Publications
Eserman, LA, A Rittgers*, M Vogel, V Negron-Ortiz, E Coffey. In production. Conservation genetics of the federally endangered Apalachicola Rosemary (Conradina glabra, Lamiaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences.
*Undergraduate co-author
Ngima, S, V Kathambi, SP Kagame, LA Eserman, B Loeuille, RF de Almeida, MSM Sosef, PC Mutiso, H Antonio-Domingues, LW Chatrou, ARG Simões. In Production. Muigaia, a new genus of Convolvulaceae. Kew Bulletin.
Dreaden, TJ, KE Smith, DC Nelson, EED Coffey, LA Eserman, and JA Smith. 2024. Genetic variation in the endangered Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia Arn.) and implication for conservation. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 151(3) :212-219.
Eserman, LA, MT Buril, LW Chatrou, K Clay, TE Desquilbet, PPA Ferreira, JR Grande Allende, G Huerta-Ramos, RK Kojima, RE Miller, S More, ALC Moreira, M Pastore, FS Petrongari, P Pisuttimarn, P Pornpongrungrueng, J Rifkin, VB Shimpale, MSM Sosef, JR Stinchcombe, ARG Simões. 2024. Towards a collaborative approach to the systematics of Ipomoea: A response to the “Rebuttal to (2786) Proposal to change the conserved type of Ipomoea, nom. cons. (Convolvulaceae)”. Taxon https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13081
Coffey, EED, J Evans, JJ Ligon, A Smith, L. A. Eserman, C Racliffe, J Linsky, and L Blackmore. 2024. The Role of Atlanta Botanical Garden in Plant Conservation In Botanical Gardens and their Role in Plant Conservation: European and American Botanical Gardens, Volume 3. Editors T Pullaiah, DA Galbraith. ISBN 9781032252223.
Rajanala, A, IW Taylor, E McCaskey, C Pierce, J Ligon, E Aydin, C Hunner, A Carmichael, L. A. Eserman, EED Coffey, A Mijar, M Shah, PN Benfey, DI Goldman. 2023. The rhizodynamics robot: Automated imaging system for studying long-term dynamic root growth. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295823
Simões*, A. R. G., L. Eserman*, A. R. Zuntini, L. W. Chatrou, T. M. A. Utteridge, O. Maurin, S. Rokni, S. Roy, F. Forest, W. J. Baker, S. Stefanović. 2022. A bird’s eye view of the systematics of Convolvulaceae: novel insights from nuclear genomic data. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.889988.
*Co-first authors
Hartvig, I., S. Evans, J. Ligon, L. Eserman, E. Coffey, M. McCormick. 2022. Quantitative morphological variation in the orange and white fringed orchids (Platanthera) in the eastern US. Lindleyana 532-539.
Eserman, L. A., S. K. Thomas, E. E. D. Coffey, J. H. Leebens-Mack. 2021. Target sequence capture in orchids: Developing a kit to sequence hundreds of single-copy loci. Applications in Plant Sciences e11416. doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11416.
Eserman, L. A., M. S. M. Sosef, R. Simão‐Bianchini, T. M. A. Utteridge, J. C. J. Barbosa, M. T. Buril, L. W. Chatrou, K. Clay, G. Delgado, T. E. Desquilbet, P. P. A. Ferreira, J. R. Grande Allende, A. L. Hernández, G. Huerta‐Ramos, R. L. Jarret, R. K. Kojima, S. Landrein, J. A. A. M. Lourenço, I. De Man, R. E. Miller, S. More, A. L. C. Moreira, I. Mwanga‐Mwanga, S. Nhanala, M. Pastore, F. S. Petrongari, P. Pisuttimarn, P. Pornpongrungrueng, J. Rifkin, F. D. S. Santos, V. B. Shimpale, S. S. Silva, J. R. Stinchcombe, P. Traiperm, L. V. Vasconcelos, M. L. Wang, A. Villordon, J. Yang, G. C. Yencho, B. Heider, A. R. G. Simões. 2020. (2786) Proposal to change the conserved type of Ipomoea , nom. cons. (Convolvulaceae). Taxon 69, 1369–1371. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12400.
Pretz, C, R Deanna, L. A. Eserman, AR Simões. 2020. An era of virtual seminars: From creating one to a list of ones to join. Plant Science Bulletin 66 (2): 111-119.
Wu, S., K.H. Lau, Q. Cao, J.P. Hamilton, H. Sun, C. Zhou, L. Eserman, et al. 2018. Genome sequences of two diploid wild relatives of cultivated sweetpotato reveal targets for genetic improvement. Nature Communications 9: 4580. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06983-8.
Eserman, L. A., R. L. Jarret, J. H. Leebens-Mack. 2018. Parallel evolution of storage roots in morning glories (Convolvulaceae). BMC Plant Biology. 18:95. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-018-1307-4.
Khoury, C. K., B. Heider., N. P. Castañeda-Álvarez, H. A. Achicanoy, C. C. Sosa, R. E. Miller, R. W. Scotland, J. R. I. Wood, G. Rossel, L. A. Eserman, R. L. Jarret, G. C. Yencho, V. Bernau, H. Juarez, S. Sotelo, S. de Haan, and P. C. Struik. 2015. Distributions, ex situ conservation priorities, and genetic resource potential of crop wild relatives of sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., I. series Batatas]. Frontiers in Plant Science 6:251. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00251.
Mason, C. M., D. A. Christopher, A. M. Rea, L. A. Eserman, A. J. Pilote, N. L. Batora, and S.-M. Chang. 2015. Low inbreeding depression and high plasticity under abiotic stress in the common morning glory Ipomoea purpurea (Convolvulaceae). Weed Science. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1614/WS-D-15-00005.1.
Eserman, L. A., G. P. Tiley, R. L. Jarret, J. H. Leebens-Mack, and R. E. Miller. 2014. Phylogenetics and diversification of morning glories (tribe Ipomoeeae, Convolvulaceae) based on whole plastome sequences. American Journal of Botany 101(1): 92–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1300207.
Submitted, In Review, and In Preparation
Simões, ARG, G Huerta-Ramos, ALC Moreira, JRL Paz, J Grande-Allende, P Pisuttimarn, P Rattanakrajang, JCJ Barbosa, R Simão-Bianchini, RK Kojima, CP Paixão, M Declercq, SP Kagame, JA Luna, MR Pace, C Alcantara, BD Williams, LO Duque, V Gowda, V Shimpale, LA Eserman. In Review. Sweet potato, morning glories, bindweeds: an overview of Convolvulaceae. Rheedea.
Simoes, ARG, P Rattanakrajang, P Traiperm, SP Kagame, VB Shimpale, LA Eserman. In Review. Reinstating the Paleotropical genera of Convolvulaceae: Argyreia, Rivea, Stictocardia, Turbina and Astripomoea (tribe Ipomoeeae, subtribe Argyreiineae). Rheedea.
Simões, A. R. G., L. A. Eserman. In Preparation. Priorities for advancing research on African Convolvulaceae: diversity, endemism hotspots and knowledge gaps.
Eserman, L. A., A. Carmichael, A. Smith, E. Baldwin, C. Jordan, L. Anderson-Messac, J. Leebens-Mack, E. E. D. Coffey. In Preparation. Conservation and Population Genetics of the Federally Endangered Florida Torreya (Torreya taxifolia, Taxaceae).