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Peer-Reviewed Publications

The most up-to-date list of my publications and preprints can be found on my Google Scholar profile.

Contributions and curation of natural history collections, as well as use of my herbaria in scientific publications can be found on my Binomia profile.

Last updated April 2024.

2024

Bruneau A, Queiroz LP, Ringelberg JJ, Borges LM, Bortoluzzi RLC, Brown GK, Cardoso DBOS, Clark RP, Conceição AS, Cota MMT, Demeulenaere E, Duno de Stefano R, Ebinger JE, Ferm J, Fonseca-Cortés A, Gagnon E, Grether R, Guerra E, Haston E, Herendeen PS, Hernández HM, Hopkins HCF, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I, Hughes CE, Ickert-Bond SM, Iganci J, Koenen EJM, Lewis GP, Lima HC, Lima AG, Luckow M, Marazzi B, Maslin BR, Morales M, Morim MP, Murphy DJ, O’Donnell SA, Oliveira FG, Oliveira ACS, Rando JG, Ribeiro PG, Ribeiro CL, Santos FS, Seigler DS, Silva GS, Simon MF, Soares MVB, Terra V (2024) Advances in Legume Systematics 14. Classification of Caesalpinioideae. Part 2: Higher-level classification. PhytoKeys 240: 1-552. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.240.101716

2023

Gagnon, E., Moonlight, P.W., Knapp, S., Lehmann, C.E.R., Särkinen, T. (2023) Functional and ecological diversification of underground organs in Solanum. Frontiers in Genetics, RT: Solanaceae VIII: Biodiversity, Climate change and Breeding. 14. Doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1231413

Rees, M., Neaves, L.E., Lewis, G.P., de Lima, H.C. and Gagnon, E. (2023) Phylogenomic and morphological data reveal hidden patterns of diversity in the national tree of Brazil, Paubrasilia echinata. American Journal of Botany. 110(11): e16241.

Delves, J., Albán-Castillo, J., Cano, A., Fernández Aviles, C., Gagnon, E., Gonzáles, P., Knapp, S., León, B., Marcelo-Peña, J. L., Reynel, C., Rojas Gonzáles, R. P., Rodríguez Rodríguez, E. F., Särkinen, T., Vásquez Martínez, R., & Moonlight, P. W. (2023) Small and in country herbaria are vital for accurate plant threat assessments: A case study from Peru. Plants, People, Planet. 1–12.

Hilgenhof, R., Gagnon, E., Bohs, L., Giacomin, L., Stehmann, J., Gouvêa, Y., Peralta, I.E., Tepe, E., Poczai, P., Aubriot, X., Orejuela, A., Knapp, S., Särkinen, T. (2023) Morphological trait evolution in Solanum (Solanaceae): evolutionary lability of key taxonomic characters. Taxon, 72(4) : 811-847.

Wu Y, Li D, Hu Y, et al. (2023) Phylogenomic discovery of deleterious mutations facilitates hybrid potato breeding. Cell, 186:2313–2328.e15

Clark, R., Chiang, Gagnon, E. (2023) Reinstatement of Ticanto (Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae) – the final piece in the Caesalpinia group puzzle. Phytokeys, 205: 59-98.

2022

Särkinen, T., Gagnon, E., Knapp, S. (2022) Out of the wild: the wild (and often weedy) roots of our crops. New Phytologist, 234: 1107-1108.

Fitzpatrick et al. + 280 authors (2022) Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover. Science, 375 (6586): 1275-1281.

Gagnon, E., Hilgenhof, R.*, Orejuela, A., Sablok, G., Aubriot, X., Giacomin, L., Gouvêa, Y., Bohs, L., Dodsworth, S., Maurin, O., Forest, F., Poczai, P., Knapp, S., Särkinen, T. (2022) Phylogenomic data reveals hard polytomies in the large genus Solanum (Solanaceae). American Journal of Botany, 109(4): 580-601.

The Brazilian Flora Group (2022) Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network. Taxon, 71: 178-198.

2021

Cardoso, D., Moonlight, P.W., Ramos, G., Oatley, G., Dudley, C., Gagnon, E., Queiroz, L.P., Pennington, R.T., Särkinen, T.E. (2021) Defining biologically meaningful biomes through floristic, functional, and phylogenetic data. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 723558.

Aecyo, P., Marques, A., Huettel, B., Silva, A., Braun, M., Melo, T.E., Ribeiro, E., Leal, I., Gagnon, E., Souza, G., Pedrosa-Harand, A. (2021) Plastome evolution in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) and its application in phylogenomics and populations genetics. Planta, 254(2): 1-19.

Mata-Sucre, Y., Sadler, M., Van-Lume, B., Gagnon, E., Pedrosa-Harand, A., Leitch, I.J., Lewis, G.P., Souza, G. (2020) How diverse is heterochromatin in the Caesalpinia group? Cytogenomic characterization of Erythrostemon hughesii Gagnon & G.P.Lewis (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae). Planta, 252(4): 49.

2020

Mata-Sucre, Y., Costa, L., Gagnon, E., Lewis, G.P., Leitch, I.J., Souza, G. (2020) Revisiting the cytomolecular evolution of the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae): a broad sampling reveals new correlations between cytogenetic and environmental variables. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 306: 48.

2019

Van-Lume, B., Mata-Sucre, Y., Báez, M., Ribeiro, T., Huettel, B., Gagnon, E., Leitch, I.J., Pedrosa-Harand, A., Lewis, G.P., Souza, G. (2019). Evolutionary convergence or homology? Comparative cytogenomics of Caesalpinia group species (Leguminosae) reveals diversification in the pericentromeric heterochromatic composition. Planta, 250: 2173–2186.

Souza, G., Costa, L., Guignard, M., Van-Lume, B., Pellicer, J., Gagnon, E., Lewis, G.P., Leitch, I. (2019) Do tropical plants have smaller genomes? Correlation between genome size and climatic variables in the Caesalpinia Group (Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosae). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 29: 51-63.

Gagnon, E., Ringelberg, J.J., Lewis, G.P., Bruneau, A., Hughes, C.E. (2019) Global Succulent Biome phylogenetic conservatism across the pantropical Caesalpinia Group (Leguminosae). New Phytologist, 222: 1994–2008.

** Publication accompanied by a commentary: Donoghue, M.J. (2019) Adaptation meets dispersal: legumes in the land of succulents. New Phytologist, 222: 1667-1669.

2013-2018

Van-Lume, B., Esposito, T., Diniz-Filho, J.A.F., Gagnon, E., Lewis, G.P., Souza, L.G. (2017) Heterochromatic and cytomolecular diversification in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae): Relationships between phylogenetic and cytogeographical data. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 29: 51–63.

Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG; 2017) A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny. Taxon, 66(1): 44-77 (34).

Gagnon, E., G.P. Lewis, C.E. Hughes, L.P.de Queiroz & A. Bruneau (2016). A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae). Phytokeys 71: 1-160.

Sotuyo, S.J., J.L. Contreras, Gagnon, E., Lewis, G.P. (2016) A synopsis of Coulteria (Leguminosae), including new names and synonyms. Phytotaxa, 291(3): 33–42.

Gagnon, E., Hughes, C.E., Lewis, G.P., Bruneau A. (2015) A new cryptic species in a new cryptic genus in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) from the seasonally dry inter-Andean valleys of South America. Taxon, 64(3): 468–490.

** Porsild-Consaul Award 2015 – best article on systematics written by a graduate student in Canada.

Queiroz, L.P., Pastore, J.F.B., Cardoso, D., Snak, C., Lima, A.L.C., Gagnon, E., Vatanparast, M. Holland, A.E., Egan, A. (2015) A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 90: 1–19.

Clark, R., Gagnon, E. (2015) A revision of Mezoneuron (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) in New Caledonia, with perspectives on vegetation, geology, and conservation. Phytotaxa, 207(1): 68-92.

Gagnon, E., Lewis, G.P., Sotuyo, S.J., Hughes, C.E., Bruneau, A. (2013) A molecular phylogeny of Caesalpinia sensu lato: increased sampling reveals new insights and more genera than expected. South African Journal of Botany, 89: 111–127.

Babineau, M., Gagnon, E., Bruneau A. (2013) Phylogenetic utility of 19 low copy nuclear genes in closely related genera and species of Caesalpinioid legumes. South African Journal of Botany, 89: 94–105.