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Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC, US

1993 to present | Honorary Research Associate (Department of Botany)
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Robert J. Soreng

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New Mexico State University: Las Cruces, NM, US

1980-08 to 1986-01 | PhD (Biology)
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Taxonomic revision of the genus Poa L. (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae) in Chile

Gayana Botanica
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-66432022000200159
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The biogeography of grasses (Poaceae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12895
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A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) III: An update

Journal of Systematics and Evolution
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12847
Contributors: Robert J. Soreng; Paul M. Peterson; Fernando O. Zuloaga; Konstantin Romaschenko; Lynn G. Clark; Jordon K. Teisher; Lynn J. Gillespie; Patricia Barberá; Cassiano A. D. Welker; Elizabeth A. Kellogg et al.
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Biogeography, timing, and life‐history traits in the PPAM clade: Coleanthinae (syn. Puccinelliinae), Poinae, Alopecurinae superclade, Miliinae, and Avenulinae and Phleinae (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12811
Contributors: Robert J. Soreng; Lynn J. Gillespie; Ekaterina A. Boudko; Evren Cabi
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Grasses through space and time: An overview of the biogeographical and macroevolutionary history of Poaceae

Journal of Systematics and Evolution
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12857
Contributors: Timothy J. Gallaher; Paul M. Peterson; Robert J. Soreng; Fernando O. Zuloaga; De‐Zhu Li; Lynn G. Clark; Christopher D. Tyrrell; Cassiano A.D. Welker; Elizabeth A. Kellogg; Jordan K. Teisher
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Phylogeny and biogeography of Calamagrostis (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae: Agrostidinae), description of a new genus, Condilorachia (Calothecinae), and expansion of Greeneochloa and Pentapogon (Echinopogoninae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12819
Contributors: Paul M. Peterson; Robert J. Soreng; Konstantin Romaschenko; Patricia Barberá; Alejandro Quintanar; Carlos Aedo; Jeffery M. Saarela
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Morphological and phylogenetic evidence for subtribe Cinninae and two new subtribes, Hookerochloinae and Dupontiinae (Poaceae tribe Poeae PPAM clade)

TAXON
2022-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/tax.12654
Contributors: Lynn J. Gillespie; Robert J. Soreng; Roger D. Bull; Peter J. de Lange; Rob D. Smissen
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A 313 plastome phylogenomic analysis of Pooideae: Exploring relationships among the largest subfamily of grasses

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107110
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A New Genus and Species of Grass, <I>Eograminis balticus</I> (Poaceae: Arundinoideae), in Baltic Amber

International journal of plant sciences
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1086/716781
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Resolving páramo Poa (Poaceae): morphometric and phylogenetic analysis of the ‘Cucullata complex’ of north-west South America

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
2021-08-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boab027
Contributors: Steven P Sylvester; Robert J Soreng; Lynn J Gilliespie
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New records of alien and potentially invasive grass (Poaceae) species for southern Africa

Bothalia, African Biodiversity & Conservation
2021-07-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.38201/btha.abc.v51.i2.1
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Robert J. Soreng; Mitsy D.P.V. Sylvester; Anthony Mapaura; Vincent Ralph Clark
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Poa (Poaceae) of Colombia: A Taxonomic Revision

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3417/2020503
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Breeding systems and phylogeny in Poa, with special attention to Northeast Asia: The problem of Poa shumushuensis and sect. Nivicolae (Poaceae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution
2020-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12647
Contributors: Robert J. Soreng; Marina V. Olonova; Nina S. Probatova; Lynn J. Gillespie
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A phylogeny of species near Agrostis supporting the recognition of two new genera, Agrostula and Alpagrostis (Poaceae, Pooideae, Agrostidinae) from Europe

PhytoKeys
2020-11-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.167.55171
Contributors: Paul M. Peterson; Steven P. Sylvester; Konstantin Romaschenko; Robert J. Soreng; Patricia Barberá; Alejandro Quintanar; Carlos Aedo
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New records and key to Poa (Pooideae, Poaceae) from the Flora of Southern Africa region and notes on taxa including a diclinous breeding system in Poa binata

PhytoKeys
2020-10-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.165.55948
Contributors: Robert J. Soreng; Steven P. Sylvester; Mitsy D.P.V. Sylvester; Vincent Ralph Clark
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Festuca drakensbergensis (Poaceae): A common new species in the F. caprina complex from the Drakensberg Mountain Centre of Floristic Endemism, southern Africa, with key and notes on taxa in the complex including the overlooked F. exaristata

PhytoKeys
2020-10-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.162.55550
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Robert J. Soreng; Mitsy D. P. V. Sylvester; Vincent Ralph Clark
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Molecular phylogenetic analysis resolves Trisetum (Poaceae: Pooideae: Koeleriinae) polyphyletic: Evidence for a new genus, Sibirotrisetum and resurrection of Acrospelion

Journal of Systematics and Evolution
2020-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12523
Contributors: Patricia Barberá; Robert J. Soreng; Paul M. Peterson; Konstantin Romaschenko; Alejandro Quintanar; Carlos Aedo
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Agrostis and Podagrostis (Agrostidinae, Poaceae) from páramos of Boyacá, Colombia: synoptic taxonomy including a key to Colombian species

PhytoKeys
2020-06-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.151.50538
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Lia E. Cuta-Alarcon; William J. Bravo-Pedraza; Robert J. Soreng
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New combinations and updated descriptions in Podagrostis (Agrostidinae, Poaceae) from the Neotropics and Mexico

PhytoKeys
2020-05-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.148.50042
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Paul M. Peterson; Konstantin Romaschenko; William J. Bravo-Pedraza; Lia E. Cuta-Alarcon; Robert J. Soreng
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Eriocoma valdesii, a new species from México (Poaceae, Stipeae)

PhytoKeys
2020-01-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.139.47373
Contributors: Paul M. Peterson; Konstantin Romaschenko; Robert J. Soreng; Jesus Valdés Reyna
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New Combinations and New Names in American Cinnagrostis, Peyritschia, And Deschampsia, and Three New Genera: <I>Greeneochloa</I>, <I>Laegaardia</I> and <I>Paramochloa</I> (Poeae, Poaceae)

Phytoneuron
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3497446
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Podagrostis colombiana sp. nov. (Poaceae): a new genus record and species for Colombia

Kew Bulletin
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12225-019-9814-5
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Tall-statured grasses: a useful functional group for invasion science

Biological Invasions
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-018-1815-z
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A key to the North American genera of Stipeae (Poaceae, Pooideae) with descriptions and taxonomic names for species of Eriocoma, Neotrinia, Oloptum, and five new genera: Barkworthia, ×Eriosella, Pseudoeriocoma, Ptilagrostiella, and Thorneochloa

PhytoKeys
2019-07-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.126.34096
Contributors: Paul M. Peterson; Konstantin Romaschenko; Robert J. Soreng; Jesus Valdés Reyna
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Páramo Calamagrostis s.l. (Poaceae): An updated list and key to the species known or likely to occur in páramos of NW South America and southern Central America including two new species, one new variety and five new records for Colombia

PhytoKeys
2019-05-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.122.33032
Contributors: Steven P. Sylvester; Robert J. Soreng; William J. Bravo-Pedraza; Lia E. Cuta-Alarcon; Diego Giraldo-Cañas; Jose Aguilar-Cano; Paul M. Peterson
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(2620) Proposal to reject the name <I>Poa amabilis</I> (<I>Eragrostis amabilis</I>) (Poaceae)

Taxon
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12705/673.25
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<I>Poa laegaardiana</I>, a new species from Ecuador (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Poinae)

PhytoKeys
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.100.25387
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A multivariate morphometric delimitation of species boundaries in the South American genus <I>Nicoraepoa</I> (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae)

Plant Systematics and Evolution
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-018-1499-y
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Noteworthy Collections: Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina [Poa iconia newly reported from North America]

Castanea: The Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2179/18-171
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Phylogeny and taxonomic synopsis of Poa subgenus Pseudopoa (including Eremopoa and Lindbergella) (Poaceae, Poeae, Poinae)

PhytoKeys
2018-11-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.111.28081
Contributors: Lynn J. Gillespie; Robert John Soreng; Evren Cabi; Neda Amiri
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Poa secunda J. Presl (Poaceae): a modern summary of infraspecific taxonomy, chromosome numbers, related species and infrageneric placement based on DNA

PhytoKeys
2018-11-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.110.27750
Contributors: Robert John Soreng; Lynn J. Gillespie
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A 250 plastome phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae): topological support under different data partitions

PeerJ
2018-02-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4299
Contributors: Jeffery M. Saarela; Sean V. Burke; William P. Wysocki; Matthew D. Barrett; Lynn G. Clark; Joseph M. Craine; Paul M. Peterson; Robert J. Soreng; Maria S. Vorontsova; Melvin R. Duvall
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<I>Alopecurus goekyigitiana</I> (Poaceae, subtribe Alopecurinae sensu stricto),a new species from Turkey based on morphological and molecular investigation

Turkish Journal of Botany
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3906/bot-1606-51
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A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications

Journal of Systematics and Evolution
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12262
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Molecular phylogenetics of cool-season grasses in the subtribes Agrostidinae, Anthoxanthinae, Aveninae, Brizinae, Calothecinae, Koeleriinae and Phalaridinae (<I>Poaceae</I>, <I>Pooideae</I>, <I>Poeae</I>, <I>Poeae</I> chloroplast group 1)

PhytoKeys
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.87.12774
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Taxonomy of <I>Poa jubata</I> and a new section of the genus (Poaceae)

Turkish Journal of Botany
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3906/bot-1611-28
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Taxonomy of the <I>Poa laxa</I> group, including two new taxa from Arctic Canada and Greenland, and Oregon, and a re-examination of <I>P</I> . sect. <I>Oreinos</I> (Poaceae)

Nordic Journal of Botany
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/njb.01507
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<I>Poa densa</I> (<I>Poaceae</I>), an overlooked Turkish steppe grass, and the evolution of bulbs in <I>Poa</I>

Willdenowia
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3372/wi.46.46201
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A revision of <I>Poa</I> subsection <I>Aphanelytrum</I> (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poaeae, Poinae); and a new species,<I> Poa auriculata</I>

PhytoKeys
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.63.8198
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An updated checklist and key to the open-panicled species of Poa L. (Poaceae) in Peru including three new species, Poa ramoniana, Poa tayacajaensis, and Poa urubambensis

PhytoKeys
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.65.7024
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Breeding system diversification and evolution in American <I>Poa</I> supersect. <I>Homalopoa</I> (Poaceae: Poeae: Poinae)

Annals of Botany
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw108
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A new species of <I>Bellardiochloa</I> , <I>B. doganiana</I> (Poaceae), from the Taurus Mountains of Turkey

Phytotaxa
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.205.2.6
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A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12150
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Molecular and morphological evidence for a new grass genus, <I>Dupontiopsis</I> (Poaceae tribe Poeae subtribe Poinae s.l.), endemic to alpine Japan, and implications for the reticulate origin of <I>Dupontia</I> and <I>Arctophila</I> within Poinae s.l

Journal of Systematics and Evolution
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12146
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Plastid phylogenomics of the cool-season grass subfamily: Clarification of relationships among early-diverging tribes

AoB Plants
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plv046
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A laboratory guide for generating DNA barcodes in grasses: a case study of <I>Leptochloa</I> s.l. (Poaceae: Chloridoideae)

Webbia
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2014.927555
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Miocene–Pliocene speciation, introgression, and migration of <I>Patis</I> and <I>Ptilagrostis</I> (Poaceae: Stipeae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.018
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Phylogeny of <I>Nassella</I> (Stipeae, Pooideae, Poaceae) based on analyses of chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA and morphology

Systematic Botany
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1600/036364414X681419
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Species delimitation and name application in <I>Deyeuxia abnormis</I>, <I>Agrostis zenkeri</I>, <I>A</I>. <I>pleiophylla</I> and related taxa (Poaceae: Agrostidinae)

Phytotaxa
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.111.1.1
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Molecular phylogeny of <I>Dissanthelium</I> (Poaceae: Pooideae) and its taxonomic implications

Systematic Botany
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.600/036364412X616701
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