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Publications:

(most of my matrices are available at TreeBASE)


2023

 

·         Cui, H., Giebink, N., Starr, J., Longert, D., Ford, B., & Léveillé-Bourret, É. 2023. From noisy data to useful color palettes: one step in making biodiversity data FAIR. In Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity. Edited by I. Sserwanga and A. Goulding and H. Moulaison-Sandy and J.T. Du and A.L. Soares and V. Hessami and R.D. Frank. Notes in Computer Science, volume 13971. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham. pp. 469-481. Link

 

2022

 

·         Donadío, S., Till, W., Pozner, R., Barfuss, M.H.J., Giussani, L.M., & Starr, J.R. 2022. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary trends in Tillandsia subgenus Diaphoranthema and xerophytic species of subgenus Phytarrhiza (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 200: 541–562. Link

 

·         Cui, H., Ford, B., Starr, J., Reznicek, A., Zhou, Y., Gan, Q., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Lacroix-Carignan, É., Macklin, J., Cayouette, J., Catling, P., Levin, G., Saarela, J., Smith, T., Sutherland, D., & Sachs, J. 2022. Preliminary findings of usability studies on an ontology-aware taxon-by-character matrix editor. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 6: e90949.

 

·        García-Moro, P., Otero, A., Benítez-Benítez, C., Costa, L., Martín-Bravo, S., Naczi, R.F.C., Reznicek, A.A., Roalson, E.H., Starr, J.R., & Jiménez-Mejías, P. 2022. Biogeography and systematics of Carex subgenus Uncinia (Cyperaceae): A unique radiation for the genus Carex in the Southern Hemisphere. Taxon 71: 587-607. Link

 

·        Cui, H., Ford, B., Starr, J., Reznicek, A., Zhang, L., & Macklin, J.A. 2022. Authors’ attitude toward adopting a new workflow to improve the computability of phenotype publications. Database, 2022: baac001. PDF

 

2021

 

·        Cui, H., Ford, B., Starr, J., Macklin, J., Reznicek, A., Giebink, N., Longert, D., Léveillé-Bourret, É., & Zhang, L. 2021. Author-driven computable data and ontology production for taxonomists. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 5: e75741.

 

·        Zhang, L., Yang, X., Cota, Z., Cui, H., Ford, B., Chen, H.-l., Macklin, J.A., Reznicek, A., & Starr, J. 2021. Which methods are the most effective in enabling novice users to participate in ontology creation? A usability study. Database 2021: baab035.

 

Special Issue on Cyperaceae Systematics (all articles Open Source)

·        Léveillé-Bourret, É., Eggertson, Q., Hambleton, S., & Starr, J. 2021. Cryptic diversity and significant cophylogenetic signal detected by DNA barcoding the rust fungi (Pucciniaceae) of Cyperaceae-Juncaceae. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59: 833-851. PDF

 

·        Pender, J., Hipp, A., Hahn, M., & Starr, J. 2021. Trait evolution rates shape species richness on a continental scale in sedges (Carex, Cyperaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59: 763-775. PDF

 

·        Starr, J., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Zuntini, A., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Semmouri, I., Muasya, M.A., Baker, W., Brewer, G., Epitawalage, N., Fairlie, I., Forest, F., Sabino, K.I., Pokorny, L., & Larridon, I. 2021. Targeted sequencing supports morphology and embryo features in resolving the classification of Cyperaceae tribe Fuireneae s.l. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59: 809-832. PDF

 

·        Roalson E, Jiménez-Mejías P, Hipp A, Benítez Benítez C, Bruederle L, Chung K-S, Escudero M, Ford B, Ford K, Gebauer S, Gehrke B, Hahn M, Hayat M, Hoffmann MH, Jin X-F, Kim S, Larridon I, Léveillé-Bourret É*, Lu Y-F, Luceño M, Maguilla E, Márquez-Corro JI, Martín-Bravo S, Masaki T, Miguez M, Naczi R, Reznicek A, Spalink D, Starr J, Uzma, Villaverde T*, Waterway M, Wilson K, & Zhang S-R. 2021. A framework infrageneric classification of Carex (Cyperaceae) and its organizing principles. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59: 726-762. PDF

 

·        Larridon, I., Zuntini, A., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Barrett, R.L., Starr, J., Muasya, M.A., Villaverde, T., Bauters, K., Brewer, G., Bruhl, J., Costa, S., Elliott, T., Epitawalage, N., Escudero, M., Fairlie, I., Goetghebeur, P., Hipp, A., Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro, Sabino K.I., Luceño, M., Márquez-Corro, J.I., Martín-Bravo, S., Maurin, O., Pokorny, L., Roalson, E., Semmouri, I., Simpson, D., Spalink, D., Thomas, W., Wilson, K., Xanthos, M., Forest, F., & Baker, W. 2021.  A new classification of Cyperaceae (Poales) supported by phylogenomic data. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59: 852-895. PDF

 

2020

·         Léveillé-Bourret, É., Chen, B.-H., Garon-Labrecque, M.-È., Ford, B.A., & Starr, J.R. 2020. RAD sequencing resolves the phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of Trichophoreae despite a recent rapid radiation (Cyperaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 145: 106727. Link

 

·        Villaverde, T., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Luceño, M., Waterway, M.J., Kim, S., Lee, B., Rincón-Barrado, M., Hahn, M., Maguilla, E., Roalson, E.H., Hipp, A.L., Wilson, K.L., Larridon, I., Gebauer, S., Hoffmann, M.H., Simpson, D.A., Naczi, R.F.C., Reznicek, A.A., Ford, B.A., Starr, J.R., Park, J., Escudero, M., & Martín-Bravo, S., the Global Carex Group. 2020. A new classification of Carex (Cyperaceae) subgenera supported by a HybSeq backbone phylogenetic tree. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 194: 141-163.

 

·         Bouchard, A. J., Hamilton, P.B., Savoie, A.M., & Starr, J.R. 2020. Molecular and morphological data reveal hidden diversity in common North American Frustulia species (Amphipleuraceae) Diatom Research DOI: 10.1080/0269249X.2019.1704889. Link

 

Ø  Porsild-Consaul Award from Canadian Botanical Association for the best student paper published in Systematics and Phytogeography

 

·         Cui, H., Zhang, L., Ford, B., Cheng, H.L., Macklin, J.A., Reznicek, A., & Starr J. 2020. Measurement Recorder: Developing a useful tool for making species descriptions that produces computable phenotypes. Database 2020: baaa079.

 

·         Zhang, L., Cui, H., Ford, B., Cheng, H.L., Macklin, J.A., Reznicek, A., & Starr J. 2020. Enabling authors to produce computable phenotype measurements: Usability studies on the Measurement Recorder. Communications in Computer and Information Science 1293: 288-296. (Conference Paper)

 

2019

·         Martín-Bravo, S., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Villaverde, T., Escudero, M., Hahn, M., Spalink, D., Roalson, E.H., Hipp, A.L., Benítez-Benítez, C.P., Bruederle, L., Fitzek, E., Ford, B.A., Ford, K.A., Garner, M., Gebauer, S., Hoffmann, M.H., Jin, X.-F., Larridon, I., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Lu, Y.F., Luceño, M., Maguilla, E., Márquez-Corro, J.I., Míguez, M., Naczi, R., Reznicek, A.A., & Starr, J.R., the Global Carex Group. 2019. A tale of worldwide success: Behind the scenes of Carex (Cyperaceae) biogeography and diversification. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 57: 695-718. PDF

 

·         Starr, J.R., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Vũ, A.T., Nguyễn, T.K.T., & Ford, B.A. 2019. The rediscovery of the rare Vietnamese endemic Eriophorum scabriculme redefines generic limits in the Scirpo-Caricoid Clade (Cyperaceae). PeerJ 7: e7538. PDF

 

·         Pender, J.E., Hipp, A.L., Hahn, M., Kartesz, J., Nishino, M., & Starr, J.R. 2019.   How sensitive are climatic niche inferences to distribution data sampling? A comparison of Biota of North America Program (BONAP) and Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) datasets.  Ecological Informatics 54: 100991. PDF

 

·         Léveillé-Bourret, É., & Starr, J.R. 2019.  Molecular and morphological data reveal three new tribes within the ScirpoCaricoid Clade (Cyperoideae, Cyperaceae). Taxon 68: 218-245. Link

 

·        Semmouri, I., Bauters, K., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Starr, J.R., Goetghebeur, P., & Larridon, I. 2019. Phylogeny and systematics of Cyperaceae, the evolution and importance of embryo morphology. The Botanical Review 85: 1-39. Link

 

·        Zhang, L., Cota, Z., Cui, H., Chen, H.L., Ford, B., Sach, J., Pender, J., Macklin J., Reznicek, A., & Starr, J. 2019. Developing community phenotype ontologies: Understanding users' preferences. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 56: 838-840. (Conference Paper)

 

2018

·         Cui, H., Macklin, J., Sachs, J., Reznicek, A., Starr, J., Ford, B., Penev, L., & Chen, H.-L. 2018. Incentivising use of structured language in biological descriptions: Author-driven phenotype data and ontology production. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e29616. Link

  

·         Spalink, D., Pender, J., Escudero, M., Hipp, A.L., Roalson, E.H., Starr, J.R., Waterway, M.J., Bohs, L., & Sytsma, K.J. 2018. The spatial structure of phylogenetic and functional diversity in the United States and Canada: an example using the sedge family (Cyperaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 56: 449-465. Link

 

·         Léveillé-Bourret, É., Starr, J.R., & Ford, B.A. 2018. Revision of Sumatroscirpus (Sumatroscirpeae), with discussions on Southeast Asian biogeography, general collecting, and homologues with Carex (Cariceae, Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany 43: 510-531. Link

 

·         Léveillé-Bourret, É., Starr, J.R., & Ford, B.A. 2018. Why are there so many sedges? Sumatroscirpeae, a missing piece in the evolutionary puzzle of the giant genus Carex (Cyperaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 119: 93-104. Link

 

Ø  Porsild-Consaul Award from Canadian Botanical Association for the best student paper published in Systematics and Phytogeography

 

·         Léveillé-Bourret, É., Starr, J.R., Ford, B.A., Lemmon, E.M., & Lemmon, A.R. 2018. Resolving rapid radiations within angiosperm families using anchored phylogenomics. Systematic Biology 67: 94–112. Link

 

2017

·         Ford, B.A., Starr, J.R., Nguyễn, T.K.T., & Vũ, A.T. 2017. Two extraordinary new pseudopetiolate Carex species from Vietnam (sect. Hemiscaposae, Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany 42: 402-417. Link

 

·         Granados Mendoza, C., Granados-Aguilar, X., Donadío, S., Salazar, G.A., Flores-Cruz, M., Hágsater, E., Starr, J.R., Ibarra-Manríquez, G., Fragoso-Martínez, I., & Magallón, S. 2017. Geographic structure in two highly diverse lineages of Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae). Botany 95: 641-651. Link

 

·         Glon, H.E., Shiels, D.R., Linton, E., Starr, J.R., Shorkey, A.L., Fleming, S., Lichtenwald, S.K., Schick, E.R., Pozo, D., & Monfils, A.K. 2017. A five gene phylogenetic study of Fuireneae (Cyperaceae) with a revision of Isolepis humillima. Systematic Botany 42: 26-36. Link

 

2016

·         Jiménez-Mejías, P., Hahn, M., Lueders, K., Starr, J.R., Brown, B.H., Chouinard, B.N., Chung, K.-S., Escudero, M., Ford, B.A., Ford, K.A., Gebauer, S., Gehrke, B., Hoffmann, M.H., Jin, X.-F., Jung, J., Kim, S., Luceño, M., Maguilla, E., Martín-Bravo, S., Míguez, M., Molina, A., Naczi, R.F.C., Pender, J.E., Reznicek, A.A., Villaverde, T., Waterway, M.J., Wilson, K.L., Yang, J.-C., Zhang, S., Hipp, A.L., & Roalson, E.H. 2016. Megaphylogenetic specimen-level approaches to the Carex (Cyperaceae) phylogeny using ITS, ETS, and matK sequences: implications for classification. Systematic Botany 41: 500-518. Link

 

·         Pham, K.K., Hahn, M., Lueders, K., Brown, B.H., Bruederle, L.P., Bruhl, J.J., Chung, K.-S., Derieg, N.J., Escudero, M., Ford, B.A., Gebauer, S., Gehrke, B., Hoffmann, M.H., Hoshino, T., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Jung, J., Kim, S., Luceño, M., Maguilla, E., Martín-Bravo, S., Naczi, R.F.C., Reznicek, A.A., Roalson, E.H., Simpson, D.A., Starr, J.R., Villaverde, T., Waterway, M.J., Wilson, K.L., Yano, O., Zhang, S., & Hipp, A.L. 2016. Specimens at the center: An informatics workflow and toolkit for specimen-level analysis of public DNA database data. Systematic Botany 41: 529-539. Link

 

·         Spalink, D., Drew, B. T., Pace, M. C., Zaborsky, J. G., Starr, J. R., Cameron, K. M., Givnish, T. J. & Sytsma, K. J. 2016. Biogeography of the cosmopolitan sedges (Cyperaceae) and the area-richness correlation in plants. Journal of Biogeography 43: 1893-1904. Link

 

2015

·         Léveillé-Bourret, É., Donadío, S., Gilmour, C.N., & Starr, J.R. 2015. Rhodoscirpus (Cyperaceae: Scirpeae), a new South American sedge genus supported by molecular, morphological, anatomical and embryological data. Taxon 64: 931-944. Link

 

·        Waterway, M.J., Luceño, M., Martín-Bravo, S., Starr, J.R., Wilson, K.L., Yano, O., Zhang, S.-R., Roalson, E.H., Alverson, W.S., Bruederle, L.P., Bruhl, J.J., Chung, K.-S., Cochrane, T.S., Escudero, M., Ford, B.A., Gebauer, S., Gehrke, B., Hahn, M., Hipp, A.L., Hoffmann, M.H., Hoshino, T., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Jin, X.-F., Jung, J., Kim, S., Maguilla, E., Masaki, T., Miguez, M., Molina, A., Naczi, R.F.C., Reznicek, A.A., Rothrock, P.E., Simpson, D.A., Spalink, D., Thomas, W.T., Villaverde, T. 2015. Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 1-42. PDF File

 

·         Villaverde, T., M. Escudero, S. Martín-Bravo, L. P. Bruederle, M. Luceño, & J. R. Starr. 2015. Direct long-distance dispersal best explains the bipolar distribution of Carex arctogena (Carex sect. Capituligerae, Cyperaceae). Journal of Biogeography 42: 1514-1525. Link

 

·         Starr, J. R., F. H. Janzen, & B. A. Ford. 2015. Three new, early diverging Carex (Cariceae, Cyperaceae) lineages from East and Southeast Asia with important evolutionary and biogeographic implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 88: 105-120. Link

 

·         Ford, B. A., A. T. Vu, K. T. Nguyen, & J. R. Starr. 2015. Luzula effusa var. chinensis (Juncaceae): the first record for the wood-rush genus in Vietnam. Phytotaxa 204: 116-122. Link

 

2014

  • Léveillé-Bourret, É.,  C. N. Gilmour, J. R. Starr, R. F. C. Naczi, D. Spalink, & K. J. Sytsma. 2014. Searching for the sister to sedges (Carex): resolving relationships within the Cariceae-Dulichieae-Scirpeae clade (Cyperaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 176: 1-21. Link

 

Ø  Porsild-Consaul Award from Canadian Botanical Association for the best student paper published in Systematics and Phytogeography

 

  • Gebauer, S., J. R. Starr, & M. H. Hoffmann. 2014. Parallel and convergent diversification in two northern hemispheric species-rich Carex lineages (Cyperaceae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 14: 247-258. Link

 

  • Picard, G., Valadeau, C., Albán–Castillo, J., Rojas, R., Starr, J. R., Callejas-Posada, R., Bennett, S. A. L., Arnason, J. T. 2014. Assessment of in vitro pharmacological effect of Neotropical Piperaceae in GABAergic bioassays in relation to plants traditionally used for folk illness by the Yanesha (Peru). Journal of Ethnopharmacology 155: 1500-1507. Link

 

2013

  • Gilmour, C. N., J. R.Starr, & R. F. C. Naczi. 2013. Calliscirpus, a new genus for two narrow endemics to the California Floristic Province, C. criniger and C. brachythrix sp. nov. (Cyperaceae). Kew Bulletin 68: 85-105. Link

 

Ø  Porsild-Consaul Award from Canadian Botanical Association for the best student paper published in Systematics and Phytogeography

 

2012

  • Ford, B. A., H. Ghazvini, R. F. C. Naczi, & 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

 

2011

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

 

2010

  • 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

 

2009

  • 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

 

2008

  • 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

 

2007

  • 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. PDF File

 

  • 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. PDF File

 

2006

  • 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

 

2005

  • 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

 

2004

  • 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

 

2003

  • 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

 

2001

  • 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

 

1999

  • 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.

 

1998

  • 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