Publications in chronological order

2026
Research Article Phytokeys 270: 119-142

Revisiting Acalypha medicinal interest: ethnobotany, experimental studies, and the implications of taxonomic misuse pitfalls

Villaescusa-González, L., J.M. Cardiel, I. Montero & P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, P..

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Research article Phytotaxa 739(1): 35-57

Synopsis of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of the West Indies (Caribbean Region), with a focus on endemic species

Cardiel, J.M., I. Sancho-García, I. Montero-Muñoz, R. Gamarra, E. Ortúñez, J. Gutiérrez & P. Muñoz-Rodríguez

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2025
Research Article PLOS One 20(10): e0332588

Three new species of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from Tanzania and Angola and their conservation status

Montero-Muñoz, I., J.M. Cardiel, L. Villaescusa-González & P. Muñoz-Rodríguez

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Research Article TAXON 74(5): 1217-1247

A nomenclatural review of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of mainland Africa

Cardiel, J.M., I. Montero-Muñoz, R. Gamarra, E. Ortúñez & P. Muñoz-Rodríguez

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Research Article Flora Mediterranea 35: 5-14

New additions to the vascular flora of central and southern Italy

Conti, F., F. Falcinelli, […], P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, […] & F. Bartolucci

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Book Chapter The New Taxonomy: a science reimagined, 112–123

Bringing taxonomy back into the spotlight

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P.

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2024
Research Article Kew Bulletin

The research behind a taxonomic monograph: a case study from Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae)

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., T. Carruthers, T. Wells, A. Sumadijaya, J.R.I. Wood & R.W. Scotland

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Research Article Kew Bulletin 79: 915-935

Notes on Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) from Ecuador

Wood, J.R.I., P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, T. Wells, D. Espinel, K. Romoleroux, C. Cerón, X. Cornejo & R.W. Scotland

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2023
Research Article BAUHINIA – Zeitschrift der Basler Botanischen Gesellschaft 29: 85–93

An integrated approach to studying tropical plant diversity – Taxonomic monographs, herbarium specimens and the sweet potato

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., J.R.I. Wood & R.W. Scotland

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Research Article Taxon 72: 1201–1215

The challenges of classifying big genera such as Ipomoea

Muñoz‐Rodríguez, P., J.R.I. Wood, T. Wells, T. Carruthers, A. Sumadijaya & R.W. Scotland

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Research Article Taxon 72: 644–646

Rebuttal to “(2786) Proposal to change the conserved type of Ipomoea, nom. cons. (Convolvulaceae)”

Muñoz‐Rodríguez, P., J.R.I. Wood, T. Wells, T. Carruthers, A. Sumadijaya & R.W. Scotland

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Research Article European Journal of Taxonomy 886(1): 1-92

Catalogue and red list of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae) from South America

Cardiel, J.M., P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, A. González-Berdasco & I. Montero-Muñoz

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Research Article Botanical Sciences 101(4): 1016-1033

Climatic amplitude is a predictor of geographic range size in Mexican morning glories (Ipomoea L., Convolvulaceae)

Deloya Brito, E.C., C. Clay, P.J. McIntyre, I.A. Piña-de la Rosa, R.W. Scotland, P. Muñoz-Rodríguez & N.I. Cacho

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Research Article Journal of King Saud University – Science 35: 102543

Ipomoea tricolor (Convolvulaceae) in Turkey: new occurrence record and potential spread areas under current climatic conditions

Onen, H., S. Farooq, P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, S.A. Alharbi & S. Alfarraj

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Research Article TAXON 72(1): 210-211

Proposal to conserve the name Acalypha multicaulis against A. pruriens and A. ruderalis (Euphorbiaceae)

Cardiel, J.M., P. Muñoz-Rodríguez & I. Montero-Muñoz

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Dispatch The Linnean 39(3): 60-61

Book review: Quentin Wheeler’s «Species, Science and Society: The Role of Systematic Biology»

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P.

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2022
Research Article New Phytologist 234: 1185–1194

Discovery and characterisation of sweetpotato’s closest tetraploid relative

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., T. Wells, J.R.I. Wood, T. Carruthers, N.L. Anglin, R.L. Jarret & R.W. Scotland

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Research Article Harvard Papers in Botany 27: 221–227

Molecular analyses place the genus Keraunea outside Convolvulaceae

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., J.R.I. Wood, L. Villaescusa González, C.C. Davis, Z.A. Goodwin & R.W. Scotland

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Research Article Plant Systematics and Evolution 308(4): 24

Updated synopsis of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from Brazil

Cardiel, J.M., A.A. Cordeiro de Sousa, I. Cordeiro, M.B.R. Caruzo, O.L.M. da Silva, P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, A. López & I. Montero-Muñoz

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Research Article Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 46: 5–14

Priorities for taxonomic studies of Indian Convolvulaceae

Wood, J.R.I., P. Muñoz-Rodríguez & R.W. Scotland

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Research Article Phytotaxa 543: 219–232

A new species of Euploca (Boraginales: Heliotropiaceae) from the Inter-Andean dry valleys of Bolivia

Wood, J.R.I. & P. Muñoz-Rodríguez

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Book Chapter Cryptic species: morphological stasis, circumscription and hidden diversity, 131–142

Diagnosability and cryptic nodes in Angiosperms: a case study from Ipomoea

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., J.R.I. Wood & R.W. Scotland

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Book Chapter The prehistory of Easter Island (Rapa Nui): towards an integrative interdisciplinary framework, 63–83

Sweet potato on Rapa Nui: insights from a monographic study of the genus Ipomoea

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., J.R.I. Wood & R.W. Scotland

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2021
Research Article Systematic Biology: syab087

Species as a heuristic: reconciling theory and practice

Wells, T., T. Carruthers, P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, A. Sumadijaya, J.R.I. Wood & R.W. Scotland

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2020
Monograph PhytoKeys 143: 1–823

A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World

Wood, J.R.I., P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, B.R.M. Williams & R.W. Scotland

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Research Article Systematics and Biodiversity 18(8): 784-793

How long does it take to discover a species?

Goodwin, Z.A., P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, D.J. Harris, T. Wells, J.R.I. Wood, D. Filer & R.W. Scotland

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Research Article Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106768

The temporal dynamics of evolutionary diversification in Ipomoea

Carruthers, T., P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, J.R.I. Wood & R.W. Scotland

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Research Article Phytotaxa 461(4): 286-294

Ipomoea noemana (Convolvulaceae) a new species from Ancash eastern slope in Peru

Jara, E., P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, J.R.I. Wood & H. Beltrán

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Dispatch Current Biology 30(24): R1473-R1476

Evolutionary Biology: a new phylogenetic framework for an iconic plant radiation

Carruthers, T., P. Muñoz-Rodríguez & R.W. Scotland

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2019
Research Article Nature Plants 5: 1136–1144

A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., T. Carruthers, J.R.I. Wood, B.R.M. Williams, K. Weitemier, B. Kronmiller, Z. Goodwin, et al.

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Dissertation D.Phil. Thesis, University of Oxford

Systematic studies of the sweet potato and its wild relatives

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P.

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2018
Research Article Current Biology 28: 1246-1256.e12

Reconciling conflicting phylogenies in the origin of sweet potato and dispersal to Polynesia

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., T. Carruthers, J.R.I. Wood, B.R.M. Williams, K. Weitemier, B. Kronmiller, D. Ellis, et al.

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Research Article Kew Bulletin 73: 57

Additional notes on Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in Bolivia

Wood, J.R.I., M.T. Martinez Ugarteche, P. Muñoz-Rodríguez & R.W. Scotland

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2017
Research Article PhytoKeys 88: 1–38

New species of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) from South America

Wood, J.R.I., P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, R. Degen & R.W. Scotland

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2016
Research Article Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 63: 297–308

Global Strategy for Plant Conservation: inadequate in situ conservation of threatened flora in Spain

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., D. Draper Munt & J.C. Moreno Saiz

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Research Article Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 63: 309-319

Effects of climate change on threatened Spanish medicinal and aromatic species: predicting future trends and defining conservation guidelines

Draper Munt, D., P. Muñoz-Rodríguez, I. Marques & J.C. Moreno Saiz

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Research article Taxon 65(2): 391

(2429–2430) Proposals to conserve the names Acalypha communis against A. hirsuta and A. brasiliensis against A. subsana (Euphorbiaceae)

Cardiel, J.M. & P. Muñoz-Rodríguez

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2015
Research Article Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 101(2): 384-405

Synopsis of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay

Cardiel, J.M. & P. Muñoz-Rodríguez

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2014
Research Article Phytotaxa 166(3): 199

Acalypha subgenus Linostachys (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae): a global review

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., J.M. Cardiel & D. Atha

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Dispatch Conservación Vegetal 18: 5–6

La Estrategia Global de Conservación de Plantas en España: protección in situ de la flora vascular

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., D. Draper & J.C. Moreno Saiz

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2013
Research Article Taxon 62(6): 1295-1303

Revised taxonomy and nomenclature of Acalypha sect. Communes (Euphorbiaceae, a complex group of species widespread in the north of the Southern Cone

Cardiel, J.M., P. Muñoz-Rodríguez & F. Muñoz-Garmendia

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Research Article Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 70(2): 152-177

Synopsis of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae) of Peru and Bolivia, with description of a new species

Cardiel, J.M., M. Nee & P. Muñoz-Rodríguez

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Research Article Botánica Complutensis 37: 53-56

Acalypha carrascoana Cardiel (Euphorbiaceae): novedad para la flora de México

Cardiel, J.M. & P. Muñoz-Rodríguez

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Communication Congreso de la SEBiCoP, Universidad de Murcia, España

Conservación in situ de la flora vascular española amenazada. ¿Se alcanza el objetivo 7 de la Estrategia Global de Conservación Vegetal?

Muñoz-Rodríguez, P.

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2012
Research Article Brittonia 64(4): 363-367

Two new species of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) from Bolivia

Cardiel, J.M. & P. Muñoz-Rodríguez

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Research Article Phytokeys 17: 1-17

Synopsis of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of continental Ecuador

Cardiel, J.M. & P. Muñoz-Rodríguez

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