Darren Crayn
- darren.crayn@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6614-4216- Director, Australian Tropical Herbarium
Projects
48
Publications
95
Awards
0
Contact Details
Director
- +61 7 4232 1837
- darren.crayn@jcu.edu.au
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Australian Tropical Herbarium, Sir Robert Norman Building
James Cook University, Nguma Bada Campus
Smithfield 4878, Queensland, Australia
Research
Research Interests
- discovering, naming and classifying new plant species and determining the evolutionary relationships among them
- mapping the distribution of ecosystems, species and genetic variation within species across the landscape,
- developing DNA-based tools and ‘matrix keys’ for species identification and rapid biodiversity inventory
- uncovering the deep-time origins and ancient migration pathways of plants that are found in tropical Australia today
Projects
ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity
01 Aug 2024 - 30 Aug 2029
ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (Old ID 27585)
01 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2031
Autoclave for the Northern Australia Plant Biosecurity Facility
01 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
Patterns of diversification and trait evolution in Australasian orchids
01 Jun 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
Assessing the impacts of myrtle rust on forest dynamics and function (Old ID 31154)
01 Oct 2023 - 31 Mar 2026
A taxonomic and conservation assessment of threatened orchid species complexes (Old ID 29012)
01 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2026
Patterns of diversification and trait evolution in Australasian orchids
05 Jun 2023 - 02 Apr 2026
State of the Wet Tropics Report (Old ID 31177)
01 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2024
Island Arks GBR Regional Ecosystem mapping (Old ID 27874)
02 Jan 2023 - 30 Jun 2025
Island Habitat Monitoring - Vegetation (Old ID 27658)
01 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2025
Australian National Botanic Gardens plant Collecting. (Old ID 27684)
23 May 2022 - 30 Jun 2022
Progressing a Flora of Australia treatment of Ericaceae subfamily Epacridoideae (Old ID 27243)
01 Jul 2021 - 30 Sep 2024
Australian Tropical Herbarium Island Habitat Monitoring (Expression of Interest Phase) (Old ID 27202)
01 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024
Traditional Knowledge about Climate and Food Security in Kwaio, Malaita, Solomon Islands (Old ID 27270)
08 Jun 2021 - 30 Apr 2022
Integrating climate adaptation into rainforest restoration plantings (Old ID 26711)
01 Mar 2021 - 30 Sep 2024
Genomics for Australian Plants – Phylogenomics Project (Old ID 26702)
01 Jan 2020 - 30 Jun 2022
Insights into the Sunda-Sahul floristic exchange from the evolution of Sapindales (Old ID 26480)
01 Jul 2019 - 31 Dec 2019
Improving Kava production efficiency through genetics (Old ID 26574)
01 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2020
Mountain plant conservation (Old ID 26539)
01 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2024
Micropropagation of Eucalyptus cloeziana chemovar. (Old ID 25089)
30 Jun 2018 - 30 Jun 2023
Origins of the northern Australian flora: Role of the Sunda-Sahul Floristic Exchange (Old ID 24814)
01 Mar 2018 - 28 Feb 2019
Kimba Grass Guide (Old ID 24812)
07 Feb 2018 - 20 Jun 2018
Origins of the northern Australian flora: Role of the Sunda-Sahul Floristic Exchange (Old ID 23636)
01 Nov 2017 - 31 Dec 2018
Communicating research on Australasian Bulbophyllum Orchids (Old ID 23666)
10 Oct 2017 - 31 Dec 2017
Phylogeny and Biogeography of Australian Garcinia (Clusiaceae) (Old ID 23522)
01 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2018
Origins of the northern Australian flora: Role of the Sunda-Sahul Floristic Exchange (Old ID 23433)
01 Jul 2017 - 31 Dec 2017
Phylogeny and Biogeography of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) (Old ID 23435)
01 Jun 2017 - 31 Dec 2017
Quinkan Grass Guide (Old ID 23227)
09 Mar 2017 - 30 Jun 2017
Quinkan BushBlitz (Old ID 23229)
03 Mar 2017 - 02 Mar 2018
Analysis on the Variation of Australian Garcinia using Diversity Array Technology (Old ID 23206)
01 Mar 2017 - 30 Nov 2017
Using novel eDNA technology to identify pollinators in tropical cocoa (Old ID 22911)
01 Sep 2016 - 31 Dec 2017
Phylogeny and Biogeography of Australian Garcinia (Clusiaceae) (Old ID 22869)
01 Jul 2016 - 31 Dec 2016
Next generation systematics for Nepenthes Pitcher Plants (Old ID 22790)
01 Jul 2016 - 01 Jan 2020
Australia's distinctive succulent flora (Old ID 21966)
05 Apr 2016 - 31 Dec 2019
A revision of the genus Wisteria Nutt. In Australia (Old ID 22381)
01 Jan 2016 - 28 Feb 2018
Bush Blitz of vascular plants within Olkola Reserve (Old ID 22219)
01 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2016
A next-generation framework phylogeny for Diurideae (Orchidaceae) (Old ID 21416)
01 Jul 2014 - 30 Jun 2016
Teaching
Taught Modules
[BZ5620] Tropical Flora of AustraliaCoordinator, Lecturer
2024
2019
2020
2023
2019
2020
2021
[BZ3620] Tropical Flora of AustraliaCoordinator, Lecturer
2024
2023
2021
Current JCU Research Students
An Assessment of Monotypic Genus Septogarcinia Kosterm., Australian Garcinia, Hybridization, Biogeography and Evolution in Garcinia (Clusiaceae)
Doctorate by Research - time-based
Biodiversity and Phylogeography of Mountain-top fungi
Doctor of Philosophy (Science) (Res)
Functional variation of plants along elevation gradients in tropical forest communities of Papua New Guinea
Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies)
Metabolomics studies of selected Wet Tropic plants threatened by climate change.
Master of Philosophy (Medical, Molecular and Veterinary Sciences)
Ecological Predictors of Range-Wide Patterns of Abundance and Genetic Divrsity of Mammals.
Doctorate by Research - time-based
Phylogenomic studies into the origins, diversification and evolution of Mycoheterotrophic Orchids in Australasia
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)
Patterns of diversification and trait evolution in Australian Orchids
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)
Completed JCU Research Students
Systematics and Evolution of the Genus Elaeocarpus L. (Elaeocarpaceae)
Doctor of Philosophy (Science) (Res)- 2022
A new classification approach: Improving the regional ecosystem classification system in Queensland, Australia
Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies)- 2020
Phylogenomic insights into the spatio-temporal evolution of the Asian and Australasian Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae)
Doctor of Philosophy (Science) (Res)- 2020
Temperature and soil nutrient availability shape tree responses to elevation in the Australian Wet Tropics: growth, physiology, and chemistry
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)- 2023
Evolution of the northern Australian flora: Role of the Sunda-Sahul Floristic Exchange
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)- 2021
Activities
Associations
Education
PhD, University of New South Wales
1994 - 1998
Employment
Other Activities
Output
Elliott, Tammy L.; Spalink, Daniel; Larridon, Isabel; Zuntini, Alexandre Rizzo; Escudero, Marcial; H...
Zuntini, Alexandre R.; Carruthers, Tom; Maurin, Olivier; Bailey, Paul C.; Leempoel, Kevin; Brewer, G...
Cooper, Wendy; Zich, Frank; Nauheimer, Lars; Harrison, Melissa; Crayn, Darren (2024) 'A revision of . Australian S, 37 . [DOI ...
Cooke, P.; Ens, E.; Clarke, P.; Chang, H.; Rossetto, M.; Crayn, D.; Turpin, G.; Ferrier, A. (2024) '....
Gempo, Ngawang; Yeshi, Karma; Crayn, Darren; Wangchuk, Phurpa (2024) 'Climate-Affected Australian Tr. Plants, 13 (7). [DOI] ...
Joyce, Elizabeth M.; Appelhans, Marc S.; Buerki, Sven; Cheek, Martin; de Vos, Jurriaan M.; Pirani, J...
Cooper, W.E.; Crayn, D.M.; Joyce, E.M. (2023) 'Aglaia fellii W.E.Cooper & Joyce (Meliaceae), a new s. Australian Journal of Taxonomy, 23 . [DOI] ...
Hoyle, Gemma L.; Stevens, Amelia V.; Guja, Lydia K.; Sommerville, Karen D.; Worboys, Stuart; Crayn, ...
Joyce, E.M.; Crayn, D.; Rossetto, M.; Yap, J.Y.S.; Thiele, K.R.; Pannell, C.N. (2023) 'Taxonomic rec. Blumea, 68 (1):26...
Hoyle, Gemma L.; Sommerville, Karen D.; Liyanage, Ganesha S.; Worboys, Stuart; Guja, Lydia K.; Steve...
Sari, Rismita; Crayn, Darren; Dillon, Natalie; Gadek, Paul; Abell, Sandra (2023) 'Molecular and morp. Reinwardtia, 22 (2):111-129...
Singh Ramesh, Arun; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Flores-Moreno, Habacuc; Preece, Noel D.; Crayn, Darren M...
Liyanage, Ganesha S.; Offord, Catherine A.; Crayn, Darren M.; Guja, Lydia K.; Worboys, Stuart; Somme...
Bloesch, Zoë; Nauheimer, Lars; Almeida, Thais Elias; Crayn, Darren; Field, Ashley Raymond (2022) 'Hy. ...
Turpin, Gerald; Ritmejeryte, Edita; Jamie, Joanne; Crayn, Darren; Wangchuk, Phurpa (2022) 'Aborigina. Journal, 18 . ...
Low, Yee Wen; Rajaraman, Sitaram; Tomlin, Crystal M.; Ahmad, Joffre Ali; Ardi, Wisnu H.; Armstrong, ...
Yeshi, Karma; Crayn, Darren; Ritmejeryte, Edita; Wangchuk, Phurpa (2022) 'Plant secondary metabolite. Molecules, 27 (1). [DOI] ...
Ritmejeryte, Edita; Ryan, Rachael Y.M.; Byatt, Brendan J.; Peck, Yoshimi; Yeshi, Karma; Daly, Norell...
Yeshi, Karma; Ruscher, Roland; Miles, Kim; Crayn, Darren; Liddell, Michael; Wangchuk, Phurpa (2022) ...
Joyce, Elizabeth M.; Thiele, Kevin R.; Slik, J. W. Ferry; Crayn, Darren M. (2021) 'Plants will cross. Biological Jour, 132 (2):374-3...
Nauheimer, Lars; Weigner, Nicholas; Joyce, Elizabeth; Crayn, Darren; Clarke, Charles; Nargar, Kathar...
Yudina, Sophia V.; Schelkunov, Mikhail I.; Nauheimer, Lars; Crayn, Darren; Chantanaorrapint, Sahut; ...
Joyce, Elizabeth M.; Pannell, Caroline M.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Yap, Jia Yee S.; Thiele, Kevin R.; Wi...
Kennedy, Helen T.; Telford, Ian R.H.; Crayn, Darren M.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2020) 'Validation of two i. Telopea, 23 :187-196. [ ...
Joyce, Elizabeth M.; Thiele, Kevin R.; Slik, Ferry J. W.; Crayn, Darren M. (2020) 'Checklist of the . Biodiversity Da, 8 . [DOI] ...
Crayn, Darren M.; Hislop, Michael; Puente-Lelièvre, Caroline (2020) 'A phylogenetic recircumscriptio. Australian Systematic Botany, 33 (2):137-168. [DOI] ...
Baba, Yumiko; Rossetto, Maurizio; Crayn, Darren M. (2020) 'Identifying evolutionary lineages in the . Australian Systematic Botany, 33 (4):346-379. [DOI] ...
The genetic origin of evolidine, the first cyclopeptide discovered in plants, and related orbitides
2020
Fisher, Mark F.; Payne, Colton D.; Chetty, Thaveshini; Crayn, Darren; Berkowitz, Oliver; Whelan, Jam...
Cooper, Wendy E.; Crayn, Darren M.; Zich, Frank A.; Miller, Rebecca E.; Harrison, Melissa; Nauheimer...
Whitehead, Michael R.; Sherwin, William B.; Crayn, Darren; Rossetto, Maurizio (2019) 'A predominantl. Australian J, 67 (7):455...
Osborne, Owen G.; Ciezarek, Adam; Wilson, Trevor; Crayn, Darren; Hutton, Ian; Baker, William J.; Tur...
Kooyman, Robert M.; Morley, Robert J.; Crayn, Darren M.; Joyce, Elizabeth M.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Sl...
Nauheimer, Lars; Cui, Lujing; Clarke, Charles; Crayn, Darren M.; Bourke, Greg; Nargar, Katharina (20...
Crayn, Darren; Puente-Lelièvre, Caroline; Jensen, Rigel (2019) 'Unusual new species of Styphelia (Er. Australian Systematic Botany, 32 (3):216-227. [DOI] ...
Reside, April E.; Critchell, Kay; Crayn, Darren M.; Goosem, Miriam; Goosem, Stephen; Hoskin, Conrad ...
Gagul, J.N.; Simpson, L.; Crayn, D.M. (2018) 'Elaeocarpus carbinensis J.N.Gagul & Crayn (Elaeocarpac. Austrobaileya, 10 (2):247-259. ...
Yap, Jia-Yee S.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Costion, Craig; Crayn, Darren; Kooyman, Robert M.; Richardson, ...
Appelhans, Marc S.; Wen, Jun; Duretto, Marco; Crayn, Darren; Wagner, Warren L. (2018) 'Historical bi. Journal of , 56 (6):57...
Joyce, Elizabeth M.; Crayn, Darren M.; Lam, Vivienne K.Y.; Gerelle, Wesley K.; Graham, Sean W.; Nauh...
Simpson, Lalita; Clements, Mark A.; Crayn, Darren M.; Nargar, Katharina (2018) 'Evolution in Austral. Molecular Phylogen, 118 :32-46. [DO ...
Gagul, Janet N.; Tng, David Y.P.; Crayn, Darren M. (2018) 'Fruit developmental biology and endosperm. Australian Systematic Botany, 31 (6):409-419. [DOI] ...
Moner, Ali M.; Furtado, Agnelo; Chivers, Ian; Fox, Glen; Crayn, Darren; Henry, Robert (2018) 'Divers. Ecol, 8 ...
Badry, Mohamed O.; Crayn, Darren M.; Tate, Jennifer A. (2017) 'Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. rivular. Austrobaileya, 10 (1):113-120. ...
Huang, Jian-Feng; Li, Lang; van der Werff, Henk; Li, Hsi-Wen; Rohwer, Jens G.; Crayn, Darren M.; Men...
Sequencing of Australian wild rice genomes reveals ancestral relationships with domesticated rice
2016
Brozynska, Marta; Copetti, Dario; Furtado, Agnelo; Wing, Rod; Crayn, Darren; Fox, Glen; Ishikawa, Ry...
Costion, Craig; Kress, John; Crayn, Darren (2016) 'DNA barcodes confirm the taxonomic and conservati. PLoS ONE, 11 (6):1-14. [DOI] ...
Thornhill, Andrew H.; Mishler, Brent D.; Knerr, Nunzio J.; González-Orozco, Carlos E.; Costion, Crai...
van der Merwe, Marlien; Crayn, Darren M.; Ford, Andrew J.; Weston, Peter H.; Rossetto, Maurizio (201...
Holtum, Joseph A.M.; Hancock, Lillian P.; Edwards, Erika J.; Crisp, Michael D.; Crayn, Darren M.; Sa...
Costion, Craig M.; Lowe, Andrew J.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Kooyman, Robert M.; Breed, Martin F.; Ford, ...
Tng, David Y.P.; Apgaua, Deborah M.G.; Campbell, Mason J.; Cox, Casey J.; Crayn, Darren M.; Ishida, ...
Costion, Craig M.; Simpson, Lalita; Pert, Petina L.; Carlsen, Monica M.; Kress, W. John; Crayn, Darr...
Cooper, T.; Furtado, A.; Henry, R.J.; Crayn, D. (2015) 'Analysis of the chloroplast genome of a coff. Acta Horticulturae, XXIX :177-182. [DOI] ...
Costion, Craig M.; Edwards, Will; Ford, Andrew J.; Metcalfe, Daniel J.; Cross, Hugh B.; Harrington, ...
Puente Lelièvre, Caroline; Hislop, Michael; Harrington, Mark; Brown, Elizabeth A.; Kuzmina, Maria; C...
Laity, Tania; Laffan, Shawn W.; González-Orozco, Carlos E.; Faith, Daniel P.; Rosauer, Dan F.; Byrne...
Crayn, Darren M.; Winter, Klaus; Schulte, Katharina; Smith, J. Andrew C. (2015) 'Photosynthetic path. BOTANICAL JOURNAL, 178 (2):169-221...
Quinn, Christopher J.; Crowden, Ronald K.; Brown, Elizabeth A.; Southam, Michael J.; Thornhill, Andr...
Holzmeyer, Laura; Duretto, Marco; Crayn, Darren; Hörandl, Elvira; Heslewood, Margaret; Jayanthan, Ja...
Crayn, Darren M.; Costion, Craig; Harrington, Mark G. (2015) 'The Sahul–Sunda floristic exchange: da. Journal of Biogeography, 42 (1):11-24. [DOI] ...
Bloomfield, K.J.; Domingues, T.F.; Saiz, G.; Bird, M.I.; Crayn, D.M.; Ford, A.; Metcalfe, D.J.; Farq...
Crayn, Darren M.; Kron, Kathleen A.; Potter, Benjamin C.M. (2014) 'Typification of some names in Epa. Telopea, 17 :319-321. [DOI] ...
Brozynska, Marta; Omar, Ernnie Syafika; Furtado, Agnelo; Crayn, Darren; Simon, Bryan; Ishikawa, Ryuj...
Givnish, Thomas J.; Barfuss, Michael H.J.; Van Ee, Benjamin; Riina, Ricarda; Schulte, Katharina; Hor...
Kooyman, Robert M.; Wilf, Peter; Barreda, Viviana D.; Carpenter, Raymond J.; Jordon, Gregory J.; Sni...
Heslewood, Margaret M.; Lowe, Andrew J.; Crayn, Darren M.; Rossetto, Maurizio (2014) 'Contrasting le. Genetica, 142 :251-2...
Puente-Lelievre, Caroline; Harrington, Mark G.; Brown, Elizabeth A.; Kuzmina, Maria; Crayn, Darren M...
Sotowa, Masahiro; Ootsuka, Kenta; Kobayashi, Yuu; Hao, Yin; Tanaka, Katsunori; Ichitani, Katsuyuki; ...
Baba, Y.; Crayn, D. (2012) 'Elaeocarpus hylobroma (Elaeocarpaceae): a new species endemic to mountai. 67 (4):743-750. [DOI] ...
Hislop, Michael; Puente-Lelievre, Caroline; Crayn, Darren (2012) 'Leucopogon extremus (Styphelieae, . Australian Systematic Botany, 25 (3):202-209. [DOI] ...
Johnson, Karen A.; Holland, Barbara R.; Heslewood, Margaret M.; Crayn, Darren M. (2012) 'Supermatric. Molecular, 62 (1):...
Costion, Craig; Ford, Andrew; Cross, Hugh; Crayn, Darren; Harrington, Mark; Lowe, Andrew (2011) 'Pla. P,...
Givnish, Thomas J.; Barfuss, Michael H.J.; Van Ee, Benjamin; Riina, Ricarda; Schulte, Katharina; Hor...
Papadopulos, Alexander S.T.; Baker, William J.; Crayn, Darren; Butlin, Roger K.; Kynast, Ralf G.; Hu...
Byrne, Margaret; Steane, Dorothy A.; Joseph, Leo; Yeates, David K.; Jordan, Greg J.; Crayn, Darren; ...
Wagstaff, Steven J.; Dawson, Murray I.; Venter, Stephanus; Munzinger, Jérôme; Crayn, Darren M.; Ste...
Henry, Robert J.; Rice, Nicole; Waters, Daniel L.E.; Kasem, Shabana; Ishikawa, Ryuji; Hao, Yin; Dill...
Rossetto, M.; Crayn, D.; Ford, A.; Mellick, R.; Sommerville, K. (2009) 'The influence of environment. Molecular Ecology, 18 :1422-1438. [DOI] ...
McPherson, Hannah; Porter, Carolyn; Rymer, Paul D.; Crayn, Darren M.; Rossetto, Maurizio (2009) 'Iso. M,...
Maynard, David; Crayn, Darren; Rossetto, Maurizio; Kooyman, Robert; Coode, Mark (2008) 'Elaeocarpus . Australian, 21 (3):1...
Burns, Emma L.; Eldridge, Mark D.B.; Crayn, Darren M.; Houlden, Bronwyn A. (2007) 'Low phylogeograph. Conservation Ge, 8 (1):17-32. ...
Rossetto, Maurizio; Crayn, Darren M.; Jackes, Betsy R.; Porter, Carolyn (2007) 'An updated estimate . 85 (8):722-730. [ ...
Jordan, Gregory J.; Bromfield, Kate E.; Sniderman, J. M. Kale; Crayn, Darren (2007) 'Diverse fossil . 168 (9):1359-...
Rossetto, Maurizio; Crayn, Darren; Ford, Andrew; Ridgeway, Peter; Rymer, Paul (2007) 'The comparativ. Australian J, 55 (4):416...
Butcher, Ryonen; Byrne, Margaret; Crayn, Darren M. (2007) 'Evidence for convergent evolution among p. Australian Systematic Botany, 20 (2):126-138. [DOI] ...
Burns, Emma L.; Crayn, Darren M. (2006) 'Phylogenetics and evolution of bell frogs (Litoria aurea sp. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 39 (2):573-579. [DOI] ...
Crayn, Darren M.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Maynard, David J. (2006) 'Molecular phylogeny and dating revea. American Journal of Botany, 93 (9):1328-1342. ...
Crayn, Darren M.; Hislop, Michael; Heslewood, Margaret M. (2005) 'Additions to Lissanthe (Styphelioi. Australian Systematic Botany, 18 (6):555-561. [DOI] ...
Quinn, Christopher J.; Brown, Elizabeth A.; Heslewood, Margaret M.; Crayn, Darren M. (2005) 'Generic. Austr, 18 ...
Horton, Bryony M.; Crayn, Darren; Clarke, Steve W.; Washington, Haydn (2004) 'Leionema scopulinum, a. Telopea, 10 (4):815-822. ...
Crayn, Darren M.; Winter, Klaus; Smith, J. Andrew C. (2004) 'Multiple origins of Crassulacean acid m. 101 (10):3703-3708. [DOI] ...
Quinn, Christopher J.; Crayn, Darren M.; Heslewood, Margaret M.; Brown, Elizabeth; Gadek, Paul A. (2...
Crayn, Darren M.; Brown, Elizabeth A.; Powell, Jocelyn M. (2003) 'A revision of Lissanthe (Styphelio. Australian Systematic Botany, 16 (5):595-619. [DOI] ...
Kron, K.A.; Judd, W.S.; Stevens, P.F.; Crayn, D.M.; Anderberg, A.A.; Gadek, P.A.; Quinn, C.J.; Lutey...
Taaffe, G.; Brown, E.A.; Crayn, D.M.; Gadek, P.A.; Quinn, C.J. (2001) 'Generic concepts in Styphelie. Australian Journal of Botan, 49 (1):107-120. [DOI] ...