- 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
Julie Hawkins

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Professor of Plant Systemics and Evolution
- 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
- Plant taxonomy and evolution
- Ethnobotany and evolutionary ethnobotany
- Wildlife trade and conservation.
Postgraduate supervision
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
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
Research projects
- 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
Background
Member of:
- Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics
- Evolution Research Group
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
Selected publications
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.
Publications
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Aygören Uluer, D.
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Forest, F.
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Hawkins, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9048-8016 (2022) Dataset of pollination traits in Fabales. Data in Brief , 43 ISSN: 2352-3409 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108480
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Aygoren Uluer, D.
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Forest, F.
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Armbruster, S.
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Hawkins, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9048-8016 (2022) Reconstructing an historical pollination syndrome: keel flowers. BMC Evolutionary Biology , 22 (45). ISSN: 1471-2148 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02003-y
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Cantwell Jones, A.
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Ball, J.
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Collar, D.
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Diazgranados, M.
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Douglas, R.
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Forest, F.
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Hawkins, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9048-8016 , Howes, M. , Ulian, T. , Vaitla, B. , Pironon, S. (2022) Global plant diversity as a reservoir of micronutrients for humanity. Nature Plants ISSN: 2055-0278 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01100-6
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Lei, D.
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Thorogood, C.
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Tu, P.
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Song, Y.
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Huang, L.
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Aldughayman, M.
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Leon, C.
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Hawkins, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9048-8016 (2021) 1002. CISTANCHE DESERTICOLA: Orobanchaceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine , 38 (4). pp. 472-486. ISSN: 1355-4905 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/curt.12413
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Thorogood, C.
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Leon, C.
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Lei, D.
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Aldughayman, M.
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Huang, L.
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Hawkins, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9048-8016 (2021) Desert hyacinths: an obscure solution to a global problem?. Plants People Planet , 3 (4). pp. 302-307. ISSN: 2572-2611 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10215
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Serrano, J.
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Richardson, J.
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Milne, R.
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Mondragon, G.
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Hawkins, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9048-8016 , Bartish, I. , Gonzalez, M. , Chave, J. , Mandrinan, S. , Cardenez, D. , Sanchez, S. , Cortez-B, R. , Pennington, R. (2021) Andean orogeny and the diversification of lowland neotropical rain forest trees: a case study in Sapotaceae. Global and Planetary Change , 201 ISSN: 0921-8181 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103481
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BÁRRIOS, S.
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Dufke, M.
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Hamilton, M.
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Cowan, R.
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Woodfield-Pascoe, N.
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Dalsgaard, B.
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Hawkins, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9048-8016 , Clubbe, C. (2021) The conservation and ecology of the British Virgin Islands endemic tree, Vachellia anegadensis. Oryx ISSN: 0030-6053 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605320001234
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Muhammad, M.
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Ismail, Z.
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Schneider,, H.
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Hawkins, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9048-8016 (2020) Medicinal use of ferns: an ethnobotanical review. Sains Malaysiana , 49 (5). pp. 1003-1014.
- Lei, D. , Al-Jabri, T. , Teixidor-Toneu, I. , Saslis-Lagoudakis, C. , Ghazanfar, S. , Hawkins, J. (2020) Comparative analysis of four medicinal floras: phylogenetic methods to identify cross-cultural patterns. Plants People Planet , 2 (6). pp. 614-626. ISSN: 2572-2611 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10131
- Aygoren Uluer, D. , Hawkins, J. , Forest, F. (2020) Interfamilial relationships in order Fabales: new insights from the nuclear regions sqd1 and 26S rDNA. Plant Systematics and Evolution , 306 (4). ISSN: 0378-2697 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00606-020-01691-7
- Aygoren Uluer, D. , Forest, F. , Hawkins, J. (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://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2019-0109
- Souza, E. and Hawkins, J. (2020) Ewé: a web-based ethnobotanical database for storing and analysing data. Database , 2020 ISSN: 1758-0463 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/database/baz144
- Mattapha, S. , Forest, F. , Hawkins, J. , Sudee, S. , Tetsana, N. (2019) Three new species, lectotypifications and synonymisations in Millettia (Fabaceae: Faboideae) for Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) , 47 (2). pp. 171-183. ISSN: 2465-423X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.20531/tfb.2019.47.2.07
- Shahimi, S. , Conejero, M. , Prychid, C. , Rudall, P. , Hawkins, J. , Baker, W. (2019) A taxonomic revision of the myrmecophilous species of the rattan genus Korthalsia (Arecaceae). Kew Bulletin , 74 (4). ISSN: 0075-5974 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12225-019-9854-x
- Kreuzer, M. , Howard, C. , Pendry, C. , Adhikari, B. , Hawkins, J. (2019) Phylogenomic approaches to DNA barcoding of herbal medicines: developing clade-specific diagnostic characters for Berberis. Frontiers in Plant Sciences , 10 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00586
- Teixidor Toneu, I. , Jordan, F. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0226-6
- Lei, D. , Wu, J. , Leon, C. , Huang, L. , Hawkins, J. (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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chmed.2018.06.004
- Souza, E. , Williamson, E. , Hawkins, J. (2018) Which plants used in ethnomedicine are characterized? Phylogenetic patterns in traditional use related to research effort. Frontiers in Plant Science , 9 ISSN: 1664-462X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00834
- Xu, M. , Heidmarsson, S. , Thorsteinsdottir, M. , Kreuzer, M. , Hawkins, J. , Omarsdottir, S. , Olafsdottir, E. (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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.11.073
- Bárcenas, R. and Hawkins, J. (2017) Nomenclatural proliferation and the puperabundance of homotypic synonyms in Grusonia (Opuntioideae, Cactaceae). Haseltonia , 23 pp. 27-34. ISSN: 1938-2898 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.2985/026.023.0104
- Abreu, J. , Hawkins, J. , Cotrim, H. , Fay, M. , Hildago, O. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20423489.2017.1408185
- Felger, R. , Hawkins, J. , Verrier, J. , Davis Carnahan, S. (2017) New combinations for Sonoran Desert plants. Phytoneuron , 2017 ISSN: 2153-733X
- Hawkins, J. and Teixidor Toneu, I. (2017) Defining ‘ethnobotanical convergence'. Trends in Plant Science , 22 (8). pp. 639-640. ISSN: 1360-1385 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2017.06.002
- Alqethami, A. , Hawkins, J. , Teixidor Toneu, I. (2017) Medicinal plants used by women in Mecca: urban, Muslim and gendered knowledge. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 13 ISSN: 1746-4269 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-017-0193-4
- Souza, E. and Hawkins, J. (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://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12231-017-9367-1
- The Legume Phylogeny Working Group , Hawkins, J. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.12705/661.3
- Teixidor-Toneu, I. , Martin, G. , Puri, R. , Ouhammou, A. , Hawkins, J. (2017) Treating infants with frigg: linking disease aetiologies, medicinal plant use and careseeking behaviour in southern Morocco. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 13 (1). ISSN: 1746-4269 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-016-0129-4
- Teixidor-Toneu, I. , Martin, G. , Ouhammou, A. , Puri, R. , Hawkins, J. (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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2016.05.079
- Teixidor Toneu, I. , Martin, G. , Ouhammou, A. , Puri, R. , Hawkins, J. (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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.05.009
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Saslis-Lagoudakis, C.
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Hawkins, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9048-8016 , Greenhill, S. , Pendry, C. , Watson, M. , Tuladhar-Douglas, W. , Baral, S. , 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). ISSN: 0962-8452 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2768
- Papadopulos, A. , Powell, M. , Pupulin, F. , Warner, J. , Hawkins, J. , Salamin, N. , Chittka, L. , Williams, N. , Whitten, W. , Loader, D. , Valente, L. , Chase, M. , Savolainen, V. (2013) Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of Neotropical orchids. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences , 280 (1765). ISSN: 1471-2954 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0960
- Saslis Lagoudakis, C. , Savolainen, V. , Williamson, L. , Forest, F. , Wagstaff, S. , Baral, S. , Watson, M. , Pendry, C. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1202242109
- Barcenas, R. , Hawkins, J. , 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
- Bello, M. , Rudall, P. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00392.x
- Warren, B. , Bakker, F. , Bellstedt, D. , Bytebier, B. , Classen-Bockhoff, R. , Dreyer, L. , Edwards, D. , Forest, F. , Galley, C. , Hardy, C. , Linder, H. , Muasya, A. , Mummenhoff, K. , Oberlander, K. , Quint, M. , Richardson, J. , Savolainen, V. , Schrire, B. , van der Neit, T. , Verboom, G. , Yesson, C. , Hawkins, J. (2011) Consistent phenological shifts in the making of a biodiversity hotspot: the Cape flora. BMC Evolutionary Biology , 11 ISSN: 1471-2148 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-39
- Bárcenas, R. , Yesson, C. , Hawkins, J. (2011) Molecular systematics of the Cactaceae. Cladistics , 27 (5). pp. 470-489. ISSN: 1096-0031 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00350.x
- Saslis-Lagoudakis, C. , Williamson, E. , Savolainen, V. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2011.03.044
- Yesson, C. , Barcenas, R. , Hernandez, H. , de la Luz Ruiz Maqueda, M. , Prado, A. , Rodriguez, V. , Hawkins, J. (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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03009.x
- Saslis-Lagoudakis, C. , Klitgaard, B. , Forest, F. , Francis, L. , Savolainen, V. , Williamson, E. , Hawkins, J. (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). ISSN: 1932-6203 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022275
- Gage, E. , Wilkin, P. , Chase, M. , 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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01138.x
- Pauw, A. and Hawkins, J. (2011) Reconstruction of historical pollination rates reveals linked declines of pollinators and plants. Oikos , 120 (3). pp. 344-349. ISSN: 1600-0706 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19039.x
- Prado, A. , Hawkins, J. , Yesson, C. , Barcenas, R. (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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.033
- Bello, M. , Hawkins, J. , Rudall, P. (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://dx.doi.org/10.1086/651945
- de Sousa, F. , Lewis , G. , Hawkins, J. (2010) A revision of the South American genus Apuleia (Leguminosae, Cassieae). Kew Bulletin , 65 (2). pp. 225-232. ISSN: 0075-5974 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12225-010-9213-4
- Devey, . , Bateman, . , Fay, . , Hawkins, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcp039
- Bello, . , Bruneau, . , Forest, . , Hawkins, . (2009) Elusive relationships within order fabales: phylogenetic analyses using matK and rbcL sequence data. Systematic Botany , 34 (1). pp. 102-114. ISSN: 0363-6445
- Bell, . , Roberts, . , Hawkins, . , Rudall, . , Box, . , Bateman, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00985.x
- Hughes, S. , Rodriguez, V. , Hardesty, B. , Luna, R. , Hernandez, H. , Robson, R. , Hawkins, J. (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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02157.x
- Hardesty, . , Hughes, . , Rodriguez, . , Hawkins, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01913.x
- Edwards, . , Horn, . , Taylor, . , Savolain, . , Hawkins, . (2008) DNA barcoding of a large genus, Aspalathus L. (Fabaceae). Taxon , 57 (4). pp. 1317-1327. ISSN: 0040-0262
- Devey, . , Bateman, . , Fay, . , Hawkins, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcm299
- Barcenas, R. and Hawkins, J. (2007) The discovery of a previously unknown isotype of Opuntia villis ROSE (Opuntioideae: Cactaceae). Haseltonia , 13 ISSN: 1070-0048
- O'Reilly, . , Cowan, . , Hawkins, . (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
- Hawkins, . , Boutaoui, . , Cheung, . , van Klinken, . , Hughes, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02125.x
- Forest, . , Chase, . , Persson, . , Crane, . , Hawkins, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00138.x
- Forest, . , Nanni, . , Chase, . , Crane, . , Hawkins, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.017
- Edwards, . and Hawkins, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.014
- Bello, . , Hawkins, . , Rudall, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcm228
- Warren, . and Hawkins, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3560
- Hawkins, . (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://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00209.x
- Haston, . , Lewis, . , Hawkins, . (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
- 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.
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