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Gar Rothwell
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
340 Points

Contributions by role

Author 235
Reviewer 105

Contributions by subject area

Paleontology
Plant Science
Taxonomy
Evolutionary Studies
Biodiversity
Forestry

Gar W Rothwell

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

Gar Rothwell is the Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology, Emeritus, Ohio University, and Courtesy Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University. He is past-president of the International Organisation of Palaeobotany, author of the paleobotany textbook, Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants (Stewart and Rothwell, 1993), and editor of six previous volumes of studies in plant paleontology. His research focuses on the role of development in evolution, and on the patterns of organismal evolution and phylogeny among land plants, particularly lycophytes, equisetophytes, ferns, and seed plants.

Evolutionary Studies Paleontology Plant Science

Past or current institution affiliations

Ohio University
Oregon State University
University of Oregon

Work details

Courtesy Professor

Oregon State University
September 2011
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Research and student mentorship.

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Reviewed 3
August 28, 2017
New insights into Mesozoic cycad evolution: an exploration of anatomically preserved Cycadaceae seeds from the Jurassic Oxford Clay biota
Alan R.T. Spencer, Russell J. Garwood, Andrew R. Rees, Robert J. Raine, Gar W. Rothwell, Neville T.J. Hollingworth, Jason Hilton
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3723 PubMed 28875075
December 21, 2016
Cretaceous origin of dogwoods: an anatomically preserved Cornus (Cornaceae) fruit from the Campanian of Vancouver Island
Brian A. Atkinson, Ruth A. Stockey, Gar W. Rothwell
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2808 PubMed 28028474

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December 12, 2019
Fossil fern rhizomes as a model system for exploring epiphyte community structure across geologic time: evidence from Patagonia
Alexander C. Bippus, Ignacio H. Escapa, Peter Wilf, Alexandru M.F. Tomescu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8244 PubMed 31844594
June 1, 2018
Understanding the cone scale in Cupressaceae: insights from seed-cone teratology in Glyptostrobus pensilis
Veit Martin Dörken, Paula J. Rudall
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4948 PubMed 29868298
October 23, 2014
X-ray Synchrotron Microtomography of a silicified Jurassic Cheirolepidiaceae (Conifer) cone: histology and morphology of Pararaucaria collinsonae sp. nov.
David C. Steart, Alan R.T. Spencer, Russell J. Garwood, Jason Hilton, Martin C. Munt, John Needham, Paul Kenrick
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.624 PubMed 25374776