Wenzell, K.*, M. Neequaye*, P. Paajanen, K. Byers. 2025. Within-species floral evolution reveals convergence in adaptive walks during incipient pollinator shift. (*Co-first authors.) Nature Communications 16, 2721. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57639-3
Fetterly E., A. Braum, E.S. Kim, K. Wenzell, M. Ashley, L. Steger, J. Fant. 2025. Selection maintains floral color polymorphism in the scarlet paintbrush Castilleja coccinea (Orobanchaceae), reflecting combined ecological factors. American Journal of Botany: Special Issue Paradigm Shifts in Flower Color: e70094, Sept 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70094
Wenzell, K. and M. Neequaye. 2025. Zooming in to see the big picture: the value of integrative work to understand early stages of pollinator-mediated plant divergence. A commentary on "Geographical variation in flower colour of a food-deceptive orchid reflects local pollinator preferences.” Invited Commentary to Annals of Botany, Volume 136, Issue 3, August 2025, Pages i–iii. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf135
Wenzell, K., J. Zhang, K. Skogen, and J. Fant. 2024. Adaptive generalization in pollination systems: hawkmoths increase fitness to long-tubed flowers, but secondary pollinators remain important. Ecology and Evolution 14: e11443. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11443
Wenzell, K. E., K. A. Skogen, and J. B. Fant. 2023. Range-wide floral trait variation reflects shifts in pollinator assemblages, consistent with pollinator-mediated divergence despite generalized visitation. Oikos 2023(6): e09708. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09708 *Selected as cover of June 2023 issue
Wenzell, K. E., A. J. McDonnell, N. J. Wickett, J. B. Fant, and K. A. Skogen. 2021. Incomplete reproductive isolation and low genetic differentiation despite floral divergence across varying geographic scales in Castilleja. American Journal of Botany 108(7): 1– 19. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1700 Special Issue: Exploring Angiosperms353: a Universal Toolkit for Flowering Plant Phylogenomics
Jerome, D., Beckman, E., Kenny, L., Wenzell, K., Kua, C.-S., Westwood, M. 2017. The Red List of US Oaks. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, IL. https://mortonarb.org/app/uploads/2021/05/Red-List-of-Oaks-2017.pdf
Wenzell, K. and L. Kenny (*co-first authors). 2015. IUCN Red List assessments for Quercus arkansana, Q. georgiana, and 50 additional oak species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Preprints
Neequaye, M., R. Kellenberger, R. Collier, K. Wenzell, P. Paajanen, R. Antoniou-Kourounioti, L. Hill, P. Schlüter, K. Byers. Pollinator-relevant floral traits impact bidirectional hybridisation in the orchid genus Gymnadenia. Preprint available on biorxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.20.644302
Neequaye, M., E.B. Kennedy, H. Gunn, K. Wenzell, K.J.R.P. Byers. In-depth phenotyping reveals unexpected floral trait variation in Mimulus cardinalis across a range-wide latitudinal gradient. Preprint available on biorxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.03.680188