul, South Korea

4 October 1996 - Korean Society of Plant Taxonomists, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

23 October 1996 - Department of Botany, University of Kansas

12 March 1997 - Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California-Riverside

20 May 1997 - Relevance of Phylogeny to the Biological Sciences, presented to participants of the Workshop on Teaching in Biology held at the University of Texas

26 June 1997 - Hughes Undergraduate Program, University of Texas

9 September 1997 - Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis

21 April 1998 - North Austin Rotary Club, Austin, Texas

27 March 2000 – Department of Biology, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. Two talks: “Molecular data and the phylogeny and classification of the Asteraceae" and "Origin and evolution of endemic plants from the Macaronesian archipelagos"

4 May 2000 – Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, and "Origin and evolution of endemic plants from the Macaronesian archipelagos"

21 August 2000 - Cosner, M.E, R. K. Jansen, B.M.E. Moret, L.A. Raubeson, L.-S. Wang, T. Warnow, and S. Wyman. 2000. A new fast heuristic for computing the breakpoint phylogeny and experimental analyses of real and synthetic data. 8^th International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, La Jolla, CA, USA

23 September 2000 - Cosner, M.E, R. K. Jansen, B.M.E. Moret, L.A. Raubeson, L.-S. Wang, T. Warnow, and S. Wyman. 2000. An empirical comparison of phylogenetic methods on chloroplast gene order in Campanulaceae, DCAF meetings, Montreal, Canada

2 November 2000 – Jansen, R. K. 2000. DNA markers for assessing phylogenetic relationships among plant species. NIEH workshop on “PCR-based approaches to identify and quantitate botanicals in dietary supplements, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

14 January 2002. Jansen, R. K,. Comparative Chloroplast Genomics: Computational Methods for Reconstructing Phylogenies Using Genomic Rearrangements. Workshop on Integration of Phlygenetics and Genomics, Plant, Animal & Microbe X Conference, San Diego, CA

13 January 2003. Jansen, R. K. Comparative Chloroplast Genomics: Integrating Computational Methods, Phylogeny, and Molecular Evolution. Workshop on Organellar Genetics, Plant, Animal & Microbe XI Conference, San Diego, CA

11-15 January 2003. Jansen, R.K. Comparative chloroplast genomics: integrating computational methods, phylogeny, and molecular evolution. Plant Animal Genomics XI, San Diego, California

3 August 2004. Jansen, Robert K., Claude de Pamphilis, Linda A. Raubeson, James Leebens-Mack, Liying Cui, Yan Zhang, Stacia Wyman, Jeffrey Boore, and Jennifer V. Kuehl. The utility of whole chloroplast genome sequencing for reconstructing deep nodes in plants with an example from basal angiosperms. Symposium on Methods and Theory of Phylogenetic Inference, Botany 2004, Snowbird, Utah

4 August 2004. Haberle, Rosemarie C., Robert K.Jansen, Jeffrey L. Boore, and Jennifer Kuehl. Comparative chloroplast genomics of Campanulaceae: a model system for understanding mechanisms of genome evolution and the utility of genomic changes for phylogeny reconstruction. Symposium on Resolving the Green Branch of Life: Current Progress and Future Challenges, Botany 2004, Snowbird, Utah

6 July 2005. Jansen, R.K. Phylogenetic and Molecular Evolutionary Studies of Angioosperms Based on Whole Chloroplast Genomes. Botany Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

15 August 2005. Jansen, R. K. History and current status of Comparative Chloroplast Genomics. Symposium on Comparative Chloroplast Genomics, Botany 2005, Austin, TX.

17-22 September 2006. Jansen, R.K. Comparative Chloroplast Genomics. 4 lectures presented in Summer School Course course "Genome Evolution in Eukaryotes held in Bertinoro, Italy.

Publications:

(1) Jansen, R. K. and B. Parfitt. 1977. Allenrolfea mexicana Lundell (Chenopodiaceae): Its conspecificity with A. occidentalis (S. Wats.) Kuntze. Rhodora 79:130-132.

(2) Jansen, R. K. and T. F. Stuessy. 1980. Chromosome counts of Compositae from Latin America. Amer. J. Bot. 67: 585‑594.

(3) Jansen, R. K. 1981. Systematics of Spilanthes (Compositae: Heliantheae). Syst. Bot. 6: 231‑257.

(4) Smoot, E. L., R. K. Jansen, and T.N. Taylor. 1981. A phylogenetic analysis of land plants: A botanical commentary. Taxon 30:65-67.

(5) Bolick, M. and R. K. Jansen. 1981. New combinations of Salmea DC. (Compositae: Heliantheae). Brittonia 33:186.

(6) Jansen, R. K., N. A. Harriman, and L. Urbatsch. 1982. Squamopappus, gen. nov., and a redefinition of Podachaenium (Compositae: Heliantheae). Syst. Bot. 7:476-483.

(7) Jansen, R. K. and T. F. Stuessy. 1983. Una variedad nueva de Heliopsis (Compositae) de Colombia. Mutisia 51:1-4.

(8) Jansen, R. K., T. F. Stuessy, S. D. Piedrahita, and V. A. Funk. 1984. Recuentos cromosomicos de Compositae de Colombia. Caldasia 14:7-20.

(9) Jansen, R. K. 1985. Systematics of Acmella (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Syst. Bot. Monographs 8. 115 pp.

(10) Jansen, R. K. 1985. Systematic significance of chromosome numbers in Acmella (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Amer. J. Bot. 72: 1835‑1841.

(11) Jansen, R. K., E. B. Smith and D. J. Crawford. 1987. A cladistic study of North American Coreopsis (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Plt. Syst. Evol. 57: 73‑84.

(12) Jansen, R. K. and J. D. Palmer. 1987. Chloroplast DNA from lettuce and Barnadesia (Asteraceae): structure, gene localization, and characterization of a large inversion. Curr. Genet. 11: 553‑564.

(13) Jansen, R. K. and J. D. Palmer. 1987. A chloroplast DNA inversion marks an ancient evolutionary split in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84: 5818‑5822.

(14) Jansen, R. K. and J. D. Palmer. 1988. Phylogenetic implications of chloroplast DNA restriction site variation in the Mutisieae (Asteraceae). Amer. J. Bot. 75:751‑764.

(15) Steele, K. P., K. E. Holsinger, R. K. Jansen, and D. W. Taylor. 1988. Phylogenetic relationships in green plants - A comment on the use of 5S ribosomal RNA sequences by Bremer et al. Taxon 37: 135‑138.

(16) Palmer, J. D., R. K. Jansen, H. Michaels, J. Manhart, and M. Chase. 1988. Chloroplast DNA variation and plant phylogeny. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 1180‑1206.

(17) Jansen, R. K., J. D. Palmer, and H. J. Michaels. 1988. Investigations of chloroplast DNA variation in the Asteraceae. Compositae Newsletter 15: 2‑9.

(18) Schilling, E. E. and R. K. Jansen. 1989. Restriction fragment analysis of chloroplast DNA and the systematics of Viguiera and related genera (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Amer. J. Bot. 76:1769-1778.

(19) Olmstead, R. G., R. K. Jansen, H. J. Michaels, S. R. Downie, and J. D. Palmer. 1990. Chloroplast DNA and phylogenetic studies in the Asteridae. In: Biological Approaches and Evolutionary Trends in Plants. 4th International Symposium of Plant Biosystematics. Academic Press, New York, Pp. 119-134.

(20) Jansen, R. K., K. E. Holsinger, H. J. Michaels, and J. D. Palmer. 1990. Phylogenetic analysis of chloroplast DNA restriction site data: an example from the Asteraceae. Evolution 44: 2089-2105.

(21) Wallace, R. S. and R. K. Jansen. 1990. Systematic and evolutionary implications of chloroplast DNA variation in the genus Microseris D. Don (Asteraceae: Lactuceae). Syst. Bot. 15: 606-616.

(22) Jansen, R. K., H. J. Michaels, and J. D. Palmer. 1991. Phylogeny and character evolution in the Asteraceae based on chloroplast DNA restriction site mapping. Syst. Bot. 16: 98-115.

(23) Steele, K., K. E. Holsinger, R. K. Jansen and D. Taylor. 1991. Assessing the reliability of 5S rRNA sequence data for phylogenetic analysis in green plants. Mol. Biol. Evol. 8: 240-248.

(24) Jansen, R. K., H. J. Michaels, R. S. Wallace, K.-J. Kim, S. C. Keeley, L. E. Watson, and J. D. Palmer. 1991. Chloroplast DNA variation in the Asteraceae: Phylogenetic and evolutionary implications. In: Molecular Systematics of Plants (eds. D. Soltis, P. Soltis, and J. Doyle). Chapman and Hall, New York, Pp. 252-279.

(25) Keeley, S. C. and R. K. Jansen. 1991. Evidence from chloroplast DNA for the recognition of a new tribe the Tarchonantheae, and the tribal placement of Pluchea (Asteraceae). Syst. Bot. 16: 173-181.

(26) Bremer, B. B. and R. K. Jansen. 1991. Comparative restriction site mapping of chloroplast DNA implies new phylogenetic relationships within Rubiaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 78: 198-213.

(27) Jansen, R. K., R. S. Wallace, K.-J. Kim, and K. L. Chambers. 1991. Systematic implications of chloroplast DNA variation in the subtribe Microseridinae (Asteraceae: Lactuceae). Amer. J. Bot. 78: 1015-1027.

(28) Watson, L. E., R. K. Jansen, and J. Estes. 1991. Tribal placement of Marshallia (Asteraceae) based on evidence from chloroplast DNA restriction site mapping. Amer. J. Bot. 78: 1028-1035.

(29) Philbrick, C. T. and R. K. Jansen. 1991. Phylogenetic studies of North American Callitrichaceae using chloroplast DNA restriction fragment analysis. Syst. Bot. 16: 478-491.

(30) Johansson, J. and R. K. Jansen. 1991. Chloroplast DNA variation among five species of Ranunculaceae: structure, sequence divergence and phylogenetic relationships. Plt. Syst. Evol. 178:9-25.

(31) Raubeson, L. A. and R. K. Jansen. 1992. A rare chloroplast-DNA structural mutation is shared by all conifers. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 20:17-24.

(32) Raubeson, L. A. and R. K. Jansen. 1992. Chloroplast DNA evidence on the ancient evolutionary split in vascular land plants. Science 255:1697-1699.

(33) Kim, K.-J., B. L. Turner, and R. K. Jansen. 1992. Phylogenetic and evolutionary implications of interspecific chloroplast DNA variation in dwarf dandelions (Krigia - Lactuceae - Asteraceae). Syst. Bot. 17:449-469.

(34) Kim, K.-J., R. K. Jansen, R. S. Wallace, H. J. Michaels, and J. D. Palmer. 1992. Phylogenetic implications of rbcL sequence variation in the Asteraceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79: 428-445.

(35) Kim, K.-J., R. K. Jansen, and B. L. Turner. 1992. Evolutionary implications of intraspecific chloroplast DNA variation in dwarf dandelions (Krigia-Asteraceae). Amer. J. Bot. 79:708-715.

(36) Bremer, K., R. K. Jansen, P. O. Karis, and K.-J. Kim. 1992. Current research on Asteraceae phylogeny and classification. Compositae Newsl. 20/21:1-3.

(37) Bremer, K. and R. K. Jansen. 1992. A new subfamily of Asteraceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79:414-415.

(38) Bremer, K., R. K. Jansen, P. O. Karis, M. Kallerjso, S. C. Keeley, K.-J. Kim, H. J. Michaels, J. D. Palmer, and R. S. Wallace. 1992. A review of the phylogeny and classification of the Asteraceae. Nord. J. Bot. 12:141-148.

(39) Capossela, A., J. A. Silander, R. K. Jansen, B. Bergen, and D. R. Talbot. 1992. Nuclear ribosomal DNA variation among ramets and genets of white clover. Evolution 46:1240-1247.

(40) Spooner, D. M., G. J. Anderson, and R. K. Jansen. 1993. Chloroplast DNA evidence for the interrelationships of Tomatoes, Potatoes, and Pepinos. Amer. J. Bot. 80:676-688.

(41) Michaels, H. J, K. M. Scott, R. O. Olmstead, T. Szaro, R. K. Jansen, and J. D. Palmer. 1993. Interfamilial relationships of the Asteraceae: Insights from rbcL sequence variation. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard., 80: 742-751.

(42) Chase, M., D. Soltis, R. Olmstead, D. Morgan, D. Les, B. Mishler, M. Duvall, R. Price, H. Hills, Y.-L. Qui, K. Kron, J. Rettig, E. Conti, J. Palmer, J. Manhart, K. Sytsma, H. Michaels, J. Kress, K. Karol, D. Clark, M. Hedren, B. Gaut, R. Jansen, K.-J. Kim, C. Wimpee, J. Smith, G. Furnier, S. Straus, Q.-Y. Xiang, G. Plunkett, P. Soltis, S. Swensen, S. Williams, P.Gadek, C. Quinn, L. Equiarte, E. Golenberg, G. Learn, Jr., S. Graham, S. Barrett, S. Dayanandan, and V. Albert. 1993. Phylogenetics of seed plants: an analysis of nucleotide sequences from the plastid gene rbcL. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80: 528-580.

(43) Johansson, J. T. and R. K. Jansen. 1993. Chloroplast DNA variation and phylogeny of the Ranunculaceae. Plt. Syst. Evol. 187:29-49.

(44) Holsinger, K. E. and R. K. Jansen. 1993. Phylogenetic analysis of restriction site data. Meth. Enzy. 224:439-455.

(45) Kim, K.-J. and R. K. Jansen. 1994. Comparisons of phylogenetic hypotheses among different data sets in dwarf dandelions (Krigia): additional information from internal transcribed spacer sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Plt. Syst. Evol. 190: 157-185.

(46) Cosner, M. B., R. K. Jansen, and T. G. Lammers. 1994. Phylogenetic relationships in the Campanulales based on rbcL sequences. Plt. Syst. Evol. 190:79-95.

(47) Mason, R. J., K. E. Holsinger, and R. K. Jansen. 1994. Biparental inheritance of the chloroplast genome in Coreopsis grandiflora (Asteraceae). J. Hered. 85:171-173.

(48) Mione, T., R. O. Olmstead, R. K. Jansen, G. A. Anderson. 1994. Systematic implications of chloroplast DNA variation in Jaltomata and selected physaloid genera (Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 81:912-918.

(49) Kim, Y.-D. and R. K. Jansen. 1994. Characterization and phylogenetic distribution of a chloroplast DNA rearrangement in the Berberidaceae. Plt. Syst. Evol. 190:157-185.

(50) Keeley, S.C. and R. K. Jansen. 1994. Chloroplast DNA restriction site variation in the Vernonieae (Asteraceae), an initial appraisal of the relationship of New and Old World taxa and the monophyly of Vernonia. Plt. Syst. Evol. 193:249-265.

(51) Urbatsch, L. and R. K. Jansen. 1995. Phylogenetic affinities among and within coneflower genera (Asteraceae, Heliantheae), a chloroplast DNA analysis. Syst. Bot. 20:28-39.

(52) Hempel, A. P. Reeves, R. Olmstead, and R. K. Jansen. 1995. Implications of rbcL sequence data for higher level relationships of the Loasaceae. Plt. Syst. Evol. 194:25-37.

(53) Whitton, J., R. S. Wallace, and R. K. Jansen. 1995. Phylogenetic relationships and patterns of character change in the tribe Lactuceae (Asteraceae) based on chloroplast DNA restriction site variation. Can. J. Bot. 73:1058-1073.

(54) Mason-Gamer, R., K. E. Holsinger, and R. K. Jansen. 1995. Chloroplast DNA haplotype variation within and among populations of Coreopsis grandiflora (Asteraceae). Mol. Biol. Evol. 12:371-381.

(55) Wen, J. and R. K. Jansen. 1995. Morphological and molecular comparisons of Campsis grandiflora and C. radicans (Bignoniaceae), an eastern Asian and eastern North American vicariant species pair. Plt. Syst. Evol. 196: 173-183.

(56) Bain, J. and R. K. Jansen. 1995. A phylogenetic analysis of the aureoid Senecio complex based on ITS sequence data. Plt. Syst. Evol. 195: 209-219.

(57) Francisco-Ortega, J., R. K. Jansen, D. J. Crawford, and A. Santos-Guerra. 1995. Chloroplast DNA evidence for intergeneric relationships of the Macaronesian endemic genus Argyranthemum (Asteraceae). Syst. Bot. 20: 413-422.

(58) Kim, K.-J. and R. K. Jansen. 1995. ndhF sequence evolution and the major clades in the sunflower family. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92: 10379-10383.

(59) Wallace, R. S. and R. K. Jansen. 1995. DNA evidence for multiple origins of intergeneric allopolyploids in annual Microseris (Asteraceae). Plt. Syst. Evol. 198: 253-265.

(60) Kim, Y.-D. and R. K. Jansen. 1995. Phylogenetic relationships of chloroplast DNA variation in the Berberidaceae. Plt. Syst. Evol.[Suppl.] 9: 341-349.

(61) Levin, D. A., J. Francisco-Ortega, and R. K. Jansen. 1996. Hybridization and the extinction of rare plant species. Conserv. Biol. 10: 1-7.

(62) Francisco-Ortega, J., R. K. Jansen and A. Santos-Guerra. 1996. Chloroplast DNA evidence of colonization, adaptive radiation, and hybridization in the evolution of the Macaronesian flora. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 4085-4090.

(63) Loockerman, D. and R. K. Jansen. 1996. The use of herbarium material for molecular systematic studies. In: Sampling the Green World (ed. T. F. Stuessy and S. Sohmer), pp. 205-220. Columbia University Press.

(64) Francisco-Ortega, J., R. K. Jansen, R. Mason, and R. S. Wallace. 1996. Application of chloroplast DNA restriction site studies for conservation genetics. In: Molecular Genetic Approaches in Conservation (eds. T.B. Smith and R. Wayne), pp. 183-201. Oxford University Press, London.

(65) Jansen, R. K. and K.-J. Kim. 1996. Implications of chloroplast DNA data for the classification and phylogeny of the Asteraceae. In, Proceedings of Compositae Symposium (eds. N. Hind, H. Beentje, and G. Pope), pp. 317-339. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England.

(66) Wen, J., R. K. Jansen, and E. A. Zimmer. 1996. Phylogenetic relationships and DNA sequence divergence of eastern Asian and eastern North American disjunct plants. In, Proceedings of the U.S.-Japan Binational Workshop on Molecular Evolution (M. Nei and N. Takahata, eds.), Hayama, Japan, pp. 37-44.

(67) Lane, M. A., D. R. Morgan, Y. Suh, R. K. Jansen, and B. B. Simpson. 1996. Relationships of North American genera of Astereae based on chloroplast DNA restriction site data. In, Proceedings of Compositae Symposium (eds. N. Hind, H. Beentje, and G. Pope), 49-77. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England.

(68) Kim, Y.-D. and R. K. Jansen. 1996. Phylogenetic Implications of rbcL and ITS sequence variation in the Berberidaceae. Syst. Bot. 21:381-396.

(69) Anderson, G. J., R. K. Jansen, and Y.-D. Kim. 1996. The origin and relationships of the 'pepino', Solanum muricatum (Solanaceae): DNA restriction fragment evidence. Econ. Bot. 50: 369-380.

(70) Bain, J. F. and R. K. Jansen. 1996. Numerous chloroplast DNA polymorphisms are shared among different populations and species in the aureoid Senecio (Packera) complex. Canad. J. Bot. 74: 1719-1728.

(71) Kim, S.-C., D. J. Crawford, and R. K. Jansen. 1996. Phylogenetic relationships among the genera of the subtribe Sonchinae (Asteraceae): Evidence from ITS sequences. Syst. Bot. 21: 417-432.

(72) Panero, J. L. and R. K. Jansen. 1997. Chloroplast DNA restriction site study of Verbesina (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Amer. J. Bot. 84: 382-392.

(73) Wen, J., R. K. Jansen, and K. Kilgure. 1997. Evolution of the eastern Asian and eastern North American disjunct genus Symplocarpus (Araceae): insights from chloroplast DNA restriction site data. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 24: 735-747.

(74) Cosner, M. E., R. K. Jansen, J. D. Palmer, and S. R. Downie. 1997. The highly rearranged chloroplast genome of Trachelium caeruleum (Campanulaceae): multiple inversions, inverted repeat expansion and contraction, transposition, insertions/deletions, and several repeat families. Curr. Gen. 31: 419-429.

(75) Francisco-Ortega, J., D. J. Crawford, A. Santos-Guerra, and R. K. Jansen. 1997. Origin and evolution of Argyranthemum (Asteraceae: Anthemideae) in Macaronesia. In T. J. Givnish and K. J. Sytsma (eds.) Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation. Cambridge Univ. Press, London, pp 407-431.

(76) Francisco-Ortega, J., A. Santos-Guerra, A. Hines, and R. K. Jansen. 1997. Molecular evidence for a Mediterranean origin of Argyranthemum (Asteraceae). Amer. J. Bot. 84: 1595-1613.

(77) Wen, J., R. K. Jansen, and E. A. Zimmer. 1998. Phylogeny and Biogeography of Aralia sect. Aralia (Araliaceae). Amer. J. Bot. , 85: 866-875.

(78) Prather, L. A. and R. K. Jansen. 1998. The phylogeny of Cobaea (Polemoniaceae) based on sequence data from the ITS region of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Syst. Bot., 23: 57-72.

(79) Bierner, M. W. and R. K. Jansen. 1998. Systematic implications of DNA restriction site variation in Hymenoxys sensu lato (Asteraceae, Helenieae, Gaillardiinae). Lundellia 1: 17-26.

(80) Jansen, R. K., J. L. Wee, and D. Millie. 1998. Comparative utility of restriction site and DNA sequence data for phylogenetic studies in plants. In D. Soltis, P. Soltis, and J. Doyle (eds.), Molecular Systematics of Plants, 2nd edition. Chapman and Hall, New York, pp. 87-100.

(81) Kim, K.-J. and R. K. Jansen. 1998. Chloroplast DNA phylogeny of lilacs (Syringa - Oleaceae): Plastome groups show a strong correlation with crossing groups. Amer. J. Bot. 85: 1338-1351.

(82) Anderson, G. J. and R. K. Jansen. 1998. Biosystematic and molecular studies of Solanum section Basarthrum and the origin and relationships of the pepino dulce (S. muricatum). Pp. 17-32 in R. Fortunato and J. Bacigalupo (eds.), Proceedings of the VI Congreso Latinoamericano de Botánica, Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, MO.

(83) Kim, H.-G., S. C. Keeley, P. S. Vroom, and R. K. Jansen. 1998. Molecular evidence for an African origin of the Hawaiian endemic Hesperomannia (Asteraceae). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 95: 15440-15445.

(84) Kim, Y-D. and R. K. Jansen. 1998. Chloroplast DNA restriction site variation and phylogeny of the Berberidaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 85: 1766-1778.

(85) Jansen, R. K., D. J. Loockerman, and H.-G. Kim. 1999. DNA sampling from herbarium material: a current perspective. Pp. 277 – 286 in D. Metsger (ed.), Managing the Modern Herbarium: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Peanut Butter Press, Vancouver , BC, Canada.

(86) Kim, S.-C., D. J. Crawford, A. Santos-Guerra, and R. K. Jansen. 1999. The use of a non-coding region of chloroplast DNA in phylogenetic studies of the subtribe Sonchinae (Asteraceae: Lactuceae). Plt. Syst. Evol. 215: 85-99.

(87) Francisco-Ortega, J., J. Fuertes-Aguilar, C. Gomez-Campo, A. Santos-Guerra, and R. K. Jansen. 1999. ITS sequence phylogeny of Crambe L. (Brassicaceae): Molecular data reveal two Old World disjunctions. Molec. Phyl. Evol. 11: 361-380.

(88) Panero, J. , R. K. Jansen, and J. A. Clevinger. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of subtribe Ecliptinae (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) based on chloroplast DNA restriction site data. Amer. J. Bot. 86: 413-427.

(89) Kim, Y. D., J. Lee, Y. Suh, S. Lee, S.-H. Kim, and R. K. Jansen. 1999. Molecular evidence for the phylogenetic position of Hanabusaya asiatica (Campanulaceae), an endemic in Korea. J. Plt. Biol. 42: 168-173.

(90) Francisco-Ortega, J., L.R. Goertzen, A. Santos-Guerra, A. Benabid, and R. K. Jansen. 1999. Molecular systematics of the Asteriscus alliance (Asteraceae, Inuleae) I: Evidence from the internal transcribed spacers of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Syst. Bot., 24: 249-266.

(91) Bremer, B., R. K. Jansen, M. Backlund, H. Lantz, and K.-J. Kim. 1999. More characters or more taxa for a robust phylogeny - a case study from the coffee family (Rubiaceae). Syst. Biol. 48: 413-435.

(92) Panero, J. L., J. Francisco-Ortega, R. K. Jansen, and A. Santos-Guerra. 1999. Molecular evidence for multiple origins of woodiness and a New World biogeographic connection of the Macaronesian Island endemic Pericallis (Asteraceae: Senecioneae). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 13886-13891.

(93) Gould, K. R. and R. K. Jansen. 1999. Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and the origin of a Gulf Coast disjunction in the Coelostylis species complex of Spigelia (Loganiaceae). Lundellia 2: 1-13.

(94) Ferguson, C. F., F. Kramer, and R. K. Jansen. 1999. Relationships of eastern North American Phlox (Polemoniaceae) based on ITS sequence data. Syst. Bot. 24: 616-631.

(95) Mason-Gamer, R., R. K. Jansen, and K. E. Holsinger. 1999. Chloroplast DNA restriction site analysis of Coreopsis nuecensoides and C. nuecensis (Asteraceae), a progenitor-derivative species pair. Plt. Syst. Evol.. 218: 5-12.

(96) Ferguson, C. J., R. K. Jansen, and D. A. Levin. 1999. Natural hybridization between an outcrossing and a selfing species of Phlox: Insights from DNA restriction site variation. Plt. Syst. Evol. 218: 153-158.

(97) Caujape-Castells, J., R. K. Jansen, J. Pedrola-Monfort, and N. Membrives. 1999. Chloroplast DNA restriction site phylogeny of the genus Androcymbium Willdenow (Colchicaceae). Syst. Bot.. 24: 581-597.

(98) Helfgott, D. M., J. Francisco-Ortega, A. Santos-Guerra, R. K. Jansen, and B. B. Simpson. 2000. Molecular systematics of the Bencomia alliance (Rosaceae) in Macaronesia: evidence for a Mediterranean origin. Syst. Bot. 25: 82-97.

(99) Linder, C. R., L. R. Goertzen, B. Vanden Heuvel, J. Francisco-Ortega, and R. K. Jansen. 2000. The external transcribed spacer of the rDNA repeat: A new nuclear region for low-level taxonomic analyses of the Asteraceae and closely allied families. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 14: 285-303

(100) Prather, L. A., C. J. Ferguson, and R. K. Jansen. 2000. Polemoniaceae phylogeny and classification: Implications of sequence data from the chloroplast gene ndhF. Amer. J. Bot. 87: 1300-1308..

(101) Olmstead, R. G., K.-J. Kim, R. K. Jansen, and S. J. Wagstaff. 2000. The phylogeny of the Asteridae sensu lato based on chloroplast ndhF gene sequences. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 16: 96-112.

(102) Cosner, M.E, Jansen, R. K., Moret, B. M. E., Raubeson, L. A., Wang, L.-S., Warnow, T., and Wyman S. (2000). A new fast heuristic for computing the breakpoint phylogeny and experimental analyses of real and synthetic data. In “Proceedings of the 8^th International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology,” (P.Bourne, M. Gribskov, R. Altman, N. Jensen, D. Hope, T. Lengauer, J. Mitchell, E. Scheeff, C. Smith, S. Strande, and H. Weissig, Eds.), pp. 104-115, La Jolla, CA, USA.

(103) Cosner, M. E, Jansen, R. K., Moret, B.M.E., Raubeson, L. A., Wang, L.-S., Warnow, T., and Wyman, S. (2000). An empirical comparison of phylogenetic methods on chloroplast gene order in Campanulaceae. In “Comparative Genomics, Empirical and Analytical Approaches to Gene Order Dynamics, Map Alignment, and the Evolution of Gene Families,” (D. Sankoff and J. H. Nadeau, Eds.), pp. 99-121. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands.

(104) Barber, J. C., Javier Francisco-Ortega, A. Santos-Guerra, A. Marrero, and R. K. Jansen. 2000. Evolution of endemic Sideritis (Lamiaceae) in Macaronesia: insights from a chloroplast DNA restriction site analysis. Syst. Bot., 25: 633-647.

(105) Zhao, Z., J. Skvarla, R. K. Jansen, and M. L. Devore. 2000. Phylogenetic implications of pollen morphology and ultrastructure in the Barnadesiodeae (Asteraceae). Lundellia 3: 26-40.

(106) DeVore, M. L., Z. Zhao, R. K. Jansen, and J. Skvarla. 2000. Utility of trends in pollen morphology for phylogenetic analyses: An example using subfamilies Barnadesioideae and Cichorioideae (Asteraceae). Proceedings of Pollen and Spores 1998: Morphology and Biology.

(107) Francisco-J., J. C. Barber, A. Santos-Guerra, R. Febbles-Hernandez, and R. K. Jansen. 2001. Origin and evolution of the endemic genera of Gonosperminae (Asteraceae: Anthemideae) from the Canary Islands: Evidence from nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacers of the nuclear ribosomal repeat. Amer. J. Bot. 88: 161-169.

(108) Park, S.-J., E. Korompai., J. Francisco-Ortega, A. Santos-Guerra, and R. K. Jansen. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of Tolpis (Asteraceae: Lactuceae) based on ndhF sequence data. Plt. Syst. Evol. 226: 23-33.

(109) Francisco-J., J., S.-J. Park, A. Santos-Guerra, A. Benabid, and R. K. Jansen. 2001. Origin and evolution of the endemic Macaronesian Inuleae (Asteraceae): Evidence from the internal transcribed spacers of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 72: 77-97.

(110) Caujapé-Castells, J., R. K. Jansen, N. Membrives^, J. Pedrola-Monfort, J. M. Montserrat, and A. Ardanuy. 2001. Historical biogeography of Androcymbium Willd. (Colchicaceae) in Africa: evidence from cpDNA RFLPs. Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 136: 379 - 392.

(111) Goldman, D. H., J. V. Freudenstein, P. J. Kores, M. Molvray, D. D. Jarrell, M. W. Whitten, K. M. Cameron, R. K. Jansen, and M. W. Chase. 2001. Phylogenetics of Arethuseae (Orchidaceae) based on plastid matK and rbcL sequences. Syst. Bot. 26: 670-695.

(112) Jansen, R.K 2001. Treatments of Acmella and tribe Lactuceae for the Flora of Nicaragua, Missouri Botanical Garden.

(113) Furetes-Aguilar, J., M. C. Ray, J. Francisco-Ortega, A. Santos-Guerra, and R. K. Jansen. 2002. Molecular evidence from chloroplast and nuclear markers for multiple colonizations of Lavatera (Malvaceae) in the Canary Islands. Syst. Bot.27:74-83.

(114) Moore, M. J., J. Francisco-Ortega, A. Santos-Guerra, and R. K. Jansen. 2002. Chloroplast DNA evidence for the roles of island colonization and extinction in Tolpis (Asteraceae: Lactuceae). Amer. J. Bot. 89: 518-526.

(115) Wang, L.-S., R, K. Jansen, B. M. E. Moret, L. A. Raubeson, and T. Warnow. 2002. Fast phylogenetic methods for analysis of genome rearrangement data: An empirical study. In Proc., 7^th Pacific Symp. Biocomputing PSB 2002.

(116) Caujapé-Castells, J., R. K. Jansen, N. Membrives^, J. Pedrola-Monfort. 2002. Space-time diversification of Androcymbium Willd. (Colchicaceae) in western South Africa. Plt. Syst. Evol. 232: 73-88.

(117) Barber, J. C., J. Francisco-Ortega, A. Santos-Guerra, K. G. Turner, and R. K. Jansen. 2002. Origin of Macaronesian Sideritis L. (Lamioideae: Lamiaceae) inferred from nuclear and chloroplast sequence datasets. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 23: 293-306.

(118) Ferguson, C. J. and R. K. Jansen. 2002. A chloroplast DNA phylogeny or eastern Phlox (Polemoniaceae): implications of congruence and incongruence with the ITS phylogeny. Amer. J. Bot. 89: 1324-1335.

(119) Kim, H.-G., D. J. Loockerman, and R. K. Jansen. 2002. Systematic implications of ndhF sequence variation in the Mutisieae (Asteraceae). Syst. Bot. 27: 598-609.

(120) Goertzen, L. G., J. Francisco-Ortega, A. Santos-Guerra, J. Mower, C. R. Linder, and R. K. Jansen. 2002. Molecular systematics of the Asteriscus alliance (Asteraceae: Inuleae) II: Combined nuclear and chloroplast data. Syst. Bot. 27:815-823.

(121) Francisco-Ortega, J., J. Furetes-Aguilar, Kim, S.-C., A. Santos-Guerra, D. J. Crawford, and R. K. Jansen. 2002. Phylogeny of the Macaronesian endemic Crambe section Dendrocrambe (Brassicaceae) based on internal transcribed spacer sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Amer. J. Bot., 89 (12): 1984-1990.

(122) Fuertes-Aguilar, J., P. A. Fryxell, and R. K. Jansen. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Sida generic alliance (Malvaceae) based on nrDNA ITS evidence. Syst. Bot. 28: 352-364.

(123) Loockerman, D. L., B. L. Turner, and R. K. Jansen. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships within the Tageteae (Asteraceae) based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and chloroplast ndhF gene sequences. Syst. Bot. 28: 191-207.

(124) Caujape-Castells, J. and R. K. Jansen. 2003. The influence of the Miocene Mediterranean desiccation on the geographical expansion and genetic variation of Androcymbium gramineum (Cav.) McBride (Colchicaceae). Mol. Ecol. 12: 1515-1525.

(125) Goertzen, L. R., J. J. Cannone, R. R. Gutell, and R. K. Jansen. 2003. ITS secondary structure derived from comparative analysis: Implications for sequence alignment and phylogeny of the Asteraceae. Mol. Phylog. Evol. 29:216-234.

(126) Eddie, W. M. M, T. Shulkina, J. Gaskin, R. C. Haberle, and R. K. Jansen. 2003. Phylogeny of the Campanulaceae s. str. inferred from ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 90: 554-575..

(127) Kim, Y.-D., S.-H. Kim, and R. K. Jansen. 2004. Phylogeny of the Berberidaceae based on sequences of the chloroplast gene ndhF. Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 32: 291-302.

(128) Andrus, N., J. Trusty, A. Santos-Guerra, R. K. Jansen and J. Francisco-Ortega. 2004. Using molecular phylogenies to test phytogeographical links between East/South Africa – Southern Arabia and the Macaronesian islands – A review and the case of Pulicaria section Vieraeopsis and Vierea (Asteraceae). Taxon 53: 333 - 346.

(129) Goldman, D.H., C. van den Berg, R.K. Jansen, I.J. Leitch, M.F. Fay, and M.W. Chase. 2004. Molecular and cytological examination of Calopogon (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae): circumscription, phylogeny, polyploidy, and potential hybrid speciation. Amer. J. Bot. 91:707-723.

(130) Cosner, M.E., L. A. Raubeson, and R. K. Jansen. 2004. Chloroplast DNA rearrangements in Campanulaceae: phylogenetic utility of highly rearranged genomes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 4: 27.

(131) Wyman, S. K., J. L. Boore, and R. K. Jansen. 2004. Automatic annotation of organellar genomes with DOGMA. Bioinformatics 20: 3252 - 3255.

(132) Raubeson. L.A. and R.K. Jansen. 2005. Chloroplast genomes of plants. In, Diversity and Evolution of Plants - Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation in Higher Plants (ed., R. Henry). CABI Publishing, UK. Pp. 45-68.

(133) Jansen, R.K., L. A. Raubeson, J. L. Boore, C. W. dePamphilis, T. W. Chumley, R. C. Haberle, S. K. Wyman, A. J. Alverson, R. Peery, S. J. Herman, H. M. Fourcade, J. V. Kuehl, J. R. McNeal, J. Leebens-Mack, and L. Cui. 2005. Methods for obtaining and analyzing chloroplast genome sequences. Methods in Enzymology 395: 348 - 384.

(134) Funk, V. A., R. J. Bayer, S. Keeley, R. Chan, L. Watson, B. Gemeinholzer, E. Schilling, J. L. Panero, B. G. Baldwin, N. Garcia-Jacas, A. Susanna and R. K. Jansen. 2005. Everywhere but Antarctica: Using a supertree to understand the diversity and distribution of the Compositae. Biol. Skr. 55: 343-374.

(135) Kim, K.-J., K.-S. Choi, and R. K. Jansen. 2005. Two chloroplast DNA inversions originated simultaneously during the early evolution of the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Molecular Biology and Evolution 22: 1783-1792.

(136) Leebens-Mack, J., L. A. Raubeson, L. Cui, J. Kuehl, M. Fourcade, T. Chumley, J. L. Boore, R. K. Jansen, and C. W. dePamphilis. 2005. Identifying the basal angiosperms in chloroplast genome phylogenies: Sampling one's way out of the Felsenstein zone. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22: 1948-1963.

(137) Ganapathy, G., B. Goodson, R. K. Jansen, V. Ramachandran, and T. Warnow. 2005. Pattern identification in biogeography. 5th Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics. R. Casadio and G. Myers (Eds.): WABI 2005, LNBI 3692, pp. 116–127, 2005. Springer- Berlin Heidelberg 2005.

(138) Saski, C., S. Lee, H. Daniell, T. Wood, J. Tomkins, H.-G. Kim, and R. K. Jansen. 2005. Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Glycine max and comparative analyses with other legume genomes. Plant Molecular Biology 59:309-322.

(139) Hansen, A. K., L. E. Gilbert, B. B. Simpson, S. R. Downie, A. C. Cervi, and R. K. Jansen. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships and chromosome evolution in tropical Passiflora based on cpDNA trnL/trnT intergenic spacer sequences and distribution of the chloroplast rpoC1 intron. Systematic Botany 31: 138-150.

(140) Cui, L., Veeraraghavan, N. Wall, K., Jansen, R.K., Leebens-Mack, Jim, Makalowska, I., dePamphilis, C. W. 2006. ChloroplastDB: the chloroplast genome database. Nucleic Acids Research 34:D692-D696.

(141) Jansen, R.K., C. Kaittanis, C. Saski, S-B. Lee, J. Tompkins, A. J. Alverson, and^, H. Daniell. 2006. Phylogenetic analyses of Vitis (Vitaceae) based on complete chloroplast genome sequences: Effects of taxon sampling and phylogenetic methods on resolving relationships among Rosids. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6: 32.

(142) Lee, S.-B., Kaittanis, C.,J., Hostetler, C. Town, R.K. Jansen, and H. Daniell. 2006. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Gossypium hirsutum: organization and phylogenetic relationships to other angiosperms. BMC Genomics 7: 61.

(143) Daniell, H., S.-B. Lee, J. Grevich, C. Saski, C. Guda, J. Tompkins, and R. K. Jansen. 2006. Complete chloroplast genome sequences of Solanum tuberosum, Solanum lycopersicum and comparative analyses with other Solanaceae genomes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 112: 1503-1518.

(144) Moore, M. L. and R. K. Jansen. 2006. Molecular evidence for the age, origin, and evolutionary history of the American desert plant genus Tiquilia (Boraginaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 668-687.

(145) Bain, J.F. and R.K. Jansen. 2006. A chloroplast DNA hairpin structure provides useful phylogenetic data with subtribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 84:862-868.

(146) Leebens-Mack J, Vision T, Brenner E, Bowers JE, Cannon S, Clement MJ, Cunningham CW, Depamphilis C, Desalle R, Doyle JJ, Eisen JA, Gu X, Harshman J, Jansen RK, Kellogg EA, Koonin EV, Mishler BD, Philippe H, Pires JC, Qiu YL, Rhee SY, Sjolander K, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Stevenson DW, Wall K, Warnow T, Zmasek C. 2006. Taking the First Steps Towards a Standard for Reporting on Phylogenies: Minimal Information About a Phylogenetic Analysis (MIAPA). OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology10: 231-237.

(147) Moore, M. J., A. Tye, and R. K. Jansen. 2006. Patterns of long-distance dispersal in Tiquilia subg. Tiquilia (Boraginaceae): Implications for the origins of amphitropical disjuncts and Galapogos island endemics. American Journal of Botany 93: 1163-1177.

(148) Ruhlman, T., S.-B. Lee, R. K. Jansen, J. B. Hostetler, L. J. Tallon, C. D. Town, and H. Daniell. 2006. Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Daucus carota: Implications for biotechnology and phylogeny of angiosperms. BMC Genomics 7: 222.

(149) Chumley, T. W., J. D. Palmer, J. P. Mower, J. L. Boore, H. M. Fourcade, P. J. Caile, and R. K. Jansen. 2006. The completed chloroplast genome sequence of Pelargonium x hortorum: Organization and evolution of the largest and most highly rearranged chloroplast genome of land plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23: 1-16.

(150) Bausher, M. G., , N. D. Singh Mozoruk, J., S.-B. Lee, R. K. Jansen, and H. Daniell. 2006. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck var. 'Ridge Pineapple': organization and phylogenetic relationships to other angiosperms. BMC Plant Biology 6:21.

(151) Zhao, Z, J. J. Skvarla, and R. K. Jansen. (2006) Mutisieae (Asteraceae) pollen ultrastructure atlas. Lundellia 9: 51-76.

(152) Goodson, B.E., A. Santos-Guerra, and R.K. Jansen. 2006. Molecular systematics of Descurainia (Brassicaceae) in the Canary Islands: biogeographic and taxonomic implications. Taxon 55: 671-682.

(153) Cai, Z., C. Penaflor, J.V. Kuehl, J. Leebens-Mack, J. Carlson, C.W. dePamphilis, and R.K. Jansen. 2006. Complete plastid genome sequences of Drimys, Liriodendron, and Piper: Implications for the phylogeny of magnoliids. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6:77.

(154) Wang, L.-S., T. Warnow, B.M.E. Moret, and R.K. Jansen. 2006. Distance-based genome rearrangement phylogeny. 2006. Journal of Molecular Evolution 63 (4): 473-483.

(155) Ganapathy, G., B. Goodson, R. K. Jansen, H.-S. Le, V. Ramachandran, and T. Warnow. 2006. Pattern identification in biogeography. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (invited paper) 3 (4): 334-346.

(156) Barber, J.C., C.C. Finch, J. Francisco-Ortega, A. Santos-Guerra, and R.K. Jansen. 2006. Evolution of Macaronesian Sideritis (Lamiaceae) revisited: A re-evaluation based upon incongruence of multiple independent nuclear and chloroplast datasets. Taxon, in press.

(157) Hansen, A. K., L. E. Escobar, L. E. Gilbert, and R. K. Jansen. 2006. Paternal, maternal, and biparental inheritance of the chloroplast genome in Passiflora (Passifloraceae): Implications for phylogenetic studies. American Journal of Botany, in press.

(158) Timme, R. E., J. V. Kuehl, J. L. Boore, R. K. Jansen. 2006. A comparison of the first two sequenced chloroplast genomes in Asteraceae: Lettuce and Sunflower. American Journal of Botany., in press.

(159) Moore, M.J. and R. K. Jansen. 2006. The origins and biogeography of obligate gypsophily in the Chihuahuan desert plant group Tiquilia subg. Eddya (Boraginaceae). Systematic Botany, in press.

(160) Lee, H-L., R.K. Jansen, T.W. Chumley, and K-J. Kim. 2006. Apparent gene translocations within chloroplast genomes of Jasminum and Menodora (Oleaceae) are due to multiple, overlapping inversions. Molecular Biology and Evolution, in press.

Manuscripts in Review:

(161) Molina, R.J., J. Perez de Paz, R. Febles, R.K. Jansen, and J. Caujape-Castells. 2006. Aplicacion de las tecnicas moleculares de "AFLP" y secuenciacion al estudio del complejo Echium-Lobostemon (Boraginaceae). Botanica Macronesica, in review.

(162) Haberle, R. C., M. L. Fourcade, J. L. Boore, and R. K. Jansen. 2006. Complete chloroplast genome of Trachelium caeruleum: extensive rearrangements are associated with repeats and tRNAs. Molecular Biology and Evolution, in review.

(163) Sampson, N., M.G. Bausher, S.B. Lee, R.K. Jansen, and H. Daniell. 2006. The complete nucleotide sequence of the coffee (Coffea arabica L.) chloroplast genome: organization and implications for bioengineering and phylogenetic relationships among angiosperms. Plant Biotechnology Journal, in review.

(164) Saski, C., S.-B. Lee, S. Fjellheim, C. Guda, R.K. Jansen, H. Luo, J. Tomkins, O. A. Rognli, H. Daniell, and J. L. Clarke. 2006. Complete chloroplast genome sequences of Hordeum vulgare, Sorghum bicolor and Agrostis stolonifera and comparative analyses with other grass genomes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, in review.

(165) Alverson, A.J., R. K. Jansen, and E. C. Theriot. 2006. Bridging the Rubicon:Phylogenetic Analysis Reveals Repeated Colonizations of Marine and Fresh Waters by Thalassiosiroid Diatoms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in review.

(166) Raubeson, L.A., R. Peery, T. Chumley, Dziubek, C., H. M. Fourcade, J. L. Boore, and R. K. Jansen. 2006. Comparative chloroplast genomics: Analyses including new sequences from the angiosperms Nuphar advena and Ranunculus macranthus. BMC Genomics, in review.

Papers Presented at National and International Meetings (last 5 years only):

Chumley, T. W., J. L. Boore, H. M. Fourcade, R. K. Jansen, P. Caile, J. Mower, and J.D. Palmer. Evolutionary implications of the highly rearranged chloroplast genome of Pelargonium (Geraniaceae). Evolution 2003, Univ. of California, Chico.

Haberle, R. H., J. L. Boore, H. M. Fourcade, S. Wyman, and R. K. Jansen. Structure and evolution of two highly rearranged chloroplast genomes in the Campanulaceae. Evolution 2003, Univ. of California, Chico.

Moore, M. J. and R. K. Jansen. A case study of gypsophilic plant evolution in the Chihuahuan Desert Tiquilia subg. Eddya. Evolution 2003, Univ. of California, Chico.

Jansen, R.K., Raubeson, L. A., T. Warnow, J.L. Boore, H. M. Fourcade, R. Haberle, T. W. Chumley, S. Wyman, C. dePamphilis, B. Moret, D. Bader, and W. Miller. Comparative chloroplast genomics of seed plants: integrating computational methods, phylogeny, and molecular evolution. Evolution 2003, Univ. of California, Chico.

Bernard Moret, Jijun Tang, Tandy Warnow, and Bob Jansen. CIPRES (Cyber-Infrastructure for Phylogenetic Research): Whole Genome Phylogeny Reconstruction. Evolution 2004, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.

Jansen, Robert K., Claude de Pamphilis, Linda A. Raubeson, Romey Haberle, Timothy W. Chumley, James Leebens-Mack, Stacia Wyman, Jeffrey Boore, Jennifer V. Kuehl. Comparative Chloroplast Genomics of Seed Plants - An Overview and Summary of Progress. Evolution 2004, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.

Leebens-Mack, Jim, Claude dePamphilis, Linda A. Raubeson, Liying Cui, Yan Zhang, Joel McNeal, Jeffrey Boore, Matt Fourcade, Jennifer V. Kuehl, Stacia Wyman and Robert K. Jansen. Is Amborella a basal angiosperm? Evidence from whole chloroplast genome sequencing. Evolution 2004, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.

Guisinger-Bellian, Mary M., Robert K. Jansen, Jeffrey L.Boore, Jennifer V. Kuehl. The highly rearranged chloroplast genome of Scaevola in the flowering plant family Goodeniaceae. Evolution 2004, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.

Chumley, Timothy, H. Matt Fourcade, Jeffrey Boore, JeffreyMower, Jeffrey Palmer, Patrick Calie, Robert Jansen. Rearrangements and repeats in the highly rearranged chloroplast genome of Pelargonium. Evolution 2004, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.

Barber, Janet C., Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, Javier Francisco-Ortega, and Robert K. Jansen. Sideritis in Macaronesia: current knowledge and future perpectives. Botany 2004, Snowbird, Utah.

Penaflor, Cynthia, Robert K. Jansen, William M. Eddie, Tammy Lee, Ashley Dang, Helen Cortes-Burns, Linda A. Raubeson, Andrea Oestreich, Erika Edwards, Sang-Tae Kim, Nico Cellinese. A family wide phylogeny of Campanulaceae based on three chloroplast gene sequences, atpB, matK, and rbcL. Botany 2004, Snowbird, Utah.

Leebens-Mack, Jim, Claude dePamphilis, Linda A. Raubeson, Liying Cui, Jeffrey Boore, and Jennifer V. Kuehl, Pietro Piffanelli, and Robert K. Jansen. Comparative analysis of new monocot chloroplast genome sequences provides insights into grass cpDNA evolution. Botany 2004, Snowbird, Utah.

Cellinese, Nico Nico, Erika Edwards, Sang-Tae Kim, Richard Winkworth Michael Donoghue, Cynthia Peñaflor, Robert Jansen, Tammy Lee, Ashley Dang, Helen Cortes-Burns, William Eddie, Linda Raubeson and Andrea Oestreich. Relationships and origins of the Cretan Campanulaceae: Evidences from rbcL, matK and atpB data. Botany 2004, Snowbird, Utah.

Goodson, Barbara, Robert K. Jansen, and Arnoldo Santos-Guerra. Molecular systematics of Descurainea (Brassicaceae) in the Canary Islands. Botany 2004, Snowbird, Utah.

Moore, Michael, Robert K. Jansen, and Alan Tye. Long-distance dispersal in Tiquilia subg. Tiquilia (Boraginaceae): North America, South America, and the Galapagos Islands. Botany 2004, Snowbird, Utah.

Chumley, Timothy W., Hae-Lim Lee, KiJoong Kim, and Robert K. Jansen. A molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Menodora (Oleaceae). Botany 2004, Snowbird, Utah.

Daniell, Henry,  Saski, Christopher, Lee, Seung-bum, Tomkins, Jeffrey,   Kim, Hyi-Gyung, Jansen, Robert K. 2005. Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Glycine max and comparative analyses with other legume genomes. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, July 16-20, Seattle, WA, poster presentation.

Barber, Janet C., Finch, Courtney, Santos-Guerra, Arnoldo, Francisco-Ortega, Javier, Jansen, Robert K.. 2005. A comparison of phylogenies based upon independent nuclear and chloroplast datasets for Sideritis L. (Lamiaceae: Lamioideae). Botany 2005, Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, August 14-17, 2005, Austin TX, poster presentation.

Bain, John F., Jansen, Robert K. 2005. A cpDNA hairpin structure provides useful phylogenetic data within tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae). Botany 2005, Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, August 14-17, 2005, Austin TX, poster presentation.

Peñaflor, Cynthia, Boore, Jeffrey L., Kuehl, Jennifer V., Jansen, Robert K. 2005. Chloroplast Genome Sequences of Chloranthus and Piper: Implications for the Phylogeny of a Angionsperms. Botany 2005, Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, August 14-17, 2005, Austin TX, poster presentation.

Raubeson, Linda A., Jansen, Robert K. 2005. Comparative Chloroplast Genomics. Botany 2005, Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, August 14-17, 2005, Austin TX, symposium talk.

Jansen, Robert K., Raubeson, Linda A., dePamphilis, Claude W., Wyman, Stacia, Boore, Jeffrey L., Warnow, Tandy, Moret, Bernard. 2005. Comparative Chloroplast Genomics - An Overview and Summary of Progress. Botany 2005, Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, August 14-17, 2005, Austin TX, poster presentation.

Haberle, Rosemarie C., Jansen, Robert K., Boore, Jeffrey L., Kuehl, Jennifer V.. 2005. Comparative chloroplast genomics of Campanulales s.l.: phylogenomic implications and chloroplast genome evolution. Botany 2005, Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, August 14-17, 2005, Austin TX, poster presentation.

Jansen, Robert K., Raubeson, Linda A. 2005. History and Current Status of Comparative Chloroplast Genomics. Botany 2005, Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, August 14-17, 2005, Austin TX, invited symposium talk.

Raubeson, Linda A., Leigh, Joshua, Jansen, Robert K., Boore, Jeffrey L. 2005. Insights into Seed Plant Phylogeny from Comparative Chloroplast Genomics. Botany 2005, Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, August 14-17, 2005, Austin TX, invited symposium talk.

Guisinger-Bellian, Mary M., Boore, Jeffrey L., Kuehl, Jennifer V., Jansen, Robert K. 2005. Organization and evolution of the chloroplast genome of Erodium texanum (Geraniaceae). Botany 2005, Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, August 14-17, 2005, Austin TX, poster presentation.

Timme, Ruth, Kuehl, Jennifer V., Boore, Jeffrey L., Jansen, Robert K. The first sequenced chloroplast genomes in the Asteraceae: A comparison of Sunflower and Lettuce. Botany 2005, Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, August 14-17, 2005, Austin TX, poster presentation.

Leebens-Mack, Jim, dePamphilis, Claude W., Raubeson, Linda A., Boore, Jeffrey L., Jansen, Robert K. 2005. The Use of Whole Chloroplast Genome Sequences for Phylogeny Reconstruction in Angiosperms, Botany 2005, Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, August 14-17, 2005, Austin TX, invited symposium talk.

Guisinger-Bellian, Mary, Chumley, Timothy, Kuehl, Jennifer, Boore, Jeffrey, Jansen, Robert K. Organization and Evolution of Chloroplast Genomes in the Flowering Plant Family Geraniaceae. Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, May 24-28, 2006, Arizona State University, poster presentation.

Hansen, Debra, Zhengqiu, Cai, Boore, Jeffrey L., Kuehl, Jennifer V., Jansen, Robert K. Complete chloroplast genome sequences of Illicium (Schisandraceae) and Buxus (Buxaceae): Genome organization and implications for phylogeny of angiosperms. Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, July 28-August 2, 2006, Chico, CA, poster presentation.

Zhengqiu, Cai, Peñaflor, Cynthia, Leebens-Mack, Jim, Kuehl, Jennifer V., Carlson, John, dePamphilis, Claude W., Boore, Jeffrey, Jansen, Robert K. Complete chloroplast genome sequences of Drimys, Liriodendron, and Piper: Implications for the phylogeny of magnoliids and evolution of GC content. Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, July 28-August 2, 2006, Chico, CA, poster presentation.

Steele, Roxi, Gilbert, Larry, Jansen, Robert K. Identifying Informative Chloroplast Markers for Examining Phylogenetic Relationships Within Psiguria (Cucurbitaceae). Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, July 28-August 2, 2006, Chico, CA, poster presentation.

Dastidar, Sayantani, Zhengqiu, Cai, Peñaflor, Cynthia, Kuehl, Jennifer V., Boore, Jeffrey L., Jansen, Robert K. Identifying Informative Chloroplast Markers for Examining Phylogenetic Relationships Within Psiguria (Cucurbitaceae). Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, July 28-August 2, 2006, Chico, CA, poster presentation.

Jansen, Robert K., Zhengqiu, Cai, Hansen, Debra, Dastidar, Sayantani, Peñaflor, Cynthia, Timme, Ruth, Hansen, Katie, Haberle, Rosemarie C., Chumley, Timothy W., Guisinger-Bellian, Mary M., Daniell, Henry, Lee, Seung-Bum, Raubeson, Linda A., Peery, Rhiannon, dePamphilis, Claude W., Leebens-Mack, Jim, McNeal, Joel R., Boore, Jeffrey, Kuehl, Jennifer V. Phylogeny of angiosperms based on whole chloroplast genome sequences. Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, July 28-August 2, 2006, Chico, CA, oral presentation.

Raubeson, Linda A., McCoy, Skip K R, Müller, Kai, Wall, P. Kerr, Leebens-Mack, Jim, Boore, Jeffrey L., Jansen, Robert K., dePamphilis, Claude W. Seed plant phylogeny based on sequences from 61 (mostly) shared plastid genes. Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, July 28-August 2, 2006, Chico, CA, oral presentation.

Grant Support:

Past Support

NSF (Biological Research Resources Program), high density mobile cabinet storage in the Beal-Darlington Herbarium, 1983-1985, substitute P.I. from Dec 1983 - Jun, 1984. ($130,760).

NSF (Systematic Biology Program), Molecular Systematics of the Asteraceae, Dec 1984 -Dec 1986. Co-P.I. with Dr. Jeffrey Palmer. ($165,000).

University of Connecticut Research Foundation, "Chloroplast DNA Systematics of the Lettuce Tribe (Cichorieae-Asteraceae) ," Jan 1987 - Jan 1988 ($20,521).

NSF (Systematic Biology Program), "Molecular Systematics of the Tribe Cichorieae," Oct 1987 – Oct 1990 ($200,971).

NSF (Visiting Professorship for Women), "Chloroplast DNA as a tool in the systematics of Vernonia (Vernonieae: Asteraceae) ," Aug 1988 - Jul 1989 ($95,878) - sponsoring scientist for Dr. Sterling C. Keeley.

University of Connecticut Research Foundation, "Rotor for Ultracentrifuge," ($7,000).

NSF (Systematic Biology Program), "Systematic studies of Solanum section Basarthrum," Jun 1989‑Jun 1991 ($107,458) - co-P.I. with Dr. Gregory Anderson.

University of Connecticut Research Foundation, "Evolution of the sunflower tribe (Heliantheae: Asteraceae) based on gene sequencing and restriction site variation of chloroplast DNA," Oct 1989 -Sept 1990 ($10,710).

University of Connecticut Research Foundation, "Two Beckman rotors and accessories," Dec 1989-May 1990 ($23,817).

NSF (Doctoral Dissertation Program), "Two Modes of Speciation in Coreopsis (Asteraceae): A Chloroplast DNA Study," 15 Apr 1990 - 15 Apr 1990 -15 Apr 1992 ($9,990) - Co-PI with Kent Holsinger and Roberta Mason.

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, "Phylogeny of the subfamily Asteroideae based on rbcL gene sequences and chloroplast DNA restriction site variation," Feb 1990-Feb 1991 ($40,250) - sponsoring scientist for Dr. Ki-Joong Kim.

NSF (Minority Research Initiation), "Phylogenetic Studies of DNA and Morphological Variation in the subtribe Ecliptinae," Jun 1991 - Dec 1993 ($230,500) - sponsoring scientist for Dr. Jose Panero.

NSF (Systematic Biology Program), "Phylogenetic and Molecular Evolutionary Studies of Chloroplast DNA Variation in the Asteraceae," Mar 1991- Feb. 1994 ($243,614).

NSF (Doctoral Dissertation Program), "Systematics and Biogeography of Mentzelia (Loasaceae): a North and South American Desert Disjunct,” Mar 1993 - Mar 1995 ($10,000) - co-PI with Ms. Alice Hempel.

NSF (Doctoral Dissertation Program), "Phylogenetic and Molecular Evolutionary Studies of the Tageteae (Asteraceae),” Jul 1994 - Jun 1996 ($10,000) - co-PI with Mr. Dennis J. Loockerman.

American Orchid Society "Systematics of the Genus Calopogon and the Tribe Arethuseae,” Dec 1996 - Jul 1997 ($4,550) - co-PI with Mr. Douglas H. Goldman.

NSF (Systematic Biology Program), "Phylogeny and Character Evolution of Basal Asteraceae Lineages,” Mar 1994 - Feb 1998 ($195,000).

NSF (Doctoral Dissertation Improvement) "Phylogenetic Implications of Hybridization in the Phlox pilosa Complex (Polemoniaceae): Diploid Hybrid Origin of Taxa?" May 1996 - Apr 1998 ($10,000) - co-PI with Ms. Carolyn Ferguson.

NSF (Doctoral Dissertation Improvement) "Systematics of Calopogon and the Arethuseae (Orchidaceae),” May 1996 - Apr 1998 ($10,000) - co-PI with Mr. Douglas H. Goldman.

NSF (Doctoral Dissertation Improvement) " Systematics of Spigelia (Loganiaceae): Tropical/Temperate Relationships and the Origin of a Temperate Disjunction,” May 1996 - Apr 1998 ($9,930), co-PI with Dr. Billie L. Turner and Ms. Katherine R. Gould.

NSF (Doctoral Dissertation Improvement) "Origin and Evolutionary Relationships of the Cultivated Passion Fruit,” Jun 1997 - May 1999 ($10,000) - co-PI with Dr. Lawrence Gilbert and Ms. Anne K. Hansen.

NSF (Doctoral Dissertation Improvement) "Origin and Evolution of Endemic Sideritis (Lamiaceae) from the Macaronesian Archipelagos,” Jun 1998 - May 2000 ($10,000) - co-PI with Ms. Jan Barber.

NSF (Systematic Biology Program), "Origin and Evolution of Endemic Asteraceae from the Macaronesian Archipelagos,” Sep 1997 - Dec 2000 ($164,987).

National Geographic Society "Biogeography and Evolution of Endemic Asteraceae of Macaronesian Archipelagos,” Feb 1998 - Dec 2000 ($18,600) - co-PI with Dr. Arnoldo Santos-Guerra.

NSF (Doctoral Dissertation Improvement) “The Role of Hybridization in the Evolution of Argyranthemum in Macaronesia,” Jun 1999 – May 2001 ($10,000) – co PI with Mr. Leslie Goertzen.

US-Spain Science & Technology Program 2000 “Origin and evolution of the flora of the Canary Islands: A molecular phylogenetic approach to historical biogeography,” I Jun 2000 – 31 May 2001 ($17,800).

NSF (Systematic Biology Program) “Phylogenetic and Molecular Evolutionary Investigations of Chloroplast DNA Variation in the Campanulaceae sensu stricto,” Mar 2000 – Feb 2003 ($200,105) – PI.

NSF (Doctoral Dissertation Improvement) " The Roles of Edaphic Shifts and Long-Distance Dispersal in the Evolution of the American Desert Genus Tiquilia (Boraginaceae)," Jun 1 2002 - May 30 2004 ($10,000) - Co PI with Mike Moore.

NSF (Doctoral Dissertation Improvement) " The Systematics and Biogeography of Menodora (Oleaceae)," Jun 1 2002 - May 30 2004 ($10,000) - Co PI with Tim Chumley.

NSF (ITR/AP(DEB) “Collaborative Research, “Computing Optimal Phylogenetic Trees under Genome Rearrangement Metrics,” Sep 1 2001 – 31 Aug 2005 ($288,030, includes 1 year no cost extension).

Current Support

NSF (IGERT) “Computational Phylogenetics and Applications to Biology,” Sep 1 2001 – Aug 30, 2007 ($2,699,106 includes 1 year no cost extension) – co PI with D. Hillis,. R. Linder, R. Gutell, and T. Warnow.

NSF (PEET) “Training New Diatom Systematists for New Priorities,: Sep 1 2001 – Aug 30, 2007 ($737,543 includes 1 year no cost extension) - co-PI with E. Theriot.

NSF (Biocomplexity – GEN-EN) “Comparative Chloroplast Genomics: Integrating Computational Methods, Molecular Evolution, and Phylogeny,” Oct 1 2001 – Sep 30 2007 ($1,350,000 includes 1 year no cost extension) – PI with two co-PIs (L. Raubeson and T. Warnow).

NSF (ATOL) " A phylogenetic and genomic investigation of the algal heterokont tree," Sep 15 2006 - Sep 14 2011 ($2,981,052 total, with $989,917 to UT-Austin) - co-PI with Ed Theirot.