Dr Alastair Culham
Responsibilities
Associate Professor of Botany
- School Director of Academic Tutoring
- Curator, Reading University Herbarium (RNG)
- Programme Director for the MSc Plant Diversity at the School of Biological Sciences
- School Enhanced Learning Coordinator
- Member of the Catalogue of Life Global Team
- Catalogue of Life Editorial Team
- Scientific Coordinator for EU FP7 i4Life Project
Areas of Interest
- Funding from EU (under Framework 7) for the i4Life (indexing for life) project whose aim is to interlink and harmonise the taxonomic catalogues of six major Global Biodiversity Programmes (GBPs) with the Catalogue of Life to create a Virtual Research Community.
- Funding from BBSRC, NERC, The Royal Society, Industry
- Evolutionary relationships in Pelargonium (a collaborative project with Dr Mary Gibby of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh);
- Phylogenetic history and evolutionary patterns in Drosera
- Phylogenetic and taxonomic revision of Actaea and Ranunculaceae tribe Actaeeae.
- A major phylogenetic evaluation of Plectranthus/Coleus ( collaborative project with Alan Paton, Kew).
- Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Cyclamen (with James Compton and The Cyclamen Society)
- The use of molecular markers to study plant populational variation for conservation purposes, such as establishment of genetic diversity in the rare Easter Island endemic Sophora toromiro and the British native Pyrus cordata
- The development of molecular markers for identification of Fusarium fungi in soil and powdery mildews on leaves to provide rapid diagnostic approaches for plant pathogens.
Impact, Enterprise and Outreach
- KTP Promoting RHS Excellence in Science
- sKTP Climate Change and Gardening
- Catalogue of Life
Esteem Factors
- Associate Editor: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
- Project Scientific Coordinator for EU FP7 4D4Life Project (from November 2011) completed in July 2012
- Project Scientific Coordinator for the current EU FP7 i4Life Project
- Taxonomic expert for the BSBI
- Editorial Board ISRN Botany
Teaching
Convenor
- BI3EN7 Conservation and Biodiversity: Global and Local Scales (10 credits, Level 6)
- BIMPB12 Diversity and Identification of Plants (20 credits, Level 7)
- BIMPJ12 Global Biodiversity and Conservation (20 credits, Level 7)
- BIMPP60 Research Project (60 credits, Level 7)
Contributor
- BI1BA1 The Living Cell (10 credits, Level 4)
- BI2EWEV Biodiversity Field Course (10 credits, Level 5)
- BI3EM7 Plants, Animals and Climate Change (10 credits, Level 6)
International Collaborators
- Dr. FT (Freek) Bakker, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
- Dr Mike Maunder, The National Tropical Botanical Gardens, Hawaii
- Dr Prashant Mishra, University of California
- Mr. Markus Döring, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Copenhagen, Denmark
- Dr. Pedro Crous, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Dr Ir. Vincent A. Robert, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz, MIZPAS, Warsaw, Poland
- Prof. Dr. Walter G. Berendsohn, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (BGBM) Berlin, Germany
- Mr. Anton Güntsch, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (BGBM) Berlin, Germany
- Dr. Peter H Schalk, Manager ETI Bionformatics, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Dr. Nicolas Bailly, FishBase Information and Research Group Inc (FIN), Los Banos, Philippines
- Prof. Thierry Bourgoin, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France
- Dr. Heimo Rainer, Naturhistorisches Musem Wien (NHMW), Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Alexander Kroupa, Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity (MfN, Berlin) Germany
- Dr. Christoph Häuser, Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity (MfN, Berlin) Germany
- PD Dr. Michael Ohl Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity (MfN, Berlin) Germany
- Dr. Christian Schmidd-Egger, Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity (MfN, Berlin) Germany
- Dr. Quentin Groom, Nationale Plantentuin van Belgie (NBGB), Brussels Belgium
- Dr. Cyrille Chatelain, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques Ville de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
- Mr. Paul Schoolmeesters, TSJ BVBA, Belgium
- Dr. Luca Bartolozzi, Museum of Natural History, University of Florence, Italy
- Sujeevan Ratnasingham, University of Gelph, Canada
- Dr. Jiri Kvacek, National Museum Prague, Czech Republic
- Prof. Jan van Tol, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Dr Rafael Govaerts, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
- Dr Frans Jongejan, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- Prof. Rainer Froese, Helmholtz Zentrum Fuer Ozeanforschung Kiel (GEOMAR) Kiel Germany
- Mr Michael Malicky, Linz Museum, Austria
- Dr Gerard Tavaklian, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Marseille (IRD) &Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France
- Dr Miguel Alonso-Zarazaga, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- Dr Carlos Aedo, Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid CSIC, Spain
- Dr Carlos Lado, Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid CSIC, Spain
- Dr Joerg Spelda, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns Generaldirektion, Munich, Germany
- Dr Dagmar Treibel, Botanische Staatssammlung München, Germany
- Prof. Alessandro Minellli, Universita Degli Studi Di Padova, Italy
- Dr Hendrik Segers, Institut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles De Belgique, (RBINS) Brussels, Belgium
- Dr Thomas Pape, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
- Prof. Keping Ma, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dr Liqiang Ji, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dr Vanderlei Perez Canhos, Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental (CRIA), Campinas, Brazil
- Tony Rees, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australia
- Greg Whitbread, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Australian National Herbarium,
- Jerry Cooper, LandCare Research, New Zealand
- Mark Costello, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- David Eades, Illinois Natural History Survey
- Patricia Mergen, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Brussels, Belgium
- Mr. Richard Pyle, Bishops Museum, Hawaii
- Dr. Thomas Orrell, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
- Mr. D Nicholson, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
- Mr. Mike Ruggerio, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
- Dr. David Schindel, Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) ), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
- Ms. Cynthia Simms Parr, Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
National Collaborators
- Dr. Guy Cochrane, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge
- Mr. Craig Hilton-Taylor, IUCN, Global Species Programme, Cambridge
- Prof. William Alexander Gray, Cardiff University
- Dr. Andrew Jones, Cardiff University
- Mr Alex Hardisty, Cardiff University
- Dr. Alan Paton, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
- Dr David Simpson, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
- Dr. Paul Kirk, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
- Dr Bob Allkin, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
- Professor Peter Hollingsworth, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
- Dr Mark Watson, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
- Prof. Mary Gibby, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
- Dr. Christopher H C Lyal, Natural History Museum, London
- Dr Andrew Polaszek, Natural History Museum, London
- Dr. Vincent S Smith, Natural History Museum, London
- Dr Ellinor Michel, ICZN, Natural History Museum, London
- Sara Oldfield, Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), Kew, London
- Dr Jeyaraney Kathirithamby, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
- Dr Johan David, RHS Wisley
- Dr Alistair Griffiths, RHS Wisley
Research groups / Centres
- Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics
- Evolution Research Group
Publications
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Number of items: 76.
2020
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Christodoulou, M. D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0968-2311, Clark, J. Y. and Culham, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7440-0133 (2020) The Cinderella discipline: morphometrics and their use in botanical classification. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 194 (4). pp. 385-396. ISSN 0024-4074 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa055
- Zulu, D., Ellis, R. and Culham, A. (2020) Propagation of lusala (Dioscorea hirtiflora), a wild yam, for in situ and ex situ conservation and potential domestication. Experimental Agriculture, 56 (3). pp. 453-468. ISSN 0014-4797 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479720000083
- Garnett, G. J. L., Könyves, K., Bilsborrow, J., David, J. and Culham, A. (2020) The complete plastome of Hyacinthoides non-scripta (L.) Chouard ex Rothm. (Asparagaceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 5 (1). pp. 1003-1004. ISSN 2380-2359 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2020.1720543
2019
- Könyves, K., Yooprasert, S., Culham, A. and David, J. (2019) The complete plastome of Daphne laureola L. (Thymelaeaceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4 (2). pp. 3364-3365. ISSN 2380-2359 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1674201
- Ellingham, O., David, J. and Culham, A. (2019) Enhancing identification accuracy for powdery mildews using previously underexploited DNA loci. Mycologia, 111 (5). pp. 798-812. ISSN 0027-5514 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2019.1643644
- Paton, A., Mwyanyambo, M., Govaerts, R. H.A., Smitha, K., Suddee, S., Phillipson, P. B., Wilson, T. C., Forster, P. I. and Culham, A. (2019) Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera. PhytoKeys, 129. pp. 1-158. ISSN 1314–2003 doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988
- Zulu, D., Ellis, R. H. and Culham, A. (2019) Collection, consumption and sale of lusala (Dioscorea hirtiflora), a wild yam, by rural households in the Southern Province of Zambia. Economic Botany, 73 (1). pp. 47-63. ISSN 0013-0001 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-018-9433-3
- Könyves, K., David, J. and Culham, A. (2019) Jumping through the hoops: the challenges of daffodil (Narcissus) classification. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 190 (4). pp. 389-404. ISSN 0024-4074 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz032
- Leebens-Mack, J., Barker, M. S., Carpenter, E. J. and et al., (2019) One thousand plant transcriptomes and the phylogenomics of green plants. Nature, 574. pp. 679-685. ISSN 0028-0836 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1693-2
2018
- Paton, A., Mwanyambo, M. and Culham, A. (2018) Phylogenetic study of Plectranthus, Coleus and allies (Lamiaceae): taxonomy, distribution and medicinal use. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 188 (4). pp. 355-376. ISSN 0024-4074 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boy064
- Christodoulou, M. D., Battey, N. H. and Culham, A. (2018) Can you make morphometrics work when you know the right answer? Pick and mix approaches for apple identification. PLoS ONE, 13 (10). e0205357. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205357
- Thomson, S. A., Pyle, R. L., Ahyong, S. T., Alonso-Zarazaga, M., Ammirati, J., Araya, J. F., Ascher, J. S., Audisio, T. L., Azevedo-Santos, V. M., Bailly, N., Baker, W. J., Balke, M., Barclay, M. V. L., Barrett, R. L., Benine, R. C., Bickerstaff, J. R. M., Bouchard, P., Bour, R., Bourgoin, T., Boyko, C. B., Breure, A. S. H., Brothers, D. J., Byng, J. W., Campbell, D., Ceríaco, L. M. P., Cernák, I., Cerretti, P., Chang, C.-H., Cho, S., Copus, J. M., Costello, M. J., Cseh, A., Csuzdi, C., Culham, A., D'Elía, G., d'Udekem d'Acoz, C., Daneliya, M. E., Dekker, R., Dickinson, E. C., Dickinson, T. A., van Dijk, P. P., Dijkstra, K.-D. B., Dima, B., Dmitriev, D. A., Duistermaat, L., Dumbacher, J. P., Eiserhardt, W. L., Ekrem, T., Evenhuis, N. L., Faille, A., Fernández-Triana, J. L., Fiesler, E., Fishbein, M., Fordham, B. G., Freitas, A. V. L., Friol, N. R., Fritz, U., Frøslev, T., Funk, V. A., Gaimari, S. D., Garbino, G. S. T., Garraffoni, A. R. S., Geml, J., Gill, A. C., Gray, A., Grazziotin, F. G., Greenslade, P., Gutiérrez, E. E., Harvey, M. S., Hazevoet, C. J., He, K., He, X., Helfer, S., Helgen, K. M., van Heteren, A. H., Hita Garcia, F., Holstein, N., Horváth, M. K., Hovenkamp, P. H., Hwang, W. S., Hyvönen, J., Islam, M. B., Iverson, J. B., Ivie, M. A., Jaafar, Z., Jackson, M. D., Jayat, J. P., Johnson, N. F., Kaiser, H., Klitgård, B. B., Knapp, D. G., Kojima, J.-I., Kõljalg, U., Kontschán, J., Krell, F.-T., Krisai-Greilhuber, I., Kullander, S., Latella, L., Lattke, J. E., Lencioni, V., Lewis, G. P., Lhano, M. G., Lujan, N. K., Luksenburg, J. A., Mariaux, J., Marinho-Filho, J., Marshall, C. J., Mate, J. F., McDonough, M. M., Michel, E., Miranda, V. F. O., Mitroiu, M.-D., Molinari, J., Monks, S., Moore, A. J., Moratelli, R., Murányi, D., Nakano, T., Nikolaeva, S., Noyes, J., Ohl, M., Oleas, N. H., Orrell, T., Páll-Gergely, B., Pape, T., Papp, V., Parenti, L. R., Patterson, D., Pavlinov, I. Y., Pine, R. H., Poczai, P., Prado, J., Prathapan, D., Rabeler, R. K., Randall, J. E., Rheindt, F. E., Rhodin, A. G. J., Rodríguez, S. M., Rogers, D. C., Roque, F. d. O., Rowe, K. C., Ruedas, L. A., Salazar-Bravo, J., Salvador, R. B., Sangster, G., Sarmiento, C. E., Schigel, D. S., Schmidt, S., Schueler, F. W., Segers, H., Snow, N., Souza-Dias, P. G. B., Stals, R., Stenroos, S., Stone, R. D., Sturm, C. F., Štys, P., Teta, P., Thomas, D. C., Timm, R. M., Tindall, B. J., Todd, J. A., Triebel, D., Valdecasas, A. G., Vizzini, A., Vorontsova, M. S., de Vos, J. M., Wagner, P., Watling, L., Weakley, A., Welter-Schultes, F., Whitmore, D., Wilding, N., Will, K., Williams, J., Wilson, K., Winston, J. E., Wüster, W., Yanega, D., Yeates, D. K., Zaher, H., Zhang, G., Zhang, Z.-Q. and Zhou, H.-Z. (2018) Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation. PLoS biology, 16 (3). e2005075. ISSN 1545-7885 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075
- Gawhari, A. M. H., Jury, S. L. and Culham, A. (2018) Towards an updated checklist of the Libyan flora. Phytotaxa, 338 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 1179-3155 doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.338.1.1
- Könyves, K., Bilsborrow, J., David, J. and Culham, A. (2018) The complete chloroplast genome of Narcissus poeticus L. (Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllidoideae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 3 (2). pp. 1137-1138. ISSN 2380-2359 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1521311
2017
- Webster, E., Cameron, R. and Culham, A., (2017) Gardening in a changing climate. Technical Report. Royal Horticultural Society, London. pp88.
2016
- Tawfeeq, A., Culham, A., Davis, F. and Reeves, M. (2016) Does fertilizer type and method of application cause significant differences in essential oil yield and composition in rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.)? Industrial Crops and Products. ISSN 0926-6690 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.03.026
- Konyves, K., David, J. C. and Culham, A. (2016) Microsatellite markers for hoop-petticoat daffodils (Narcissus sect. Bulbocodii; Amaryllidaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences, 4 (4). 1500127. ISSN 2168-0450 doi: https://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1500127
- Ingram, D. S. and Culham, A. (2016) Diversity in the plant world. In: Ingram, D. S., Vince-Prue, D. and Gregory, P. J. (eds.) Science and the garden: the scientific basis of horticultural practice. 3rd edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, pp. 1-13, Chapter 1. ISBN 9781118778432
- Ingram, D. S. and Culham, A. (2016) Gardens for science. In: Ingram, D. S., Vince-Prue, D. and Gregory, P. J. (eds.) Science and the garden: the scientific basis of horticultural practice. 3rd edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, pp. 320-328. ISBN 9781118778432
- Ingram, D. S. and Culham, A. (2016) Reproduction: securing the future. In: Ingram, D. S., Vince-Prue, D. and Gregory, P. J. (eds.) Science and the garden: the scientific basis of horticultural practice. 3rd edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, pp. 37-44. ISBN 9781118778432
- Ingram, D. S. and Culham, A. (2016) The plant body: structure and function. In: Ingram, D. S., Vince-Prue, D. and Gregory, P. J. (eds.) Science and the garden: the scientific basis of horticultural practice. 3rd edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, pp. 14-36. ISBN 9781118778432
2015
- Simoes, A. R., Culham, A. and Carine, M. (2015) Resolving the unresolved tribe: a molecular phylogenetic framework for the Merremieae (Convolvulaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 179 (3). pp. 374-387. ISSN 0024-4074 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12339
- Yesilyurt, J. C., Barbara, T., Schneider, H., Russell, S., Culham, A. and Gibby, M. (2015) Identifying the generic limits of the Cheilanthoid genus Doryopteris. Phytotaxa, 221 (2). pp. 101-122. ISSN 1179-3155 doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.221.2.1
- Rankou, H., Culham, A., Sghir Taleb, M., Ouhammou, A., Martin, G. and Jury, S. L. (2015) Conservation assessments and Red Listing of the endemic Moroccan flora (monocotyledons). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 177 (4). pp. 504-575. ISSN 1095-8339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12258
- White, E., Basford, L., Birch, S., Black, A., Culham, A., McGoff, H., Lundqvist, K., Oppenheimer, P., Tanner, J., Wells, M. and Mauchline, A. (2015) Creating and implementing a biodiversity recording app for teaching and research in environmental studies. The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, 1 (1). ISSN 2055-4990
2014
- Heap, M. J., Culham, A., Lenoir, J. and Gavilán, R. G. (2014) Can the Iberian floristic diversity withstand near-future climate change? Open Journal of Ecology, 4 (17). pp. 1089-1101. ISSN 2162-1985 doi: https://doi.org/10.4236/oje.2014.417089
- Culham, A. and Konyves, K. (2014) The Cyclamen graecum group, how many species? Cyclamen, 38 (2). pp. 70-76. ISSN 1757-2045
- Culham, A. and Könyves, K. (2014) Cyclamen libanoticum, a species that knows its identity! Cyclamen, 38 (2). pp. 61-63. ISSN 1757-2045
- Konyves, K. and Culham, A. (2014) C. colchicum - variation measured by DNA sequence. Cyclamen, 38 (1). pp. 18-21. ISSN 1757-2045
2013
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Denness, A., Armitage, J. D. and Culham, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7440-0133 (2013) A contribution towards the identification of the giant hogweed species (Heracleum, Apiaceae) naturalised in the British Isles with comments concerning their furanocoumarin content. New Journal of Botany, 3 (3). pp. 183-196. ISSN 2042-3489 doi: https://doi.org/10.1179/2042349713Y.0000000031
- Shabdin, Z., Culham, A., Simpson, D. A. and Meekiong, K. (2013) Mapania multiflora, a distinctive new species of Cyperaceae (Mapanioideae) from Borneo. Kew Bulletin, 68 (4). pp. 673-678. ISSN 0075-5974 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-013-9474-9
- Hardisty, A., Roberts, D., Alonso, E., Arvanitidis, C., Badia, R. M., Basset, A., Blonda, P., Castelli, D., Culham, A., Glöckner, F. O., Hagedorn, G., de Jong, Y., Konijn, J., Los, W., Manouselis, N., Obst, M., Sierra, S., De Wever, A. and Wremp, A.-M. (2013) Horizon 2020: a call to forge biodiversity links. Nature, 502 (7470). p. 171. ISSN 0028-0836 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/502171d
- Armitage, J. D., Könyves, K., Bailey, J. P., David, J. C. and Culham, A. (2013) A molecular, morphological and cytological investigation of the identity of non-native Ludwigia (Onagraceae) populations in Britain. New Journal of Botany, 3 (2). pp. 88-95. ISSN 2042-3497 doi: https://doi.org/10.1179/2042349713Y.0000000023
- Roskov, Y., Kunze, T., Paglinawan, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Culham, A., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., Baillargeon, G., Hernandez, F. and De Wever, A., eds. (2013) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2013 Annual Checklist. Catalogue of Life Annual Checklist. Technical Report. Species 2000/ ITIS, Reading. ISSN 1473-009X
- Rankou, H., Culham, A., Jury, S. L. and Christenhusz, M. J. M. (2013) The endemic flora of Morocco. Phytotaxa, 78 (1). pp. 1-69. ISSN 1179-3155 doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.78.1.1
- Shabdin, Z., Culham, A., Simpson, D. A. and Meekiong, K. (2013) Mapania sapuaniana (Cyperaceae), a new sedge species from Sarawak. Blumea, 58 (1). pp. 45-48. ISSN 0006-5196 doi: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651913X671281
- Hardisty, A., Roberts, D., Alonso, E., Arvanitidis, C., Badia, R. M., Blonda, P., Castelli, D., Culham, A., Glöckner, F.O., Hagedorn, G., de Jong, Y., Konjin, J., Los, W., Manouselis, N., Obst, M., Sierra, S., De Wever, A. and Wremp, A.-M. (2013) A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities. BMC Ecology, 13 (1). 16. ISSN 1472-6785 doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-13-16
2012
- Heap, M. J., Culham, A. and Osborne, J. (2012) The benefits of a compute cluster approach to high spatial resolution biodiversity richness modelling: projecting the impact of climate change on Mediterranean flora. The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, 4 (1). pp. 115-128. ISSN 1835-7156
- Bisby, F., Roskov, Y., Culham, A., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Paglinawan, L., Bailly, N., Appeltans, W., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., Baillargeon, G. and Ouvrard, D., eds. (2012) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2012 Annual Checklist. Catalogue of Life Annual Checklist. Technical Report. Species 2000/ ITIS, Reading. ISSN 1473-009X
2011
- Konyves, K., David, J. and Culham, A. (2011) Towards a reproducible system of identification for daffodil cultivars. In: Bradbury, M. S., Akers, W. M., Akers, J. l., Blanchard, J. W., Brickell, C. D., Duncan, B. S., Gibson, J., Hanks, G., Kington, S. and Lady Skelmersdale, (eds.) Daffodil, Snowdrop and Tulip Yearbook. The Royal Horticultural Society, London, pp. 26-29. ISBN 9781907057229
- Culham, A. and Yesson, C. (2011) Biodiversity informatics for climate change studies. In: Hodkinson, T., Jones, M., Waldren, S. and Parnell, J. (eds.) Climate change, ecology and systematics. Cambridge University Press, pp. 231-242. ISBN 9780521766098 (Chapter 10)
- Yesson, C. and Culham, A. (2011) Biogeography of cyclamen: an application of phyloclimatic modelling. In: Hodkinson, T., Jones, M., Waldren, S. and Parnell, J. (eds.) Climate change, ecology and systematics. Cambridge University Press, pp. 265-279. ISBN 9780521766098 (Chapter 12)
- Simpson, D. A., Yesson, C., Culham, A., Couch, C. A. and Muasya, A. M. (2011) Climate change and Cyperaceae. In: Hodkinson, T., Jones, M., Waldren, S. and Parnell, J. (eds.) Climate change, ecology and systematics. Cambridge University Press, pp. 439-456. ISBN 9780521766098 (Chapter 19)
- Heywood, V., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. and Seberg, O. (2011) Flowering plants: a concise pictorial guide. Kew Publishing, UK. ISBN 9781842464380
- Ciotir, C., Yesson, C., Culham, A. and Cristea, N. (2011) DNA barcoding of Cyclamen species: another approach to species identification. Cyclamen, 35 (1). pp. 26-29. ISSN 1757-2045
- Souza Richards, R. and Culham, A. (2011) Staying with mother: genetic and ecological studies of native Drosera hybrids in the UK. Planta Carnivora, 33 (1). pp. 16-23. ISSN 0260-440X
2010
- Heap, M. J. and Culham, A. (2010) Automated pre-processing strategies for species occurrence data used in biodiversity modelling. Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Part I (6279). pp. 517-526. ISSN 0302-9743 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15384-6
2009
- Yesson, C., Toomey, N. H. and Culham, A. (2009) Cyclamen: time, sea and speciation biogeography using a temporally calibrated phylogeny. Journal of Biogeography, 36 (7). pp. 1234-1252. ISSN 0305-0270 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01971.x
- Heywood, V. and Culham, A. (2009) The impacts of climate change on plant species in Europe. Report T-PVS/Inf9E. In: Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats. 29th meeting of the Standing Committee, Bern.
- Culham, A., Denney, M., Jope, M. and Moore, P. (2009) A new species of Cyclamen from Crete. Cyclamen, 33 (1). pp. 12-15.
- Culham, A. and Bota, P. (2009) The taxonomic status of Cyclamen subgenus Psilanthum Schwarz. Cyclamen, 33 (1). pp. 22-25.
2008
- Kelly, L. J. and Culham, A. (2008) Phylogenetic utility of MORE AXILLARY GROWTH4 (MAX4)-like genes: a case study in Digitalis/Isoplexis (Plantaginaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution, 273 (3-4). pp. 133-149. ISSN 0378-2697 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-008-0008-0
- Kelly, L. J. and Culham, A. (2008) Phylogenetic utility of more axillary growth (MAX4 ) - like genes: a case study in Digitalis / Isoplexis (Plantaginaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution, 273 (3-4). pp. 133-149. ISSN 0378-2697 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-008-0008-0
2007
- Heywood, V.H. , Brummit, R.K., Culham, A. and Seberg, O. (2007) Flowering plant families of the world. Kew Books (Europe) Firefly Books (North America). ISBN 9781554072064
- Yesson, C., Brewer, P. W., Sutton, T., Caithness, N., Pahwa, J. S., Burgess, M., Gray, W. A., White, R. J., Jones, A. C., Bisby, F. A. and Culham, A. (2007) How global is the global biodiversity information facility? PLoS ONE, 2 (11). p. 1124. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001124
2006
- Pahwa, J. S., White, R. J., Jones, A. C. , Burgess, M. , Gray, W. A. , Fiddian, N. J., Sutton, T. , Brewer, P. , Yesson, C. , Caithness, N. , Culham, A. , Bisby, F.A., Scoble, M. , Williams, P. and Bhagwat, S. (2006) Accessing biodiversity resources in computational environments from workflow applications. In: In "Workshop on Workflows in Support of Large-Scale Science" (in conjunction with the 15th IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing, Paris, France.
- Yesson, C. and Culham, A. (2006) Phyloclimatic modeling: Combining phylogenetics and bioclimatic modeling. Systematic Biology, 55 (5). pp. 785-802. ISSN 1063-5157 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1063515060081570
- Yesson, C. and Culham, A. (2006) A phyloclimatic study of Cyclamen. Bmc Evolutionary Biology, 6 (72). p. 23. ISSN 1471-2148 doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-6-72
2005
- Jones, A.C., White, R.J., Gray, W.A., Bisby, F.A., Caithness, N., Pittas, N., Xu, X., Sutton, T., Fiddian, N.J., Culham, A., Scoble, M., Williams, P., Bromley, O., Brewer, P.W., Yesson, C. and Bhagwat, S. (2005) Building a biodiversity GRID. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer-Verlag GmbH, pp. 140-151. ISBN 9783540252085 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/b106923
- Bakker, F.T., Culham, A., Marais, E.M. and Gibby, M. (2005) Nested radiation in Cape Pelargonium. In: Bakker, F.T., Chatrou, L.W., Gravendeel, B. and Pelser, P.B. (eds.) Plant Species-Level Systematics: New Perspectives on Pattern & Process. Gantner Verlag, Rugell, Liechtenstein. ISBN 9783906166391
2004
- Jones, A.C. , White, R.J. , Gray, W.A., Bisby, F.A., Caithness, N. , Pittas, N. , Xu, X. , Sutton, T. , Fiddian, N.J. , Culham, A. , Scoble, M. , Williams, P., Bromley, O. , Brewer, P. , Yesson, C. and Bhagwat, S. (2004) Building a biodiversity GRID. In: Proc. 1st Intl. Workshop on Life Science Grid (LSGRID2004), JSAI, Kanazawa, Japan.
- White, R.J. , Jones, A.C. , Pittas, N., Gray, W.A., Xu, X. , Sutton, T. , Bromley, O., Caithness, N. , Fiddian, N.J., Culham, A. , Bisby, F.A. , Bhagwat, S. , Brewer, P., Yesson, C. and Williams, P. (2004) Building a biodiversity problem-solving environment. In: Proc UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2004, EPSRC, Nottingham.
- Maunder, M., Hawkins, J., Hughes, C. and Culham, A. (2004) Hybridisation in ex situ plant collections: conservation liabilities and opportunities. In: Guerrant, E. , Havens, K. and Maunder, M. (eds.) Strategies for Survival: ex-situ plant conservation. Island Press, Washington, pp. 325-364.
- Grant, M.L., Toomey, N.H. and Culham, A. (2004) Is there such a thing as Kalmia x Rhododendron? Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 129 (4). pp. 517-522. ISSN 0003-1062
- Compton, J.A. and Culham, A. (2004) Neotypification of Actaea pachypoda Elliott (Ranunculaceae). Taxon, 53 (1). pp. 163-165.
- Compton, J.A., Clennett, J.C.B. and Culham, A. (2004) Nomenclature in the dock. Overclassification leads to instability: a case study in the horticulturally important genus Cyclamen (Myrsinaceae). Botanical Journal of The Linnean Society, 146 (3). pp. 339-349. ISSN 0024-4074 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00322.x
- Bakker, F.T., Culham, A., Hettiarachi, P. , Touloumenidou, T. and Gibby, M. (2004) Phylogeny of Pelargonium (Geraniaceae) based on DNA sequences from three genomes. Taxon, 53 (1). pp. 17-28. ISSN 0040-0262
- Compton, J.A., Grabovskaya, A.B. and Culham, A. (2004) Proposal to reject the name Dipleina umbellata with associated lectotypification of Actaea erythrocarpa (Ranunculaceae). Taxon, 53 (2). pp. 574-575. ISSN 0040-0262
2003
- Mishra, P.K., Fox, R.T.V. and Culham, A. (2003) Development of a PCR-based assay for rapid and reliable identification of pathogenic Fusaria. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 218 (2). pp. 329-332. ISSN 0378-1097 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2003.tb11537.x
- Mishra, P.K., Fox, R.T.V. and Culham, A. (2003) Inter-simple sequence repeat and aggressiveness analyses revealed high genetic diversity, recombination and long-range dispersal in Fusarium culmorum. Annals of Applied Biology, 143 (3). pp. 291-301. ISSN 0003-4746 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00297.x
- Compton, J.A. and Culham, A. (2003) New combinations in cyclamen subgenus Psilanthum. Journal of The Cyclamen Society, 27. pp. 70-72.
2001
- Dunwell, J. M., Culham, A., Carter, C. E., Sosa-Aguirre, C. and Goodenough, P. W. (2001) Evolution of functional diversity in the cupin superfamily. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 26 (12). pp. 740-6. ISSN 0968-0004 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0968-0004(01)01981-8
- Maunder, M., Higgins, S. and Culham, A. (2001) The effectiveness of botanic garden collections in supporting plant conservation: a European case study. Biodiversity and Conservation, 10 (3). pp. 383-401. ISSN 1572-9710
2000
- Bakker, F. T., Culham, A., Pankhurst, C. E. and Gibby, M. (2000) Mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA-based phylogeny of Pelargonium (Geraniaceae). American Journal of Botany, 87 (5). pp. 727-734. ISSN 1537-2197
- Bakker, F. T., Culham, A., Gomez-Martinez, R., Carvalho, J., Compton, J., Dawtrey, R. and Gibby, M. (2000) Patterns of nucleotide substitution in angiosperm cpDNA trnL (UAA)-trnF (GAA) regions. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 17 (8). pp. 1146-1155. ISSN 0737-4038
1998
- Bakker, F. T., Hellbrugge, D., Culham, A. and Gibby, M. (1998) Phylogenetic relationships withinPelargonium sect. Peristera (Geraniaceae) inferred from nrDNA and cpDNA sequence comparisons. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 211 (3-4). pp. 273-287. ISSN 0378-2697 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00985364