Selected Publications

Hyosig Won, and Susanne S. Renner. 2005. The internal transcribed spacer of nuclear ribosomal DNA in the gymnosperm Gnetum. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. in Press. abstract (full text and pdf available from Science Direct at this link)

Susanne S. Renner, and Gerlinde Hausner. 2005. New Species of Siparuna (Siparunaceae) IV. A new subcanopy species from white-sand areas in Brazil and Venezuela. Novon 15(1): 202-206. abstract

Rolf Borchert, Susanne S. Renner, Zoraida Calle, Diego Navarrete, Alan Tye, Laurent Gautier, Rodolphe Spichiger and Patricio von Hildebrand. 2005. Photoperiodic induction of synchronous flowering near the equator. Nature 433(7026): 627-629. first paragraph | full text article | article in pdf format

Susanne S. Renner 2004. Multiple Miocene Melastomataceae dispersal between Madagascar, Africa, and India. Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences 359(1450): 1485­1494. abstract (full text and pdf format available from the Royal Society at this link)

Susanne S. Renner 2004. Bayesian analysis of combined chloroplast loci, using multiple calibrations, supports recent arrival of Melastomataceae in Africa and Madagascar. American Journal of Botany 91(9): 1427-1435. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Yingquiang Wang, Dianxiang Zhang, Susanne S. Renner, and Zhongyi Chen. 2004. A new self-pollination mechanism. Nature 431(7704): 39-40. first paragraph | full text article | article in pdf format

Susanne S. Renner 2004. Tropical trans-Atlantic disjunctions, sea surface currents, and wind patterns. International Journal of Plant Sciences 165(4 Suppl.): S23-S33. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Thomas J. Givnish, and Susanne S. Renner. 2004. Tropical intercontinental disjunctions: Gondwana breakup, immigration from the boreotropics, and transoceanic dispersal. International Journal of Plant Sciences 165(4 Suppl.): S1-S6. full text article | article in pdf format

Peter W. Fritsch, Frank Almeda, Susanne S. Renner, Angela B. Martins, and Boni C. Cruz. 2004. Phylogeny and circumscription of the near-endemic Brazilian tribe Microlicieae (Melastomataceae). American Journal of Botany 91(7): 1105-1114. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Susanne S. Renner, and Li-Bing Zhang. 2004. Biogeography of the Pistia clade (Araceae) based on cp and mtDNA sequences and Bayesian divergence time inference. Systematic Biology 53(3): 422-432. abstract (pdf available from Ingenta at this link). Compare popular write-up in Aquaphyte online, Summer 2003.

Susanne S. Renner, Li-Bing Zhang, and Jin Murata. 2004. A chloroplast phylogeny of Arisaema (Araceae) illustrates Tertiary floristic links between Asia, North America, and East Africa. American Journal of Botany 91(6): 881-888. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Hyosig Won, and Susanne S. Renner. 2003. Horizontal gene transfer from flowering plants to Gnetum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100(19): 10824-10829. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Susanne S. Renner, and Stephan G. Beck. 2003. A new Miconia from Bolivia (Melastomatacaeae), with remarks on angular-branched species in the Andes. Novon 13(1): 110-112. abstract

Li-Bing Zhang, and Susanne S. Renner. 2003. The deepest splits in Chloranthaceae as resolved by chloroplast sequences. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164(5 Suppl.): S383-S392. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

W. Takeuchi, and Susanne S. Renner. 2002. A generic record for Faika (Monimiaceae) in Papua New Guinea. Flora Malesiana Bulletin 13(1): 54-55. (not available online)

J. Wurdack, and Susanne S. Renner. 2002. Melastomataceae. In S. A. Mori, G. Cremers, C. A. Gracie, J.-J. de Granville, S. V. Heald, M. Hoff, and J. D. Mitchell, eds., Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana. Part 2. Dicotyledons. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 76(2): 437-465. (not available online)

Susanne S. Renner, Gudrun Clausing, N. Cellinese, and Karsten Meyer 2001. Melastomataceae. Pp. 412-496 in K. Larsen and I. Nielsen, eds., Flora of Thailand 7,3. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Dept., Bangkok .

Gudrun Clausing, and Susanne S. Renner. 2001. Evolution of growth form in epiphytic Dissochaeteae (Melastomataceae). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 1(1): 45-60. abstract (pdf available from Ingenta at this link)

Yayoi Tosaki, Susanne S. Renner, and Hiroshi Takahashi. 2001. Pollination of Sarcandra glabra (Chloranthaceae) in natural populations in Japan. Journal of Plant Research 114(4): 423-427. abstract (pdf available from Springer Link at this link)

Susanne S. Renner. 2001. Heterodichogamy, how common is it? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16(11): 595-597. abstract (full text and pdf available from Science Direct at this link)

Susanne S. Renner, and Hyosig Won 2001. Repeated evolution of dioecy from monoecy in Siparunaceae (Laurales). Systematic Biology 50(5): 700-712. abstract (pdf available from Ingenta at this link)

Susanne S. Renner, and Karsten Meyer. 2001. Melastomeae come full circle: biogeographic reconstruction and molecular clock dating. Evolution 55(7): 1315-1324. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Susanne S. Renner, Gudrun Clausing, and Karsten Meyer. 2001. Historical biogeography of Melastomataceae: The roles of Tertiary migration and long distance dispersal. American Journal of Botany 88(7): 1290-1300. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Andre S. Chanderbali, Henk van der Werff, and Susanne S. Renner. 2001. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of Lauraceae: evidence from the chloroplast and nuclear genomes. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88(1): 104-134. abstract

Gudrun Clausing, and Susanne S. Renner. 2001. Molecular phylogenetics of Melastomataceae and Memecylaceae: implications for character evolution. American Journal of Botany 88(3): 486-498. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Susanne S. Renner, and Andre S. Chanderbali. 2000. What is the relationship among Hernandiaceae, Lauraceae, and Monimiaceae, and why is this question so difficult to answer? International Journal of Plant Sciences 161(6 Suppl.): S109-119. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Susanne S. Renner, D. Murray, and D. Foreman. 2000. Timing transantarctic disjunctions in the Atherospermataceae (Laurales): evidence from coding and noncoding chloroplast sequences. Systematic Biology 49(3): 579-591. abstract (pdf available from Ingenta at this link)

Gudrun Clausing, Karsten Meyer, and Susanne S. Renner. 2000. Correlations among fruit traits and evolution of different fruits within Melastomataceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133(3): 303-326. abstract (pdf available from Science Direct at this link)

Robert E. Ricklefs, and Susanne S. Renner. 2000. Evolutionary flexibility and flowering plant familial diversity: a comment on Dodd, Silvertown, and Chase. Evolution 54(3): 1061-1065. full text article | article in pdf format

Susanne S. Renner, and Gerlinde Hausner. 2000. New species of Siparuna (Siparunaceae) III. Three new species and one newly ranked entity from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Novon 10(2): 134-143. abstract

Barbara Lippok, Angela A. Gardine, Paula S. Williamson, and Susanne S. Renner. 2000. Pollination by flies, bees, and beetles of Nuphar ozarkana and N. advena (Nymphaeaceae). American Journal of Botany 87(6): 898-902. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Susanne S. Renner 1999. Circumscription and phylogeny of Laurales: evidence from molecular and morphological data. American Journal of Botany 86(9): 1301-1315. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Susanne S. Renner, and Robert E. Ricklefs. 1998. Herbicidal activity of domatia-inhabiting ants in patches of Tococa guianensis and Clidemia heterophylla. Biotropica 30(2): 324-327. article at JSTOR

Susanne S. Renner 1998. Effects of habitat fragmentation on plant-pollinator interactions in the tropics. In D.M. Newbery, H.H.T. Prins & N.D. Brown, eds., Dynamics of Tropical Communities, pp. 339-360. Blackwell Scientific Publishers, London.

Susanne S. Renner 1998. Phylogenetic affinities of Monimiaceae based on cpDNA gene and spacer sequences. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Systematics and Evolution 1: 61-77. abstract (pdf available from Science Direct at this link)

Susanne S. Renner, and Gerlinde Hausner. 1997. Siparuna (Siparunaceae) and Mollinedia (Monimiaceae). Flora of Ecuador 59: 1-125.

Susanne S. Renner 1997. Melastomataceae. In The European Garden Flora, vol. V: 323-335. Cambridge University Press.

Susanne S. Renner, A.E. Schwarzbach, and L. Lohmann. 1997. Phylogenetic position and floral function of Siparuna (Siparunaceae: Laurales). International Journal of Plant Sciences 158(6 suppl.): S89-98. article at JSTOR

B. Lippok, and Susanne S. Renner. 1997. Pollination of Nuphar (Nymphaeaceae) in Europe: flies and bees rather than Donacia beetles. Plant Systematics and Evolution 207(3-4): 273-283. (not available online)

F. Ervik, Susanne S. Renner, and K. A. Johanson. 1995. Breeding system and pollination of Nuphar luteum (L.) Smith (Nymphaeaceae) in Norway. Flora 190: 109-113. (not available online)

Susanne S. Renner, and Robert E. Ricklefs. 1995. Dioecy and its correlates in the flowering plants. American Journal of Botany 82(5): 596-606. article at JSTOR

Robert E. Ricklefs, and Susanne S. Renner. 1994. Species richness within families of flowering plants. Evolution 48(5): 1619-1636. article at JSTOR

Susanne S. Renner, and Jan Peter Feil. 1993. Pollinators of tropical dioecious angiosperms. American Journal of Botany 80(9): 1100-1107. article at JSTOR

Susanne S. Renner 1993. Phylogeny and classification of the Melastomataceae and Memecylaceae. Nordic Journal of Botany 13: 519-540. (not available online)

Susanne S. Renner 1989. A survey of reproductive biology in neotropical Melastomataceae and Memecylaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76(2): 496-518. article at JSTOR

Susanne S. Renner 1987. Sandemania hoehnei (Tibouchineae: Melastomataceae): taxonomy, distribution, and biology. Brittonia 39(4): 441-446. article at JSTOR

Susanne S. Renner 1983. The widespread occurrence of anther destruction by Trigona bees in Melastomataceae. Biotropica 15(4): 251-256. article at JSTOR