Alastair Culham

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+44 (0) 118 378 6390
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Associate Professor
- Associate Professor of Botany
- School Director of Academic Tutoring
- Curator, Reading University Herbarium (RNG)
- Programme Director for the
- School Enhanced Learning Coordinator
- Member of the Catalogue of Life Global Team
- Catalogue of Life Editorial Team
- Scientific Coordinator for EU FP7 i4Life Project
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)
Research centres and groups
Impact, Enterprise and Outreach
- KTP Promoting RHS Excellence in Science
- sKTP Climate Change and Gardening
- Catalogue of Life
Research projects
- 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.
Awards and honours
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
Professional bodies/affiliations
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
Publications
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Gdaniec, A.
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Hoxey, P.
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Ackerman, J.
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Culham, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7440-0133 (2022) A new miniature Melocactus (Cactaceae) from Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science , 52 (2). pp. 209-218. ISSN: 0008-6452 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.18475/cjos.v52i2.a8
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Meeprom, N.
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Utteridge, T.
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Culham, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7440-0133 , Puglisi, C. (2022) Lectotypification of Indochinese Ebenaceae published by P. H. Lecomte (1925-1930). Adansonia , 44 (12). pp. 115-132. ISSN: 1280-8571 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2022v44a12
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Yooprasert, S.
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Culham, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7440-0133 , Tagane, S. , Yahara, T. , Nguyen, V. , Nguyen, K. , Utteridge, T. (2022) New species and new status of Urophyllum Wall. (Rubiaceae) from Cambodia and Viêtnam. Adansonia , 44 (11). pp. 91-114. ISSN: 1280-8571 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2022v44a11
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Dennehy, Z.
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Bilsborrow, J.
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Konyves, K.
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David, J.
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Culham, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7440-0133 (2021) Dating daffodils to save species. Daffodil, Snowdrop and Tulip Yearbook. , 2021. Daffodil and Snowdrop Yearbook , 2021 pp. 17-19. ISSN: 9780201379624 ISBN: 9780201379624
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Könyves, K.
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Bilsborrow, J.
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Christodoulou, M.
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Culham, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7440-0133 , David, J. (2021) Comparative plastomics of Amaryllidaceae: inverted repeat expansion and the degradation of the ndh genes in Strumaria truncata Jacq.. PeerJ , 9 ISSN: 2167-8359 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12400
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Dennehy, Z.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8054-0255 , Bilsborrow, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4404-9514 , Culham, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7440-0133 , David, J.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0557-9886 , Könyves, K.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8303-1544 (2021) The complete plastome of the South African species, Amaryllis belladonna L. (Amaryllidaceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B , 6 (12). pp. 3393-3395. ISSN: 2380-2359 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1997121
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Christodoulou, M.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0968-2311 and Culham, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7440-0133 (2021) When do apples stop growing, and why does it matter?. PLOS ONE , 16 (6). pp 0. ISSN: 1932-6203 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252288
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Christodoulou, M.
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Culham, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7440-0133 (2021) Apples before the fall: does shape stability coincide with maturity?. Quantitative Plant Biology , 2 ISSN: 2632-8828 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2021.5
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Christodoulou, M.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0968-2311 , Clark, J. , Culham, A.
ORCID: 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://dx.doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa055
- Garnett, G. , Könyves, K. , Bilsborrow, J. , David, J. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2020.1720543
- Zulu, D. , Ellis, R. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0014479720000083
- Leebens-Mack, J. , Barker, M. , Carpenter, E. , et al. (2019) One thousand plant transcriptomes and the phylogenomics of green plants. Nature , 574 pp. 679-685. ISSN: 0028-0836 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1693-2
- Könyves, K. , Yooprasert, S. , Culham, A. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1674201
- Paton, A. , Mwyanyambo, M. , Govaerts, R. , Smitha, K. , Suddee, S. , Phillipson, P. , Wilson, T. , Forster, P. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988
- Ellingham, O. , David, J. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2019.1643644
- Könyves, K. , David, J. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz032
- Zulu, D. , Ellis, R. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12231-018-9433-3
- Paton, A. , Mwanyambo, M. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boy064
- Christodoulou, M. , Battey, N. , 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). ISSN: 1932-6203 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205357
- Könyves, K. , Bilsborrow, J. , David, J. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1521311
- Gawhari, A. , Jury, S. , Culham, A. (2018) Towards an updated checklist of the Libyan flora. Phytotaxa , 338 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN: 1179-3155 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.338.1.1
- Thomson, S. , Pyle, R. , Ahyong, S. , Alonso-Zarazaga, M. , Ammirati, J. , Araya, J. , Ascher, J. , Audisio, T. , Azevedo-Santos, V. , Bailly, N. , Baker, W. , Balke, M. , Barclay, M. , Barrett, R. , Benine, R. , Bickerstaff, J. , Bouchard, P. , Bour, R. , Bourgoin, T. , Boyko, C. , Breure, A. , Brothers, D. , Byng, J. , Campbell, D. , Ceríaco, L. , Cernák, I. , Cerretti, P. , Chang, C. , Cho, S. , Copus, J. , Costello, M. , Cseh, A. , Csuzdi, C. , Culham, A. , D'Elía, G. , d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. , Daneliya, M. , Dekker, R. , Dickinson, E. , Dickinson, T. , van Dijk, P. , Dijkstra, K. , Dima, B. , Dmitriev, D. , Duistermaat, L. , Dumbacher, J. , Eiserhardt, W. , Ekrem, T. , Evenhuis, N. , Faille, A. , Fernández-Triana, J. , Fiesler, E. , Fishbein, M. , Fordham, B. , Freitas, A. , Friol, N. , Fritz, U. , Frøslev, T. , Funk, V. , Gaimari, S. , Garbino, G. , Garraffoni, A. , Geml, J. , Gill, A. , Gray, A. , Grazziotin, F. , Greenslade, P. , Gutiérrez, E. , Harvey, M. , Hazevoet, C. , He, K. , He, X. , Helfer, S. , Helgen, K. , van Heteren, A. , Hita Garcia, F. , Holstein, N. , Horváth, M. , Hovenkamp, P. , Hwang, W. , Hyvönen, J. , Islam, M. , Iverson, J. , Ivie, M. , Jaafar, Z. , Jackson, M. , Jayat, J. , Johnson, N. , Kaiser, H. , Klitgård, B. , Knapp, D. , Kojima, J. , Kõljalg, U. , Kontschán, J. , Krell, F. , Krisai-Greilhuber, I. , Kullander, S. , Latella, L. , Lattke, J. , Lencioni, V. , Lewis, G. , Lhano, M. , Lujan, N. , Luksenburg, J. , Mariaux, J. , Marinho-Filho, J. , Marshall, C. , Mate, J. , McDonough, M. , Michel, E. , Miranda, V. , Mitroiu, M. , Molinari, J. , Monks, S. , Moore, A. , Moratelli, R. , Murányi, D. , Nakano, T. , Nikolaeva, S. , Noyes, J. , Ohl, M. , Oleas, N. , Orrell, T. , Páll-Gergely, B. , Pape, T. , Papp, V. , Parenti, L. , Patterson, D. , Pavlinov, I. , Pine, R. , Poczai, P. , Prado, J. , Prathapan, D. , Rabeler, R. , Randall, J. , Rheindt, F. , Rhodin, A. , Rodríguez, S. , Rogers, D. , Roque, F. , Rowe, K. , Ruedas, L. , Salazar-Bravo, J. , Salvador, R. , Sangster, G. , Sarmiento, C. , Schigel, D. , Schmidt, S. , Schueler, F. , Segers, H. , Snow, N. , Souza-Dias, P. , Stals, R. , Stenroos, S. , Stone, R. , Sturm, C. , Štys, P. , Teta, P. , Thomas, D. , Timm, R. , Tindall, B. , Todd, J. , Triebel, D. , Valdecasas, A. , Vizzini, A. , Vorontsova, M. , de Vos, J. , Wagner, P. , Watling, L. , Weakley, A. , Welter-Schultes, F. , Whitmore, D. , Wilding, N. , Will, K. , Williams, J. , Wilson, K. , Winston, J. , Wüster, W. , Yanega, D. , Yeates, D. , Zaher, H. , Zhang, G. , Zhang, Z. , Zhou, H. (2018) Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation. PLoS biology , 16 (3). ISSN: 1545-7885 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075
- Webster, E. , Cameron, R. , Culham, A. (2017) Gardening in a changing climate. Royal Horticultural Society , London. pp 88.
- Konyves, K. , David, J. , Culham, A. (2016) Microsatellite markers for hoop-petticoat daffodils (Narcissus sect. Bulbocodii; Amaryllidaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences , 4 (4). ISSN: 2168-0450 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3732/apps.1500127
- Tawfeeq, A. , Culham, A. , Davis, F. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.03.026
- Ingram, D. and Culham, A. (2016) Gardens for science. In: Ingram, D. , Vince-Prue, D. , Gregory, P. , (eds.) Science and the garden: the scientific basis of horticultural practice. 3rd edition. Wiley-Blackwell , Chichester. pp. 320-328. ISBN: 9781118778432
- Ingram, D. and Culham, A. (2016) Reproduction: securing the future. In: Ingram, D. , Vince-Prue, D. , Gregory, P. , (eds.) Science and the garden: the scientific basis of horticultural practice. 3rd edition. Wiley-Blackwell , Chichester. pp. 37-44. ISBN: 9781118778432
- Ingram, D. and Culham, A. (2016) The plant body: structure and function. In: Ingram, D. , Vince-Prue, D. , Gregory, P. , (eds.) Science and the garden: the scientific basis of horticultural practice. 3rd edition. Wiley-Blackwell , Chichester. pp. 14-36. ISBN: 9781118778432
- Ingram, D. and Culham, A. (2016) Diversity in the plant world. In: Ingram, D. , Vince-Prue, D. , Gregory, P. , (eds.) Science and the garden: the scientific basis of horticultural practice. 3rd edition. Wiley-Blackwell , Chichester. pp. 1-13. ISBN: 9781118778432
- Simoes, A. , Culham, A. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12339
- Yesilyurt, J. , Barbara, T. , Schneider, H. , Russell, S. , Culham, A. , Gibby, M. (2015) Identifying the generic limits of the Cheilanthoid genus Doryopteris. Phytotaxa , 221 (2). pp. 101-122. ISSN: 1179-3155 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.221.2.1
- Rankou, H. , Culham, A. , Sghir Taleb, M. , Ouhammou, A. , Martin, G. , Jury, S. (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://dx.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. , 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
- Culham, A. and Könyves, K. (2014) Cyclamen libanoticum, a species that knows its identity!. Cyclamen , 38 (2). pp. 61-63. ISSN: 1757-2045
- Culham, A. and Konyves, K. (2014) The Cyclamen graecum group, how many species?. Cyclamen , 38 (2). pp. 70-76. ISSN: 1757-2045
- Heap, M. , Culham, A. , Lenoir, J. , Gavilán, R. (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://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oje.2014.417089
- Konyves, K. and Culham, A. (2014) C. colchicum - variation measured by DNA sequence. Cyclamen , 38 (1). pp. 18-21. ISSN: 1757-2045
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Denness, A.
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Armitage, J.
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Culham, A.
ORCID: 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://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2042349713Y.0000000031
- Hardisty, A. , Roberts, D. , Alonso, E. , Arvanitidis, C. , Badia, R. , Blonda, P. , Castelli, D. , Culham, A. , Glöckner, F. , Hagedorn, G. , de Jong, Y. , Konjin, J. , Los, W. , Manouselis, N. , Obst, M. , Sierra, S. , De Wever, A. , Wremp, A. (2013) A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities. BMC Ecology , 13 (1). ISSN: 1472-6785 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-13-16
- Shabdin, Z. , Culham, A. , Simpson, D. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12225-013-9474-9
- Shabdin, Z. , Culham, A. , Simpson, D. , Meekiong, K. (2013) Mapania sapuaniana (Cyperaceae), a new sedge species from Sarawak. Blumea , 58 (1). pp. 45-48. ISSN: 0006-5196 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651913X671281
- Rankou, H. , Culham, A. , Jury, S. , Christenhusz, M. (2013) The endemic flora of Morocco. Phytotaxa , 78 (1). pp. 1-69. ISSN: 1179-3155 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.78.1.1
- Hardisty, A. , Roberts, D. , Alonso, E. , Arvanitidis, C. , Badia, R. , Basset, A. , Blonda, P. , Castelli, D. , Culham, A. , Glöckner, F. , Hagedorn, G. , de Jong, Y. , Konijn, J. , Los, W. , Manouselis, N. , Obst, M. , Sierra, S. , De Wever, A. , Wremp, A. (2013) Horizon 2020: a call to forge biodiversity links. Nature , 502 (7470). pp. 171-171. ISSN: 0028-0836 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/502171d
- Roskov, Y. , Kunze, T. , Paglinawan, L. , Orrell, T. , Nicolson, D. , Culham, A. , Bailly, N. , Kirk, P. , Bourgoin, T. , Baillargeon, G. , Hernandez, F. , De Wever, A. (2013) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2013 Annual Checklist. In: Roskov, Y. , Kunze, T. , Paglinawan, L. , Orrell, T. , Nicolson, D. , Culham, A. , Bailly, N. , Kirk, P. , Bourgoin, T. , Baillargeon, G. , Hernandez, F. , De Wever, A. , (eds.) Species 2000/ ITIS , Reading. ISSN: 1473-009X
- Armitage, J. , Könyves, K. , Bailey, J. , David, J. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2042349713Y.0000000023
- Bisby, F. , Roskov, Y. , Culham, A. , Orrell, T. , Nicolson, D. , Paglinawan, L. , Bailly, N. , Appeltans, W. , Kirk, P. , Bourgoin, T. , Baillargeon, G. , Ouvrard, D. (2012) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2012 Annual Checklist. In: Bisby, F. , Roskov, Y. , Culham, A. , Orrell, T. , Nicolson, D. , Paglinawan, L. , Bailly, N. , Appeltans, W. , Kirk, P. , Bourgoin, T. , Baillargeon, G. , Ouvrard, D. , (eds.) Species 2000/ ITIS , Reading. ISSN: 1473-009X
- Heap, M. , Culham, A. , 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
- Konyves, K. , David, J. , Culham, A. (2011) Towards a reproducible system of identification for daffodil cultivars. In: Bradbury, M. , Akers, W. , Akers, J. , Blanchard, J. , Brickell, C. , Duncan, B. , Gibson, J. , Hanks, G. , Kington, S. , Index was outside the bounds of the array. , (eds.) Daffodil, Snowdrop and Tulip Yearbook. The Royal Horticultural Society , London. pp. 26-29. ISBN: 9781907057229
- Ciotir, C. , Yesson, C. , Culham, A. , 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
- Simpson, D. , Yesson, C. , Culham, A. , Couch, C. , Muasya, A. (2011) Climate change and Cyperaceae. In: Hodkinson, T. , Jones, M. , Waldren, S. , Parnell, J. , (eds.) Climate change, ecology and systematics. Cambridge University Press pp. 439-456. ISBN: 9780521766098 (Chapter 19)
- Yesson, C. and Culham, A. (2011) Biogeography of cyclamen: an application of phyloclimatic modelling. In: Hodkinson, T. , Jones, M. , Waldren, S. , Parnell, J. , (eds.) Climate change, ecology and systematics. Cambridge University Press pp. 265-279. ISBN: 9780521766098 (Chapter 12)
- Culham, A. and Yesson, C. (2011) Biodiversity informatics for climate change studies. In: Hodkinson, T. , Jones, M. , Waldren, S. , Parnell, J. , (eds.) Climate change, ecology and systematics. Cambridge University Press pp. 231-242. ISBN: 9780521766098 (Chapter 10)
- Heywood, V. , Brummitt, R. , Culham, A. , Seberg, O. , eds. (2011) Flowering plants: a concise pictorial guide. Kew Publishing , UK. ISBN: 9781842464380
- Heap, M. 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://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15384-6
- Yesson, . , Toomey, . , Culham, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01971.x
- Heywood, . and Culham, . (2009) The impacts of climate change on plant species in Europe. Report T-PVS/Inf9E.
- Culham, . and Bota, . (2009) The taxonomic status of Cyclamen subgenus Psilanthum Schwarz. Cyclamen , 33 (1). pp. 22-25.
- Culham, . , Denney, . , Jope, . , Moore, . (2009) A new species of Cyclamen from Crete. Cyclamen , 33 (1). pp. 12-15.
- Kelly, . and Culham, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00606-008-0008-0
- Kelly, . and Culham, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00606-008-0008-0
- Yesson, . , Brewer, . , Sutton, . , Caithness, . , Pahwa, . , Burgess, . , Gray, . , White, . , Jones, . , Bisby, . , Culham, . (2007) How global is the global biodiversity information facility?. PLoS ONE , 2 (11). pp. 1124. ISSN: 1932-6203 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001124
- Heywood, . , Brummit, . , Culham, . , Seberg, . (2007) Flowering plant families of the world. Kew Books (Europe) Firefly Books (North America) ISBN: 9781554072064
- Yesson, . and Culham, . (2006) A phyloclimatic study of Cyclamen. Bmc Evolutionary Biology , 6 (72). pp. 23. ISSN: 1471-2148 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-6-72
- Yesson, . and Culham, . (2006) Phyloclimatic modeling: Combining phylogenetics and bioclimatic modeling. Systematic Biology , 55 (5). pp. 785-802. ISSN: 1063-5157 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1063515060081570
- Pahwa, . , White, . , Jones, . , Burgess, . , Gray, . , Fiddian, . , Sutton, . , Brewer, . , Yesson, . , Caithness, . , Culham, . , Bisby, . , Scoble, . , Williams, . , Bhagwat, . (2006) Accessing biodiversity resources in computational environments from workflow applications.
- Jones, . , White, . , Gray, . , Bisby, . , Caithness, . , Pittas, . , Xu, . , Sutton, . , Fiddian, . , Culham, . , Scoble, . , Williams, . , Bromley, . , Brewer, . , Yesson, . , Bhagwat, . (2005) Building a biodiversity GRID. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. , 3370/2005. Springer-Verlag GmbH pp. 140-151. ISBN: 9783540252085 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b106923
- Bakker, . , Culham, . , Marais, . , Gibby, . (2005) Nested radiation in Cape Pelargonium. In: Bakker, . , Chatrou, . , Gravendeel, . , Pelser, . , (eds.) Plant Species-Level Systematics: New Perspectives on Pattern & Process. , Regnum Veg. Gantner Verlag , Rugell, Liechtenstein. ISBN: 9783906166391
- Maunder, M. , Hawkins, J. , Hughes, C. , Culham, A. (2004) Hybridisation in ex situ plant collections: conservation liabilities and opportunities. In: Guerrant, E. , Havens, K. , Maunder, M. , (eds.) Strategies for Survival: ex-situ plant conservation. Island Press , Washington. pp. 325-364.
- White, . , Jones, . , Pittas, . , Gray, . , Xu, . , Sutton, . , Bromley, . , Caithness, . , Fiddian, . , Culham, . , Bisby, . , Bhagwat, . , Brewer, . , Yesson, . , Williams, . (2004) Building a biodiversity problem-solving environment.
- Jones, . , White, . , Gray, . , Bisby, . , Caithness, . , Pittas, . , Xu, . , Sutton, . , Fiddian, . , Culham, . , Scoble, . , Williams, . , Bromley, . , Brewer, . , Yesson, . , Bhagwat, . (2004) Building a biodiversity GRID.
- Grant, . , Toomey, . , Culham, . (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, . , Clennett, . , Culham, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00322.x
- Compton, . , Grabovskaya, . , Culham, . (2004) Proposal to reject the name Dipleina umbellata with associated lectotypification of Actaea erythrocarpa (Ranunculaceae). Taxon , 53 (2). pp. 574-575. ISSN: 0040-0262
- Compton, . and Culham, . (2004) Neotypification of Actaea pachypoda Elliott (Ranunculaceae). Taxon , 53 (1). pp. 163-165.
- Bakker, . , Culham, . , Hettiarachi, . , Touloumenidou, . , Gibby, . (2004) Phylogeny of Pelargonium (Geraniaceae) based on DNA sequences from three genomes. Taxon , 53 (1). pp. 17-28. ISSN: 0040-0262
- Mishra, . , Fox, . , Culham, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00297.x
- Mishra, . , Fox, . , Culham, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2003.tb11537.x
- Compton, . and Culham, . (2003) New combinations in cyclamen subgenus Psilanthum. Journal of The Cyclamen Society , 27 pp. 70-72.
- Maunder, M. , Higgins, S. , 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
- Dunwell, J. , Culham, A. , Carter, C. , Sosa-Aguirre, C. , Goodenough, P. (2001) Evolution of functional diversity in the cupin superfamily. Trends in Biochemical Sciences , 26 (12). pp. 740-6. ISSN: 0968-0004 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0968-0004(01)01981-8
- Bakker, F. , Culham, A. , Gomez-Martinez, R. , Carvalho, J. , Compton, J. , Dawtrey, R. , 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
- Bakker, F. , Culham, A. , Pankhurst, C. , 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. , Hellbrugge, D. , Culham, A. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00985364