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Richard M. K. Saunders
Researcher at University of Hong Kong
Publications - 131
Citations - 2968
Richard M. K. Saunders is an academic researcher from University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genus & Pollination. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 126 publications receiving 2672 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard M. K. Saunders include University of Portsmouth & University of Missouri–St. Louis.
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A new subfamilial and tribal classification of the pantropical flowering plant family Annonaceae informed by molecular phylogenetics
Lars W. Chatrou,Michael D. Pirie,Roy H. J. Erkens,Roy H. J. Erkens,Thomas L. P. Couvreur,Kurt M. Neubig,J. Richard Abbott,Johan B. Mols,Jan W. Maas,Richard M. K. Saunders,Mark W. Chase +10 more
TL;DR: A robust family-wide phylogenetic tree and subsequent classification of Annonaceae is presented, for the first time, using a supermatrix of up to eight plastid markers sequenced from 193 ingroup and seven outgroup species.
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Early evolutionary history of the flowering plant family Annonaceae: Steady diversification and boreotropical geodispersal
Thomas L. P. Couvreur,Michael D. Pirie,Lars W. Chatrou,Richard M. K. Saunders,Yvonne C. F. Su,James E. Richardson,James E. Richardson,Roy H. J. Erkens +7 more
TL;DR: The pantropical plant family Annonaceae is used to test hypotheses that might explain diversification and distribution patterns in tropical biota: the museum hypothesis (low extinction leading to steady accumulation of species); and dispersal between Africa and Asia via Indian rafting versus boreotropical geodispersal.
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‘Out‐of‐Africa’ dispersal of tropical floras during the Miocene climatic optimum: evidence from Uvaria (Annonaceae)
TL;DR: Uvaria fruits are widely reported to be consumed by primates, and are therefore unlikely candidates for successful long-distance transoceanic dispersal, associated with the ‘out-of-Africa’ dispersal of primates.
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Evolutionary divergence times in the Annonaceae: evidence of a late Miocene origin of Pseuduvaria in Sundaland with subsequent diversification in New Guinea
TL;DR: Divergence times of the main clades within the Annonaceae were found to deviate slightly from previous estimates that used different calibration points and dating methods, and Pseuduvaria is shown to have dispersed from Sundaland after the late Miocene.