Professor Julie Hawkins
Responsibilities
Professor of Plant Systemics and Evolution
- Deputy Head of School
- Head of Evolution research group
- Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing
- Chair of Athena Swan Self Assessment Team
- Admissions Tutor MSc Plant Diversity
Areas of Interest
- Phylogeny and evolution of flowering plants: Fabales, Cactaceae, Orchidaceae, Commiphora
- Phylogenetic patterns in traditional medicinal plant use
- Molecular marker data to determine identity, parentage or provenance of economically important plant species
- Herbarium specimen data and past environments
- Funded by The Leverhulme Trust, John Spedan Lewis Foundation, BBSRC/NERC (CoSyst), DEFRA (Darwin Initiative), EU FP7
Member of
- Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics
- Evolution Research Group
Impact, Enterprise and Outreach
- Member of management team for MEDPLANT EU ITN, a network including seven industrial partners
- Funded to work with British Pharmacopoeia Laboratory at the MHRA, to incorporate DNA barcoding in their monographs of medicinal plant products available in the UK
- National and international coverage of DNA certification of cacti Certification of Endangered Mexican Cacti (See 'Publications/In the News') and medicinal plant phylogeny www.saslislagoudakis.com (See 'Coverage')
- Developed computer-based evolution teaching materials for schools for the Wellcome Trust
Esteem Factors
- 2010-2012 Research Council of Norway Biological Sciences Research Grants review panel.
- 2010 -2012 Panel member for BBSRC/NERC Systematics and Taxonomy (SynTax) scheme
- Chair of BBRSC Collaborative Scheme for Systematics Research (2006-2009), responsible for
- Designing and implementing an online applications procedure
- Appointing the five scientific members of the review panel, convening meetings and chairing the meetings
- Determining if applications received lie outside the expertise of panel members, and recruiting additional (virtual) assessors
- Elected member of the Systematics Association Council 1998-2001 and 2004-2008
- Member of the Scientific Meetings Committee of the Systematics Association Council 2004-2006
- Chair of the Systematics Association Grants and Awards Committee 2006-2008
- Chair of the joint Linnaean Society/Systematics Association Systematics Research Fund (SRF) responsible for the distribution of NERC, Linnaean Society and Systematics Association funds, 2006-2008
- Member of the Consortium for the Barcoding of Life
Teaching
- Part 1: Plant Diversity, Structure and Utilisation
- Part 2: Evolution
- Part 3: Plants, Animals and Climate Change
- MSc: Research and Professional Skills, Molecular Systematics, Critical Discussion of Literature in Plant Diversity Science
Post docs
- Dr Ben Warren - 2004-2007 Leverhulme Academic Network The South African Big Genera Group
- Dr Chris Yesson. 2008-2009 Darwin Initiative Certification of Endangered Mexican Cacti
- Dr Sramko Gabor. Phylogenetics of the orchid genus Himantoglossum
PhD Students
- Elspeth Haston (2003) ) A phylogenetic investigation of the Peltophorum group (Caesalpinieae, Leguminosae) and taxonomic revision of the genus Conzattia Rose.
- Neil Bell (2003) Research Database Tuhat: phylogenetic analysis of taxa critical for the understanding of relationships and the evolution of morphological characters (first supervisor Angela Newton, Natural History Museum, London).
- Felix Forest (2004) Systematics of Fabales and Polygalaceae with emphasis on Muraltia and the origin of the Cape flora (first supervisor Peter Crane, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
- John Galey (2004) Linking developmental process & evolutionary pattern: evolution of leaf morphology in the Leguminoseae.
- Rolando Bárcenas Luna (2004) Systematics of Grusonia F. Rchb. Ex Britton and Rose (Opuntioideae: Cactaceae).
- Dawn Edwards (2005) Systematic studies of the South African Endemic Aspalathus (Fabaceae) and the Genistoid s.l. clade. RHS Staff page
- Alistair Griffiths (2006) The role of ex-situ management in the conservation of the critically endangered Seychelles endemic Impatiens gordonii (first supervisor Peter Whitbread-Abrutat, Eden Project, Cornwall). Dr. Alistair Griffiths (RHS)
- Dion Devey (2007) Systematics and conservation of Mediterranean insect-mimicking orchids (Ophrys) (first supervisor Richard Bateman, Kew/Natural History Museum, London).Dr. Dion Devey (Kew Gardens)
- Martyn Powell (2007) - Neotropical diversity - insights from phylogeny, ecology and cellular biology in Oncidioid orchids (first supervisor Vincent Savolainen, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Martyn Powell (Kew Gardens)
- Maria Angelica Bello Gutierrez (2008) - Evolution of the floral traits of Polygalaceae: an evolutionary developmental genetics approach (co-supervisor Dr Paula Rudall, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) Angelica Bello Gutierrez (RJB)
- Dhafer A-Zahrani (2010) Systematics of Saudi Arabian Burseraceae.
- Victor Rodriguez (2011) Molecular Ecology and Evolution of Ariocarpus (Cacataceae). Victor Manuel Rodriguez Garcia
- Charilaos Saslis-Lagoudakis (2011) Evolutionary Origin of Medicinal Properties in Plants (co-supervised by Vincent Savolainen, Imperial College and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Elizabeth Williamson, University of Reading).Dr. Haris Saslis-Lagoudakis
Research groups / Centres
Publications
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Number of items: 56.
2020
- Souza, E. d. N. F. and Hawkins, J. A. (2020) Ewé: a web-based ethnobotanical database for storing and analysing data. Database, 2020. baz144. ISSN 1758-0463 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baz144
- Aygoren Uluer, D., Forest, F. and Hawkins, J. A. (2020) Supermatrix analyses and molecular clock rooting of Fabales: exploring the effects of outgroup choice and long branch attraction on topology. Botany, 98 (4). pp. 231-247. ISSN 1916-2790 doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2019-0109
2019
- Kreuzer, M., Howard, C., Pendry, C. A., Adhikari, B. and Hawkins, J. A. (2019) Phylogenomic approaches to DNA barcoding of herbal medicines: developing clade-specific diagnostic characters for Berberis. Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 10. 586. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00586
2018
- Lei, D., Wu, J., Leon, C., Huang, L.-f. and Hawkins, J. A. (2018) Medicinal plants of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia and Daodi: insights from phylogeny and biogeography. Chinese Herbal Medicine, 10 (3). pp. 269-278. ISSN 1674-6384 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chmed.2018.06.004
- Xu, M., Heidmarsson, S., Thorsteinsdottir, M., Kreuzer, M., Hawkins, J., Omarsdottir, S. and Olafsdottir, E. S. (2018) Authentication of Iceland Moss (Cetraria islandica) by UPLC-QToF-MS chemical profiling and DNA barcoding. Food Chemistry, 245. pp. 989-996. ISSN 0308-8146 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.11.073
- Teixidor Toneu, I., Jordan, F. M. and Hawkins, J. (2018) Comparative phylogenetic methods and the cultural evolution of medicinal plant use. Nature Plants, 4. pp. 754-761. ISSN 2055-0278 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0226-6
- Souza, E. N. F., Williamson, E. M. and Hawkins, J. A. (2018) Which plants used in ethnomedicine are characterized? Phylogenetic patterns in traditional use related to research effort. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9. 834. ISSN 1664-462X doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00834
2017
- Alqethami, A., Hawkins, J. A. and Teixidor Toneu, I. (2017) Medicinal plants used by women in Mecca: urban, Muslim and gendered knowledge. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 13. 62. ISSN 1746-4269 doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-017-0193-4
- Bárcenas, R. T. and Hawkins, J. A. (2017) Nomenclatural proliferation and the puperabundance of homotypic synonyms in Grusonia (Opuntioideae, Cactaceae). Haseltonia, 23. pp. 27-34. ISSN 1938-2898 doi: https://doi.org/10.2985/026.023.0104
- Hawkins, J. and Teixidor Toneu, I. (2017) Defining ‘ethnobotanical convergence'. Trends in Plant Science, 22 (8). pp. 639-640. ISSN 1360-1385 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2017.06.002
- Felger, R. S., Hawkins, J. A., Verrier, J. and Davis Carnahan, S. (2017) New combinations for Sonoran Desert plants. Phytoneuron, 2017. 48. ISSN 2153-733X
- Souza, E. N. F. and Hawkins, J. A. (2017) Comparison of herbarium label data and published medicinal use: herbaria as an underutilized source of ethnobotanical information. Economic Botany, 71 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 0013-0001 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-017-9367-1
- The Legume Phylogeny Working Group, , Hawkins, J. A. and Mattapha, S. (2017) A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny. Taxon, 66 (1). pp. 44-77. ISSN 0040-0262 doi: https://doi.org/10.12705/661.3
- Abreu, J. A., Hawkins, J. A., Cotrim, H., Fay, M. F., Hildago, O. and Pellicer, J. (2017) Ophrys fusca and Ophrys dyris (Orchidaceae) – constancy of tetraploidy amongst populations in Central Portugal. New Journal of Botany, 7 (2-3). pp. 94-100. ISSN 2042-3497 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/20423489.2017.1408185
- Teixidor-Toneu, I., Martin, G. J., Puri, R. K., Ouhammou, A. and Hawkins, J. A. (2017) Treating infants with frigg: linking disease aetiologies, medicinal plant use and careseeking behaviour in southern Morocco. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 13 (1). 4. ISSN 1746-4269 doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-016-0129-4
2016
- Teixidor-Toneu, I., Martin, G. J., Ouhammou, A., Puri, R. K. and Hawkins, J. A. (2016) Comprehensive dataset of the medicinal plants used by a Tashelhit speaking community in the High Atlas, Morocco. Data In Brief, 8. pp. 516-519. ISSN 2352-3409 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2016.05.079
- Teixidor Toneu, I., Martin, G. J., Ouhammou, A., Puri, R. K. and Hawkins, J. A. (2016) An ethnomedicinal survey of a Tashelhit-speaking community in the High Atlas, Morocco. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 188. pp. 96-110. ISSN 0378-8741 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.05.009
2014
- Saslis-Lagoudakis, C. H., Hawkins, J. A., Greenhill, S. J., Pendry, C. A., Watson, M. F., Tuladhar-Douglas, W., Baral, S. R. and Savolainen, V. (2014) The evolution of traditional knowledge: environment shapes medicinal plant use in Nepal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 281 (1780). p. 20132768. ISSN 0962-8452 doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2768
2013
- Papadopulos, A. S.T., Powell, M. P., Pupulin, F., Warner, J., Hawkins, J. A., Salamin, N., Chittka, L., Williams, N. H., Whitten, W. M., Loader, D., Valente, L. M., Chase, M. W. and Savolainen, V. (2013) Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of Neotropical orchids. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 280 (1765). 20130960. ISSN 1471-2954 doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0960
2012
- Saslis Lagoudakis, C.H., Savolainen, V., Williamson, L., Forest, F., Wagstaff, S., Baral, S.R., Watson, M., Pendry, C. and Hawkins, J. (2012) Phylogenies reveal predictive power of traditional medicine in bioprospecting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109 (39). pp. 15835-15840. ISSN 1091-6490 doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1202242109
- Bello, M. A., Rudall, P. J. and Hawkins, J. (2012) Combined phylogenetic analyses reveal interfamilial relationships and patterns of floral evolution in the eudicot order Fabales. Cladistics, 28 (4). pp. 393-421. ISSN 1096-0031 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00392.x
- Barcenas, R. T., Hawkins, J. and Chiang, F. (2012) Typification of four North American club-chollas: the names of four Engelmannian species from Mexico and Southwestern United States. Haseltonia, 17. pp. 66-69. ISSN 1070-0048
2011
- Yesson, C., Barcenas, R. T., Hernandez, H. M., de la Luz Ruiz Maqueda, M., Prado, A., Rodriguez, V. M. and Hawkins, J. A. (2011) DNA barcodes for Mexican Cactaceae, plants under pressure from wild collecting. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11 (5). pp. 775-783. ISSN 1755-0988 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03009.x
- Saslis-Lagoudakis, C. H., Klitgaard, B. B., Forest, F., Francis, L., Savolainen, V., Williamson, E. M. and Hawkins, J. A. (2011) The use of phylogeny to interpret cross-cultural patterns in plant use and guide medicinal plant discovery: an example from Pterocarpus (Leguminosae). PLoS ONE, 6 (7). e22275. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022275
- Gage, E., Wilkin, P., Chase, M. W. and Hawkins, J. (2011) Phylogenetic systematics of Sternbergia (Amaryllidaceae) based on plastid and ITS sequence data. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 166 (2). pp. 149-162. ISSN 1095-8339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01138.x
- Saslis-Lagoudakis, C. H., Williamson, E. M., Savolainen, V. and Hawkins, J. (2011) Cross-cultural comparison of three medicinal floras and implications for bioprospecting strategies. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 135 (17). pp. 476-487. ISSN 0378-8741 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2011.03.044
- Pauw, A. and Hawkins, J. A. (2011) Reconstruction of historical pollination rates reveals linked declines of pollinators and plants. Oikos, 120 (3). pp. 344-349. ISSN 1600-0706 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19039.x
- Warren, B. H., Bakker, F. T., Bellstedt, D. U., Bytebier, B., Classen-Bockhoff, R., Dreyer, L. L., Edwards, D., Forest, F., Galley, C., Hardy, C. R., Linder, H. P., Muasya, A. M., Mummenhoff, K., Oberlander, K. C., Quint, M., Richardson, J. E., Savolainen, V., Schrire, B. D., van der Neit, T., Verboom, G. A., Yesson, C. and Hawkins, J. (2011) Consistent phenological shifts in the making of a biodiversity hotspot: the Cape flora. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11. 39. ISSN 1471-2148 doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-39
- Bárcenas, R. T., Yesson, C. and Hawkins, J. A. (2011) Molecular systematics of the Cactaceae. Cladistics, 27 (5). pp. 470-489. ISSN 1096-0031 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00350.x
2010
- Bello, M. A., Hawkins, J. A. and Rudall, P. J. (2010) Floral ontogeny in Polygalaceae and its bearing on the homologies of keeled flowers in Fabales. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 171 (5). pp. 482-498. ISSN 1058-5893 doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/651945
- Prado, A., Hawkins, J. A., Yesson, C. and Barcenas, R. T. (2010) Multiple diversity measures to identify complementary conservation areas for the Baja California peninsular cacti. Biological Conservation, 143 (6). pp. 1510-1520. ISSN 0006-3207 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.033
- de Sousa, F. d. P. S. T., Lewis , G. P. and Hawkins, J. A. (2010) A revision of the South American genus Apuleia (Leguminosae, Cassieae). Kew Bulletin, 65 (2). pp. 225-232. ISSN 0075-5974 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-010-9213-4
2009
- Bell, A. K., Roberts, D. L., Hawkins, J. A., Rudall, P. J., Box, M. S. and Bateman, R. M. (2009) Comparative micromorphology of nectariferous and nectarless labellar spurs in selected clades of subtribe Orchidinae (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of The Linnean Society, 160 (4). pp. 369-387. ISSN 0024-4074 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00985.x
- Bello, M. A., Bruneau, A., Forest, F. and Hawkins, J. A. (2009) Elusive relationships within order fabales: phylogenetic analyses using matK and rbcL sequence data. Systematic Botany, 34 (1). pp. 102-114. ISSN 0363-6445
- Devey, D. S., Bateman, R. M., Fay, M. F. and Hawkins, J. A. (2009) Genetic structure and systematic relationships within the Ophrys fuciflora aggregate (Orchidaceae: Orchidinae): high diversity in Kent and a wind-induced discontinuity bisecting the Adriatic. Annals of Botany, 104 (3). pp. 483-495. ISSN 0305-7364 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcp039
2008
- Hughes, S. L., Rodriguez, V. M., Hardesty, B. D., Luna, R. T. B., Hernandez, H. M., Robson, R. M. and Hawkins, J. A. (2008) Characterization of microsatellite loci for the critically endangered cactus Ariocarpus bravoanus. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8 (5). pp. 1068-1070. ISSN 1755-098X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02157.x
- Hardesty, B. D., Hughes, S. L., Rodriguez, V. M. and Hawkins, J. A. (2008) Characterization of microsatellite loci for the endangered cactus Echinocactus grusonii, and their cross-species utilization. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8 (1). pp. 164-167. ISSN 1471-8278 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01913.x
- Edwards, D., Horn, A., Taylor, D., Savolain, V. and Hawkins, J. A. (2008) DNA barcoding of a large genus, Aspalathus L. (Fabaceae). Taxon, 57 (4). pp. 1317-1327. ISSN 0040-0262
- Devey, D. S., Bateman, R. M., Fay, M. F. and Hawkins, J. A. (2008) Friends or relatives? Phylogenetics and species delimitation in the controversial European orchid Genus ophrys. Annals of Botany, 101 (3). pp. 385-402. ISSN 0305-7364 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcm299
2007
- O'Reilly, C. L., Cowan, R. S. and Hawkins, J. A. (2007) Amplified fragment length polymorphism genetic fingerprinting challenges the taxonomic status of the near-endemic species Chara curta Nolte ex Kutz. (Characeae). Botanical Journal of The Linnean Society, 155 (4). pp. 467-476. ISSN 0024-4074
- Edwards, D. and Hawkins, J. A. (2007) Are Cape floral clades the same age? Contemporaneous origins of two lineages in the genistoids s.l. (Fabaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45 (3). pp. 952-970. ISSN 1055-7903 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.014
- Forest, F., Nanni, I., Chase, M. W., Crane, P. R. and Hawkins, J. A. (2007) Diversification of a large genus in a continental biodiversity hotspot: temporal and spatial origin of Muraltia (Polygalaceae) in the Cape of South Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43 (1). pp. 60-74. ISSN 1055-7903 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.017
- Bello, M. A., Hawkins, J. A. and Rudall, P. J. (2007) Floral morphology and development in quillajaceae and surianaceae (Fabales), the species-poor relatives of leguminosae and polygalaceae. Annals of Botany, 100 (7). pp. 1491-1505. ISSN 0305-7364 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcm228
- Hawkins, J. A., Boutaoui, N., Cheung, K. Y., van Klinken, R. D. and Hughes, C. E. (2007) Intercontinental dispersal prior to human translocation revealed in a cryptogenic invasive tree. New Phytologist, 175 (3). pp. 575-587. ISSN 0028-646X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02125.x
- Barcenas, R. T. and Hawkins, J. A. (2007) The discovery of a previously unknown isotype of Opuntia villis ROSE (Opuntioideae: Cactaceae). Haseltonia, 13. ISSN 1070-0048
- Forest, F., Chase, M. W., Persson, C., Crane, P. R. and Hawkins, J. A. (2007) The role of biotic and abiotic factors in evolution of ant dispersal in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae). Evolution, 61 (7). pp. 1675-1694. ISSN 0014-3820 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00138.x
2006
- Hawkins, J. A. (2006) Using phylogeny to investigate the origins of the Cape flora: the importance of taxonomic, gene and genome sampling strategies. Diversity and Distributions, 12 (1). pp. 27-33. ISSN 1366-9516 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00209.x
- Warren, B. H. and Hawkins, J. A. (2006) The distribution of species diversity across a flora's component lineages: dating the Cape's 'relicts'. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 273 (1598). pp. 2149-2158. ISSN 0962-8452 doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3560
2005
- Haston, E.M., Lewis, G.P. and Hawkins, J.A. (2005) A phylogenetic reappraisal of the Peltophorum group (Caesalpinieae: Leguminosae) based on the chloroplast trnL-F, rbcL and rps16 sequence data. American Journal of Botany, 92 (8). pp. 1359-1371. ISSN 0002-9122
2004
- Sargent, D.J., Hadonou, A.M., Wilkinson, M. J., Battey, N.H., Hawkins, J.A. and Simpson, D.W. (2004) Cross-species amplification and phylogenetic reconstruction using fragaria microsatellite primers. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 649. pp. 87-92.
- 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.
- Sargent, D.J., Geibel, M. , Hawkins, J.A. , Wilkinson, M.J. , Battey, N.H. and Simpson, D.W. (2004) Quantitative and qualitative differences in morphological traits revealed between diploid Fragaria species. Annals of Botany, 94 (6). pp. 787-796. ISSN 0305-7364 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mch217
2003
- Hughes, C.E., Yamona, A.D. and Hawkins, J.A. (2003) A new Palo Verde (Parkinsonia, Leguminosae; Caesalpiniodeae) from Peru. Kew Bulletin, 58 (2). pp. 467-472. ISSN 0075-5974
- Haston, E.M., Lewis, G.P. and Hawkins, J.A. (2003) A phylogenetic investigation of the Peltophorum group (Caesalpinieae: Leguminosae). In: Klitgaard, B.B. and Bruneau, A. (eds.) Advances in Legume systematics, Part 10, Higher Level Systematics. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, pp. 149-159. ISBN 1842460544
2002
- Hawkins, J. (2002) Evolutionary developmental biology: impact on systematic theory and practice, and the contribution of systematics. In: Cronk, Q. C.B., Bateman, R. M. and Hawkins, J. A. (eds.) Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution. Systematics Association Special Volumes. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 32-51. ISBN 9780415257916
2000
- Hawkins, J. (2000) A survey of primary homology assessment: different botanists perceive and define characters in different ways. In: Homology & Systematics: coding characters for phylogenetic analysis. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 22-53. ISBN 9780748409204
Other Refereed Journal Articles
Robbirt, KM, Roberts, DL and Hawkins, JA (2006) Comparing IUCN and probabilistic assessments of threat: do IUCN red list criteria conflate rarity and threat? Biodiversity and Conservation 15:1903–1912
Hawkins, JA, White, L, Hughes, CE, Contreras-Jiménez, JL, Mercado, P (1999) Investigation and documentation of hybridisation between Parkinsonia aculeata and Cercidium praecox (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 216: 49-68.
Hawkins, JA and Harris, SA (1998) RAPD markers and the characterisation of putative hybrids: two case studies in neotropical legumes. Plant Systematics and Evolution 213: 43-55.
Hawkins, JA, Hughes, CE and Scotland, RW (1997) Primary homology, characters and character states. Cladistics 13: 275-283.
I. Books edited
Bateman, RM, Cronk, QC and Hawkins, JA (eds) (2002) Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution. Taylor and Francis, London and New York. [I played a substantial role in commissioning and reviewing the chapters of this conference volume, organising the themes to run through the volume as well as copy editing more than a third of the chapters]
II. Refereed Book Chapters
Maunder, M, Hawkins, JA, Hughes, CE, and Culham, A (2004) Hybridisation in ex situ plant collections: conservation liabilities and opportunities In Strategies for Survival: ex-situ plant conservation. Edited by EO Guerrant, K. Havens and M Maunder. Island Press, Washington. [This chapter arose out of discussions I had with Maunder, we produced the first draft of the chapter bringing in other authors at a later date]
Hawkins, JA (2002) Evolutionary developmental biology: impact on systematic theory and practice, and the contribution of systematics, pp 32-51 in Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution. Edited by RM Bateman, QC Cronk and JA Hawkins. Taylor and Francis, London and New York.
Hawkins, JA (2000) A survey of Primary Homology Assessment: different botanists perceive and define characters in different ways, pp 22-53 in Homology & Systematics: coding characters for phylogenetic analysis. Edited by RW Scotland & RT Pennington. Taylor & Francis; London. [This work, although published in a hard-to-access hardback book, has been cited 14 times since 2005 and is considered a key paper in morphological phylogenetics]