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Schuettpelz, Eric

Research Botanist & Chair

Fern systematics

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Background And Education

education and training

• Ph.D. in Biology, Duke University , Department of Biology 2001 - 2007
• M.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee , Department of Biological Sciences 1999 - 2001
• B.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee , Department of Biological Sciences 1995 - 1999
• National Evolutionary Synthesis Center 2009 - 2010
• Duke University , Department of Biology 2007 - 2009

awards and honors

• Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2018

Research And Grants

co-principal investigator on

• Deepening our understanding of digitized herbarium samples using machine learning  awarded by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards 2018 -

investigator on

• Collaborative Research: Exploring the Evolution of an Extreme Makeover in Ferns  awarded by National Science Foundation
• Applying Machine Learning and Computer Vision to Investigate Long Term Insect-Plant Interactions Preserved on Digitized Herbarium Specimens  awarded by Duke University 2019 -

Publications

selected publications

• article

  • Grusz, Amanda L., Windham, Michael D., Picard, Kathryn T., Pryer, Kathleen M., Schuettpelz, Eric, and Haufler, Christopher H. 2021. "A drought-driven model for the evolution of obligate apomixis in ferns: evidence from pellaeids (Pteridaceae)." American Journal of Botany 108 (2):263-283. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1611 2021
  • Campany, Courtney E., Pittermann, Jarmila, Baer, Alex, Holmlund, Helen, Schuettpelz, Eric, Mehltreter, Klaus, and Watkins, James E., Jr. 2021. "Leaf water relations in epiphytic ferns are driven by drought avoidance rather than tolerance mechanisms." Plant Cell and Environment https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14042 2021
  • Chen, Cheng-Wei, Lindsay, Stuart, Middleton, David J., Cicuzza, Daniele, and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2021. "New combinations and typifications in Haplopteris (Pteridaceae: Vittarioideae)." Kew Bulletin https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-021-09943-6 2021
  • Rouhan, Germinal, Boullet, Vincent, Field, Ashiley, and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2021. "Three new combinations and one lectotypification of fern and lycophyte taxa from the French overseas territories." Phytotaxa 497 (1):54-56. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.497.1.6 2021
  • Picard, Kathryn T., Ranft, Hannah, Grusz, Amanda L., Windham, Michael D., and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2021. "When it only takes one to tango: assessing the impact of apomixis in the fern genus Pteris." American Journal of Botany, Hoboken; New Jersey: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1761. 2021
  • Liu, Hong‐Mei, Schuettpelz, Eric, and Schneider, Harald. 2020. "Evaluating the status of fern and lycophyte nothotaxa in the context of the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification (PPG I)." Journal of Systematics and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12641 2020
  • Dal Forno, Manuela, Lawrey, James D., Sikaroodi, Masoumeh, Gillevet, Patrick M., Schuettpelz, Eric, and Lucking, Robert. 2020. "Extensive photobiont sharing in a rapidly radiating cyanolichen clade." Molecular ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15700 2020
  • Huiet, Layne, Li, Fay-Wei, Kao, Tzu-Tong, Prado, Jefferson, Smith, Alan R., Schuettpelz, Eric, and Pryer, Kathleen M. 2018. "A worldwide phylogeny of Adiantum (Pteridaceae) reveals remarkable convergent evolution in leaf blade architecture." Taxon 67 (3):488-502. https://doi.org/10.12705/673.3 2018
  • Schuettpelz, Eric, Rouhan, Germinal, Pryer, Kathleen M., Rothfels, Carl J., Prado, Jefferson, Sundue, Michael A., Windham, Michael D., Moran, Robbin C., and Smith, Alan R. 2018. "Are there too many fern genera?." Taxon 67 (3):473-480. https://doi.org/10.12705/673.1 2018
  • Mahley, Jennifer N., Pittermann, Jarmila, Rowe, Nick, Baer, Alex, Watkins, James E., Schuettpelz, Eric, Wheeler, James K., Mehltreter, Klaus, Windham, Michael, Testo, Weston, and Beck, James. 2018. "Geometry, Allometry and Biomechanics of Fern Leaf Petioles: Their Significance for the Evolution of Functional and Ecological Diversity Within the Pteridaceae." Frontiers in Plant Science 9:197. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00197 2018
  • Robison, Tanner A., Grusz, Amanda L., Wolf, Paul G., Mower, Jeffrey P., Fauskee, Blake D., Sosa, Karla, and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2018. "Mobile elements shape plastome evolution in ferns." Genome Biology and Evolution 10 (10):2558-2571. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy189 2018
  • Sigel, Erin M., Schuettpelz, Eric, Pryer, Kathleen M., and Der, Joshua P. 2018. "Overlapping Patterns of Gene Expression Between Gametophyte and Sporophyte Phases in the Fern Polypodium amorphum (Polypodiales)." Frontiers in Plant Science 9:1450-1450. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01450 2018
  • Zhang, Liang, Zhou, Xin-Mao, Chen, De-Kui, Schuettpelz, Eric, Knapp, Ralf, Thi Lu, Ngan, Tam Luong, Thien, Tri Dang, Minh, Duan, Yi-Fan, He, Hai, Gao, Xin-Fen, and Zhang, Li-Bing. 2017. "A global phylogeny of the fern genus Tectaria (Tectariaceae: Polypodiales) based on plastid and nuclear markers identifies major evolutionary lineages and suggests repeated evolution of free venation from anastomosing venation." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 114:295-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.020 2017
  • Schuettpelz, Eric, Frandsen, Paul, Dikow, Rebecca B., Brown, Abel, Orli, Sylvia S., Peters, Melinda, Metallo, Adam, Funk, Vicki, and Dorr, Laurence J. 2017. "Applications of deep convolutional neural networks to digitized natural history collections." Biodiversity Data Journal 5:e21139. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e21139 2017
  • Prado, Jefferson, Hirai, Regina Y., and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2017. "Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes concerning Ormopteris and Pellaea (Pteridaceae) in Brazil." Brittonia 69 (3):313-315. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-017-9475-3 2017
  • Schuettpelz, Eric, Schneider, Harald, Smith, Alan R., Hovenkamp, Peter, Prado, Jefferson, Rouhan, Germinal, Salino, Alexandre, Sundue, Michael, Almeida, Thais Elias, Parris, Barbara, Sessa, Emily B., Field, Ashley R., de Gasper, Andre Luis, Rothfels, Carl J., Windham, Michael D., Lehnert, Marcus, Dauphin, Benjamin, Ebihara, Atsushi, Lehtonen, Samuli, Schwartsburd, Pedro Bond, Metzgar, Jordan, Zhang, Li-Bing, Kuo, Li-Yaung, Brownsey, Patrick J., Kato, Masahiro et al. 2016. "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns." Journal of Systematics and Evolution 54 (6):563-603. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12229 2016
  • Schuettpelz, Eric, Chen, Cheng-Wei, Kessler, Michael, Pinson, Jerald B., Johnson, Gabriel, Davila, Alex, Cochran, Alyssa T., Huiet, Layne, and Pryer, Kathleen M. 2016. "A revised generic classification of vittarioid ferns (Pteridaceae) based on molecular, micromorphological, and geographic data." Taxon 65 (4):708-722. https://doi.org/10.12705/654.2 2016
  • Zhang, Liang, Schuettpelz, Eric, Rothfels, Carl J., Zhou, Xin-Mao, Gao, Xin-Fen, and Zhang, Li-Bing. 2016. "Circumscription and phylogeny of the fern family Tectariaceae based on plastid and nuclear markers, with the description of two new genera: Draconopteris and Malaifilix (Tectariaceae)." Taxon 65 (4):723-738. https://doi.org/10.12705/654.3 2016
  • Pryer, Kathleen M., Huiet, Layne, Li, Fay-Wei, Rothfels, Carl J., and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2016. "Maidenhair Ferns, Adiantum, are Indeed Monophyletic and Sister to Shoestring Ferns, Vittarioids (Pteridaceae)." Systematic Botany 41 (1):17-23. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364416X690660 2016
  • Hirai, Regina Y., Schuettpelz, Eric, Huiet, Layne, Pryer, Kathleen M., Smith, Alan R., and Prado, Jefferson. 2016. "Phylogeny and relationships of the neotropical Adiantum raddianum group (Pteridaceae)." Taxon 65 (6):1225-1235. https://doi.org/10.12705/656.1 2016
  • Chen, Cheng Wei, Schuettpelz, Eric, Lindsay, Stuart, and Middleton, David J. 2016. "Proposal to conserve the name Haplopteris against Monogramma (Pteridaceae)." Taxon 65 (4):884-885. https://doi.org/10.12705/654.19 2016
  • Haufler, Christopher H., Pryer, Kathleen M., Schuettpelz, Eric, Sessa, Emily B., Farrar, Donald R., Moran, Robbin, Schneller, J. Jakob, Watkins, James E., Jr., and Windham, Michael D. 2016. "Sex and the Single Gametophyte: Revising the Homosporous Vascular Plant Life Cycle in Light of Contemporary Research." Bioscience 66 (11):928-937. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw108 2016
  • Schneider, Harald and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2016. "Systematics and evolution of lycophytes and ferns." Journal of Systematics and Evolution 54 (6):561-562. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12231 2016
  • Grusz, Amanda L., Rothfels, Carl J., and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2016. "Transcriptome sequencing reveals genome-wide variation in molecular evolutionary rate among ferns." BMC Genomics 17 (1):692. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-3034-2 2016
  • Pinson, Jerald B. and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2016. "Unraveling the origin of the Appalachian gametophyte, Vittaria appalachiana." American Journal of Botany 103 (4):668-676. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1500522 2016
  • Schuettpelz, Eric, Pryer, Kathleen M., and Windham, Michael D. 2015. "A Unified Approach to Taxonomic Delimitation in the Fern Genus Pentagramma (Pteridaceae)." Systematic Botany 40 (3):629-644. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364415X689366 2015
  • Zhang, Liang, Rothfels, Carl J., Ebihara, Atsushi, Schuettpelz, Eric, Le Pechon, Timothee, Kamau, Peris, He, Hai, Zhou, Xin-Mao, Prado, Jefferson, Field, Ashley, Yatskievych, George, Gao, Xin-Fen, and Zhang, Li-Bing. 2015. "A global plastid phylogeny of the brake fern genus Pteris (Pteridaceae) and related genera in the Pteridoideae." Cladistics 31 (4):406-423. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12094 2015
  • Cochran, Alyssa, Prado, Jefferson, and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2014. "Tryonia, a new taenitidoid fern genus segregated from Jamesonia and Eriosorus (Pteridaceae)." Phytokeys 35:23-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.35.6886 2014
  • Rothfels, Carl J. and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2014. "Accelerated Rate of Molecular Evolution for Vittarioid Ferns is Strong and Not Driven by Selection." Systematic Biology 63 (1):31-54. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syt058 2014
  • Schuettpelz, Eric, Davila, Alex, Prado, Jefferson, Hirai, Regina Y., and Yatskievych, George. 2014. "Molecular phylogenetic and morphological affinities of Adiantum senae (Pteridaceae)." Taxon 63 (2):258-264. https://doi.org/10.12705/632.7 2014
  • Prado, Jefferson, Schuettpelz, Eric, Hirai, Regina Y., and Smith, Alan R. 2013. "Pellaea flavescens, a Brazilian endemic, is a synonym of Old World Pellaea viridis." American Fern Journal 103 (1):21-26. https://doi.org/10.1640/0002-8444-103.1.21 2013
  • Rothfels, Carl J., Sundue, Michael A., Kuo, Li-Yaung, Larsson, Anders, Kato, Masahiro, Schuettpelz, Eric, and Pryer, Kathleen M. 2012. "A revised family-level classification for eupolypod II ferns (Polypodiidae: Polypodiales)." Taxon 61 (3):515-533. 2012
  • Korall, Petra, Schuettpelz, Eric, and Pryer, Kathleen M. 2010. "Abrupt deceleration of molecular evolution linked to the origin of arborescence in ferns." Evolution 64 (9):2786-2792. 2010
  • Pryer, Kathleen M., Schuettpelz, Eric, Huiet, Layne, Grusz, Amanda L., Rothfels, Carl J., Avent, Tony, Schwartz, David, and Windham, Michael D. 2010. "DNA barcoding exposes a case of mistaken identity in the fern horticultural trade." Molecular Ecology Resources 10 (6):979-985. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02858.x 2010
  • Schuettpelz, Eric and Pryer, Kathleen M. 2009. "Evidence for a Cenozoic radiation of ferns in an angiosperm-dominated canopy." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106 (27):11200-11205. 2009
  • Windham, Michael D., Huiet, Layne, Schuettpelz, Eric, Grusz, Amanda L., Rothfels, Carl J., Beck, James, Yatskievych, George, and Pryer, Kathleen M. 2009. "Using plastid and nuclear DNA sequences to redraw generic boundaries and demystify species complexes in cheilanthoid ferns." American Fern Journal 99 (2):128. 2009
  • Moran, Robbin C., Prado, Jefferson, Labiak, Paulo H., Hanks, Judith Garrison, and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2008. "A "new" tree fern species from southeastern Brazil: Cyathea myriotricha (Cyatheaceae)." Brittonia 60 (4):362-370. 2008
  • Hennequin, Sabine, Schuettpelz, Eric, Pryer, Kathleen M., Ebihara, Atsushi, and Dubuisson, Jean-Yves. 2008. "Divergence times and the evolution of epiphytism in filmy ferns (Hymenophyllaceae) revisited." International Journal of Plant Sciences 169 (9):1278-1287. 2008
  • Smith, Adam R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, Eric, Korall, P., Schneider, Harald, and Wolf, P. G. 2008. "Fern classification." in Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes, edited by Ranker, Tom A. and Haufler, Christopher H., 417-467. Cambridge University Press. 2008
  • Schuettpelz, Eric, Grusz, Amanda L., Windham, Michael D., and Pryer, Kathleen M. 2008. "The utility of nuclear gapCp in resolving polyploid fern origins." Systematic Botany 33 (4):621-629. 2008
  • Schuettpelz, Eric, Schneider, Harald, Huiet, Layne, Windham, Michael D., and Pryer, Kathleen M. 2007. "A molecular phylogeny of the fern family Pteridaceae: assessing overall relationships and the affinities of previously unsampled genera." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 44 (3):1172-1185. 2007
  • Schuettpelz, Eric and Pryer, Kathleen M. 2007. "Fern phylogeny inferred from 400 leptosporangiate species and three plastid genes." Taxon 56 (4):1037. 2007

• chapter

  • Pittermann, Jarmila, Watkins, James E., Cary, Katharine L., Schuettpelz, Eric, Brodersen, Craig, Smith, Alan R., and Baer, Alex. 2015. "The Structure and Function of Xylem in Seed-Free Vascular Plants: An Evolutionary Perspective." in Functional and Ecological Xylem Anatomy, edited by Hacke, Uwe., 1-37. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15783-2_1 2015
  • Pryer, K. M. and Schuettpelz, Eric. 2009. "Ferns (Monilophyta)." in The Timetree of Life, 153-156. Oxford University Press. 2009
  • Schuettpelz, Eric and Pryer, Kathleen M. 2008. "Fern phylogeny." in Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes, 395-416. Cambridge University Press. 2008

• thesis

  • Schuettpelz, Eric. 2007. "The evolution and diversification of epiphytic ferns." PhD. 2007

Affiliation

member of

• NMNH - Dept. of Botany

Contact

Location

• National Museum of Natural History  Academic Department

Mailing Address

• Smithsonian NMNH Botany MRC 166
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• Smithsonian NMNH Botany MRC 166
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