Darren Crayn
- darren.crayn@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6614-4216- Director, Australian Tropical Herbarium
- 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
Autoclave for the Northern Australia Plant Biosecurity Facility
01 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (Old ID 27585)
01 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2031
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 - 30 Jun 2027
A taxonomic and conservation assessment of threatened orchid species complexes (Old ID 29012)
01 Jul 2023 - 01 Jul 2027
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
Australian Tropical Herbarium Island Habitat Monitoring (Expression of Interest Phase) (Old ID 27202)
01 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024
Progressing a Flora of Australia treatment of Ericaceae subfamily Epacridoideae (Old ID 27243)
01 Jul 2021 - 30 Sep 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
Mountain plant conservation (Old ID 26539)
01 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2024
Improving Kava production efficiency through genetics (Old ID 26574)
01 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2020
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
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 Australian Garcinia (Clusiaceae) (Old ID 23522)
01 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2018
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
2021
[BZ3620] Tropical Flora of AustraliaCoordinator, Lecturer
2024
2023
2021
[BZ5620] Tropical Flora of AustraliaCoordinator, Lecturer
2024
Activities
Associations
Education
PhD, University of New South Wales
1994 - 1998
Employment
Other Activities
Output
Cooke, P.; Ens, E.; Clarke, P.; Chang, H.; Rossetto, M.; Crayn, D.; Turpin, G.; Ferrier, A. (2024) 'Not all edible nuts are eaten: Evidence for continued Aboriginal cultural use and dispersal of Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) in southern but not in northern Queensland'. Journal of Ethnobiology, 44 (2):129-140. [DOI]
Elliott, Tammy L.; Spalink, Daniel; Larridon, Isabel; Zuntini, Alexandre Rizzo; Escudero, Marcial; Hackel, Jan; Barrett, Russell L.; Martín-Bravo, Santiago; Márquez-Corro, José Ignacio; Granados Mendoza, Carolina; Mashau, Aluoneswi C.; Romero-Soler, Katya J.; Zhigila, Daniel A.; Gehrke, Berit; Andrino, Caroline Oliveira; Crayn, Darren M.; Vorontsova, Maria S.; Forest, Félix; Baker, William J.; Wilson, Karen L.; Simpson, David A.; Muasya, A. Muthama (2024) 'Global analysis of Poales diversification – parallel evolution in space and time into open and closed habitats'. New Phytologist, 242 (2):727-743. [DOI]
Gempo, Ngawang; Yeshi, Karma; Crayn, Darren; Wangchuk, Phurpa (2024) 'Climate-Affected Australian Tropical Montane Cloud Forest Plants: Metabolomic Profiles, Isolated Phytochemicals, and Bioactivities'. Plants, 13 (7). [DOI]
Zuntini, Alexandre R.; Carruthers, Tom; Maurin, Olivier; Bailey, Paul C.; Leempoel, Kevin; Brewer, Grace E.; Epitawalage, Niroshini; Françoso, Elaine; Gallego-Paramo, Berta; McGinnie, Catherine; Negrão, Raquel; Roy, Shyamali R.; Simpson, Lalita; Toledo Romero, Eduardo; Barber, Vanessa M. A.; Botigué, Laura; Clarkson, James J.; Cowan, Robyn S.; Dodsworth, Steven; Johnson, Matthew G.; Kim, Jan T.; Pokorny, Lisa; Wickett, Norman J.; Antar, Guilherme M.; DeBolt, Lucinda; Gutierrez, Karime; Hendriks, Kasper P.; Hoewener, Alina; Hu, Ai-Qun; Joyce, Elizabeth; Kikuchi, Izai A. B. S.; Larridon, Isabel; Larson, Drew A.; de Lírio, Elton John; Liu, Jing-Xia; Malakasi, Panagiota; Przelomska, Natalia A. S.; Shah, Toral; Viruel, Juan; Allnutt, Theodore R.; Ameka, Gabriel K.; Andrew, Rose L.; Appelhans, Marc S.; Arista, Montserrat; Ariza, María Jesús; Arroyo, Juan; Arthan, Watchara; Bachelier, Julien B.; Bailey, C. Donovan; Barnes, Helen F.; Barrett, Matt; Barrett, Russell L.; Bayer, Randall J.; Bayly, Michael J.; Biffin, Ed; Biggs, Nicky; Birch, Joanne L.; Bogarín, Diego; Borosova, Renata; Bowles, Alexander M. C.; Boyce, Peter C.; Bramley, Gemma L. C.; Briggs, Marie; Broadhurst, Linda; Brown, Gillian K.; Bruhl, Jeremy J.; Bruneau, Anne; Buerki, Sven; Burns, Edie; Byrne, Margaret; Cable, Stuart; Calladine, Ainsley; Callmander, Martin W.; Cano, Ángela; Cantrill, David J.; Cardinal-McTeague, Warren M.; Carlsen, Mónica M.; Carruthers, Abigail J. A.; de Castro Mateo, Alejandra; Chase, Mark W.; Chatrou, Lars W.; Cheek, Martin; Chen, Shilin; Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Christin, Pascal-Antoine; Clements, Mark A.; Coffey, Skye C.; Conran, John G.; Cornejo, Xavier; Couvreur, Thomas L. P.; Cowie, Ian D.; Csiba, Laszlo; Darbyshire, Iain; Davidse, Gerrit; Davies, Nina M. J.; Davis, Aaron P.; van Dijk, Kor-jent; Downie, Stephen R.; Duretto, Marco F.; Duvall, Melvin R.; Edwards, Sara L.; Eggli, Urs; Erkens, Roy H. J.; Escudero, Marcial; de la Estrella, Manuel; Fabriani, Federico; Fay, Michael F.; Ferreira, Paola de L.; Ficinski, Sarah Z.; Fowler, Rachael M.; Frisby, Sue; Fu, Lin; Fulcher, Tim; Galbany-Casals, Mercè; Gardner, Elliot M.; German, Dmitry A.; Giaretta, Augusto; Gibernau, Marc; Gillespie, Lynn J.; González, Cynthia C.; Goyder, David J.; Graham, Sean W.; Grall, Aurélie; Green, Laura; Gunn, Bee F.; Gutiérrez, Diego G.; Hackel, Jan; Haevermans, Thomas; Haigh, Anna; Hall, Jocelyn C.; Hall, Tony; Harrison, Melissa; Hatt, Sebastian A.; Hidalgo, Oriane; Hodkinson, Trevor R.; Holmes, Gareth D.; Hopkins, Helen C. F.; Jackson, Christopher J.; James, Shelley A.; Jobson, Richard W.; Kadereit, Gudrun; Kahandawala, Imalka M.; Kainulainen, Kent; Kato, Masahiro; Kellogg, Elizabeth A.; King, Graham J.; Klejevskaja, Beata; Klitgaard, Bente B.; Klopper, Ronell R.; Knapp, Sandra; Koch, Marcus A.; Leebens-Mack, James H.; Lens, Frederic; Leon, Christine J.; Léveillé-Bourret, Étienne; Lewis, Gwilym P.; Li, De-Zhu; Li, Lan; Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Livshultz, Tatyana; Lorence, David; Lu, Meng; Lu-Irving, Patricia; Luber, Jaquelini; Lucas, Eve J.; Luján, Manuel; Lum, Mabel; Macfarlane, Terry D.; Magdalena, Carlos; Mansano, Vidal F.; Masters, Lizo E.; Mayo, Simon J.; McColl, Kristina; McDonnell, Angela J.; McDougall, Andrew E.; McLay, Todd G. B.; McPherson, Hannah; Meneses, Rosa I.; Merckx, Vincent S. F. T.; Michelangeli, Fabián A.; Mitchell, John D.; Monro, Alexandre K.; Moore, Michael J.; Mueller, Taryn L.; Mummenhoff, Klaus; Munzinger, Jérôme; Muriel, Priscilla; Murphy, Daniel (2024) 'Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms'. Nature, 629 :843-850. [DOI]
Cooper, Wendy; Zich, Frank; Nauheimer, Lars; Harrison, Melissa; Crayn, Darren (2024) 'A revision of Derris and Brachypterum (Leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae) in Australia'. Australian Systematic Botany, 37 . [DOI]
Singh Ramesh, Arun; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Flores-Moreno, Habacuc; Preece, Noel D.; Crayn, Darren M.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2023) 'Temperature, nutrient availability, and species traits interact to shape elevation responses of Australian tropical trees'. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6 . [DOI]
Sari, Rismita; Crayn, Darren; Dillon, Natalie; Gadek, Paul; Abell, Sandra (2023) 'Molecular and morphological analysis supports the transfer of the monotypic Indonesian genus Septogarcinia Kosterm. to Garcinia (Clusiaceae)'. Reinwardtia, 22 (2):111-129. [DOI]
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Cooper, W.E.; Crayn, D.M.; Joyce, E.M. (2023) 'Aglaia fellii W.E.Cooper & Joyce (Meliaceae), a new species for Cape York Peninsula'. Australian Journal of Taxonomy, 23 . [DOI]
Hoyle, Gemma L.; Stevens, Amelia V.; Guja, Lydia K.; Sommerville, Karen D.; Worboys, Stuart; Crayn, Darren M. (2023) 'Sunlight and red to far-red ratio impact germination of tropical montane cloud forest species'. Australian Journal of Botany, 71 (7):326-339. [DOI]
Joyce, E.M.; Crayn, D.; Rossetto, M.; Yap, J.Y.S.; Thiele, K.R.; Pannell, C.N. (2023) 'Taxonomic recircumscriptions in the Aglaia elaeagnoidea complex (Meliaceae)'. Blumea, 68 (1):26-38. [DOI]
Hoyle, Gemma L.; Sommerville, Karen D.; Liyanage, Ganesha S.; Worboys, Stuart; Guja, Lydia K.; Stevens, Amelia V.; Crayn, Darren M. (2023) 'Seed banking is more applicable to the preservation of tropical montane flora than previously assumed: A review and cloud forest case study'. Global Ecology and Conservation, 47 . [DOI]
Joyce, Elizabeth M.; Appelhans, Marc S.; Buerki, Sven; Cheek, Martin; de Vos, Jurriaan M.; Pirani, José R.; Zuntini, Alexandre R.; Bachelier, Julien B.; Bayly, Michael J.; Callmander, Martin W.; Devecchi, Marcelo F.; Pell, Susan K.; Groppo, Milton; Lowry, Porter P.; Mitchell, John; Siniscalchi, Carolina M.; Munzinger, Jérôme; Orel, Harvey K.; Pannell, Caroline M.; Nauheimer, Lars; Sauquet, Hervé; Weeks, Andrea; Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N.; Leitch, Ilia J.; Maurin, Olivier; Forest, Félix; Nargar, Katharina; Thiele, Kevin R.; Baker, William J.; Crayn, Darren M. (2023) 'Phylogenomic analyses of Sapindales support new family relationships, rapid Mid-Cretaceous Hothouse diversification, and heterogeneous histories of gene duplication'. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14 . [DOI]
Yeshi, Karma; Crayn, Darren; Ritmejeryte, Edita; Wangchuk, Phurpa (2022) 'Plant secondary metabolites produced in response to abiotic stresses has potential application in pharmaceutical product development'. Molecules, 27 (1). [DOI]
Ritmejeryte, Edita; Ryan, Rachael Y.M.; Byatt, Brendan J.; Peck, Yoshimi; Yeshi, Karma; Daly, Norelle L.; Zhao, Guangzu; Crayn, Darren; Loukas, Alex; Pyne, Stephen G.; Ruscher, Roland; Wangchuk, Phurpa (2022) 'Anti-inflammatory properties of novel galloyl glucosides isolated from the Australian tropical plant Uromyrtus metrosideros'. Chemico-Biological Interactions, 368 . [DOI]
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Low, Yee Wen; Rajaraman, Sitaram; Tomlin, Crystal M.; Ahmad, Joffre Ali; Ardi, Wisnu H.; Armstrong, Kate; Athen, Parusuraman; Berhaman, Ahmad; Bone, Ruth E.; Cheek, Martin; Cho, Nicholas R.W.; Choo, Le Min; Cowie, Ian D.; Crayn, Darren; Fleck, Steven J.; Ford, Andrew J.; Forster, Paul I.; Girmansyah, Deden; Goyder, David J.; Gray, Bruce; Heatubun, Charlie D.; Ibrahim, Ali; Ibrahim, Bazilah; Jayasinghe, Himesh D.; Kalat, Muhammad Ariffin; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra S.; Kintamani, Endang; Koh, Sin Lan; Lai, Joseph T.K; Lee, Serena M.L.; Leong, Paul K.F.; Lim, Wei Hao; Lum, Shawn K.Y.; Mahyuni, Ridha; McDonald, William J.F.; Metali, Faizah; Mustaqim, Wendy A.; Naiki, Akiyo; Ngo, Kang Min; Niissalo, Matti; Ranasinghe, Subhani; Repin, Rimi; Rustiami, Himmah; Simbiak, Victor I.; Sukri, Rahayu S.; Sunarti, Siti; Trethowan, Liam A.; Trias-Blasi, Anna; Vasconcelos, Thais N.C.; Wanma, Jimmy F.; Widodo, Pudji; Wijesundara, Douglas Siril A.; Worboys, Stuart; Yap, Jing Wei; Yong, Kien Thai; Khew, Gillian S.W.; Salojärvi, Jarkko; Michael, Todd P.; Middleton, David J.; Burslem, David F.R.P.; Lindqvist, Charlotte; Lucas, Eve J.; Albert, Victor A. (2022) 'Genomic insights into rapid speciation within the world’s largest tree genus Syzygium'. Nature Communications, 13 . [DOI]
Yeshi, Karma; Ruscher, Roland; Miles, Kim; Crayn, Darren; Liddell, Michael; Wangchuk, Phurpa (2022) 'Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Endemic Plants of the Australian Wet Tropics'. Plants, 11 (19). [DOI]
Liyanage, Ganesha S.; Offord, Catherine A.; Crayn, Darren M.; Guja, Lydia K.; Worboys, Stuart; Sommerville, Karen D. (2022) 'Understanding seed dormancy and germination aids conservation of rainforest species from tropical montane cloud forest: a case study confirming morphophysiological dormancy in the genus Tasmannia'. Australian Journal of Botany, 70 (6):399-408. [DOI]
Bloesch, Zoë; Nauheimer, Lars; Almeida, Thais Elias; Crayn, Darren; Field, Ashley Raymond (2022) 'HybPhaser identifies hybrid evolution in Australian Thelypteridaceae'. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 173 . [DOI]
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Turpin, Gerald; Ritmejeryte, Edita; Jamie, Joanne; Crayn, Darren; Wangchuk, Phurpa (2022) 'Aboriginal medicinal plants of Queensland: ethnopharmacological uses, species diversity, and biodiscovery pathways'. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 18 . [DOI]
Joyce, Elizabeth M.; Thiele, Kevin R.; Slik, J. W. Ferry; Crayn, Darren M. (2021) 'Plants will cross the lines: climate and available land mass are the major determinants of phytogeographical patterns in the Sunda-Sahul Convergence Zone'. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 132 (2):374-387. [DOI]
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Yudina, Sophia V.; Schelkunov, Mikhail I.; Nauheimer, Lars; Crayn, Darren; Chantanaorrapint, Sahut; Hroneš, Michal; Sochor, Michal; Dančák, Martin; Mar, Shek-Shing; Luu, Hong Truong; Nuraliev, Maxim S.; Logacheva, Maria D. (2021) 'Comparative analysis of plastid genomes in the non-photosynthetic genus Thismia reveals ongoing gene set reduction'. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12 . [DOI]
Joyce, Elizabeth M.; Pannell, Caroline M.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Yap, Jia Yee S.; Thiele, Kevin R.; Wilson, Peter D.; Crayn, Darren M. (2021) 'Molecular phylogeography reveals two geographically and temporally separated floristic exchange tracks between Southeast Asia and northern Australia'. Journal of Biogeography, 48 (5):1213-1227. [DOI]
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Nauheimer, Lars; Weigner, Nicholas; Joyce, Elizabeth; Crayn, Darren; Clarke, Charles; Nargar, Katharina (2021) 'HybPhaser: a workflow for the detection and phasing of hybrids in target capture data sets'. Applications in Plant Sciences, 9 (7). [DOI]
Joyce, Elizabeth M.; Thiele, Kevin R.; Slik, Ferry J. W.; Crayn, Darren M. (2020) 'Checklist of the vascular flora of the Sunda-Sahul Convergence Zone'. Biodiversity Data Journal, 8 . [DOI]
Crayn, Darren M.; Hislop, Michael; Puente-Lelièvre, Caroline (2020) 'A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae)'. Australian Systematic Botany, 33 (2):137-168. [DOI]
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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, James; Rosengren, K. Johan; Mylne, Joshua S. (2020) 'The genetic origin of evolidine, the first cyclopeptide discovered in plants, and related orbitides'. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295 (42):14510-14521. [DOI]
Baba, Yumiko; Rossetto, Maurizio; Crayn, Darren M. (2020) 'Identifying evolutionary lineages in the Elaeocarpus obovatus complex: population genetics and morphometric analyses support a new subspecies, Elaeocarpus obovatus subsp. umbratilis, from northern Queensland, Australia'. Australian Systematic Botany, 33 (4):346-379. [DOI]
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Kennedy, Helen T.; Telford, Ian R.H.; Crayn, Darren M.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2020) 'Validation of two informally named species of Melichrus (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae) from north-eastern New South Wales'. Telopea, 23 :187-196. [DOI]
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Cooper, Wendy E.; Crayn, Darren M.; Zich, Frank A.; Miller, Rebecca E.; Harrison, Melissa; Nauheimer, Lars (2019) 'A review of Austrocallerya and Pongamia (leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae) in Australia, and the description of a new monotypic genus, Ibatiria'. Australian Systematic Botany, 32 (4):363-384. [DOI]
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Reside, April E.; Critchell, Kay; Crayn, Darren M.; Goosem, Miriam; Goosem, Stephen; Hoskin, Conrad J.; Sydes, Travis; Vanderduys, Eric P.; Pressey, Robert L. (2019) 'Beyond the model: expert knowledge improves predictions of species' fates under climate change'. Ecological Applications, 29 (1). [DOI]
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Nauheimer, Lars; Cui, Lujing; Clarke, Charles; Crayn, Darren M.; Bourke, Greg; Nargar, Katharina (2019) 'Genome skimming provides well resolved plastid and nuclear phylogenies, showing patterns of deep reticulate evolution in the tropical carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes (Caryophyllales)'. Australian Systematic Botany, 32 :243-254. [DOI]
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Crayn, Darren; Puente-Lelièvre, Caroline; Jensen, Rigel (2019) 'Unusual new species of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae) from north-eastern Australia'. Australian Systematic Botany, 32 (3):216-227. [DOI]
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Kooyman, Robert M.; Morley, Robert J.; Crayn, Darren M.; Joyce, Elizabeth M.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Slik, J. W. Ferry; Strijk, Joeri S.; Su, Tao; Yap, Jia-Yee S.; Wilf, Peter (2019) 'Origins and assembly of Malesian rainforests'. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 50 :119-143. [DOI]
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Whitehead, Michael R.; Sherwin, William B.; Crayn, Darren; Rossetto, Maurizio (2019) 'A predominantly southern distribution conceals a northern reservoir of diversity in a wet sclerophyll tree'. Australian Journal of Botany, 67 (7):455-462. [DOI]
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Osborne, Owen G.; Ciezarek, Adam; Wilson, Trevor; Crayn, Darren; Hutton, Ian; Baker, William J.; Turnbull, Colin G.N.; Savolainen, Vincent (2019) 'Speciation in Howea palms occurred in sympatry, was preceded by ancestral admixture, and was associated with edaphic and phenological adaptation'. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36 (12):2682-2697. [DOI]
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Moner, Ali M.; Furtado, Agnelo; Chivers, Ian; Fox, Glen; Crayn, Darren; Henry, Robert (2018) 'Diversity and evolution of rice progenitors in Australia'. Ecology and Evolution, 8 (8):4360-4366. [DOI]
Gagul, J.N.; Simpson, L.; Crayn, D.M. (2018) 'Elaeocarpus carbinensis J.N.Gagul & Crayn (Elaeocarpaceae), a new species endemic to the Mt Carbine Tableland of northeast Queensland, Australia'. Austrobaileya, 10 (2):247-259.
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Yap, Jia-Yee S.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Costion, Craig; Crayn, Darren; Kooyman, Robert M.; Richardson, James; Henry, Robert (2018) 'Filters of floristic exchange: how traits and climate shape the rain forest invasion of Sahul from Sunda'. Journal of Biogeography, 45 (4):838-847. [DOI]
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Appelhans, Marc S.; Wen, Jun; Duretto, Marco; Crayn, Darren; Wagner, Warren L. (2018) 'Historical biogeography of Melicope (Rutaceae) and its close relatives with a special emphasis on Pacific dispersals'. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 56 (6):576-599. [DOI]
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Joyce, Elizabeth M.; Crayn, Darren M.; Lam, Vivienne K.Y.; Gerelle, Wesley K.; Graham, Sean W.; Nauheimer, Lars (2018) 'Evolution of Geosiris (Iridaceae): historical biogeography and plastid-genome evolution in a genus of non-photosynthetic tropical rainforest herbs disjunct across the Indian Ocean'. Australian Systematic Botany, 31 (6):504-522. [DOI]
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Simpson, Lalita; Clements, Mark A.; Crayn, Darren M.; Nargar, Katharina (2018) 'Evolution in Australia's mesic biome under past and future climates: insights from a phylogenetic study of the Australian Rock Orchids (Dendrobium speciosum complex, Orchidaceae)'. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 118 :32-46. [DOI]
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Gagul, Janet N.; Tng, David Y.P.; Crayn, Darren M. (2018) 'Fruit developmental biology and endosperm rumination in Elaeocarpus ruminatus (Elaeocarpaceae), and its taxonomic significance'. Australian Systematic Botany, 31 (6):409-419. [DOI]
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Badry, Mohamed O.; Crayn, Darren M.; Tate, Jennifer A. (2017) 'Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. rivularis (Bremek. & Oberm.) Exell (Malvaceae) in Australia'. Austrobaileya, 10 (1):113-120.
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Huang, Jian-Feng; Li, Lang; van der Werff, Henk; Li, Hsi-Wen; Rohwer, Jens G.; Crayn, Darren M.; Meng, Hong-Hu; van der Merwe, Marlien; Conran, John G.; Li, Jie (2016) 'Origins and evolution of cinnamon and camphor: a phylogenetic and historical biogeographical analysis of the Cinnamomum group (Lauraceae)'. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 96 :33-44. [DOI]
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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, Ryuji; Henry, Robert J. (2016) 'Sequencing of Australian wild rice genomes reveals ancestral relationships with domesticated rice'. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 15 (6):765-774. [DOI]
Costion, Craig; Kress, John; Crayn, Darren (2016) 'DNA barcodes confirm the taxonomic and conservation status of a species of tree on the brink of extinction in the Pacific'. PLoS ONE, 11 (6):1-14. [DOI]
Thornhill, Andrew H.; Mishler, Brent D.; Knerr, Nunzio J.; González-Orozco, Carlos E.; Costion, Craig M.; Crayn, Darren M.; Laffan, Shawn W.; Miller, Joseph T. (2016) 'Continental-scale spatial phylogenetics of Australian angiosperms provides insights into ecology, evolution and conservation'. Journal of Biogegoraphy, 43 (11):2085-2098. [DOI]
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van der Merwe, Marlien; Crayn, Darren M.; Ford, Andrew J.; Weston, Peter H.; Rossetto, Maurizio (2016) 'Evolution of Australian Cryptocarya (Lauraceae) based on nuclear and plastid phylogenetic trees: evidence of recent landscape-level disjunctions'. Australian Systematic Botany, 29 (2):157-166. [DOI]
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Tng, David Y.P.; Apgaua, Deborah M.G.; Campbell, Mason J.; Cox, Casey J.; Crayn, Darren M.; Ishida, Fraçoise Y.; Laidlaw, Melinda J.; Liddell, Michael J.; Seager, Michael; Laurance, Susan G.W. (2016) 'Vegetation and floristics of a lowland tropical rainforest in northeast Australia'. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4 (e7599):1-20. [DOI]
Holtum, Joseph A.M.; Hancock, Lillian P.; Edwards, Erika J.; Crisp, Michael D.; Crayn, Darren M.; Sage, Rowan; Winter, Klaus (2016) 'Australia lacks stem succulents but is it depauperate in plants with crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)?'. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 31 :109-117. [DOI]
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Costion, Craig M.; Lowe, Andrew J.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Kooyman, Robert M.; Breed, Martin F.; Ford, Andrew; Crayn, Darren M. (2016) 'Building a plant DNA barcode reference library for a diverse tropical flora: an example from Queensland, Australia'. Diversity, 8 (1):1-5. [DOI]
Crayn, Darren M.; Winter, Klaus; Schulte, Katharina; Smith, J. Andrew C. (2015) 'Photosynthetic pathways in Bromeliaceae: phylogenetic and ecological significance of CAM and C3 based on carbon isotope ratios for 1893 species'. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 178 (2):169-221. [DOI]
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Cooper, T.; Furtado, A.; Henry, R.J.; Crayn, D. (2015) 'Analysis of the chloroplast genome of a coffee relative from northern Australia'. Acta Horticulturae, XXIX :177-182. [DOI]
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Quinn, Christopher J.; Crowden, Ronald K.; Brown, Elizabeth A.; Southam, Michael J.; Thornhill, Andrew H.; Crayn, Darren M. (2015) 'A reappraisal of the generic concepts of Epacris, Rupicola and Budawangia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Epacrideae) based on phylogenetic analysis of morphological and molecular data'. Australian Systematic Botany, 28 (1):63-77. [DOI]
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Costion, Craig M.; Edwards, Will; Ford, Andrew J.; Metcalfe, Daniel J.; Cross, Hugh B.; Harrington, Mark G.; Richardson, James E.; Hilbert, David W.; Lowe, Andrew; Crayn, Darren M. (2015) 'Using phylogenetic diversity to identify ancient rain forest refugia and diversification zones in a biodiversity hotspot'. Diversity and Distributions, 21 (3):1-11. [DOI]
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Holzmeyer, Laura; Duretto, Marco; Crayn, Darren; Hörandl, Elvira; Heslewood, Margaret; Jayanthan, Janani; Appelhans, Marc (2015) 'Phylogeny of Acronychia (Rutaceae) and first insights into its historical biogeography and the evolution of fruit characters'. PLoS ONE, 10 (8):1-22. [DOI]
Crayn, Darren M.; Costion, Craig; Harrington, Mark G. (2015) 'The Sahul–Sunda floristic exchange: dated molecular phylogenies document Cenozoic intercontinental dispersal dynamics'. Journal of Biogeography, 42 (1):11-24. [DOI]
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Puente Lelièvre, Caroline; Hislop, Michael; Harrington, Mark; Brown, Elizabeth A.; Kuzmina, Maria; Crayn, Darren M. (2015) 'A five-marker molecular phylogeny of the Styphelieae (Epacridoideae, Ericaceae) supports a broad concept of Styphelia'. Australian Systematic Botany, 28 (6):368-387. [DOI]
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Costion, Craig M.; Simpson, Lalita; Pert, Petina L.; Carlsen, Monica M.; Kress, W. John; Crayn, Darren (2015) 'Will tropical mountaintop plant species survive climate change? Identifying key knowledge gaps using species distribution modelling in Australia'. Biological Conservation, 191 :322-330. [DOI]
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Laity, Tania; Laffan, Shawn W.; González-Orozco, Carlos E.; Faith, Daniel P.; Rosauer, Dan F.; Byrne, Margaret; Miller, Joseph T.; Crayn, Darren; Costion, Craig; Moritz, Craig C.; Newport, Karl (2015) 'Phylodiversity to inform conservation policy: an Australian example'. Science of the Total Environment, 534 :131-143. [DOI]
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Heslewood, Margaret M.; Lowe, Andrew J.; Crayn, Darren M.; Rossetto, Maurizio (2014) 'Contrasting levels of connectivity and localised persistence characterise the latitudinal distribution of a wind-dispersed rainforest canopy tree'. Genetica, 142 :251-264. [DOI]
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Kooyman, Robert M.; Wilf, Peter; Barreda, Viviana D.; Carpenter, Raymond J.; Jordon, Gregory J.; Sniderman, J.M. Kale; Allen, Andrew; Brodribb, Timothy J.; Crayn, Darren; Feild, Taylor S.; Laffan, Shawn W.; Lusk, Christopher H.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Weston, Peter H. (2014) 'Paleo-Antarctic rainforest into the modern Old World tropics: the rich past and threatened future of the southern wet forest survivors'. American Journal of Botany, 101 (12):2121-2135. [DOI]
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Bloomfield, K.J.; Domingues, T.F.; Saiz, G.; Bird, M.I.; Crayn, D.M.; Ford, A.; Metcalfe, D.J.; Farquhar, G.D.; Lloyd, Jon (2014) 'Contrasting photosynthetic characteristics of forest vs. savanna species (far north Queensland, Australia)'. Biogeosciences Discussions, 11 :7331-7347. [DOI]
Givnish, Thomas J.; Barfuss, Michael H.J.; Van Ee, Benjamin; Riina, Ricarda; Schulte, Katharina; Horres, Ralf; Gonsiska, Philip A.; Jabaily, Rachel S.; Crayn, Darren M.; Smith, J. Andrew C.; Winter, Klaus; Brown, Gregory K.; Evans, Timothy M.; Holst, Bruce K.; Luther, Harry; Till, Walter; Zizka, Georg; Berry, Paul E.; Sytsma, Kenneth J. (2014) 'Adaptive radiation, correlated and contingent evolution, and net species diversification in Bromeliaceae'. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 71 :55-78. [DOI]
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Crayn, Darren M.; Kron, Kathleen A.; Potter, Benjamin C.M. (2014) 'Typification of some names in Epacridoideae (Ericaceae)'. Telopea, 17 :319-321. [DOI]
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Brozynska, Marta; Omar, Ernnie Syafika; Furtado, Agnelo; Crayn, Darren; Simon, Bryan; Ishikawa, Ryuji; Henry, Robert James (2014) 'Chloroplast genome of novel rice germplasm identified in Northern Australia'. Tropical Plant Biology, 7 (3):111-120. [DOI]
Puente-Lelievre, Caroline; Harrington, Mark G.; Brown, Elizabeth A.; Kuzmina, Maria; Crayn, Darren M. (2013) 'Cenozoic extinction and recolonization in the New Zealand flora: the case of the fleshy-fruited epacrids (Styphelieae, Styphelioideae, Ericaceae)'. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 66 (1):203-214. [DOI]
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Sotowa, Masahiro; Ootsuka, Kenta; Kobayashi, Yuu; Hao, Yin; Tanaka, Katsunori; Ichitani, Katsuyuki; Flowers, Jonathan M.; Purugganan, Michael D.; Nakamura, Ikuo; Sato, Yo-Ichiro; Sato, Tadashi; Crayn, Darren; Simon, Bryan; Waters, Daniel L. E.; Henry, Robert J.; Ishikawa, Ryuji (2013) 'Molecular relationships between Australian annual wild rice, Oryza meridionalis, and two related perennial forms'. Rice, 6 :1-18. [DOI]
Baba, Y.; Crayn, D. (2012) 'Elaeocarpus hylobroma (Elaeocarpaceae): a new species endemic to mountain tops in north-east Queensland, Australia
'. Kew Bulletin, 67 (4):743-750. [DOI]
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Hislop, Michael; Puente-Lelievre, Caroline; Crayn, Darren (2012) 'Leucopogon extremus (Styphelieae, Styphelioideae, Ericaceae), a remarkable new species that expands the morphological circumscription of Leucopogon sens. str'. Australian Systematic Botany, 25 (3):202-209. [DOI]
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Johnson, Karen A.; Holland, Barbara R.; Heslewood, Margaret M.; Crayn, Darren M. (2012) 'Supermatrices, supertrees and serendipitous scaffolding: Inferring a well-resolved, genus-level phylogeny of Styphelioideae (Ericaceae) despite missing data'. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62 (1):146-158. [DOI]
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Byrne, Margaret; Steane, Dorothy A.; Joseph, Leo; Yeates, David K.; Jordan, Greg J.; Crayn, Darren; Aplin, Ken; Cantrill, David J.; Cook, Lyn G.; Crisp, Michael D.; Keogh, J. Scott; Melville, Jane; Moritz, Craig; Porch, Nicholas; Sniderman, J.M. Kale; Sunnucks, Paul; Weston, Peter H. (2011) 'Decline of a biome: evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota'. Journal of Biogeography, 38 (9):1635-1656. [DOI]
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Costion, Craig; Ford, Andrew; Cross, Hugh; Crayn, Darren; Harrington, Mark; Lowe, Andrew (2011) 'Plant DNA barcodes can accurately estimate species richness in poorly known floras'. PLoS ONE, 6 (11):1-9. [DOI]
Givnish, Thomas J.; Barfuss, Michael H.J.; Van Ee, Benjamin; Riina, Ricarda; Schulte, Katharina; Horres, Ralf; Gonsiska, Philip A.; Jabaily, Rachel S.; Crayn, Darren M.; Smith, J. Andrew C.; Winter, Klaus; Brown, Gregory K.; Evans, Timothy M.; Holst, Bruce K.; Luther, Harry; Till, Walter; Zizka, Georg; Berry, Paul E.; Sytsma, Kenneth J. (2011) 'Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: insights from an eight-locus plastid phylogeny'. American Journal of Botany, 98 (5):872-895. [DOI]
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Papadopulos, Alexander S.T.; Baker, William J.; Crayn, Darren; Butlin, Roger K.; Kynast, Ralf G.; Hutton, Ian; Savolainen, Vincent (2011) 'Speciation with gene flow on Lord Howe Island'. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (32):13188-13193. [DOI]
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Wagstaff, Steven J.; Dawson, Murray I.; Venter, Stephanus; Munzinger, Jérôme; Crayn, Darren M.; Steane, Dorothy A.; Lemson, Kristina L. (2010) 'Origin, diversification and classification of the Australasian genus Dracophyllum (Richeeae, Ericaceae)'. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 97 (2):235-258. [DOI]
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Henry, Robert J.; Rice, Nicole; Waters, Daniel L.E.; Kasem, Shabana; Ishikawa, Ryuji; Hao, Yin; Dillon, Sally; Crayn, Darren; Wing , Rod; Vaughan, Duncan (2010) 'Australian Oryza: utility and conservation'. Rice, 3 (4):235-241. [DOI]
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McPherson, Hannah; Porter, Carolyn; Rymer, Paul D.; Crayn, Darren M.; Rossetto, Maurizio (2009) 'Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci from Tetratheca ericifolia (Elaeocarpaceae)'. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8 (4):867-869. [DOI]
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Rossetto, M.; Crayn, D.; Ford, A.; Mellick, R.; Sommerville, K. (2009) 'The influence of environment and life-history traits on
the distribution of genes and individuals: a comparative
study of 11 rainforest trees'. Molecular Ecology, 18 :1422-1438. [DOI]
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Maynard, David; Crayn, Darren; Rossetto, Maurizio; Kooyman, Robert; Coode, Mark (2008) 'Elaeocarpus sedentarius sp. Nov. (Elaeocarpaceae) - morphometric analysis of a new, rare species from eastern Australia'. Australian Systematic Botany, 21 (3):192-200. [DOI]
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Rossetto, Maurizio; Crayn, Darren M.; Jackes, Betsy R.; Porter, Carolyn (2007) 'An updated estimate of intergeneric phylogenetic relationships in the Australian Vitaceae'. Canadian Journal of Botany, 85 (8):722-730. [DOI]
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Jordan, Gregory J.; Bromfield, Kate E.; Sniderman, J. M. Kale; Crayn, Darren (2007) 'Diverse fossil epacrids (Styphelioideae; Ericaceae) from early Pleistocene sediments at Stony Creek Basin, Victoria, Australia'. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 168 (9):1359-1376. [DOI]
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Rossetto, Maurizio; Crayn, Darren; Ford, Andrew; Ridgeway, Peter; Rymer, Paul (2007) 'The comparative study of range-wide genetic structure across related, co-distributed rainforest trees reveals contrasting evolutionary histories'. Australian Journal of Botany, 55 (4):416-424. [DOI]
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Butcher, Ryonen; Byrne, Margaret; Crayn, Darren M. (2007) 'Evidence for convergent evolution among phylogenetically distant rare species of Tetratheca (Elaeocarpaceae, formerly Tremandraceae) from Western Australia'. Australian Systematic Botany, 20 (2):126-138. [DOI]
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Burns, Emma L.; Eldridge, Mark D.B.; Crayn, Darren M.; Houlden, Bronwyn A. (2007) 'Low phylogeographic structure in a wide spread endangered Australian frog Litoria aurea (Anura: Hylidae)'. Conservation Genetics, 8 (1):17-32. [DOI]
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Burns, Emma L.; Crayn, Darren M. (2006) 'Phylogenetics and evolution of bell frogs (Litoria aurea species-group, Anura: Hylidae) based on mitochondrial ND4 sequences'. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 39 (2):573-579. [DOI]
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Crayn, Darren M.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Maynard, David J. (2006) 'Molecular phylogeny and dating reveals an Oligo-Miocene radiation of dry-adapted shrubs (Tremandraceae) from rainforest tree progenitors (Elaeocarpaceae) in Australia'. American Journal of Botany, 93 (9):1328-1342.
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Crayn, Darren M.; Hislop, Michael; Heslewood, Margaret M. (2005) 'Additions to Lissanthe (Styphelioideae: Ericaceae) in Western Australia: L. synandra sp. nov. and L. pleurandroides comb. nov'. Australian Systematic Botany, 18 (6):555-561. [DOI]
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Quinn, Christopher J.; Brown, Elizabeth A.; Heslewood, Margaret M.; Crayn, Darren M. (2005) 'Generic concepts in Styphelieae (Ericaceae): the Cyathodes group'. Australian Systematic Botany, 18 (5):439-454. [DOI]
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Crayn, Darren M.; Winter, Klaus; Smith, J. Andrew C. (2004) 'Multiple origins of Crassulacean acid metabolism and the epiphytic habit in the Neotropical family Bromeliaceae'. National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, 101 (10):3703-3708. [DOI]
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Horton, Bryony M.; Crayn, Darren; Clarke, Steve W.; Washington, Haydn (2004) 'Leionema scopulinum, a new species from Wollemi National Park'. Telopea, 10 (4):815-822.
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Quinn, Christopher J.; Crayn, Darren M.; Heslewood, Margaret M.; Brown, Elizabeth; Gadek, Paul A. (2003) 'A molecular estimate of the phylogeny of Styphelieae (Ericaceae)'. Australian Systematic Botany, 16 (5):581-594. [DOI]
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Crayn, Darren M.; Brown, Elizabeth A.; Powell, Jocelyn M. (2003) 'A revision of Lissanthe (Styphelioideae: Ericaceae)'. Australian Systematic Botany, 16 (5):595-619. [DOI]
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Kron, K.A.; Judd, W.S.; Stevens, P.F.; Crayn, D.M.; Anderberg, A.A.; Gadek, P.A.; Quinn, C.J.; Luteyn, J.L. (2002) 'Phylogenetic classification of Ericaceae: molecular and morphological evidence'. Botanical Review, 68 (3):335-423. [DOI]
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Taaffe, G.; Brown, E.A.; Crayn, D.M.; Gadek, P.A.; Quinn, C.J. (2001) 'Generic concepts in Styphelieae: resolving the limits of Leucopogon'. Australian Journal of Botany, 49 (1):107-120. [DOI]
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