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  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Tod F. Stuessy is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans various domains within agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular emphasis on ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and plant science. Their work also covers molecular biology, cancer research, and genetics.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies
  • Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Frequent publication venues for Tod F. Stuessy's work are:

  • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Taxon
  • Gayana. Botánica
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plants

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Stuessy include:

  • "The classification of the Compositae: A tribute to Vicki Ann Funk (1947-2019)", 2020, Taxon
  • "Differential Genome Size and Repetitive DNA Evolution in Diploid Species of Melampodium sect. Melampodium (Asteraceae)", 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Metamorphosis of flora and vegetation during ontogeny of the Juan Fernández (Robinson Crusoe) Islands", 2021, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Plastid Phylogenomics of Dendroseris (Cichorieae; Asteraceae): Insights Into Structural Organization and Molecular Evolution of an Endemic Lineage From the Juan Fernández Islands", 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "The importance of historical ecology for interpreting evolutionary processes in plants of oceanic islands", 2020, Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Stuessy has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Daniel J. Crawford
  • Patricio López-Sepúlveda
  • Myong-Suk Cho
  • Seung-Chul Kim
  • Estrella Urtubey

The scientist has contributed to book publications, including a volume published by Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften eBooks titled "Checklisten der Fauna Österreichs, No. 10" in 2020.

Tod F. Stuessy was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1987.

Best Publications

  • Chloroplast DNA phylogeny, reticulate evolution, and biogeography of Paeonia (Paeoniaceae).

    Tao Sang;Daniel J. Crawford;Tod F. Stuessy

  • Documentation of reticulate evolution in peonies (Paeonia) using internal transcribed spacer sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA: implications for biogeography and concerted evolution

    Tao Sang;Daniel J. Crawford;Tod F. Stuessy

  • Plant taxonomy : the systematic evaluation of comparative data

    Tod F. Stuessy

  • Topography-driven isolation, speciation and a global increase of endemism with elevation

    Manuel J. Steinbauer;Richard Field;John-Arvid Grytnes;Panayiotis Trigas

  • Phylogenetic relationships in subfamily Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae) based on DNA sequence data from seven plastid regions

    Michael H. J. Barfuss;Rosabelle Samuel;Walter Till;Tod F. Stuessy

  • Anagenetic evolution in island plants

    Tod F. Stuessy;Gerhard Jakubowsky;Roberto Salguero Gómez;Martin Pfosser

  • Radiation of the endemic genus Dendroseris (Asteraceae) on the Juan Fernandez Islands: evidence from sequences of the its regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA

    Tao Sang;Daniel J. Crawford;Sueng-Chul Kim;Tod F. Stuessy

  • Breeding System and pollination of selected plants endemic to Juan Fernandez Islands.

    Gregory J. Anderson;Gabriel Bernardello;Tod F. Stuessy;Daniel J. Crawford

  • A survey of floral traits, breeding systems, floral visitors, and pollination systems of the angiosperms of the Juan Fernández islands (Chile)

    Gabriel Luis Mario Bernardello;Gregory J. Anderson;Tod F. Stuessy;Daniel J. Crawford

  • Paraphyletic groups as natural units of biological classification

    Elvira Hörandl;Tod F. Stuessy

  • Determining Primitive Character States for Phylogenetic Reconstruction

    Jorge V. Crisci;Tod F. Stuessy

  • ITS Sequences and the Phylogeny of the Genus Robinsonia (Asteraceae)

    Tao Sang;Daniel J. Crawford;Tod F. Stuessy;O Mario Silva

  • Phylogeny of holoparasitic Orobanche (Orobanchaceae) inferred from nuclear ITS sequences

    Gerald M Schneeweiss;Alison Colwell;Jeong-Mi Park;Chang-Gee Jang

  • Phylogenetics of tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) based on nrITS and plastid matK DNA sequence data

    Hashendra Kathriarachchi;Rosabelle Samuel;Petra Hoffmann;Jelena Mlinarec

  • Molecular Phylogenetic Insights on the Origin and Evolution of Oceanic Island Plants

    Bruce G. Baldwin;Daniel J. Crawford;Javier Francisco-Ortega;Seung-Chul Kim

  • Ribosomal DNA and RAPD variation in the rare plant family Lactoridaceae

    Soren Brauner;Daniel J. Crawford;Tod F. Stuessy

  • Interpretation of patterns of genetic variation in endemic plant species of oceanic islands.

    Tod F. Stuessy;Koji Takayama;Patricio López‐Sepúlveda;Daniel J. Crawford

  • The role of hybridization, polyploidization and glaciation in the origin and evolution of the apomictic Ranunculus cassubicus complex.

    Ovidiu Paun;Tod F. Stuessy;Elvira Hörandl

  • Saponaria Pumila (Caryophyllaceae) and the Ice Age in the European Alps

    Andreas Tribsch;Peter Schönswetter;Tod F. Stuessy

  • Allozyme diversity in endemic flowering plant species of the Juan Fernandez Archipelago, Chile: ecological and historical factors with implications for conservation

    Daniel J. Crawford;Eduardo Ruiz;Tod F. Stuessy;Eric Tepe

  • Climate and Weather

    Walter A. Sontag;Tod F. Stuessy

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Crawford
Daniel J. Crawford University of Kansas
Salvador Talavera
Salvador Talavera University of Seville
Gerald M. Schneeweiss
Gerald M. Schneeweiss University of Vienna
Karol Marhold
Karol Marhold Slovak Academy of Sciences
Andreas Tribsch
Andreas Tribsch University of Salzburg
Elvira Hörandl
Elvira Hörandl University of Göttingen
Peter Schönswetter
Peter Schönswetter University of Innsbruck
Bruce G. Baldwin
Bruce G. Baldwin University of California, Berkeley
Thomas Dirnböck
Thomas Dirnböck Environment Agency
David M. Spooner
David M. Spooner US Department of Agriculture

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