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Alastair Culham

PeerJ Editor & Author

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Associate Professor of Botany and Curator of the University of Reading Herbarium (RNG).

Biodiversity Biogeography Bioinformatics Climate Change Biology Ecology Genomics Plant Science Taxonomy

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PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

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University of Reading

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Associate Professor of Botany

University of Reading

January 1990

Biological Sciences

Curator of the University of Reading Herbarium

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PeerJ Contributions

Articles 1
Edited 30

November 12, 2021

Comparative plastomics of Amaryllidaceae: inverted repeat expansion and the degradation of the ndh genes in Strumaria truncata Jacq.

Kálmán Könyves, Jordan Bilsborrow, Maria D. Christodoulou, Alastair Culham, John David

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12400 PubMed 34824912

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April 14, 2023

Phylogenetic relationship and comparative analysis of the main Bupleuri Radix species in China

Ping Wang, Jiqing Bai, Xue Li, Tiantian Liu, Yumeng Yan, Yichang Yang, Huaizhu Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15157 PubMed 37077311

August 29, 2022

Accelerating the discovery of rare tree species in Amazonian forests: integrating long monitoring tree plot data with metabolomics and phylogenetics for the description of a new species in the hyperdiverse genus Inga Mill

Juan Ernesto Guevara Andino, Consuelo Hernández, Renato Valencia, Dale Forrister, María-José Endara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13767 PubMed 36061752

April 12, 2022

Identification of the original plants of cultivated Bupleuri Radix based on DNA barcoding and chloroplast genome analysis

Gaixia Zhang, Hui Wang, Linchun Shi, Yang Liu, Ruyu Yao, Chun Sui, Chengmin Yang, Hongliang Ji, Qiuling Wang, Jianhe Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13208 PubMed 35433122

April 7, 2022

Putting small and big pieces together: a genome assembly approach reveals the largest Lamiid plastome in a woody vine

Luiz Henrique M. Fonseca, Alison G. Nazareno, Verônica A. Thode, Alexandre R. Zuntini, Lúcia G. Lohmann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13207 PubMed 35415013

November 15, 2021

Preliminary placement and new records of an overlooked Amazonian tree, Christiana mennegae (Malvaceae)

Rafael G. Barbosa-Silva, Thales Silva Coutinho, Santelmo Vasconcelos, Delmo Fonseca da Silva, Guilherme Oliveira, Daniela C. Zappi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12244 PubMed 34820158

June 1, 2021

Alien plants of Europe: introduction pathways, gateways and time trends

Margarita Arianoutsou, Ioannis Bazos, Anastasia Christopoulou, Yannis Kokkoris, Andreas Zikos, Sevasti Zervou, Pinelopi Delipetrou, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Ivan Deriu, Eugenio Gervasini, Konstantinos Tsiamis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11270 PubMed 34141463

March 26, 2021

A taxonomically detailed and large-scale view of the factors affecting the distribution and abundance of tree species planted in private gardens of Christchurch city, New Zealand

Wei Quan, Jon J. Sullivan, Colin D. Meurk, Glenn H. Stewart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10588 PubMed 33828902

March 8, 2021

Two centuries from species discovery to diagnostic characters: molecular and morphological evidence for narrower species limits in the widespread SW Australian Anarthria gracilis complex (Restionaceae s.l./Anarthriaceae, Poales)

Constantin I. Fomichev, Terry D. Macfarlane, Carmen M. Valiejo-Roman, Tahir H. Samigullin, Galina V. Degtjareva, Barbara G. Briggs, Dmitry D. Sokoloff

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10935 PubMed 33732546

March 5, 2021

Comparative analysis of complete plastid genomes from Lilium lankongense Franchet and its closely related species and screening of Lilium-specific primers

Danmei Su, Fumin Xie, Haiying Liu, Dengfeng Xie, Juan Li, Xingjin He, Xianlin Guo, Songdong Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10964 PubMed 33717697

January 4, 2021

Limited effect of a highway barrier on the genetic structure of a gypsum soil specialist

Irene Martín-Rodríguez, Adrián Escudero, Alfredo García-Fernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10533 PubMed 33505788

October 15, 2020

Conflicting phylogenetic signals in plastomes of the tribe Laureae (Lauraceae)

Tian-Wen Xiao, Yong Xu, Lu Jin, Tong-Jian Liu, Hai-Fei Yan, Xue-Jun Ge

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10155 PubMed 33088627

May 26, 2020

At the crossroads of botanical collections and molecular genetics laboratory: a preliminary study of obtaining amplifiable DNA from moss herbarium material

Marta Saługa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9109 PubMed 32518721

April 22, 2020

Long-reads reveal that Rhododendron delavayi plastid genome contains extensive repeat sequences, and recombination exists among plastid genomes of photosynthetic Ericaceae

Huie Li, Qiqiang Guo, Qian Li, Lan Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9048 PubMed 32351791

April 7, 2020

ECuADOR—Easy Curation of Angiosperm Duplicated Organellar Regions, a tool for cleaning and curating plastomes assembled from next generation sequencing pipelines

Angelo D. Armijos Carrion, Damien D. Hinsinger, Joeri S. Strijk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8699 PubMed 32292644

February 13, 2020

The newly developed genomic-SSR markers uncover the genetic characteristics and relationships of olive accessions

Danyang Li, Cui Long, Xiaoming Pang, Delu Ning, Tao Wu, Mingliang Dong, Xiaoning Han, Huihong Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8573 PubMed 32095373

December 17, 2019

Exploring snake occurrence records: Spatial biases and marginal gains from accessible social media

Benjamin M. Marshall, Colin T. Strine

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8059 PubMed 31871833

November 7, 2019

Genome-wide identification and characterization of the MADS-box gene family in Salix suchowensis

Yanshu Qu, Changwei Bi, Bing He, Ning Ye, Tongming Yin, Li-an Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8019 PubMed 31720123

October 7, 2019

Bees may drive the reproduction of four sympatric cacti in a vanishing coastal mediterranean-type ecosystem

Pablo C. Guerrero, Claudia A. Antinao, Beatriz Vergara-Meriño, Cristian A. Villagra, Gastón O. Carvallo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7865 PubMed 31608183

September 24, 2019

The sugarcane mitochondrial genome: assembly, phylogenetics and transcriptomics

Dyfed Lloyd Evans, Thandekile Thandiwe Hlongwane, Shailesh V. Joshi, Diego M. Riaño Pachón

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7558 PubMed 31579570

September 20, 2019

Complete chloroplast genome sequence of the mangrove species Kandelia obovata and comparative analyses with related species

Yong Yang, Ying Zhang, Yukai Chen, Juma Gul, Jingwen Zhang, Qiang Liu, Qing Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7713 PubMed 31579601

August 13, 2019

Grazing effects on woody and herbaceous plant biodiversity on a limestone mountain in northern Tunisia

David Anthony Kirk, Katherine Hébert, Frank Barrie Goldsmith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7296 PubMed 31428536

July 9, 2019

Complete chloroplast genomes of medicinally important Teucrium species and comparative analyses with related species from Lamiaceae

Arif Khan, Sajjad Asaf, Abdul Latif Khan, Adil Khan, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Omar Al-Sudairy, Noor Mazin AbdulKareem, Nadiya Al-Saady, Ahmed Al-Rawahi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7260 PubMed 31328036

July 3, 2019

Monitoring the critically endangered Clanwilliam cedar with freely available Google Earth imagery

Jasper A. Slingsby, Peter W. O. Slingsby

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7005 PubMed 31308994

June 17, 2019

Identification and characterization of Gypsophila paniculata color morphs in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, MI, USA

Marisa L. Yang, Emma Rice, Hailee Leimbach-Maus, Charlyn G. Partridge

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7100 PubMed 31245177

March 11, 2019

A systematic comparison of eight new plastome sequences from Ipomoea L

Jianying Sun, Xiaofeng Dong, Qinghe Cao, Tao Xu, Mingku Zhu, Jian Sun, Tingting Dong, Daifu Ma, Yonghua Han, Zongyun Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6563 PubMed 30881765

February 20, 2019

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genomes of five Populus species from the western Sichuan plateau, southwest China: comparative and phylogenetic analyses

Dan Zong, Anpei Zhou, Yao Zhang, Xinlian Zou, Dan Li, Anan Duan, Chengzhong He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6386 PubMed 30809432

January 25, 2019

Convergent origin of the narrowly lanceolate leaf in the genus Aster—with special reference to an unexpected discovery of a new Aster species from East China

Guo-Jin Zhang, Hai-Hua Hu, Tian-Gang Gao, Michael G. Gilbert, Xiao-Feng Jin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6288 PubMed 30701132

November 7, 2018

Hemiparasitic plants increase alpine plant richness and evenness but reduce arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization in dominant plant species

Michael McKibben, Jeremiah A. Henning

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5682 PubMed 30425882

July 13, 2018

Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered basal angiosperm Brasenia schreberi (Cabombaceae) in China

Zhi-Zhong Li, Andrew W. Gichira, Qing-Feng Wang, Jin-Ming Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5296 PubMed 30013859

May 11, 2018

Westwards and northwards dispersal of Triosteum himalayanum (Caprifoliaceae) from the Hengduan Mountains region based on chloroplast DNA phylogeography

Hai-rui Liu, Qing-bo Gao, Fa-qi Zhang, Gulzar Khan, Shi-long Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4748 PubMed 29770273