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Richard M. Bateman is affiliated with the Royal Botanic Gardens in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans across Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. The main subfields of study include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Geophysics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics including Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Genetic Diversity and Population Structure.

Recent publications by Richard M. Bateman include:

  • Whole plastomes are not enough: phylogenomic and morphometric exploration at multiple demographic levels of the bee orchid clade Ophrys sect. Sphegodes (2020, Journal of Experimental Botany)
  • Morphological Continua Make Poor Species: Genus-Wide Morphometric Survey of the European Bee Orchids (Ophrys L.) (2023, Biology)
  • Implications of next-generation sequencing for the systematics and evolution of the terrestrial orchid genus Epipactis, with particular reference to the British Isles (2020, Kew Bulletin)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bateman include:

  • Paula J. Rudall
  • William A. DiMichele
  • I. Denholm
  • Kevin J. Walker
  • Gar W. Rothwell

The scientist publishes often in venues such as Kew Bulletin, Systematics and Biodiversity, Annals of Botany, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, and International Journal of Plant Sciences.

Best Publications

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

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

  • EARLY EVOLUTION OF LAND PLANTS: Phylogeny, Physiology, and Ecology of the Primary Terrestrial Radiation

    Richard M. Bateman;Peter R. Crane;William A. DiMichele;Paul R. Kenrick

  • Pteridosperms are the backbone of seed-plant phylogeny

    Jason Hilton;Richard M. Bateman

  • Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution

    Quentin C.B. Cronk;Richard M. Bateman;Julie A. Hawkins

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards;Andy F.S. Taylor

  • Roles of synorganisation, zygomorphy and heterotopy in floral evolution: the gynostemium and labellum of orchids and other lilioid monocots

    Paula J. Rudall;Richard M. Bateman

  • Phylogenetics of subtribe Orchidinae (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae) based on nuclear ITS sequences. 1. Intergeneric relationships and polyphyly of Orchis sensu lato

    A. M. Pridgeon;R. M. Bateman;A. V. Cox;J. R. Hapeman

  • Molecular systematics and plant evolution

    Peter M. Hollingsworth;Richard M. Bateman;Richard J. Gornall

  • Stable Epigenetic Effects Impact Adaptation in Allopolyploid Orchids (Dactylorhiza: Orchidaceae)

    Ovidiu Paun;Richard M. Bateman;Michael F. Fay;Mikael Hedrén

  • HETEROSPORY: THE MOST ITERATIVE KEY INNOVATION IN THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE PLANT KINGDOM

    Richard M. Bateman;William A. DiMICHELE

  • Friends or Relatives? Phylogenetics and Species Delimitation in the Controversial European Orchid Genus Ophrys

    Dion S. Devey;Dion S. Devey;Richard M. Bateman;Richard M. Bateman;Michael F. Fay;Julie A. Hawkins

  • Experimental Cladistic Analysis of Anatomically Preserved Arborescent Lycopsids from the Carboniferous of Euramerica: An Essay on Paleobotanical Phylogenetics

    Richard M. Bateman;William A. DiMichele;Debra A. Willard

  • Morphological and molecular phylogenetic context of the angiosperms: contrasting the ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approaches used to infer the likely characteristics of the first flowers

    Richard M. Bateman;Jason Hilton;Paula J. Rudall

  • Evolution of zygomorphy in monocot flowers: iterative patterns and developmental constraints

    Paula J. Rudall;Richard M. Bateman

  • Diaphorodendraceae, fam. nov. (Lycopsida: Carboniferous): systematics and evolutionary relationships of Diaphorodendron and Synchysidendron, gen. nov

    William A. DiMichele;Richard M. Bateman

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    M. I. Bidartondo;Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards

  • Speaking of Forked Tongues: The Feasibility of Reconciling Human Phylogeny and the History of Language [and Comments]

    Richard Bateman;Ives Goddard;Richard O'Grady;V. A. Funk

  • Evolution and temporal diversification of western European polyploid species complexes in Dactylorhiza (Orchidaceae)

    Yohan Pillon;Michael F. Fay;Mikael Hedrén;Richard M. Bateman

  • Generating and Filtering Major Phenotypic Novelties: NeoGoldschmidtian Saltation Revisited

    Quentin C.B. Cronk;Richard M. Bateman;Julie A. Hawkins

  • Partitioning and diversity of nuclear and organelle markers in native and introduced populations of Epipactis helleborine (Orchidaceae)

    Jane Squirrell;Peter M. Hollingsworth;Richard M. Bateman;James H. Dickson

Frequent Co-Authors

Paula J. Rudall
Paula J. Rudall Royal Botanic Gardens
William A. DiMichele
William A. DiMichele Smithsonian Institution
Jason Hilton
Jason Hilton University of Birmingham
Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Michael F. Fay
Michael F. Fay Royal Botanic Gardens
Peter M. Hollingsworth
Peter M. Hollingsworth Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Beverley J. Glover
Beverley J. Glover University of Cambridge
John A. Catt
John A. Catt University College London
Gar W. Rothwell
Gar W. Rothwell Ohio University
Ian Denholm
Ian Denholm University of Hertfordshire

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