Rachael Fowler

Phylogenomics sheds new light on the drivers behind a long-lasting systematic riddle: the figwort family Scrophulariaceae.

Tamara Villaverde, Isabel Larridon, Toral Shah, Rachael M Fowler, John H Chau, Richard G Olmstead, Isabel Sanmartín

Journal article  |  2023  |  New Phytol

The figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, comprises c. 1800 species whose evolutionary relationships at the tribal level have proven d..

Biodiscoveries within the Australian plant genus Eremophila based on international and interdisciplinary collaboration: results and perspectives on outstanding ethical dilemmas

Susan J Semple, Dan Staerk, Bevan J Buirchell, Rachael M Fowler, Oliver Gericke, Louise Kjaerulff, Yong Zhao, Hans Albert Pedersen, Malene J Petersen, Line Fentz Rasmussen, Emilie Kold Bredahl, Gustav Blichfeldt Pedersen, Laura Mikel McNair, Chi P Ndi, Nikolaj Lervad Hansen, Allison M Heskes, Michael J Bayly, Claus J Loland, Nanna Heinz, Birger Lindberg Moller

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLANT JOURNAL

In a cross-continental research initiative, including researchers working in Australia and Denmark, and based on joint external fu..

Big trees of small baskets: phylogeny of the Australian genus Spyridium (Rhamnaceae: Pomaderreae), focusing on biogeographic patterns and species circumscriptions

Catherine Clowes, Rachael M Fowler, Patrick S Fahey, Jurgen Kellermann, Gillian K Brown, Michael J Bayly

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN SYSTEMATIC BOTANY

Spyridium Fenzl is a genus of ~45 species endemic to south-western and south-eastern Australia. This study provides the most compr..

Resolution of the Eremophila tietkensii (Scrophulariaceae) species complex based on congruence between morphological and molecular pattern analyses

Amy L Curtis, Pauline F Grierson, Jacqueline Batley, Jeremy Naaykens, Rachael M Fowler, Anita Severn-Ellis, Kevin R Thiele

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN SYSTEMATIC BOTANY

Eremophila R.Br. comprises at least 238 species endemic to Australia, with many more having not yet been formally described. Three..

Use of plastid genome sequences in phylogeographic studies of tree species can be misleading without comprehensive sampling of co-occurring, related species

Patrick S Fahey, Rachael M Fowler, Frank Udovicic, David J Cantrill, Michael J Bayly

Journal article  |  2021  |  TREE GENETICS & GENOMES

We aimed to test the extent to which plastid DNA gives incongruent phylogeographic patterns to nuclear DNA in a species of eucalyp..

Navigating through chemical space and evolutionary time across the Australian continent in plant genus Eremophila

Oliver Gericke, Rachael M Fowler, Allison M Heskes, Michael J Bayly, Susan J Semple, Chi P Ndi, Dan Staerk, Claus J Loland, Daniel J Murphy, Bevan J Buirchell, Birger Lindberg Moller

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLANT JOURNAL

Eremophila is the largest genus in the plant tribe Myoporeae (Scrophulariaceae) and exhibits incredible morphological diversity ac..

Molecular phylogeny of tribe Myoporeae (Scrophulariaceae) using nuclear ribosomal DNA: Generic relationships and evidence for major clades

Rachael M Fowler, Daniel J Murphy, Todd GB McLay, Bevan J Buirchell, Robert J Chinnock, Michael J Bayly

Journal article  |  2021  |  TAXON

Eremophila is a significant component of the Australian arid zone flora, but its generic limits and relationships to the other six..

Explaining the worldwide distributions of two highly mobile species:Cakile edentula and Cakile maritima

Elliot C Shaw, Rachael Fowler, Sara Ohadi, Michael J Bayly, Rosemary A Barrett, Josquin Tibbits, Allan Strand, Charles G Willis, Kathleen Donohue, Philipp Robeck, Roger D Cousens

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Aim: If we are able to determine the geographic origin of an invasion, as well as its known area of introduction, we can better ap..

Divergent lineages in a semi-arid mallee species, Eucalyptus behriana, correspond to a major geographic break in southeastern Australia

Patrick S Fahey, Rachael M Fowler, Todd GB McLay, Frank Udovicic, David J Cantrill, Michael J Bayly

Journal article  |  2020  |  ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

AIM: To infer relationships between populations of the semi-arid, mallee eucalypt, Eucalyptus behriana, to build hypotheses regard..

(2758) Proposal to conserve the name Eremophila against Bontia, Myoporum and Andreusia (Scrophulariaceae: Myoporeae)

Michael J Bayly, Rachael M Fowler, Bevan J Buirchell, Robert J Chinnock, Daniel J Murphy

Journal article  |  2020  |  TAXON