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Overview

Colin E. Hughes is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, and Genetics. Their research covers a range of topics including Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, and Botanical Research and Chemistry.

Hughes has published several papers in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • The Origin of the Legumes is a Complex Paleopolyploid Phylogenomic Tangle Closely Associated with the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) Mass Extinction Event (2020, Systematic Biology)
  • Disintegration of the genus Prosopis L. (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade) (2022, PhytoKeys)
  • Hybrid capture of 964 nuclear genes resolves evolutionary relationships in the mimosoid legumes and reveals the polytomous origins of a large pantropical radiation (2020, American Journal of Botany)
  • Phylogenomic analysis of 997 nuclear genes reveals the need for extensive generic re-delimitation in Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae) (2022, PhytoKeys)
  • Precipitation is the main axis of tropical plant phylogenetic turnover across space and time (2023, Science Advances)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Hughes include:

  • Jens J. Ringelberg
  • Erik J. M. Koenen
  • Gwilym P. Lewis
  • Anne Bruneau
  • R. Toby Pennington

Hughes has contributed notably to publications in the following venues:

  • PhytoKeys
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Systematic Biology
  • American Journal of Botany

Best Publications

  • Island radiation on a continental scale: Exceptional rates of plant diversification after uplift of the Andes

    Colin Hughes;Ruth Eastwood

  • Recent assembly of the Cerrado, a neotropical plant diversity hotspot, by in situ evolution of adaptations to fire

    Marcelo F. Simon;Rosaura Grether;Luciano P. de Queiroz;Cynthia Skema

  • A new subfamily classification of the leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny

    Nasim Azani;Marielle Babineau;C. Donovan Bailey;Hannah Banks

  • Characterization of angiosperm nrDNA polymorphism, paralogy, and pseudogenes.

    C. Donovan Bailey;Timothy G. Carr;Stephen A. Harris;Colin E. Hughes

  • Deliberate Introductions of Species: Research Needs Benefits can be reaped, but risks are high

    John J. Ewel;Dennis J. O'Dowd;Joy Bergelson;Curtis C. Daehler

  • The ubiquity of alpine plant radiations: from the Andes to the Hengduan Mountains

    Colin E. Hughes;Guy W. Atchison

  • Multiple continental radiations and correlates of diversification in Lupinus (Leguminosae): testing for key innovation with incomplete taxon sampling.

    Christopher S. Drummond;Ruth J. Eastwood;Silvia T. S. Miotto;Colin E. Hughes;Colin E. Hughes

  • Legume phylogeny and classification in the 21st century: Progress, prospects and lessons for other species-rich clades

    A. Bruneau;J.J. Doyle;P. Herendeen;C. Hughes

  • Neotropical Plant Evolution: Assembling the Big Picture

    Colin E. Hughes;R. Toby Pennington;Alexandre Antonelli

  • The evolutionary history of Mimosa (Leguminosae): toward a phylogeny of the sensitive plants.

    Marcelo F. Simon;Marcelo F. Simon;Rosaura Grether;Luciano P. de Queiroz;Tiina E. Särkinen

  • Contrasting plant diversification histories within the Andean biodiversity hotspot.

    Pennington Rt;Lavin M;Särkinen T;Lewis Gp

  • Evolutionary islands in the Andes: persistence and isolation explain high endemism in Andean dry tropical forests

    Tiina Särkinen;Tiina Särkinen;Tiina Särkinen;R. Toby Pennington;Matt Lavin;Marcelo F. Simon

  • Metacommunity process rather than continental tectonic history better explains geographically structured phylogenies in legumes

    Matt Lavin;Brian P. Schrire;Gwilym Lewis;R. Toby Pennington

  • Mimosoid legume plastome evolution : IR expansion, tandem repeat expansions, and accelerated rate of evolution in clpP

    Diana V. Dugas;David Hernandez;Erik J.M. Koenen;Erika Schwarz

  • From famine to feast? Selecting nuclear DNA sequence loci for plant species-level phylogeny reconstruction

    Colin E Hughes;Ruth J Eastwood;C Donovan Bailey

  • Large-scale genomic sequence data resolve the deepest divergences in the legume phylogeny and support a near-simultaneous evolutionary origin of all six subfamilies.

    Erik J. M. Koenen;Dario I. Ojeda;Royce Steeves;Royce Steeves;Jérémy Migliore

  • The Origin of the Legumes is a Complex Paleopolyploid Phylogenomic Tangle Closely Associated with the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) Mass Extinction Event

    Erik J M Koenen;Dario I Ojeda;Freek T Bakker;Jan J Wieringa

  • Diversification of Lupine Bradyrhizobium Strains: Evidence from Nodulation Gene Trees

    Tomasz Stępkowski;Colin E. Hughes;Ian J. Law;Łukasz Markiewicz

  • A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae).

    Edeline Gagnon;Anne Bruneau;Colin E. Hughes;Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz

  • Using targeted enrichment of nuclear genes to increase phylogenetic resolution in the neotropical rain forest genus Inga (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)

    James A. Nicholls;R. Toby Pennington;Erik J. M. Koenen;Colin E. Hughes

  • Leucaena: A genetic resources handbook.

    C. E. Hughes

  • Legume phylogeny and classification in the 21st century: Progress, prospects and lessons for other species-rich cladesThe Legume Phylogeny Working GroupTaxon201362217248

    Anne Bruneau;Jeff J. Doyle;Patrick Herendeen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo F. Simon
Marcelo F. Simon Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Gwilym P. Lewis
Gwilym P. Lewis Royal Botanic Gardens
Stephen Harris
Stephen Harris University of Bristol
R. Toby Pennington
R. Toby Pennington University of Exeter
Anne Bruneau
Anne Bruneau University of Montreal
Matt Lavin
Matt Lavin Montana State University
Martin F. Wojciechowski
Martin F. Wojciechowski Arizona State University
Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz
Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz State University of Feira de Santana
Jeff J. Doyle
Jeff J. Doyle Cornell University
Patrick S. Herendeen
Patrick S. Herendeen George Washington University

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