• Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of Neotropical orchids 

      Papadopulus, Alexander; Powell, Martyn P.; Pupulin, Franco; Warner Pineda, Jorge; Hawkins, Julie A.; Salamin, Nicolas; Chittka, Lars; Williams, Norris H.; Whitten, W. Mark; Loader, Deniz; Valente, Luis M.; Chase, Mark W; Savolainen, Vincent (2013-08)
      The great majority of plant species in the tropics require animals to achieve pollination, but the exact role of floral signals in attraction of animal pollinators is often debated. Many plants provide a floral reward to ...
    • Evolutionary history and systematics of Campylocentrum (Orchidaceae: Vandeae: Angraecinae): a phylogenetic and biogeographical approach 

      Pessoa, Edlley M.; Viruel, Juan; Alves, Marccus; Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo; Whitten, W. Mark; Chase, Mark W. (2018)
      Subtribe Angraecinae (Orchidaceae: Vandeae) are mainly distributed in Africa, but with two genera, Campylocentrum and Dendrophylax, restricted to the Neotropics. As a widespread Neotropical genus, Campylocentrum constitutes ...
    • Generic recircumscriptions of Oncidiinae (Orchidaceae: Cymbidieae) based on maximum likelihood analysis of combined DNA datasets 

      Neubig, Kurt M.; Whitten, W. Mark; Williams, Norris H.; Blanco Coto, Mario Alberto; Endara, Carmen Lorena; Burleigh, Gordon; Silvera, Katia; Cushman, John C.; Chase, Mark W. (2012)
      Phylogenetic relationships within the orchid subtribe Oncidiinae sensu Chase were inferred using maximum likelihood analyses of single and multilocus DNA sequence data sets. Analyses included both nuclear ribosomal internal ...
    • Hundreds of nuclear and plastid loci yield novel insights into orchid relationships 

      Pérez Escobar, Oscar Alejandro; Dodsworth, Steven; Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo; Bellot, Sidonie; Balbuena, Juan A.; Schley, Rowan John; Kikuchi, Izai A.; Morris, Sarah K.; Epitawalage, Niroshini; Cowan, Robyn; Maurin, Olivier; Zuntini, Alexandre; Arias Garzón, Tatiana; Serna Sánchez, Maria Alejandra; Gravendeel, Barbara; Torres Jiménez, María Fernanda; Nargar, Katharina; Chomicki, Guillaume; Chase, Mark W.; Leitch, Ilia J.; Forest, Félix; Baker, William J. (2021)
      PREMISE: The inference of evolutionary relationships in the species- rich family Orchidaceae has hitherto relied heavily on plastid DNA sequences and limited taxon sampling. Previous studies have provided a robust plastid ...
    • In Memoriam: Dr. William Mark Whitten (1954−2019) 

      Blanco Coto, Mario Alberto; Chase, Mark W.; Endara, Carmen Lorena; Mirenda, Thomas; Neubig, Kurt M. (2019)
      The world of orchid academia was rocked on April 12, 2019 when the shocking and completely unexpected news that Mark Whitten had passed began to circulate. Many readers of Orchids magazine may not be familiar with ...
    • Phylogenetic systematics of subtribe Spiranthinae (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae: Cranichideae) based on nuclear and plastid DNA sequences of a nearly complete generic sample 

      Salazar Chávez, Gerardo Adolfo; Nogueira Batista, João Aguiar; Cabrera Martínez, Lidia Irene; van den Berg, Cassio; Whitten, W. Mark; Smidt, Eric; Buzatto, Cristiano Roberto; Bustos Singer, Rodrigo; Gerlach, Günter; Jiménez Machorro, Rolando; Radins, José A.; Insaurralde, Irma S.; Guimarães, Leonardo Ramos Seixas; de Barros, Fábio; Tobar Suárez, Francisco; Rodríguez Linares, José Luis; Mújica Benítez, Ernesto; Dressler, Robert L.; Blanco Coto, Mario Alberto; Hágsater, Eric; Chase, Mark W. (2018)
      Subtribe Spiranthinae is the most species-rich lineage of terrestrial Neotropical orchids, encompassing > 500 species and 40 genera. We conducted maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequence ...
    • Plastid phylogenomics resolves ambiguous relationships within the orchid family and provides a solid timeframe for biogeography and macroevolution 

      Serna Sánchez, Maria Alejandra; Pérez Escobar, Oscar Alejandro; Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo; Torres Jiménez, María Fernanda; Alvarez Yela, Astrid Catalina; Arcila Galvis, Juliana Estefanía; Hall, Climbiê Ferreira; de Barros, Fábio; Pinheiro, Fábio; Dodsworth, Steven; Chase, Mark W.; Antonelli, Alexandre; Arias Garzón, Tatiana (2021)
      Recent phylogenomic analyses based on the maternally inherited plastid organelle have enlightened evolutionary relationships between the subfamilies of Orchidaceae and most of the tribes. However, uncertainty remains within ...
    • The origin and speciation of orchids 

      Pérez Escobar, Oscar Alejandro; Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo; Przelomska, Natalia A.S.; Ackerman, James D.; Balbuena, Juan A.; Bellot, Sidonie; Bühlmann, Roland P.; Cabrera, Betsaida; Aguilar Cano, José; Charitonidou, Martha; Chomicki, Guillaume; Clements, Mark A.; Cribb, Phillip; Fernández Campos, Melania; Flanagan, Nicola S.; Gravendeel, Barbara; Hágsater, Eric; Halley, John M.; Hu, Ai-Qun; Jaramillo Muñoz, Carlos Alberto; Mauad, Anna Victoria; Maurin, Olivier; Müntz, Robert; Leitch, Ilia J.; Li, Lan; Negrão, Raquel; Oses Salas, Lizbeth Melissa; Phillips, Charlotte; Rincón González, Milton; Salazar Chávez, Gerardo Adolfo; Simpson, Lalita; Smidt, Eric; Solano Gómez, Rodolfo; Parra Sánchez, Edicson; Tremblay, Raymond L.; van den Berg, Cassio; Villanueva Tamayo, Boris Stefan; Zuluaga Trochez, Alejandro; Zuntini, Alexandre; Chase, Mark W.; Fay, Michael; Condamine, Fabien L.; Forest, Félix; Nargar, Katharina; Renner, Susanne S.; Baker, William J.; Antonelli, Alexandre (2024)
      Orchids constitute one of the most spectacular radiations of flowering plants. However, their origin, spread across the globe, and hotspots of speciation remain uncertain due to the lack of an up-to-date phylogeographic ...