Wurdack, Kenneth Research Botanist and Associate Curator of Botany (Euphorbiaceae, Malpighiales)

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• Insights on the systematics and morphology of Humiriaceae (Malpighiales): androecial and extrafloral nectary variation, two new combinations, and a new Sacoglottis from Guyana.  Phytokeys.  124:87-121. 2019
• Seed size evolution and biogeography of Plukenetia (Euphorbiaceae), a pantropical genus with traditionally cultivated oilseed species.  BMC Evolutionary Biology.  19:29-29. 2019
• Systematics and relationships of Tryssophyton (Melastomataceae), with a second species from the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana.  PhytoKeys.  136:1-21. 2019
• A new disjunct species of Eriolaena (Malvaceae, Dombeyoideae) from Continental Africa.  Phytokeys.  111:11-16. 2018
• A new large-flowered species of Andeimalva (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) from Peru.  Phytokeys.  91-99. 2018
• A new disjunct Dendrothrix (Euphorbiaceae, tribe Hippomaneae): a Guiana Shield element in sub-Andean cordilleras of Ecuador and Peru.  Phytokeys.  117-130. 2017
• A new tiny-leaved species of Raveniopsis (Rutaceae) from the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana.  Phytokeys.  1-12. 2017
• Developing integrative systematics in the informatics and genomic era, and calling for a global Biodiversity Cyberbank.  Journal of Systematics and Evolution.  55:308-321. 2017
• Generic Relationships and Classification of Tribe Paullinieae (Sapindaceae) with a New Concept of Supertribe Paulliniodae.  Systematic Botany.  42:96-114. 2017
• Guidelines for collecting vouchers and tissues intended for genomic work (Smithsonian Institution): Botany Best Practices.  Biodiversity Data Journal.  2017
• Incadendron: a new genus of Euphorbiaceae tribe Hippomaneae from the sub-Andean cordilleras of Ecuador and Peru.  Phytokeys.  69-86. 2017
• Typification and Nomenclature of Five Taxa Endemic to Jamaica.  Harvard Papers in Botany.  22:137-140. 2017
• Evolutionary bursts in Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) are linked with photosynthetic pathway.  Evolution.  68:3485-3504. 2014
• Evolutionary stasis in Euphorbiaceae pollen: selection and constraints.  Journal of Evolutionary Biology.  25:1077-1096. 2012
• Horizontal transfer of expressed genes in a parasitic flowering plant.  BMC Genomics.  13:S25-S30. 2012
• Phylogenetics and the evolution of major structural characters in the giant genus Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae).  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.  63:305-326. 2012
• Phylogenomics and a posteriori data partitioning resolve the Cretaceous angiosperm radiation Malpighiales.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  109:17519-17524. 2012
• Angiosperm phylogeny: 17 genes, 640 taxa.  Am.J.Bot..  98:704-730. 2011
• Phylogenetic Relationships of the Northeastern South American Brownea Clade of Tribe Detarieae (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) based on Morphology and Molecular Data.  Systematic Botany.  35:524-533. 2010
• Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the most recalcitrant clades in the angiosperm tree of life.  Am.J.Bot..  96:1551-1570. 2009
• The South American genera of Hemerocallidaceae (Eccremis and Pasithea): two introductions to the New World.  Taxon.  58:1122-1132. 2009
• The complete nucleotide sequence of the cassava (Manihot esculenta) chloroplast genome and the evolution of atpF in Malpighiales: RNA editing and multiple losses of a group II intron.  Theoretical and Applied Genetics.  116:723-737. 2008
• Floral gigantism in Rafflesiaceae.  Science.  315:1812. 2007
• Proposal to conserve the name Phyllanthaceae.  Taxon.  56:266. 2007