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Tom
A. Ranker
Professor
ranker@hawaii.edu
link
to CV
The origin and evolution of the flora of the Hawaiian
Islands and of other island floras in the Pacific
region. Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of
vascular plants, especially lycophytes and ferns;
evolutionary and ecological genetics of plant populations;
conservation biology; historical biogeography.
Ranker, T. A., J. M. O. Geiger, S.
C. Kennedy, A. R. Smith, C. H. Haufler, and B. S.
Parris. 2003. Molecular
phylogenetics and evolution of the endemic Hawaiian
genus Adenophorus (Grammitidaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics
and Evolution 26: 337–347.
Schneider, H., A. R. Smith, R. Cranfill,
T. E. Hildebrand, C. H. Haufler, T. A. Ranker. 2004.
Unraveling the phylogeny
of polygrammoid ferns (Polypodiaceae &
Grammitidaceae): exploring aspects of the diversification
of epiphytic plants. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution 31: 1041-1063.
Ranker, T. A., A. R. Smith, B. S. Parris, J. M. O.
Geiger, C. H. Haufler, S. C. K. Straub, and H. Schneider.
2004. Phylogeny and evolution of grammitid ferns
(Grammitidaceae): a case of rampant morphological homoplasy.
Taxon 53: 415-428.
Schneider, H., T. Janssen, P. Hovenkamp, A. R. Smith,
C. H. Haufler, and T. A. Ranker. 2004. Phylogenetic
relationships of the enigmatic Malesian genus Thylacopteris (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae). International Journal
of Plant Sciences 165: 1077-1087.
Schneider, H., T. A. Ranker, S. J. Russell, R. Cranfill,
J. M. O. Geiger, R. Aguraiuja, K. R. Wood, M. Grundmann,
K. Kloberdanz, and J. C. Vogel. 2005. Origin and diversification
of the Hawaiian fern genus Diellia Brack. (Aspleniaceae,
Polypodiidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society
of London Series B-Biological Sciences 272: 455-460.
Geiger, J. M. O. and T. A. Ranker. 2005. Molecular
phylogenetics and historical biogeography of Hawaiian
Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics
and Evolution 34: 392-407.
Ranker, T. A., P. G. Trapp, A. R. Smith, R. C. Moran,
and B. S. Parris. 2005. New Records of Lycophytes and
Ferns from Moorea, French Polynesia. American Fern
Journal. In press.
Ramp, J. M., S. K. Collinge, and T. A. Ranker. In
Press. Restoration genetics of the vernal pool endemic
Lasthenia conjugens. Conservation Genetics. In press.
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