Featured Publications
Revisiting Acalypha medicinal interest: ethnobotany, experimental studies, and the implications of taxonomic misuse pitfalls
This review provides the first standardised, taxonomically validated global synthesis of Acalypha’s medicinal knowledge, identifies major knowledge gaps, and offers a foundation for future phytochemical and pharmacological research on this diverse genus.
Read Publication →The research behind a taxonomic monograph: a case study from Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae)
Systematic monographs are an important tool for understanding biodiversity. This publication aims to provide a blueprint for others embarking on the preparation of a systematic monograph.
Read Publication →The challenges of classifying big genera such as Ipomoea
This study identifies Ipomoea aequatoriensis as a new autotetraploid species from Ecuador, the closest wild relative of sweetpotato and likely the direct descendant of its tetraploid progenitor, distinguishing it from modern hybrid tetraploids.
Read Publication →Discovery and characterisation of sweetpotato’s closest tetraploid relative
This study identifies Ipomoea aequatoriensis as a new autotetraploid species from Ecuador, the closest wild relative of sweetpotato and likely the direct descendant of its tetraploid progenitor, distinguishing it from modern hybrid tetraploids.
Read Publication →A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales
Integrating a comprehensive taxonomic monograph of the sweet potato genus with phylogenetic sequencing.
Read Publication →Reconciling conflicting phylogenies in the origin of sweet potato
Settling the historic debate surrounding the pre-human origin of sweet potato and dispersal to Polynesia.
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