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Christine Bacon
Senior Lecturer
Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences-
A synopsis of Senna ser. Bacillares (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, Cassieae) in Brazil, including a remarkable new species from
Amazonia
Alexandre Gibau de Lima, Vidal De Freitas Mansano, Marcelo Trovó Lopes De Oliveira, Gwilym Peter Lewis, Christine D. Bacon, Vinicius Castro Souza
Brittonia - 2025 -
Phylogenetic relationships and the identification of allopolyploidy in circumpolar <i>Silene</i> sect.
<i>Physolychnis</i>
Anne-Sophie Quatela, Patrik Cangren, Paola de Lima Ferreira, Yannick Woudstra, Andreas Zsoldos-Skahjem, Christine D. Bacon, Hugo J. de Boer, Bengt Oxelman
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY - 2025 -
Genome Dynamics of Adaptation and Introgression in Neotropical
Palms
Pauline O. Pantoja, Lucas D. Vieira, Natacia E. de Lima, Thadeu Sobral-Souza, Christine D. Bacon, Rosane G. Collevatti
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY - 2025 -
Morphometric and taxonomic studies of Senna ser. Coriaceae (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, Cassieae), including a new species from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia,
Brazil
Alexandre Gibau de Lima, Vidal de Freitas Mansano, Marcelo Trovo, Christine D. Bacon
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY - 2024 -
A Phylogenomic Analysis of Genipa (Rubiaceae) Using Target Sequence Capture
Data
Rhonda Ridley, Claes Persson, Bengt Oxelman, Tobias Andermann, Christine D. Bacon
SYSTEMATIC BOTANY - 2024 -
Taxonomic Revision of Senna ser. Spinescentes (Leguminosae, Cassieae), Including Two New South American
Species
Alexandre Gibau de Lima, Marcelo Trovó, Roseli Lopes da Costa Bortoluzzi, Juliana Gastaldello Rando, Christine D. Bacon, Vidal de Freitas Mansano
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden - 2024 -
Genetic diversity analysis of Euterpe edulis based on different molecular
markers
Francine Alves Nogueira de Almeida, Jonatas Gomes Santos, Alexia Goncalves Pereira, Guillherme Bravim Canal, Christine D. Bacon, Adesio Ferreira, Marcia Flores da Silva Ferreira
TREE GENETICS & GENOMES - 2024 -
New insights into the classification, diversification, and evolutionary dynamics of
bromeliads
Igor Musauer Kessous, Harith Farooq, Weston L. Testo, Maria Fernanda T. Jimenez, Beatriz Neves, Alessandra R. Pinto, Fabiano Salgueiro, Andrea F. Costa, Christine D. Bacon
BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY - 2024 -
Hybridization in palms
(Arecaceae)
Christine D. Bacon, Adrian Hill
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION - 2024 -
Rethinking pathways to the dioecy-polyploidy association: Genera with many dioecious species have fewer
polyploids
Wilhelm H. A. Osterman, Adrian Hill, James Hagan, Jeannette Whitton, Christine D. Bacon, Anne Björkman
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY - 2024 -
Repeated evolution of pollination syndromes in a highly diverse bromeliad lineage is correlated with shifts in life form and
habitat
Beatriz Neves, P. D. Ferreira, F. Prosdocimi, Igor Musauer Kessous, D. R. Couto, R. L. Moura, F. Salgueiro, A. F. Costa, Christine D. Bacon, Alexandre Antonelli
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society - 2023 -
Uneven patterns of palm species loss due to climate change are not driven by their sexual
systems
C. Cassia-Silva, L. P. Sales, Adrian Hill, R. Collevatti, Christine D. Bacon, R. S. Oliveira
Biodiversity and Conservation - 2023 -
Apparent effect of range size and fruit colour on palm diversification may be
spurious
Adrian Hill, Maria Fernanda Torres Jimenez, Nicolas Chazot, C. Cassia-Silva, Sören Faurby, L. Herrera-Alsina, Christine D. Bacon
Journal of Biogeography - 2023 -
Phylogeny and evolution of flower symmetry of Posoqueria
(Rubiaceae)
Sebastian Giraldo, Claes Persson, Christine D. Bacon
0524-0476 - 2023 -
Taxonomic Novelties in Senna ser. Bacillares (Leguminosae,
Cassieae)
Alexandre Gibau de Lima, Marcelo Trovó, Christine D. Bacon, Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz, Vinicius Castro Souza, Vidal de Freitas Mansano
Nordic Journal of Botany - 2023 -
Functional and historical drivers of leaf shape evolution in Palms
(Arecaceae)
Maria Fernanda Torres Jimenez, Nicolas Chazot, T. Emilio, Johan Uddling, Alexandre Antonelli, Sören Faurby, Christine D. Bacon
Global Ecology and Biogeography - 2023 -
Limited decadal growth of mountain birch saplings has minor impact on surrounding tundra
vegetation
Ruud Scharn, Isabel S. Negri, Maja Sundqvist, Jørn O. Løkken, Christine D. Bacon, Alexandre Antonelli, Annika Hofgaard, R. Henrik Nilsson, Robert G. Björk
Ecology and Evolution - 2022 -
The seasonally dry tropical forest species Cavanillesia chicamochae has a middle Quaternary
origin
Christine D. Bacon, N. Gutierrez-Pinto, S. Flantua, D. C. Suarez, C. Jaramillo, R. T. Pennington, Alexandre Antonelli
Biotropica - 2022 -
Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and
use
Alexandre Antonelli, R. J. Smith, Allison L. Perrigo, A. Crottini, J. Hackel, Weston L. Testo, Harith Farooq, Maria Fernanda Torres Jimenez, N. Andela, Tobias Andermann, A. M. Andriamanohera, S. Andriambololonera, S. P. Bachman, Christine D. Bacon, W. J. Baker, F. Belluardo, C. Birkinshaw, J. S. Borrell, S. Cable, N. A. Canales, J. D. Carrillo, R. Clegg, C. Clubbe, Robert S. Cooke, Gabriel Damasco, S. Dhanda, Daniel Edler, Sören Faurby, Paola De Lima Ferreira, B. L. Fisher, F. Forest, L. M. Gardiner, S. M. Goodman, O. M. Grace, T. B. Guedes, M. C. Henniges, R. Hill, C. E. R. Lehmann, II Lowry, L. Marline, P. Matos-Maraví, J. Moat, B. Neves, M. G. C. Nogueira, R. E. Onstein, A. S. T. Papadopulos, O. A. Perez-Escobar, L. N. Phelps, P. B. Phillipson, S. Pironon, N. A. S. Przelomska, M. Rabarimanarivo, D. Rabehevitra, J. Raharimampionona, M. T. Rajaonah, F. Rajaonary, L. R. Rajaovelona, M. Rakotoarinivo, A. A. Rakotoarisoa, S. E. Rakotoarisoa, H. N. Rakotomalala, F. Rakotonasolo, B. A. Ralaiveloarisoa, M. Ramirez-Herranz, J. E. N. Randriamamonjy, T. Randriamboavonjy, V. Randrianasolo, A. Rasolohery, A. N. Ratsifandrihamanana, N. Ravololomanana, V. Razafiniary, H. Razanajatovo, E. Razanatsoa, M. Rivers, F. Sayol, Daniele Silvestro, M. S. Vorontsova, K. Walker, B. E. Walker, P. Wilkin, J. Williams, T. Ziegler, A. Zizka, H. Ralimanana
Science - 2022 -
Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and
opportunities
H. Ralimanana, Allison L. Perrigo, R. J. Smith, J. S. Borrell, Sören Faurby, M. T. Rajaonah, T. Randriamboavonjy, M. S. Vorontsova, Robert S. Cooke, L. N. Phelps, F. Sayol, N. Andela, Tobias Andermann, A. M. Andriamanohera, S. Andriambololonera, S. P. Bachman, Christine D. Bacon, W. J. Baker, F. Belluardo, C. Birkinshaw, S. Cable, N. A. Canales, J. D. Carrillo, R. Clegg, C. Clubbe, A. Crottini, Gabriel Damasco, S. Dhanda, Daniel Edler, Harith Farooq, Paola De Lima Ferreira, B. L. Fisher, F. Forest, L. M. Gardiner, S. M. Goodman, O. M. Grace, T. B. Guedes, J. Hackel, M. C. Henniges, R. Hill, C. E. R. Lehmann, II Lowry, L. Marline, P. Matos-Maraví, J. Moat, B. Neves, M. G. C. Nogueira, R. E. Onstein, A. S. T. Papadopulos, O. A. Perez-Escobar, P. B. Phillipson, S. Pironon, N. A. S. Przelomska, M. Rabarimanarivo, D. Rabehevitra, J. Raharimampionona, F. Rajaonary, L. R. Rajaovelona, M. Rakotoarinivo, A. A. Rakotoarisoa, S. E. Rakotoarisoa, H. N. Rakotomalala, F. Rakotonasolo, B. A. Ralaiveloarisoa, M. Ramirez-Herranz, J. E. N. Randriamamonjy, V. Randrianasolo, A. Rasolohery, A. N. Ratsifandrihamanana, N. Ravololomanana, V. Razafiniary, H. Razanajatovo, E. Razanatsoa, M. Rivers, Daniele Silvestro, Weston L. Testo, Maria Fernanda Torres Jimenez, K. Walker, B. E. Walker, P. Wilkin, J. Williams, T. Ziegler, A. Zizka, Alexandre Antonelli
Science - 2022 -
Target sequence capture of Barnadesioideae (Compositae) demonstrates the utility of low coverage loci in phylogenomic
analyses
Paola De Lima Ferreira, R. Batista, Tobias Andermann, M. Groppo, Christine D. Bacon, Alexandre Antonelli
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - 2022 -
Volcanic events coincide with plant dispersal across the Northern
Andes
M. J. Sanín, A. Cardona, W. A. Valencia-Montoya, Maria Fernanda Torres Jimenez, S. Carvalho-Madrigal, A. C. Gómez, Christine D. Bacon, T. R. Tangarife, J. S. Jaramillo, S. Zapata, V. Valencia, J. W. A. Valencia, V. Vargas, M. Paris
Global and Planetary Change - 2022 -
Certification of açaí agroforestry increases the conservation potential of the Amazonian tree
flora
Gabriel Damasco, M. Anhalt, R. O. Perdiz, F. Wittmann, R. L. de Assis, J. Schöngart, M. T. F. Piedade, Christine D. Bacon, Alexandre Antonelli, P. V. A. Fine
Agroforestry Systems - 2022 -
The origin of modern patterns of continental diversity in Mauritiinae palms: the Neotropical museum and the Afrotropical
graveyard
Christine D. Bacon, Daniele Silvestro, C. Hoorn, G. Bogota-Angel, Alexandre Antonelli, Nicolas Chazot
Biology Letters - 2022 -
The impact of species complexes on tree abundance patterns in
Amazonia
Christine D. Bacon, Adrian Hill, H. Ter Steege, Alexandre Antonelli, Gabriel Damasco
American Journal of Botany - 2022 -
Recent and local diversification of Central American understorey
palms
A. Cano, F. W. Stauffer, Tobias Andermann, I. M. Liberal, A. Zizka, Christine D. Bacon, H. Lorenzi, C. Christe, Mats H. Töpel, M. Perret, Alexandre Antonelli
Global Ecology and Biogeography - 2022 -
Spatio-temporal evolution of the catuaba clade in the Neotropics: Morphological shifts correlate with habitat
transitions
Maria Fernanda Calió, V. A. Thode, Christine D. Bacon, Daniele Silvestro, Alexandre Antonelli, L. G. Lohmann
Journal of Biogeography - 2022 -
Acaulescence promotes speciation and shapes the distribution patterns of palms in Neotropical seasonally dry
habitats
C. Cassia-Silva, R. S. Oliveira, L. P. Sales, C. G. Freitas, L. Jardim, T. Emilio, Christine D. Bacon, R. G. Collevatti
Ecography - 2022 -
Community voices: sowing, germinating, flourishing as strategies to support inclusion in
STEM
L. M. Diele-Viegas, T. S. de Almeida, I. Amati-Martins, Christine D. Bacon, C. Cassia-Silva, R. G. Collevatti, J. Fenker, T. E. F. Cordeiro, G. C. P. Ferrari, A. C. S. Franco, L. F. Gasparetto, J. Hipolito, C. Hohlenwerger, B. Hormanseder, P. B. de Jesus, S. D. Matos, D. Pareja-Mejia, B. M. Murer, C. B. Pavone, F. B. Pilecco, C. Queiroz-Souza, A. Reis, P. C. Santana, F. Dias-Silva, L. Souza, M. P. C. Telles, J. Viaggi, F. Virginio
Nature Communications - 2022 -
A bioinformatic platform to integrate target capture and whole genome sequences of various read depths for
phylogenomics
P. G. Ribeiro, Maria Fernanda Torres Jimenez, Tobias Andermann, Alexandre Antonelli, Christine D. Bacon, P. Matos-Maravi
Molecular Ecology - 2021 -
Incongruent Spatial Distribution of Taxonomic, Phylogenetic, and Functional Diversity in Neotropical Cocosoid
Palms
C. Freitas, F. T. Brum, C. Cassia-Silva, L. Maracahipes, M. B. Carlucci, R. G. Collevatti, Christine D. Bacon
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change - 2021 -
Phylogenomics of the Palm Tribe Lepidocaryeae (Calamoideae: Arecaceae) and Description of a New Species of
Mauritiella
Maria Fernanda Torres Jimenez, E. M. B. Prata, A. Zizka, M. Cohn-Haft, A. V. G. de Oliveira, T. Emilio, N. Chazot, T. L. P. Couvreur, S. M. Kamga, B. Sonke, A. Cano, R. G. Collevatti, B. G. Kuhnhauser, W. J. Baker, Alexandre Antonelli, Christine D. Bacon
Systematic Botany - 2021 -
Genomic and niche divergence in an Amazonian palm species
complex
Christine D. Bacon, J. Roncal, Tobias Andermann, C. J. Barnes, H. Balslev, N. Gutierrez-Pinto, Hernán E. Morales, L. A. Nunez-Avelleneda, N. Tunarosa, Alexandre Antonelli
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society - 2021 -
Biogeographic origins of southern African Silene
(Caryophyllaceae)
Ntwai A. Moiloa, M. Mesbah, S. Nylinder, J. Manning, F. Forest, H. J. de Boer, Christine D. Bacon, Bengt Oxelman
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - 2021 -
Landscape configuration of an Amazonian island-like ecosystem drives population structure and genetic diversity of a habitat-specialist
bird
C. D. Ritter, C. C. Ribas, J. Menger, S. H. Borges, Christine D. Bacon, J. P. Metzger, J. Bates, C. Cornelius
Landscape Ecology - 2021 -
Decreased soil moisture due to warming drives community transitions in the
tundra
Ruud Scharn, Chelsea J. Little, Christine D. Bacon, Juha M. Alatalo, Alexandre Antonelli, Mats P. Björkman, Ulf Molau, R. Henrik Nilsson, Robert G. Björk
Environmental Research Letters - 2021 -
Climate and geological change as drivers of Mauritiinae palm
biogeography
G. Bogota-Angel, H. S. Huang, P. E. Jardine, Nicolas Chazot, S. Salamanca, H. Banks, A. Pardo-Trujillo, A. Plata, H. Duenas, W. Star, R. Langelaan, A. Eisawi, O. P. Umeji, L. O. Enuenwemba, S. Parmar, R. R. da Silveira, J. Y. Lim, V. Prasad, R. J. Morley, Christine D. Bacon, C. Hoorn
Journal of Biogeography - 2021 -
Fossil data support a pre-Cretaceous origin of flowering
plants
Daniele Silvestro, Christine D. Bacon, W. N. Ding, Q. Y. Zhang, P. C. J. Donoghue, Alexandre Antonelli, Y. W. Xing
Nature Ecology & Evolution - 2021 -
In situ radiation explains the frequency of dioecious palms on
islands
Cibele Cássia-Silva, Cíntia G. Freitas, Lucas Jardim, Christine D. Bacon, Rosane G. Collevatti
Annals of Botany - 2021 -
Gene count from target sequence capture places three whole genome duplication events in Hibiscus L.
(Malvaceae)
J. S. Eriksson, Christine D. Bacon, Dominic J. Bennett, Bernard E. Pfeil, Bengt Oxelman, Alexandre Antonelli
BMC Ecology and Evolution - 2021 -
Disproportionate extinction of South American mammals drove the asymmetry of the Great American Biotic
Interchange
Juan D. Carrillo, Sören Faurby, Daniele Silvestro, A. Zizka, Carlos Jaramillo, Christine D. Bacon, Alexandre Antonelli
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2020 -
Pollinators drive floral evolution in an Atlantic Forest
genus
I. M. Kessous, R. L. Moura, D. R. Couto, C. M. Zanella, Alexandre Antonelli, Christine D. Bacon, F. Salgueiro, A. F. Costa
Aob Plants - 2020 -
A Guide to Carrying Out a Phylogenomic Target Sequence Capture
Project
Tobias Andermann, Maria Fernanda Torres Jimenez, Pável Matos-Maraví, R. Batista, José Luis Blanco-Pastor, A. L. S. Gustafsson, L. Kistler, Isabel M. Liberal, Bengt Oxelman, Christine D. Bacon, Alexandre Antonelli
Frontiers in Genetics - 2020 -
Higher evolutionary rates in life-history traits in insular than in mainland
palms
C. Cássia-Silva, C. G. Freitas, L. P. Lemes, G. B. Paterno, P. A. Dias, Christine D. Bacon, R. G. Collevatti
Scientific Reports - 2020 -
Selective extinction against redundant species buffers functional
diversity
C. Pimiento, Christine D. Bacon, Daniele Silvestro, A. Hendy, C. Jaramillo, A. Zizka, X. Meyer, Alexandre Antonelli
Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences - 2020 -
Transitions between biomes are common and directional in Bombacoideae
(Malvaceae)
Alexander Zizka, J. G. Carvalho-Sobrinho, R. T. Pennington, L. P. Queiroz, S. Alcantara, D. A. Baum, Christine D. Bacon, Alexandre Antonelli
Journal of Biogeography - 2020 -
Unraveling the Phylogenomic Relationships of the Most Diverse African Palm Genus Raphia (Calamoideae,
Arecaceae)
A. J. Helmstetter, S. M. Kamga, K. Bethune, T. Lautenschlager, A. Zizka, Christine D. Bacon, J. J. Wieringa, F. Stauffer, Alexandre Antonelli, B. Sonke, T. L. P. Couvreur
Plants-Basel - 2020 -
Selective Sweeps Lead to Evolutionary Success in an Amazonian Hyperdominant
Palm
W. A. Melo, L. D. Vieira, E. Novaes, Christine D. Bacon, R. G. Collevatti
Frontiers in Genetics - 2020 -
Drivers of bromeliad leaf and floral bract variation across a latitudinal gradient in the Atlantic
Forest
B. Neves, C. M. Zanella, I. M. Kessous, F. P. Uribbe, F. Salgueiro, F. Bered, Alexandre Antonelli, Christine D. Bacon, A. F. Costa
Journal of Biogeography - 2020 -
Phylogenomics, biogeography and evolution in the American genus Brahea
(Arecaceae)
C. F. Barrett, B. T. Sinn, L. T. King, J. C. Medina, Christine D. Bacon, S. C. Lahmeyer, D. R. Hodel
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society - 2019
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