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Plant Science and Agronomy
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2026
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Australia
2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
142
Citations
87668
World Ranking
22
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Genus
  • Ecology

Mark W. Chase focuses on Botany, Evolutionary biology, Phylogenetic tree, Phylogenetics and Monophyly. His Botany study frequently links to other fields, such as Malpighiales. His Evolutionary biology research includes themes of Chloroplast DNA, Clade, Orchidoideae and Cladistics.

His Phylogenetic tree study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Taxon and Ecology. His Phylogenetics study incorporates themes from Paleontology, Cretaceous and Genome. The study incorporates disciplines such as Urticaceae, Rosales, Polyphyly and Molecular phylogenetics in addition to Monophyly.

His most cited work include:

  • An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II (4749 citations)
  • A DNA barcode for land plants. (1609 citations)
  • Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree. (1313 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Mark W. Chase mostly deals with Botany, Evolutionary biology, Phylogenetic tree, Phylogenetics and Monophyly. His study in Botany is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Clade and Molecular phylogenetics. His research integrates issues of Genome, Polyploid, Plastid, Orchidoideae and Systematics in his study of Evolutionary biology.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Ecology and Tribe. His Phylogenetics study combines topics in areas such as Taxonomy and DNA sequencing. The Monophyly study combines topics in areas such as Zoology, Internal transcribed spacer, Polyphyly, Paraphyly and Maximum parsimony.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (52.43%)
  • Evolutionary biology (43.58%)
  • Phylogenetic tree (38.72%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Evolutionary biology (43.58%)
  • Phylogenetic tree (38.72%)
  • Botany (52.43%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Evolutionary biology, Phylogenetic tree, Botany, Phylogenetics and Orchidaceae. His Evolutionary biology research incorporates themes from Clade, Genome size, Plastid, Orchidoideae and Systematics. He has researched Phylogenetic tree in several fields, including Taxon and Genome.

Specifically, his work in Botany is concerned with the study of Genus. His Phylogenetics research includes elements of Taxonomy and DNA barcoding. The various areas that Mark W. Chase examines in his Orchidaceae study include Epidendroideae and Collabieae.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II (4749 citations)
  • Origin of angiosperms and the puzzle of the Jurassic gap (146 citations)
  • Origin of angiosperms and the puzzle of the Jurassic gap (146 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Genus
  • Ecology

His scientific interests lie mostly in Phylogenetic tree, Evolutionary biology, Botany, Molecular phylogenetics and Plastid. His Phylogenetic tree study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Taxon, Genome, Genome size and DNA sequencing. His work deals with themes such as Chloroplast DNA and Polyploid, which intersect with Evolutionary biology.

His Botany research includes themes of Liliales, Morphometrics and Monophyly. His Molecular phylogenetics research focuses on Orchidoideae and how it connects with Orchidaceae, Hemipilia, Habenaria and Taxonomy. His work carried out in the field of Plastid brings together such families of science as Phylogenetics, Clade and Dioscoreaceae.

Best Publications

  • An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II

    K. Bremer;M. W. Chase;J. L. Reveal;D. E. Soltis

  • A DNA barcode for land plants.

    Peter M. Hollingsworth;Laura L. Forrest;John L. Spouge

  • Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree.

    Niklas Wikström;Vincent Savolainen;Mark W. Chase

  • Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Mark W. Chase;Mark E. Mort

  • Silica gel: An ideal material for field preservation of leaf samples for DNA studies

    Mark W. Chase;Harold H. Hills

  • An updated classification of Orchidaceae

    Mark W. Chase;Mark W. Chase;Kenneth M. Cameron;John V. Freudenstein;Alec M. Pridgeon

  • An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants

    Kåre Bremer;Mark W. Chase;Peter F. Stevens;Arne A. Anderberg

  • The earliest angiosperms: evidence from mitochondrial, plastid and nuclear genomes

    Yin Long Qiu;Jungho Lee;Fabiana Bernasconi-Quadroni;Douglas E. Soltis

  • Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from multiple genes as a tool for comparative biology

    Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas E. Soltis;Mark W. Chase

  • Land plants and DNA barcodes: short-term and long-term goals.

    Mark W Chase;Nicolas Salamin;Mike Wilkinson;James M Dunwell

  • A proposal for a standardised protocol to barcode all land plants

    Mark W. Chase;Robyn S. Cowan;Peter M. Hollingsworth;Cassio van den Berg

  • Origin of angiosperms and the puzzle of the Jurassic gap

    Hong-Tao Li;Ting-Shuang Yi;Lian-Ming Gao;Peng-Fei Ma

  • Molecular phylogenetics of Caryophyllales based on nuclear 18S rDNA and plastid rbcL, atpB, and matK DNA sequences

    Philippe Cuénoud;Vincent Savolainen;Lars W. Chatrou;Martyn Powell

  • Phylogenetics of Flowering Plants Based on Combined Analysis of Plastid atpB and rbcL Gene Sequences

    Vincent Savolainen;Mark W. Chase;Sara B. Hoot;Cynthia M. Morton

  • A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms

    Maarten Christenhusz;James Reveal;Aljos Farjon;Martin F. Gardner

  • Darwin's abominable mystery: Insights from a supertree of the angiosperms

    T. Jonathan Davies;Timothy G. Barraclough;Mark W. Chase;Pamela S. Soltis

  • Chloroplast DNA variation and plant phylogeny.

    Jeffrey D. Palmer;Robert K. Jansen;Helen J. Michaels;Mark W. Chase

  • Angiosperm phylogeny based on matK sequence information

    Khidir W. Hilu;Thomas Borsch;Kai Müller;Douglas E. Soltis

  • Phylogeny of the eudicots : a nearly complete familial analysis based on rbcL gene sequences

    Vincent Savolainen;Michael F. Fay;Dirk C. Albach;Anders Backlund

  • Angiosperm Phylogeny Inferred from 18S Ribosomal DNA Sequences

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Daniel L. Nickrent;Leigh A. Johnson

  • A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae

    Mark W. Chase;James L. Reveal;Michael F. Fay

  • Selecting barcoding loci for plants: evaluation of seven candidate loci with species-level sampling in three divergent groups of land plants.

    Michelle L. Hollingsworth;Alex Andra Clark;Laura L. Forrest;James Richardson

  • Phylogeny and Evolution of Angiosperms

    D. E. Soltis;P. S. Soltis;P. K. Endress;M. W. Chase

  • Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of Orchidinae and selected Habenariinae (Orchidaceae)

    Richard M. Bateman;Peter M. Hollingsworth;Jillian Preston;Luo Yi-Bo;Luo Yi-Bo

  • A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III

    Mark W. Chase;James L. Reveal

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael F. Fay
Michael F. Fay Royal Botanic Gardens
Vincent Savolainen
Vincent Savolainen Imperial College London
Andrew R. Leitch
Andrew R. Leitch Queen Mary University of London
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Paula J. Rudall
Paula J. Rudall Royal Botanic Gardens
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Félix Forest
Félix Forest Royal Botanic Gardens
Trevor R. Hodkinson
Trevor R. Hodkinson Trinity College Dublin
Sandra Knapp
Sandra Knapp American Museum of Natural History
Ilia J. Leitch
Ilia J. Leitch Royal Botanic Gardens

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