Duke Herbarium

Publications of Kathleen M. Pryer

• Books

  • • Argus, G.W. & K.M. Pryer.
    • (1990).
    • Rare vascular plants in Canada - our natural heritage.
    • Canadian Museum of Nature.

• Papers Published

  • • Li, F.-W., K.M. Pryer, and M.D. Windham.
    • (2012).
    • Gaga, a new fern genus segregated from Cheilanthes (Pteridaceae).
    • Systematic Botany
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    • 37
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    • 845-860.
  • • Beck, J.B., J. Allison, K.M. Pryer, and M.D. Windham.
    • (2012).
    • Identifying multiple origins of polyploid taxa: a multilocus study of the hybrid cloak fern (Astrolepis integerrima; Pteridaceae).
    • American Journal of Botany
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    • 99
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    • 1857-1865.
  • • Pryer, K.M..
    • (2012).
    • The distinguished legacy of DMB: Donald MacPhail Britton (1923 - 2012).
    • American Fern Journal
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    • 102
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    • in press.
  • • Rothfels, C.J., A. Larsson, L.-Y. Kuo, P. Korall, W.-L. Chiou, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2012).
    • Overcoming deep roots, fast rates, and short internodes to resolve the ancient rapid radiation of eupolypods II ferns.
    • Systematic Biology
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    • 61
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    • 490-509.
  • • Johnson, A.K., C.J. Rothfels, M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2012).
    • Unique expression of a sporophytic character on the gametophytes of notholaenid ferns (Pteridaceae).
    • American Journal of Botany
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    • 99
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    • 1118-1124.
  • • Rothfels, C.J., M.A. Sundue, M. Kato, A. Larsson, L.-Y. Kuo, E. Schuettpelz, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2012).
    • A revised classification for eupolypod II ferns (Polypodiales: Polypodiopsida).
    • Taxon
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    • 61
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    • 515-533.
  • • Li, F.-W., L.-Y. Kuo, C.J. Rothfels, A. Ebihara, W.-L. Chiou, M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2011).
    • rbcL and matK earn two thumbs up as the core DNA barcode for ferns.
    • PLoS One 6: e26597.
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  • • Wolf, P.G., J.P. Der, A.M. Duffy, J.B. Davidson, A.L. Grusz, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2011).
    • The evolution of chloroplast genes and genomes in ferns.
    • Plant Molecular Biology 76: 251–261.
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  • • Sigel, E.M., M.D. Windham, L. Huiet, G. Yatskievych, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2011).
    • Species relationships and farina evolution in the cheilanthoid fern genus Argyrochosma (Pteridaceae).
    • Systematic Botany 36: 554-564.
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  • • Beck, J.B., M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2011).
    • Do asexual lineages lead short evolutionary lives? A case-study from the fern genus Astrolepis.
    • Evolution 65: 3217-3229.
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  • • Beck, J.B., M.D. Windham, G. Yatskievych, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2010).
    • A diploids-first approach to species delimitation and interpreting polyploid evolution in the fern genus Astrolepis (Pteridaceae).
    • Systematic Botany
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    • 35
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    • 223-234.
  • • Korall, P., E. Schuettpelz, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2010).
    • Abrupt deceleration of molecular evolution linked to the origin of arborescence in ferns.
    • Evolution
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    • 64
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    • 2786-2792.
  • • Pryer, K.M., E. Schuettpelz, L. Huiet, A.L. Grusz, C.J. Rothfels, T. Avent, D. Schwartz and M.D. Windham.
    • (2010).
    • DNA barcoding exposes a case of mistaken identity in the fern horticultural trade..
    • Molecular Ecology Resources
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    • 979-985.
  • • Schneider, H., A.R. Smith, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2009).
    • Is morphology really at odds with molecules in estimating fern phylogeny?.
    • Systematic Botany 34: 455-475
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  • • Windham, M.D., L. Huiet, E. Schuettpelz, A.L. Grusz, C. Rothfels, J. Beck, G. Yatskievych, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2009).
    • Using plastid and nuclear DNA sequences to redraw generic boundaries and demystify species complexes in cheilanthoid ferns.
    • American Fern Journal 99: 128-132.
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  • • Pryer, K.M. and D.J. Hearn.
    • (2009).
    • Evolution of leaf form in marsileaceous ferns: evidence for heterochrony.
    • Evolution 63: 498-513.
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  • • Schuettpelz, E. and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2009).
    • Evidence for a Cenozoic radiation of ferns in an angiosperm-dominated canopy.
    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 106: 11200-11205 (cover).
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  • • Grusz, A.L., M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2009).
    • Deciphering the origins of apomictic polyploids in the Cheilanthes yavapensis complex (Pteridaceae).
    • American Journal of Botany 96: 1636-1645.
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  • • Christenhusz, M.J.M., H. Tuomisto, J.S. Metzgar, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2008).
    • Evolutionary relationships within the Neotropical, eusporangiate fern genus Danaea (Marattiaceae).
    • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46: 34-48.
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  • • Metzgar, J.S., J.E. Skog, E.A. Zimmer, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2008).
    • The paraphyly of Osmunda is confirmed by phylogenetic analyses of seven plastid loci.
    • Systematic Botany 33: 31-36.
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  • • Nagalingum, N.S., M.D. Nowak, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2008).
    • Assessing phylogenetic relationships in extant heterosporous ferns (Salviniales), with a focus on Pilularia and Salvinia.
    • Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society 157: 673-685.
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  • • Rothfels, C.J., M.D. Windham, A.L. Grusz, G.J. Gastony, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2008).
    • Toward a monophyletic Notholaena (Pteridaceae): Resolving patterns of evolutionary convergence in xeric-adapted ferns.
    • Taxon 57: 712-724.
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  • • Hennequin, S., E. Schuettpelz, K.M. Pryer, A. Ebihara, and J.-Y. Dubuisson..
    • (2008).
    • Divergence times and the evolution of epiphytism in filmy ferns (Hymenophyllaceae) revisited.
    • International Journal of Plant Sciences 169: 1278-1287.
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  • • Schuettpelz, E., A.L. Grusz, M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2008).
    • The utility of nuclear gapCp in resolving polyploid fern origins.
    • Systematic Botany 33: 621-629.
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  • • Nagalingum, N.S., H. Schneider, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2007).
    • Molecular phylogenetic relationships and morphological evolution in the heterosporous fern genus Marsilea.
    • Systematic Botany 32:16-25.
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  • • Korall, P., D.S. Conant, J.S. Metzgar, H. Schneider, K.M. Pryer.
    • (2007).
    • A molecular phylogeny of scaly tree ferns (Cyatheaceae).
    • American Journal of Botany 94: 873-886
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    • (cover)
  • • Haugen, P., D. Bhattacharya, J.D. Palmer, S. Turner, L.A. Lewis, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2007).
    • Cyanobacterial ribosomal RNA genes with multiple, endonuclease-encoding group I introns.
    • BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 159
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  • • Schuettpelz E., H. Schneider, L. Huiet, M.D. Windham, K.M. Pryer.
    • (2007).
    • A molecular phylogeny of the fern family Pteridaceae: assessing overall relationships and the affinities of previously unsampled genera.
    • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 1172-1185
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  • • Metzgar, J.S., H. Schneider, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2007).
    • Phylogeny and divergence time estimates for the fern genus Azolla (Salviniaceae).
    • International Journal of Plant Sciences 168: 1045-1053.
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  • • Schuettpelz E. and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2007).
    • Fern phylogeny inferred from 400 leptosporangiate species and three plastid genes..
    • Taxon 56: 1037-1050.
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  • • Korall, P., K.M. Pryer, J. Metzgar, H. Schneider, D.S. Conant.
    • (2006).
    • Tree ferns: monophyletic groups and their relationships as revealed by four protein-coding plastid loci.
    • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 830-845
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  • • Smith, A.R., K.M. Pryer, E. Schuettpelz, P. Korall, H. Schneider, and P.G. Wolf.
    • (2006).
    • A classification for extant ferns.
    • Taxon 55: 705-731
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  • • Schuettpelz, E. and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2006).
    • Reconciling extreme branch length differences: decoupling time and rate through the evolutionary history of filmy ferns.
    • Systematic Biology 55:485-502
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    • (2006 Publisher's Award for Excellence in Systematic Research)
  • • Korall, P., D.S. Conant, H. Schneider, K. Ueda, H. Nishida, K.M. Pryer.
    • (2006).
    • On the phylogenetic position of Cystodium: it’s not a tree fern – it's a polypod!.
    • American Fern Journal 96:45-53
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  • • Nagalingum, N.S., H. Schneider, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2006).
    • Comparative morphology of reproductive structures in heterosporous water ferns and a reevaluation of the sporocarp.
    • International Journal of Plant Sciences 167: 805-815
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  • • Schuettpelz, E., P. Korall, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2006).
    • Plastid atpA data provide improved support for deep relationships among ferns.
    • Taxon 55: 897-906
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  • • Wikström, N. and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2005).
    • Incongruence between primary sequence data and the distribution of a mitochondrial atp1 group II intron among ferns and horsetails..
    • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 484-493
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  • • Pryer, K.M., E. Schuettpelz, P.G. Wolf, H. Schneider, A.R. Smith, R. Cranfill.
    • (October, 2004).
    • Phylogeny and evolution of ferns (monilophytes) with a focus on the early leptosporangiate divergences.
    • American Journal of Botany
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    • 91
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    • 1582-1598.
  • • Pryer, K.M., H. Schneider, and S. Magallón.
    • (June, 2004).
    • The radiation of vascular plants.
    • In J. Cracraft and M. J. Donoghue (Eds.),
    • Assembling the Tree of Life
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    • (pp. 138-153).
    • New York: Oxford University Press.
  • • Schneider, H., E. Schuettpelz, K.M. Pryer, R. Cranfill, S. Magallón, R. Lupia.
    • (2004).
    • Ferns diversified in the shadow of angiosperms.
    • Nature
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    • 428
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    • 553-557.
  • • DuBuisson, J.-Y., S. Hennequin, E.J.P. Douzery, R.B. Cranfill, A.R. Smith, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2003).
    • rbcL phylogeny of the fern genus Trichomanes (Hymenophyllaceae), with special reference to neotropical taxa.
    • International Journal of Plant Sciences
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    • 164
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    • 753-761.
  • • Des Marais, D.L., A.R. Smith, D.M. Britton, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2003).
    • Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of extant horsetails, Equisetum, based on chloroplast DNA sequence data (rbcL and trnL-F).
    • International Journal of Plant Sciences
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    • 164
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    • 737-751 (cover).
  • • Schneider, H., K.M. Pryer, R. Cranfill, A.R. Smith, and P.G. Wolf.
    • (2002).
    • Evolution of vascular plant body plans: a phylogenetic perspective.
    • In Q.C.B. Cronk, R.M. Bateman, and J.A. Harris (Eds.),
    • Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution
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    • (pp. 330-364).
    • Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia.
  • • Schneider, H. and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2002).
    • Structure and function of spores in the aquatic heterosporous fern family Marsileaceae.
    • International Journal of Plant Sciences
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    • 163
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    • 485-505 (cover).
  • • Pryer, K.M., H. Schneider, E.A. Zimmer, and J. Banks.
    • (2002).
    • Deciding among green plants for whole genome studies.
    • Trends in Plant Science
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    • 7
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    • 550-554 (cover).
  • • Pryer, K.M., H. Schneider, A.R. Smith, R. Cranfill, P.G. Wolf, J.S. Hunt, and S.D. Sipes.
    • (2001).
    • Horsetails and ferns are a monophyletic group and the closest living relatives to seed plants.
    • Nature
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    • 409
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    • 618-622 (cover).
  • • Pryer, K.M., A.R. Smith, J.S. Hunt, and J.-Y. DuBuisson.
    • (2001).
    • rbcL data reveal two monophyletic groups of filmy ferns (Filicopsida: Hymenophyllaceae).
    • American Journal of Botany
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    • 88
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    • 1118-1130 (cover).
  • • Smith, A.R., H. Tuomisto, K.M. Pryer, J.S. Hunt, and P.G. Wolf.
    • (2001).
    • Metaxya lanosa, a second species in the genus and fern family Metaxyaceae.
    • Systematic Botany
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    • 26
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    • 480-486.
  • • Lupia, R., H. Schneider, G.M. Moeser, K.M. Pryer, and P.R. Crane.
    • (2000).
    • Marsileaceae sporocarps and spores from the Late Cretaceous of Georgia, USA.
    • International Journal of Plant Sciences
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    • 161
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    • 975-988.
  • • Turner, S., K.M. Pryer, V.P.W. Miao, & J.D. Palmer.
    • (1999).
    • Investigating deep phylogenetic relationships among cyanobacteria and plastids by small subunit rRNA sequence analysis.
    • Journal of Eurkaryotic Microbiology
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    • 46
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    • 327-338.
  • • Pryer, K.M..
    • (1999).
    • Phylogeny of marsileaceous ferns and relationships of the fossil Hydropteris pinnata reconsidered.
    • International Journal of Plant Sciences
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    • 160
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    • 931-954 (cover).
  • • Wolf, P.G., S.D. Sipes, M.R. White, M.L. Martines, K.M. Pryer, A.R. Smith, & K. Ueda.
    • (1999).
    • Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic fern families Hymenophyllopsidaceae and Lophosoriaceae: evidence from rbcL nucleotide sequences.
    • Plant Systematics and Evolution
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    • 219
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    • 263-270.
  • • Pryer, K.M. & S.J. Hackett.
    • (1999).
    • Field’s Museum’s Pritzker Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Evolution.
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    • [web]
  • • Pryer, K.M..
    • (1999).
    • Phylogeny, character evolution, and diversification of extant ferns.
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    • [web]

    Publication Description

    **Site awards: Selection for the Scout Report for Science & Engineering, November 24, 1999 and HMS Beagle’s “Web Pick of the Day”, December 17, 1999

  • • Wolf, P. G., K. M. Pryer, A. R. Smith, & M. Hasebe.
    • (1998).
    • Phylogenetic studies of extant pteridophytes.
    • In D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis, and J. J. Doyle (Eds.),
    • Molecular systematics of plants II: DNA sequencing
    • Kluwer Academic Publishers.
    • (Pp. 541-556)
  • • Pryer, K.M. & A.R. Smith.
    • (1997).
    • Filicopsida.
    • Maddison, D.R. and W. P. Maddison
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    • [web]

    Publication Description

    The Tree of Life: A distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity.

  • • Pryer, K.M. & A.R. Smith.
    • (1997).
    • Leptosporangiate Ferns.
    • Maddison, D.R. and W. P. Maddison
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    • [web]

    Publication Description

    The Tree of Life: A distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity.

  • • Hasebe, M., P.G. Wolf, K.M. Pryer, K. Ueda, M. Ito, R. Sano, G.J. Gastony, J. Yokoyama, J.R. Manhart, N. Murakami, E.H. Crane, C.H. Haufler, & W.D. Hauk.
    • (1995).
    • Fern phylogeny based on rbcL nucleotide sequences.
    • American Fern Journal
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    • Special Issue
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    • 134-181.
  • • Pryer, K.M., A.R. Smith, & J.E. Skog.
    • (1995).
    • Phylogenetic relationships of extant ferns based on evidence from morphology and rbcL sequences.
    • American Fern Journal
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    • 85 (Special Issue)
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    • 205-282.
  • • Pryer, K.M..
    • (1993).
    • Gymnocarpium.
    • In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Eds.),
    • Flora of North America North of Mexico
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    • Volume 2
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    • (pp. 258-262).
    • Oxford University Press.
  • • Pryer, K.M. & C.H. Haufler.
    • (1993).
    • Isozymic and chromosomal evidence for the allotetraploid origin of Gymnocarpium dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae).
    • Systematic Botany
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    • 18
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    • 150-172.
  • • Pryer, K.M..
    • (1992).
    • The status of Gymnocarpium heterosporum and G. robertianum in Pennsylvania.
    • American Fern Journal
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    • 81
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    • 34-39.
  • • K. Pryer.
    • (1990).
    • The limestone oak fern: new to Manitoba.
    • The Blue Jay
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    • 48
    • (4)
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    • 192-195.
  • • Pryer, K.M & L.R. Phillippe.
    • (1989).
    • A synopsis of the genus Sanicula in eastern Canada.
    • Canadian Journal of Botany
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    • 67
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    • 694-707.
  • • McNeill, J. & K.M. Pryer.
    • (1985).
    • The status and typification of Phegopteris and Gymnocarpium.
    • Taxon
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    • 136-156.
  • • Pryer, K.M. & D.M. Britton.
    • (1983).
    • Spore studies in the genus Gymnocarpium.
    • Canadian Journal of Botany
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    • 61
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    • 377-388.
  • • Pryer, K.M., D.M. Britton & J. McNeill.
    • (1983).
    • A numerical analysis of chromatographic profiles in North American taxa of the fern genus Gymnocarpium.
    • Canadian Journal of Botany
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    • 61
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    • 2592-2602.
  • • Sarvela, J., D.M. Britton & K.M. Pryer.
    • (1981).
    • Studies on the Gymnocarpium robertianum complex in North America.
    • Rhodora
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    • 83
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    • 421-431.
  • • Chase, R., K.M. Pryer, R. Baker & D.M. Madison.
    • (1978).
    • Responses to conspecific chemical stimuli in the terrestrial snail Achatina fulica (Pulmonata: Sigmuretha)..
    • Behavioural Biology
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    • 22
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    • 302-315.

• Papers Accepted

  • • Korall, P. and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2013).
    • Global biogeography of scaly tree ferns (Cyatheaceae): evidence for Gondwanan vicariance and limited transoceanic dispersal.
    • Journal of Biogeography
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    • 40
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    • in press.
  • • Rothfels, C.R., M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2013).
    • A plastid phylogeny of the cosmopolitan fern family Cystopteridaceae (Polypodiopsida).
    • Systematic Botany
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• Papers Submitted

  • • Grusz, A.L., K.M. Pryer, G. Yatskievych, R.L. Huiet, G.J. Gastony, and M.D. Windham.
    • (2013).
    • Refining the phylogeny of cheilanthoid ferns: The resurrection and recircumscription of Myriopteris (Pteridaceae).
    • Systematic Botany
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  • • León, B., C.J. Rothfels, M. Arakaki, K.R. Young, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2013).
    • Revealing a cryptic fern distribution through DNA sequencing: Pityrogramma trifoliata in the western Andes of Peru.
    • American Fern Journal
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    • 103
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• Book Chapters

  • • Pryer, K.M. and E. Schuettpelz.
    • (2009).
    • Ferns.
    • The Timetree of Life, Chapter 14 in S.B. Hedges and S. Kumar (eds.)
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    • (pp. 153-156).
    • Oxford University Press, New York.
  • • Smith A.R., K.M. Pryer, E. Schuettpelz, P. Korall, H. Schneider, and P.G. Wolf.
    • (2008).
    • Fern Classification.
    • In Ranker, T.A. and C.H. Haufler (eds.). (Eds.),
    • Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes
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    • (pp. 417-467).
    • Cambridge University Press.
  • • Schuettpelz, E. and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2008).
    • Fern Phylogeny.
    • Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes, edited by Ranker, T.A. and C.H. Haufler (eds.)
    • ,
    • (pp. 395-416).
    • Cambridge University Press.

• Other

  • • Chai, N., T. Shao, R.L. Huiet, M. Kim, C.J. Rothfels, J. Golan, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2012).
    • DUKE Vascular Type Specimens - Digital Images & Protologues.
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    • [web]
  • • Pryer, K.M..
    • (2010).
    • Fern DNA Database – an online database of vouchered DNA sequence data for ferns.
    • .
    • (The Pryer Lab Archive of Silica-Dried Fern Material at Duke University contains over 9000 accessions, each linking a herbarium voucher to material available for DNA extraction. The integration of (usually) silica-dried leaf tissue with herbarium vouchers and their associated metadata makes the collection a valuable resource for a wide range of collections-based research involving ferns)
    • [web]
  • • Nagalingum, N., E. Schuettpelz, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2009).
    • Toward a comprehensive fern tree of life: exploration and training in the forests of Malaysia.
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    Publication Description

    http://malaysianferns.pryerlab.net/

  • • Pryer, K.M., A.R. Smith, and C.J. Rothfels.
    • (2009).
    • Polypodiopsida Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. 1966. Ferns. In Maddison, D.R. and W. P. Maddison. The Tree of Life: A distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity..
    • .
    • [web]

    Publication Description

    http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Polypodiopsida&contgroup=Embryophytes

  • • K.M. Pryer.
    • (2007 (2003-present)).
    • Fern Image Database.
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    • (An online library of vouchered morphological and anatomical images related to research on ferns)
    • [web]
  • • Windham, M.D., D. Hearn, J. Metzgar, E. Schuettpelz, K.M. Pryer.
    • (Summer, 2005).
    • Ferns of Arizona (an online flora).
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    • [web]
  • • Schneider, H. and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2003).
    • Convergent evolution in vegetative and reproductive characters of aquatic vascular plants.
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    • (Invited symposium contribution: Structural and functional adaptations of vascular plants to wetland ecosystems. http://www.2003.botanyconference.org/engine/search/ detail.php?aid=535)
  • • Schneider, H., R. Cranfill, E.J. Schuettpelz, S. Magallón, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2003).
    • Derived ferns diversified in the shadow of angiosperms: evidence from the fossil record, phylogenetic patterns, and divergence time estimates.
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    • (http://www.2003.botanyconference.org/engine/search/ detail.php?aid=529)
  • • Pryer, K.M., E.J. Schuettpelz, R. Cranfill, P.G. Wolf, A.R. Smith, and H. Schneider.
    • (2003).
    • Phylogeny of early-diverging leptosporangiate ferns based on morphology and multiple genes: rbcL, atpB, rps4, and 18S.
    • .
    • (http://www.2003.botanyconference.org/engine/search/ detail.php?aid=564)
  • • Chikarmane, S., T. Rehse, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2003).
    • Tracing the cultural and botanical origins of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.).
    • .
    • (Poster. http://www.2003.botanyconference.org/engine/ search/ detail.php?aid=558)
  • • Schuettpelz, E.J. and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2003).
    • Characterizing molecular rate heterogeneity between two major lineages of filmy ferns (Hymenophyllaceae).
    • .
    • (http://www.2003.botanyconference.org/engine/search/ detail.php?aid=477)
  • • K.M. Pryer.
    • (2003-present).
    • Fern Image Database.
    • .
    • (An online library of vouchered morphological and anatomical images related to research on ferns)
    • [web]
  • • (2003).
    • Atlas of the rare vascular plants of Ontario. Part 4..
    • In Pryer, K.M. & G.W. Argus (Eds.),
    • .
    • (Pp 472)
  • • Pryer, K.M. and H. Schneider.
    • (2002).
    • A phylogeny for extant heterosporous ferns.
    • .
    • (http://www.botany2002.org/section11/abstracts/ 18.shtml)
  • • Schuettpelz, E., H. Schneider, and K. M. Pryer.
    • (2002).
    • The phylogenetic history of Pterozonium (Pteridaceae) revisited: from groundplan divergence to maximum parsimony.
    • .
    • (http://www.botany2002.org/section11/abstracts/ 16.shtml)
  • • Schneider, H., K. M. Pryer, and R. Lupia.
    • (2001).
    • A comparative analysis of structure and function of spores in extant heterosporous ferns (Salviniales).
    • .
    • (http://www.botany2001.org/section2/abstracts/23.shtml)
  • • Des Marais, D.L., K.M. Pryer, and A.R. Smith.
    • (2001).
    • Phylogeny, character evolution, and biogeography of extant horsetails (Equisetum).
    • .
    • (http://www.botany2001.org/section11/abstracts/ 15.shtml)
  • • Pryer, K.M., H. Schneider, A.R. Smith, P.G. Wolf, R.C. Cranfill, J.S. Hunt and S.D. Sipes.
    • (2000).
    • The closest living relative to seed plants: insights from four genes and morphology.
    • American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 87 (Suppl)
    • ,
    • 151.
  • • Schneider, H. and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2000).
    • Spore morphology of heterosporous ferns and its possible implications for understanding the evolution of the seed habit.
    • American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 87 (Suppl)
    • ,
    • 31-32.
  • • Pryer, K.M. & J.-Y. DuBuisson.
    • (1999).
    • Symposium: Fern phylogeny with an emphasis on relationships of basal lineages.
    • XVI International Botanical Congress Abstracts
    • ,
    • 91.
  • • DuBuisson, J.-Y., J.S. Hunt, K.M. Pryer, & A.R. Smith.
    • (1999).
    • Phylogeny of filmy ferns (Hymenophyllaceae).
    • XVI International Botanical Congress Abstracts
    • ,
    • 91.

    Publication Description

    Invited symposium contribution: Fern phylogeny with an emphasis on relationships of basal lineages.

  • • Pryer, K.M., H. Schneider, J.S. Hunt, L. Sappelsa, P.G. Wolf, S. Sipes , & A.R. Smith.
    • (1999).
    • Phylogeny of basal tracheophytes and ferns inferred from four large data sets: morphology, 18S nrDNA, rbcL, and atpB.
    • XVI International Botanical Congress Abstracts
    • ,
    • 91.

    Publication Description

    Invited symposium contribution: Fern phylogeny with an emphasis on relationships of basal lineages.

  • • Hunt, J.S., K.M. Pryer, A. Vaghani, A.R. Smith, & P.G. Wolf.
    • (1999).
    • "Fern DNA Database": using FileMaker Pro to coordinate DNA-availability, DNA-sequence data, and voucher and source information for large-scale and collaborative phylogenetic studies.
    • XVI International Botanical Congress Abstracts
    • ,
    • 720.
  • • Moeser, G.M., R. Lupia, H. Schneider, K.M. Pryer.
    • (1999).
    • Marsileaceae sporocarps and spores from the Late Cretaceous.
    • XVI International Botanical Congress Abstracts
    • ,
    • 338.

    Publication Description

    This poster presentation received an award from the Pteridological Section of the Botanical Society of America.

  • • Schneider,H., K.M.Pryer, J.S. Hunt, L. Sappelsa, P.G. Wolf, S. D. Sipes , & A.R. Smith.
    • (1999).
    • Basal tracheophytes and the phylogeny of “pteridophyte” lineages – inferred from four large data sets: morphology, 18S nrDNA, rbcL, and atpB.
    • 14th Symposium for Biodiversität und Evolutionsbiologie, Jena, Germany
    • ,
    • 163.
  • • Schneider,H., K.M. Pryer, J.S. Hunt, L. Sappelsa, P.G. Wolf, S. D. Sipes , & A.R. Smith.
    • (1999).
    • Basal tracheophytes and the phylogeny of “pteridophyte” lineages – inferred from four large data sets: morphology, 18S nrDNA, rbcL, and atpB, Göttingen, Germany.
    • XVIIIth meeting of the Willi Hennig Society
    • ,
    • 46.
  • • Palmer, J.D., S. Turner, & K.M. Pryer.
    • (1998).
    • Cyanobacterial origin of chloroplasts: once or more than once?.
    • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
    • ,
    • 46
    • ,
    • 2A.

    Publication Description

    Invited symposium contribution to The Society of Protozoologists: Recent developments in chloroplast and mitochondrial evolution.

  • • Pryer, K.M., A.R. Smith, G. Rothwell, & P. Kenrick.
    • (1997).
    • Symposium: Relationships and fossil history of ferns.
    • American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 84 (Suppl)
    • ,
    • 157-158.
  • • Wolf, P.G., K.M. Pryer & J.A. Irwin.
    • (1997).
    • Multiple gene approaches to fern phylogeny.
    • American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 84 (Suppl)
    • ,
    • 160.

    Publication Description

    Invited symposium contribution: Relationships and fossil history of ferns

  • • Pryer, K.M. & A.R. Smith.
    • (1997).
    • Character evolution and fern phylogeny.
    • American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 84 (Suppl)
    • ,
    • 159.

    Publication Description

    Invited symposium contribution: Relationships and fossil history of ferns.

  • • Pryer, K.M..
    • (1996).
    • Ontogeny and phylogeny of marsileaceous ferns: evidence for heterochronic evolution.
    • American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 83 (Suppl)
    • ,
    • 130.

    Publication Description

    This presentation was the focus of a review by Chasen, R. 1996. “The advantages of being juvenile.” Bioscience 46: 804-806

  • • Hasebe, M., P.G. Wolf, W. Hauk, J.R. Manhart, C.H. Haufler, R. Sano, G.J. Gastony, N. Crane, K.M. Pryer, N. Murakami, J. Yokoyama, & M. Ito.
    • (1994).
    • A global analysis of fern phylogeny based on rbcL nucleotide sequences.
    • American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 81 (Suppl)
    • ,
    • 120-121.

    Publication Description

    Invited symposium contribution: Use of molecular data in evolutionary studies of Pteridophytes

  • • Pryer, K.M., F.M. Lutzoni, & A.R. Smith.
    • (1994).
    • Towards a fern phylogeny: integrating morphology and molecules.
    • American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 81 (Suppl)
    • ,
    • 122.

    Publication Description

    Invited symposium contribution: Use of molecular data in evolutionary studies of Pteridophytes.

  • • Pryer, K.M.
    • (1993).
    • Ontogeny and phylogeny in the aquatic fern family Marsileaceae: cladistic analysis of morphological and molecular data.
    • American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 80 (Suppl)
    • ,
    • 172.
  • • Pryer, K.M. & M.D. Windham.
    • (1988).
    • A re-examination of Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.).
    • Newman in North America. American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 75 (Suppl)
    • ,
    • 142.

    Publication Description

    Received the Edgar T. Wherry award for this presentation.

  • • Pryer, K.M., G.W. Argus & E. Haber.
    • (1986).
    • The Canadian Rare and Endangered Plants Project: a baker's decade later.
    • American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 73 (Suppl)
    • ,
    • 781-782.
  • • Pryer, K.M., G.W. Argus, & E. Haber.
    • (1986).
    • The Canadian Rare and Endangered Plant's Project.
    • Botany '86 - Program of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association
    • ,
    • 34.
  • • Pryer, K.M., D.M. Britton & J. McNeill.
    • (1984).
    • Hybridization in the fern genus Gymnocarpium Newman in North America.
    • American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 71(Suppl)
    • ,
    • 142.
  • • Pryer, K.M., D.M. Britton & J. McNeill.
    • (1983).
    • Systematic studies in the genus Gymnocarpium Newman in North America.
    • American Journal of Botany
    • ,
    • 70 (Suppl)
    • ,
    • 60.

• Published Abstracts

  • • Grusz, A.L., M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2012).
    • Using next-generation sequencing to develop microsatellite markers in ferns.
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://www.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=946

  • • Beck, J., J. Allison, K.M. Pryer, and M.D. Windham.
    • (2012).
    • Identifying multiple origins of polyploid taxa: a multilocus study of the hybrid cloak fern (Astrolepis integerrima; Pteridaceae)..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://www.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=293

  • • Sigel, E.M., M.D. Windham, C.H. Haufler, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2012).
    • Reassessing phylogenetic relationships in the Polypodium vulgare complex (Polypodiaceae) using nuclear gapCp sequence data.
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://www.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=890

  • • Huiet, R.L., K.M. Pryer, C.H. Haufler, and M.D. Windham.
    • (2012).
    • Simplifying the complex: an integrative analysis using cytogenetics, morphology, and DNA sequence data to resolve relationships within the Pellaea wrightiana complex (Pteridaceae)..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://www.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=651

  • • Li, F.-W., L.-Y. Kuo, C.J. Rothfels, A. Ebihara, W.-L. Chiou, M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2011).
    • The global two-locus plant barcode: a first evaluation of its utility across ferns..
    • .
    • [web]
  • • Johnson, A.K.*, C.J. Rothfels, A.L. Grusz, E.M. Sigel, M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2011).
    • Sporophytes and gametophytes of notholaenid ferns (Pteridaceae) show correlated presence/absence of farina..
    • .
    • (*senior author=undergraduate)
    • [web]
  • • Hooper, E., G. Yatskievych, L. Huiet, M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2011).
    • Into or out of Africa? What do molecular data reveal about the identity and biogeographic origin of Aleuritopteris farinosa (Forssk.) Fee (Pteridaceae)?.
    • .
    • [web]
  • • Li, F.-W., L.-Y. Kuo, C.J. Rothfels, A. Ebihara, W.-L. Chiou, M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2011).
    • rbcL and matK earn a thumbs up as the core DNA barcode for ferns.
    • .
    • [web]
  • • Der, J, AM Duffy, JB. Davidson, AL Grusz, KM Pryer, & PG Wolf.
    • (2010).
    • Development of extensive mitochondrial DNA sequence resources in ferns..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://2010.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=125

  • • Grusz, AL, MD Windham, & KM Pryer.
    • (2010).
    • Examining the role of apomixis in the evolution of desert-adapted ferns. Invited symposium presentation..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://2010.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=717

  • • Nagalingum, N, R Lupia, & KM Pryer.
    • (2010).
    • The importance of paleobotanical and herbarium collections in understanding the evolution of heterosporous ferns. Invited symposium presentation..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://2010.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=564

  • • Sigel, EM, MD Windham, & KM Pryer.
    • (2010).
    • Using spore data to infer ploidy and reproductive mode in land plants. Invited symposium presentation..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://2010.botanyconference.org/engine/search/683.html

  • • Rothfels, CJ, E Schuettpelz, & KM Pryer.
    • (2010).
    • An accelerated rate of molecular evolution spans all three genomes in vittarioid ferns..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://2010.evolutionmeeting.org/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=771

  • • Schuettpelz, E, MD Windham, & KM Pryer.
    • (2010).
    • Estimating divergence times and ancestral centers of diversity for a xeric-adapted fern clade..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://2010.evolutionmeeting.org/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=652

  • • Grusz, A. L., M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2009).
    • A Cheilanthes by any other name: Evolutionary complexity in the New World myriopterid clade (Pteridaceae)..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://2009.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=892

  • • Sigel, E. M., M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2009).
    • To have or have not: Using farina to delineate major clades within the false cloak ferns (Argyrochosma)..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://2009.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=712

  • • Rothfels, C.J., M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2009).
    • New insights into the relationships of Cystopteris, Acystopteris, and Gymnocarpium..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://2009.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=625

  • • Schuettpelz, E., K.M. Pryer, and M.D. Windham.
    • (2009).
    • A phylogenetic approach to species delimitation in the fern genus Pentagramma (Pteridaceae)..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://2009.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=511

  • • Beck, J., M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2009).
    • Tempo and mode of evolution in the star-scaled cloak ferns (Astrolepis)..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://2009.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=166

  • • Beck, J., M.D. Windham, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2008).
    • Investigating the early stages of polyploid evolution in the star-scaled cloak ferns (Astrolepis).
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://www.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=105

  • • Windham, M.D., J. Beck, A.L. Grusz, L. Huiet, C. Rothfels, E. Schuettpelz, G. Yatskievych, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2008).
    • Using plastid and nuclear DNA sequences to redraw generic boundaries and demystify species complexes in cheilanthoid ferns.
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://www.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=686

  • • Pryer, K.M., E.Y. Butler, D.R. Farrar, R. Moran, J.J. Schneller, E. Schuettpelz, J.E. Watkins, Jr., and M.D. Windham.
    • (2008).
    • On the importance of portraying the plant life cycle accurately: ferns as a case study.
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://www.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=848

  • • Schuettpelz E., H. Schneider, L. Huiet, M.D. Windham, K.M. Pryer..
    • (2007).
    • A molecular phylogeny of pteroid ferns: rampant paraphyly and polyphyly revealed..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://www.2007.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=1604

  • • Rothfels, C.J., M.D. Windham, K.M. Pryer, J.S. Metzgar, and A.L. Grusz..
    • (2007).
    • Making Fronds in the Desert: Phylogenetics of Farinose Ferns (Notholaena: Pteridaceae)..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://www.2007.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=1922

  • • Pryer, K.M. and E. Schuettpelz.
    • (2007).
    • Ancient Origins and recent radiations in the evolutionary history of ferns. Invited symposium presentation: Deep Time: Integrating Paleobotany and Phylogenetics..
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://www.2007.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=2184

  • • Kleist, A.C., C.L. Nelson, J.M.O. Geiger, P. Korall, T.A. Ranker, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2006).
    • Alternate pathways of fern dispersal to the Hawaiian Islands, Part 3: Cibotium.
    • .
    • [web]

    Publication Description

    http://www.2006.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=579

  • • Schneider, H., K.M. Pryer, and A.R. Smith..
    • (2006).
    • Green spore evolution in ferns.
    • .
    • [web]

    Publication Description

    http://www.2006.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=141

  • • Metzgar, J.S., J.E. Skog, E. Zimmer, K.M. Pryer.
    • (2006).
    • Is Osmunda paraphyletic?.
    • .
    • [web]

    Publication Description

    http://www.2006.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=501

  • • Lupia, R., H. Schneider, N.S. Nagalingum, K.M. Pryer.
    • (2006).
    • Jurassic origin for the Salviniaceae: the last word or just the first?.
    • .
    • [web]

    Publication Description

    http://www.2006.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=535

  • • Korall, P., J.S. Metzgar, D.S. Conant, H. Schneider, K.M. Pryer.
    • (2006).
    • Phylogeny of scaly tree ferns (Cyatheaceae).
    • .
    • [web]

    Publication Description

    http://www.2006.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=289

  • • Grusz, A.L., M.D. Windham, J.S. Metzgar, K.M. Pryer.
    • (2006).
    • Polyploids and reticulate voids: the Cheilanthes fendleri complex revisited.
    • .
    • [web]

    Publication Description

    http://www.2006.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=384

  • • Nagalingum, N.S., K.M. Pryer, H. Schneider, D. Hearn.
    • (2006).
    • The age of heterosporous ferns as estimated by molecular divergence dating and the fossil record.
    • .
    • [web]

    Publication Description

    http://www.2006.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=520

  • • with
    • Schuettpelz, E..
    • (2006).
    • Toward a comprehensive phylogeny of extant ferns.
    • .
    • [web]

    Publication Description

    http://www.2006.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=469

  • • N. Nagalingum, K.M. Pryer, H. Schneider, M.D. Nowak, D. Hearn, R. Lupia.
    • (Summer, 2005).
    • Dating the Marsileaceae: evolutionary and biogeographical implications. Symposium 12.7.2 on DATING DIVERGENCE OF ANGOIOSPERM RADIATIONS: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS..
    • .
    • [web]
  • • Pryer, K.M. and E. Schuettpelz.
    • (Summer, 2005).
    • Evolutionary history of ferns: ancient origins and recent radiations. Symposium 9.5.5 on EARLY EVOLUTION: MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND ORGANELLAR GENOMICS..
    • .
    • [web]
  • • Hennequin, S., E. Schuettpelz, K.M. Pryer, and J.-Y. Dubuisson.
    • (Summer, 2005).
    • Fast and slow filmy ferns: molecular rate heterogeneity a chloroplast-wide phenomenon in the Hymenophyllaceae. Symposium 6.9.3 on DIVERSIFICATION OF SEED-FREE VASCULAR PLANTS IN THE SHADOW OF ANGIOSPERMS.
    • .
    • [web]
  • • Nagalingum, N.S., H. Schneider, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2004).
    • Comparative morphology of reproductive structures in heterosporous water ferns: the homology of the sporocarp reexamined.
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://www.botanyconference.org/engine/search/ index.php?func=detail&aid=634

  • • Schuettpelz, E., H. Schneider, and K.M. Pryer.
    • (2004).
    • An evolutionary time-scale for ferns: ancient origins and recent radiations.
    • .

    Publication Description

    http://www.botanyconference.org/engine/search/ index.php?func=detail&aid=249