Publications

E.M. Gardner, Bruun-Lund, S., Niissalo, M., Chantarasuwan, B., Clement, W.L., Geri, C., Harrison, R.D., Hipp, A.L., Holvoet, Khew, G., Kjellberg, F., Liao, S., Pederneira, L.C., Peng, Y.Q., Pereira, J.T., Phillipps, Q., Puad, A.S.A., Rasplus, J.-Y., Sang, J., Schou, S., Velautham, E., Weiblen, G.D., Zerega, N.J.C., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Z., Baraloto, C., Rønsted, N., 2023. Echoes of ancient introgression punctuate stable genomic lineages in the evolution of figs. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 120: e2222035120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2222035120

E.M. Gardner. 2023. Morphologically distinct but genetically porous genera characterize the Neotropical Artocarpeae (Moraceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 186: 107837 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107837

Antonelli, A., J. Araújox, M. Colli-Silva, H. Farooq, A.V.L. Freitas, E.M. Gardner, O. Grace, S. Gu1, L. Marline, M. Nesbitt, T. Niskanen, J.M. Onana, O.A. Perez-Escobar, C. Taylor, and S. Knapp, In press. Naming biodiversity: people-inspired names remain valuable. Nature Ecology and Evolution

Audi, L., G. Shallow, E. Robertson, D. Bobo, D. Ragone, E.M. Gardner, B. Jhurree-Dussoruth, J. Wajer, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2023. Linking plant names across the world connects histories after 230 years of separation. Current Biology 33: 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.001

Gardner, E.M., A.S.A. Puad, J.T. Pereira, Jugah Tagi, Salang ak Nyegang, Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian, L. Pokorny, and N. J.C. Zerega. 2022. Engagement with indigenous knowledge improves our understanding of biodiversity and promotes the conservation of both. Current Biology 32: PR511-R512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.062

Chuang, C.-R., C.-L. Hsieh, C.-S. Chang; C.-M. Wang, D. N. Tandang, E.M. Gardner, L.Audi, N.J. C. Zerega, K.-F. Chung. 2022. Amis Pacilo and Yami Cipoho are not the same as the Pacific breadfruit starch crop—Target enrichment phylogenomics of a long-misidentified Artocarpus species sheds light on the northward Austronesian migration from the Philippines to Taiwan. PLoS One17(9): e0272680. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272680

Gardner, E.M., T. Jimbo, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2022. Artocarpus buyangensis, a new species from New Guinea. Systematic Botany 47: 452–456. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364422X16512564801542

Niissalo, M.A., E.M. Gardner, G.S. Khew, O. Šida, A.D. Poulsen, & J. Leong-Škorničková. 2022. Whence came these plants most foul? Phylogenomics and biogeography of Orchidantha (Zingiberales: Lowiaceae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 943. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.794977

Ahlstrand, N.E.I, S. Gopalakrishnan,  F.G. Vieira,  H.M. Meudt,  S. Dunbar-Co, C.J. Rothfels,  K.A. Martinez-Swatson,  C. Maldonado,  G. Hassemer,  A. Shipunov, D. Bowers,  E.M. Gardner,  M. Xu,  M. Amano,  J. Pringle,  A. Ghorbani,  M. Bishop, V. Manzanilla,  O.M. Grace,  H. Cotrim,  S. Blaney,  D. Zubov,  H.-K. Choi,  Y. Yesil, B. Bennett,  S. Vimolmangkang,  H.R. El-Seedi,  P.O. Staub, Z. Li,  D. Boldbaatar, M. Hislop,  L.J. Caddy,  M. Muasya,  C.H. Saslis-Lagoudakis,  M.T.P. Gilbert,  N.J.C. Zerega and N. Rønsted. 2022. Travel tales of a worldwide weed: genomic signature of Plantago major L. reveal distinct genotypic groups with links to colonial trade routes. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 13:838166. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.838166

Bui, V.H., D.D. Vu, M.H. Pham, V.H. Do, H.S. Doan, V.T. Bui, N.A.L. Dam, B.V. Truong, and E.M. Gardner. 2022. Hullettia King ex Hook. (Moraceae), A newly recorded genus to the Flora of Vietnam, with its lectotypification and a revised key to Vietnamese Moraceae. PhytoTaxa 550 (3): 272-278. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.550.3.7

Fu, L.-F., F. Wen, O. Maurin, M. Rodda, E.M. Gardner, Z.-B. Xin, Y.-G. Wei, and A.K. Monro. 2022. A revised delimitation of the species-rich Pilea (Urticaceae), supports the resurrection of Achudemia and a new infrageneric classification. Taxon 71: 796-813. http://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12711

Lindsay, S., D.J. Middleton, B.C. Ho, K.Y. Chong, I.M. Turner, Ali Ibrahim, M. Alonso-García, W.F. Ang, P.S. Ashton, P. Athen, S. Atkins, Bazilah Ibrahim, H.J. Beentje, C.M. Boo, P.C. Boyce, G.L.C. Bramley, S. Buerki, M.W. Callmander, S. Chantanaorrapint, M. Cheek, C.-W. Chen, J. Chen, L.M.J. Chen, Chew, P.T., R. Chong, L.M. Choo, R.C.K. Chung, M.J.E. Coode, S.C. Chua, D. Cicuzza, R.P.J. de Kok, G.W.H. Davison, W.J.J.O. de Wilde, H. Duistermaat, A. Dubéarnès, B.E.E. Duyfjes, L.T. Ellis, H.-J. Esser, P.R. Gajurel, S.W. Gale, S.K. Ganesan, E.M. Gardner, D.L. Geiger, R.K. Harwood, Hassan Ibrahim, S. He, A. Henderson, P.H. Hovenkamp, M. Hughes, Zaki Jamil, M.H.P. Jebb, D.M. Johnson, A. Kartonegoro, R. Kiew, S. Knapp, S.L. Koh, H. Kurzweil, S. Lee, P.K.F. Leong, J. Leong-Škorničková, G.A. Levin, D.C.H. Liew, R.C.J. Lim, W.H. Lim, A.H.B. Loo, Y.W. Low, H.K. Lua, S. Lum, D.J. Mabberley, R. Mahyuni, B. Maslin, N.A. Murray, L. Neo, X.Y. Ng, K.M. Ngo, M.A. Niissalo, P.T. Ong, C.M. Pannell, A. Phang, G.T. Prance, C. Promma, C. Puglisi, M.L. Rodda, S.C.K. Rubasinghe, R.M.K. Saunders, I.A. Savinov, L.G. Saw, A. Schuiteman, W.W. Seah, D.A. Simpson, J.S. Strijk, P. Sukkharak, M. Sugumaran, S. Syahida- Emiza, J.P.C. Tan, N.P. Taylor, Y.K.L. Teo, D.C. Thomas, A. Trias-Blasi, T. Utteridge, P.C. van Welzen, J.F. Veldkamp, J. Vermeulen, R. Wang, P. Wilkie, Y.-M. Wei, S.Y. Wong, K.M. Wong, S. Yaakub, T.W. Yam, S. Yang, T.L. Yao, W. Ye, A.T.K. Yee, C.K. Yeo, Y.S. Yeoh, C. Yong, K.T. Yong, N.J.C. Zerega, R.-L. Zhu, K.B.H. Er. 2022.  Flora of Singapore: Checklist and bibliography. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 74 (Suppl. 1): 3–860. https://doi.org/10.26492/gbs74(suppl.1).2022-01

Gardner, E.M., M.G. Johnson, J.T. Pereira, A.S.A. Puad, N.J. Wickett, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2021a. Paralogs and off-target sequences improve phylogenetic resolution in a densely-sampled study of the breadfruit genus (Artocarpus, Moraceae). Systematic Biology 70(3): 558–575. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa073

Gardner, E.M., M. Garner, R. Cowan, S. Dodsworth, N. Epitawalage, D. Arifiani, S. Sahromi, W.J. Baker, F. Forest, O. Maurin, N.J.C. Zerega, A. Monro, and A.L. Hipp. 2021b. Repeated parallel losses of inflexed stamens in Moraceae: phylogenomics and generic revision of the tribe Moreae and the reinstatement of the tribe Olmedieae (Moraceae). Taxon 70(5): 946–988. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12526  

Gardner, E.M. and N.J.C. Zerega. 2021c. Taxonomic updates to Artocarpus subgenus Artocarpus (Moraceae) with a particular focus on the species native to Singapore. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. 73(2): 309–374. https://doi.org/10.26492/gbs73(2).2021-08

Hassemer, G., E.M. Gardner, and N. Rønsted. 2021. Plantago campestris (Plantaginaceae), a rare new species from southern Brazil, supported by phylogenomic and morphologic evidence. PeerJ 9:e11848 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11848

Gardner, E.M. 2021. Colonial botany and the shifting identity of Balanostreblus ilicifolius Kurz (Moraceae). Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 73(1): 221-235. https://dx.doi.org/10.26492/gbs73(1).2021-12

Gardner, E.M., L. Audi, Q. Zhang, H. Sauquet, A. Monro, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2021. Phylogenomics of Brosimum Sw. (Moraceae) and allied genera, including a revised subgeneric system. Taxon 70(4): 778-792. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12503  

Gardner, E.M., D. Arifiani, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2021. Artocarpus bergii (Moraceae): a new species in the breadfruit from the Moluccas. Systematic Botany 46(1):91-95. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364421X16128061189387

Meerow, A.W., E.M. Gardner, and K. Nakamura. 2020. Phylogenomics of the Andean tetraploid clade of the American Amaryllidaceae (subfamily Amaryllidoideae): unlocking a polyploid generic radiation abetted by continental geodynamics. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 11: 1698. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.582422 

Dickinson, L.*; H. Noble; E.M. Gardner, A.S.A. Puad, W.N.F. Wan Zakaria, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2020. Genetic diversity and structure among populations of the critically endangered Artocarpus annulatus F.M. Jarrett, a crop wild relative of jackfruit (A. heterophyllus Lam.). PeerJ 8: e9897. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9897

Gardner, E.M. and N.J.C. Zerega. 2020. Taxonomic updates to Artocarpus subgenus Pseudojaca (Moraceae), with a particular focus on the species native to Singapore. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 72(2): 173–213. http://dx.doi.org/10.26492/gbs72(2).2020-06 

Gardner E.M. and N.J.C. Zerega. 2020. Proposal to reject the name Radermachia rotunda. Taxon 69(6): 1372–1373. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12402 

Gardner, E.M., A. Monro, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2020. Proposal to reject the name Antiarideae. Taxon 69(4): 827–828. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12304 

Gardner, E.M., A. Chaveerach, R. Sudmoon, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2020. Two new species of Artocarpus (Moraceae) from Vietnam and Thailand. PhytoTaxa 453 (3): 265–274. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.453.3.8 

Hale, H., E.M. Gardner, J.Viruel, L. Pokorny, and M.G. Johnson. 2020 Strategies for reducing per-sample costs in target capture sequencing for phylogenomics and population genomics in plants. Applications in Plant Sciences 8: e11337. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Faps3.11337

Zerega, N.J.C., E.M. Gardner, W.N.F. Wan Zakaria, and A.S. Ahmad Puad. 2019. Artocarpus annulatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T86528602A86528612. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T86528602A86528612.en 

Zerega, N.J.C., and E.M.Gardner, 2019. Delimitation of the new tribe Parartocarpeae (Moraceae) is supported by a 333-gene phylogeny. Phytotaxa388(4): 253–265. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.388.4.1

Jiang, X.L, E.M. Gardner, H.H. Meng, M. Deng, G.B. Xu. 2019. Land bridges in the Pleistocene contributed to flora assembly on the continental islands of South China: insights from the evolutionary history of Quercus championii. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 132: 36–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.021

Gardner, E.M., R.J. Gagné, P.E. Kendra, W.S. Montgomery, R.A. Raguso, T.T. McNeil, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2018. The sweet smell of deceit: pollination of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus, Moraceae) by a new species of gall midge, Clinodiplosis ultracrepidata sp. nov. (Diptera:Cecidomyiidae). Int. J. Plant Sciences 179 (5): 350–367. http://doi.org/10.1086/697115

Kates, H.R., M.G. Johnson, E.M. Gardner, N.J.C. Zerega, and N.J. Wickett. 2018.Allele phasing has minimal impact on phylogenetic reconstruction from targeted nuclear gene sequences in a case study of Artocarpus(Moraceae). Am. J. Bot. 105 (3): 404–416. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1068

Wang M.H., E.M. Gardner, R. Chung, C.M. Yee, L.S. Leong, A.R. Milan, J.T. Pereira, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2018. Origin and diversity of cempedak, an underutilized fruit tree crop, Artocarpus integer (Moraceae). Am. J. Bot.105(5):898-914. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1094

Villaverde, T., L. Pokorny, S. Olsson, M. Rincon, M.G. Johnson, E.M. Gardner, N.J. Wickett, J. Molero, R. Riina, I. Sanmartin. 2018. Bridging the micro-macro evolutionary gap: target enrichment with chloroplast skimming solves phylogenetic relationships within the Rand Flora Euphorbia balsamifera. New Phytologist220(2):636-650.https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15312

Gardner, E.M., P. Sarraf, E.W. Williams, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2017. Phylogeny and Biogeography of Maclura (Moraceae) and the origin of an anachronistic fruit. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution117: 49–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.021

Williams, E.W., E.M. Gardner, R. Harris III, A. Chaveerach, J.T. Pereira, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2017. Out of Borneo: Biogeography, phylogeny, and divergence date estimates of Artocarpus(Moraceae). Annals of Botany119(4): 611–627. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw249

Tandang, D.N., E.R. Tadiosa, and E.M. Gardner. 2017. Sloetia(Moraceae): a new generic record for the Philippines. Telopea 20: 69–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.7751/telopea11387

Gardner E.M., M. Johnson, D. Ragone, N. Wickett, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2016. Low-coverage, whole-genome sequencing of Artocarpus camansi(Moraceae) for phylogenetic marker development and gene Discovery.  Applications in Plant Sciences4(7): apps.1600017. https://dx.doi.org/10.3732/apps.1600017

Johnson M.,E.M. Gardner, J. Shaw, Y. Liu, R. Medina, B. Goffinet, N.J.C. Zerega, and N. Wickett. 2016. HybPiper: extracting phylogenetic datasets from high-throughput sequencing reads using targeted bait capture. Applications in Plant Sciences4(7): apps.1600016. https://dx.doi.org/10.3732/apps.1600016

Gardner E.M., K.M. Laricchia, M. Murphy, D. Ragone, B.E. Scheffler, S. Simpson, E.W. Williams, N.J.C. Zerega. 2015. Primer Note: Chloroplast microsatellite markers for Artocarpus(Moraceae) developed from transcriptome sequences. Applications in Plant Sciences 3(9):1500049. http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/apps.1500049

Zerega, N.J.C., G. Ravikanth, E.M. Gardner, K. Laricchia, T. Melhem, M. Wang, C. E. Witherup, S. Setty, M.I. Zuberi, M.R. Jagdish, and D. Ragone. 2014. New genomic resources to understand genetic diversity and promote crop improvement of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), breadfruit (A. altilis), and other under utilized Artocarpus crops. Procedings of the International Symposium on Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis Fosberg) of the Tropics.