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Susan K. Pell
Molecular Plant Systematist/Laboratory Manager
E-mail: susanpell@bbg.org
Phone: 718-623-7371
Fax: 718-941-4774
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Research Interests
Molecular systematics of the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. Anacardiaceae nomenclature and taxonomy. Pantropical floristics.
Current Projects
- New segregate genera from Astronium, Protorhus, and Rhus (Anacardiaceae)
- Systematics of Madagascan Anacardiaceae
- Molecular systematics of Anacardiaceae (worldwide)
- Taxonomy of Anacardiaceae of North America
- Taxonomy and floristics of Anacardiaceae of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
Selected Publications
Pell, S.K., J.D. Mitchell, T. Lobova, and A.J. Miller. In press. Anacardiaceae. In The families and genera of vascular plants, ed. K. Kubitzki. New York: Springer.
Mitchell, J.D., D.C. Daly, S.K. Pell, and A. Randrianasolo. 2006. Poupartiopsis gen. nov. and its context in Anacardiaceae classification. Systematic Botany 31(2), 337–348.
Pennington, R.T., M. Lavin, D.E. Prado, C.A. Pendry, and S.K. Pell. 2005. Climate change and speciation. In Tropical forests and global atmospheric change, eds. Y. Malhi & O.L. Phillips. New York: Oxford University Press.
Pell, S.K. 2004. Molecular systematics of the cashew family (Anacardiaceae). Doctoral dissertation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
Pennington, R.T., M. Lavin, D.E. Prado, C.A. Pendry, S.K. Pell, and C.A. Butterworth. 2004. Historical climate change and speciation: Neotropical seasonally dry forest plants show patterns of both tertiary and quaternary diversification. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 359 (1443), 515–538.
Acevedo-Rosas, R., K. Cameron, V. Sosa, and S.K. Pell. 2004. A molecular phylogenetic study of Graptopetalum (Crassulaceae) based on ETS, ITS, rpl16 and trnL-F nucleotide sequences. American Journal of Botany 91, 1099–1104.