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Schuettpelz, Eric Research Botanist & Acting Chair

Fern systematics

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• Background And Education
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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

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 (NSF) 2018
• 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

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  • A worldwide phylogeny of Adiantum (Pteridaceae) reveals remarkable convergent evolution in leaf blade architecture.  Taxon.  67:488-502. 2018
  • Are there too many fern genera?.  Taxon.  67:473-480. 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. 2018
  • Mobile elements shape plastome evolution in ferns.  Genome Biology and Evolution.  2018
  • Overlapping Patterns of Gene Expression Between Gametophyte and Sporophyte Phases in the Fern Polypodium amorphum (Polypodiales).  Frontiers in Plant Science.  9:1450-1450. 2018
  • 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. 2017
  • Applications of deep convolutional neural networks to digitized natural history collections.  Biodiversity Data Journal.  5:e21139. 2017
  • Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes concerning Ormopteris and Pellaea (Pteridaceae) in Brazil.  Brittonia.  69:313-315. 2017
  • A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns.  Journal of Systematics and Evolution.  54:563-603. 2016
  • A revised generic classification of vittarioid ferns (Pteridaceae) based on molecular, micromorphological, and geographic data.  Taxon.  65:708-722. 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.  65:723-738. 2016
  • Maidenhair Ferns, Adiantum, are Indeed Monophyletic and Sister to Shoestring Ferns, Vittarioids (Pteridaceae).  Systematic Botany.  41:17-23. 2016
  • Phylogeny and relationships of the neotropical Adiantum raddianum group (Pteridaceae).  Taxon.  65:1225-1235. 2016
  • Proposal to conserve the name Haplopteris against Monogramma (Pteridaceae).  Taxon.  65:884-885. 2016
  • Sex and the Single Gametophyte: Revising the Homosporous Vascular Plant Life Cycle in Light of Contemporary Research.  Bioscience.  66:928-937. 2016
  • Systematics and evolution of lycophytes and ferns.  Journal of Systematics and Evolution.  54:561-562. 2016
  • Transcriptome sequencing reveals genome-wide variation in molecular evolutionary rate among ferns.  BMC Genomics.  17:692. 2016
  • Unraveling the origin of the Appalachian gametophyte, Vittaria appalachiana.  Am.J.Bot..  103:668-676. 2016
  • A Unified Approach to Taxonomic Delimitation in the Fern Genus Pentagramma (Pteridaceae).  Systematic Botany.  40:629-644. 2015
  • A global plastid phylogeny of the brake fern genus Pteris (Pteridaceae) and related genera in the Pteridoideae.  Cladistics.  31:406-423. 2015
  • Tryonia, a new taenitidoid fern genus segregated from Jamesonia and Eriosorus (Pteridaceae).  Phytokeys.  35:23-43. 2014
  • Accelerated Rate of Molecular Evolution for Vittarioid Ferns is Strong and Not Driven by Selection.  Systematic Biology.  63:31-54. 2014
  • Molecular phylogenetic and morphological affinities of Adiantum senae (Pteridaceae).  Taxon.  63:258-264. 2014
  • Pellaea flavescens, a Brazilian endemic, is a synonym of Old World Pellaea viridis.  American Fern Journal.  103:21-26. 2013
  • A revised family-level classification for eupolypod II ferns (Polypodiidae: Polypodiales).  Taxon.  61:515-533. 2012
  • Abrupt deceleration of molecular evolution linked to the origin of arborescence in ferns.  Evolution.  64:2786-2792. 2010
  • DNA barcoding exposes a case of mistaken identity in the fern horticultural trade.  Molecular Ecology Resources.  10:979-985. 2010
  • Evidence for a Cenozoic radiation of ferns in an angiosperm-dominated canopy.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  106:11200-11205. 2009
  • Using plastid and nuclear DNA sequences to redraw generic boundaries and demystify species complexes in cheilanthoid ferns.  American Fern Journal.  99:128. 2009
  • A "new" tree fern species from southeastern Brazil: Cyathea myriotricha (Cyatheaceae).  Brittonia.  60:362-370. 2008
  • Divergence times and the evolution of epiphytism in filmy ferns (Hymenophyllaceae) revisited.  International journal of plant sciences.  169:1278-1287. 2008
  • The utility of nuclear gapCp in resolving polyploid fern origins.  Systematic Botany.  33:621-629. 2008
  • A molecular phylogeny of the fern family Pteridaceae: assessing overall relationships and the affinities of previously unsampled genera.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.  44:1172-1185. 2007
  • Fern phylogeny inferred from 400 leptosporangiate species and three plastid genes.  Taxon.  56:1037. 2007

• chapter

  • The Structure and Function of Xylem in Seed-Free Vascular Plants: An Evolutionary Perspective.  1-37. 2015
  • Ferns (Monilophyta).  153-156. 2009
  • Fern classification.  417-467. 2008
  • Fern phylogeny.  395-416. 2008

Affiliation

member of

• NMNH - Dept. of Botany

Other

Location

• National Museum of Natural History  Museum

Mailing Address

• Smithsonian NMNH Botany MRC 166
  PO Box 37012
  Washington DC 20013-7012

Shipping Address

• Smithsonian NMNH Botany MRC 166
  10th St & Constitution Ave NW
  Washington DC 20560