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Publications:

(most of my matrices are available at TreeBASE)


 

  • Gilmour, C. N., Starr, J. R., Naczi, R. F. C. 2013. Calliscirpus, a new genus for two narrow endemics to the California Floristic Province, C. criniger and C. brachythrix sp. nov. (Cyperaceae). Kew Bulletin (DOI) 10.1007/s12225-012-9420-2

 

  • Ford, B. A., H. Ghazvini, R. F. C. Naczi, and J. R. Starr. 2012. Phylogeny of Carex subg. Vignea (Cyperaceae) based on amplified fragment length polymorphism and nrDNA data. Systematic Botany 37: 913-925.Link

 

  • King, J. G., J. R. Starr, & P. K. Lago. 2011. Molecular data resolves relationships within Heteroceridae (Coleoptera: Dryopoidea). Systematic Entomology 36: 435–445. Link

 

  • Le Clerc-Blain, J., J. R. Starr, R. D. Bull, & J. M. Saarela. 2010. A regional approach to plant DNA barcoding provides high species resolution of sedges (Carex and Kobresia, Cyperaceae) in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 69-91. Link

 

  • Starr, J. R., R. F. C. Naczi, & B. N. Chouinard. 2009. Plant DNA barcodes and species resolution in sedges (Carex, Cyperaceae). Molecular Ecology Resources 9 (Suppl. 1): 151-163. PDF File with Appendix 1

 

  • Starr, J. R., & B. A. Ford. 2009. Phylogeny and evolution in Cariceae (Cyperaceae): current knowledge and future directions. The Botanical Review 75: 110-137. Link

 

  • Ford, B. A., R. F. C. Naczi, & J. R. Starr. 2008. Carex sect. Phyllostachyae: the value of a multidisciplinary approach in conducting systematics studies in sedges. In Sedges: uses, diversity, and systematics of the Cyperaceae, eds. R. F. C. Naczi and B. A. Ford. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 108: 227-242. PDF File

 

  • Starr, J. R., S. A. Harris, & D. A. Simpson. 2008. Phylogeny of the unispicate taxa in Cyperaceae tribe Cariceae II: the limits of Uncinia. In Sedges: uses, diversity, and systematics of the Cyperaceae, eds. R. F. C. Naczi and B. A. Ford. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 108: 243-267. PDF File

 

  • Bruneau, A., J. R. Starr, & S. Joly. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Rosa: new evidence from chloroplast DNA sequences and an appraisal of current knowledge. Systematic Botany 32: 366-378. Link

 

  • Simpson, D. A., A. M. Muasya, M. V. Alves, J. J. Bruhl, M. W. Chase, C. A. Furness, K. Ghamkhar, P. Goetghebeur, T. R. Hodkinson, A. D. Marchant, A. A. Reznicek, E. H. Roalson, E. Smets, J. R. Starr, W. W. Thomas, K. L. Wilson, & X. Zhang. 2007. Phylogeny of Cyperaceae based on DNA sequence data: a new rbcL analysis. Aliso 23: 72-83.

 

  • Starr, J. R., G. Gravel, A. Bruneau, and A. M. Muasya. 2007. Phylogenetic implications of a unique 5.8S nrDNA insertion in Cyperaceae. Aliso 23: 84-98. PDF File

 

  • Waterway, M. J., & J. R. Starr. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in tribe Cariceae (Cyperaceae) based on nested analyses of four molecular data sets. Aliso 23: 165-192.

 

  • Ford, B. A., M. Iranpour, R. F. C. Naczi, J. R. Starr, & C. A. Jerome. 2006. Phylogeny of Carex subg. Vignea (Cyperaceae) based on non-coding nrDNA sequence data. Systematic Botany 31: 70-82. Link

 

  • Joly, S., J. R. Starr, W. H. Lewis, & A. Bruneau. 2006. Polyploid and hybrid evolution in roses east of the Rocky Mountains. American Journal of Botany 93: 412-425. Link

 

  • Bruneau, A., S. Joly, J. R. Starr, & J.-N. Drouin. 2005. Molecular markers indicate that the narrow Québec endemics, Rosa rousseauiorum and R. williamsii, are synonymous with the widespread R. blanda. Canadian Journal of Botany 83: 386-398. Link

 

  • Starr, J. R., S. A. Harris, & D. A. Simpson. 2004. Phylogeny of the unispicate taxa in Cyperaceae tribe Cariceae I: Generic limits and evolutionary scenarios. Systematic Botany 29: 528-544. Link

 

  • Starr, J. R., S. A. Harris, & D. A. Simpson. 2003. Potential of the 5' and 3' ends of the intergenic spacer (IGS) of rDNA in the Cyperaceae: new sequences for lower-level phylogenies in sedges with an example from Uncinia Pers. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: 213-227. Link

 

  • Starr, J. R., & B. A. Ford. 2001. The taxonomic and phylogenetic utility of vegetative anatomy and fruit epidermal silica bodies in Carex section Phyllostachys (Cyperaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 79: 362-379. PDF

 

  • Starr, J. R., R. J. Bayer, & B. A. Ford. 1999. The phylogenetic position of Carex section Phyllostachys (Cyperaceae) and its implications for phylogeny and subgeneric circumscription in Carex. American Journal of Botany 86: 563-577. Link

 

  • Starr, J. R. 1999. The systematics of Uncinia (Cyperaceae) and its phylogenetic relationships within tribe Cariceae. Oxford Plant Systematics 6: 7-8.

 

  • Bayer, R. J., & J. R. Starr. 1998. Tribal phylogeny of the Asteraceae based on two non-coding chloroplast sequences, the trnL intron and trnL/F intergenic spacer. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: 242-256. Link

 

  • Ford, B. A., J. R. Starr, D. A. R. McQueen, & R. F. C. Naczi. 1998. Relationships among species in Carex sect. Phyllostachys (Cyperaceae) based on allozyme divergence. Plant Systematics and Evolution 212: 31-51. Link

 

  • Ford, B. A., D. A. R. McQueen, J. R. Starr, & R. F. C. Naczi. 1998. The impact of species-specific traits and phylogenetic relatedness on allozyme diversity in Carex sect. Phyllostachys (Cyperaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 212: 13-29. Link

 

 

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