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Royal Botanic Gardens Kew: Richmond, London, GB

2007-09-01 to present | Head of Molecular Systematics
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Felix Forest

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University of Reading: Reading, GB

2000-10-01 to 2004-07-04 | PhD
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Felix Forest

Works (43)

Identifying conservation priorities of a pantropical plant lineage: a case study in Scleria (Cyperaceae)

Ecosistemas
2025-03-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Javier Galán Díaz; Steven P. Bachman; Félix Forest; Marcial Escudero; Hannah Rotton; Isabel Larridon
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Phylogenetic biome niche conservatism underlies the evolution of forest paleoendemic legume trees in tropical Africa

2025-01-13 | Preprint
Contributors: Dario I. Ojeda; Anaïs-Pasiphae Gorel; Gilles Dauby; Sandra Cervantes; Aaron D. Pan; Thomas Marcussen; Samuel Vanden Abeele; Arthur Boom; Félix Forest; Manuel de la Estrella et al.
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Strong habitat and seasonal phenology effects on the evolution of self‐compatibility, clonality and pollinator shifts in Lachenalia (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae)

New Phytologist
2024-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Graham D. Duncan; Allan G. Ellis; Félix Forest; G. Anthony Verboom
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Genome size is positively correlated with extinction risk in herbaceous angiosperms

New Phytologist
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Marybel Soto Gomez; Matilda J. M. Brown; Samuel Pironon; Petr Bureš; Luis D. Verde Arregoitia; Pavel Veselý; Tammy L. Elliott; František Zedek; Jaume Pellicer; Félix Forest et al.
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Tangled webs and spider‐flowers: Phylogenomics, biogeography, and seed morphology inform the evolutionary history of Cleomaceae

American Journal of Botany
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Theresa C. Saunders; Isabel Larridon; William J. Baker; Russell L. Barrett; Félix Forest; Elaine Françoso; Olivier Maurin; Saba Rokni; Eric H. Roalson
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Phylogenomics of the pantropical Connaraceae: revised infrafamilial classification and the evolution of heterostyly

Plant Systematics and Evolution
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Jurriaan M. de Vos; Serafin J. R. Streiff; Julien B. Bachelier; Niroshini Epitawalage; Olivier Maurin; Félix Forest; William J. Baker
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Identifying conservation priorities of a pantropical plant lineage: a case study in Scleria (Cyperaceae)

2024-06-25 | Preprint
Contributors: Javier Galán Díaz; Steven P. Bachman; Félix Forest; Marcial Escudero; Hannah Rotton; Isabel Larridon
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An assessment of methods to combine evolutionary history and conservation: A case study in the Brazilian campo rupestre

Applications in Plant Sciences
2024-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Raquel C. Pizzardo; Eimear Nic Lughadha; Juliana Gastaldello Rando; Félix Forest; Anselmo Nogueira; Luana S. Prochazka; Barnaby E. Walker; Thais Vasconcelos
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The global distribution of angiosperm genome size is shaped by climate

New Phytologist
2024-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Petr Bureš; Tammy L. Elliott; Pavel Veselý; Petr Šmarda; Félix Forest; Ilia J. Leitch; Eimear Nic Lughadha; Marybel Soto Gomez; Samuel Pironon; Matilda J. M. Brown et al.
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Global hotspots of plant phylogenetic diversity

New Phytologist
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Melanie Tietje; Alexandre Antonelli; Félix Forest; Rafaël Govaerts; Stephen A. Smith; Miao Sun; William J. Baker; Wolf L. Eiserhardt
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A global study of the geographic range size of epiphytes

2023-11-21 | Preprint
Contributors: Vida J. Svahnström; Eimear Nic Lughadha; Félix Forest; Tarciso C.C. Leão
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A novel phylogenomics pipeline reveals complex pattern of reticulate evolution in Cucurbitales

2023-11-01 | Preprint
Contributors: Edgardo M. Ortiz; Alina Höwener; Gentaro Shigita; Mustafa Raza; Olivier Maurin; Alexandre Zuntini; Félix Forest; William J. Baker; Hanno Schaefer
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Drift in the tropics: Phylogenetics and biogeographical patterns in Combretaceae

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2023-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Olivier Maurin; Artemis Anest; Félix Forest; Ian Turner; Russell L. Barrett; Robyn C. Cowan; Lijia Wang; Kyle W. Tomlinson; Tristan Charles‐Dominique
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Genome size is positively correlated with extinction risk in herbaceous angiosperms

2023-09-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Marybel Soto Gomez; Matilda J.M. Brown; Samuel Pironon; Pavel Veselý; Petr Bureš; Tammy L. Elliott; František Zedek; Jaume Pellicer; Félix Forest; Eimear Nic Lughadha et al.
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Three new species of Millettia (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae: Millettieae) from the Indo-Chinese region

Kew Bulletin
2023-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Sawai Mattapha; Felix Forest; Brian D. Schrire; Gwilym P. Lewis; Julie Hawkins; Somran Suddee
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The global distribution of angiosperm genome size is shaped by climate

2022-12-08 | Preprint
Contributors: Petr Bureš; Tammy L. Elliott; Pavel Veselý; Petr Šmarda; Félix Forest; Ilia J. Leitch; Eimear Nic Lughadha; Marybel Soto Gomez; Samuel Pironon; Matilda J. M. Brown et al.
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Dataset of pollination traits in Fabales

Data in Brief
2022-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Deniz Aygören Uluer; Félix Forest; Julie A. Hawkins
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Preventing species extinctions: A global conservation consortium for Erica

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET
2022-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Michael D. Pirie; Robbie Blackhall‐Miles; Greg Bourke; Dan Crowley; Ismail Ebrahim; Félix Forest; Michael Knaack; Rupert Koopman; Alex Lansdowne; Nicolai M. Nürk et al.
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A new sectional classification of Lachenalia (Asparagaceae) based on a multilocus DNA phylogeny

TAXON
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Graham D. Duncan; Carl D. Schlichting; Félix Forest; Allan G. Ellis; Alan R. Lemmon; Emily Moriarty Lemmon; G. Anthony Verboom
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Evidence linking life‐form to a major shift in diversification rate in Crassula

American Journal of Botany
2022-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Meng Lu; Marc Fradera‐Soler; Félix Forest; Timothy G. Barraclough; Olwen M. Grace
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A revised infrageneric classification of Bellevalia Lapeyr. (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae) based on molecular analysis

Phytotaxa
2021-11-11 | Journal article
Contributors: AZARNOOSH JAFARI; JAMIL VAEZI; MOHAMMAD MAHDI FORGHANIFARD; FÉLIX FOREST; JOHN C. MANNING
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Plants used traditionally as antimalarials in Latin America: Mining the tree of life for potential new medicines

Journal of Ethnopharmacology
2021-10 | Journal article
Contributors: William Milliken; Barnaby E. Walker; Melanie-Jayne R. Howes; Félix Forest; Eimear Nic Lughadha
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Repeated parallel losses of inflexed stamens in Moraceae: Phylogenomics and generic revision of the tribe Moreae and the reinstatement of the tribe Olmedieae (Moraceae)

TAXON
2021-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Elliot M. Gardner; Mira Garner; Robyn Cowan; Steven Dodsworth; Niroshini Epitawalage; Deby Arifiani; Sahromi; William J. Baker; Felix Forest; Olivier Maurin et al.
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The rise of grasslands is linked to atmospheric CO2 decline in the late Palaeogene

2021-08-28 | Other
Contributors: Luis Palazzesi; Oriane Hidalgo; Viviana D. Barreda; Félix Forest; Sebastian Höhna
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A comprehensive phylogenomic study of the monocot order Commelinales, with a new classification of Commelinaceae

American Journal of Botany
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Alexandre R. Zuntini; Lorna P. Frankel; Lisa Pokorny; Félix Forest; William J. Baker
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Exploring Angiosperms353: An open, community toolkit for collaborative phylogenomic research on flowering plants

American Journal of Botany
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: William J. Baker; Steven Dodsworth; Félix Forest; Sean W. Graham; Matthew G. Johnson; Angela McDonnell; Lisa Pokorny; Jennifer A. Tate; Susann Wicke; Norman J. Wickett
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Exploring Angiosperms353: Developing and applying a universal toolkit for flowering plant phylogenomics

Applications in Plant Sciences
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Angela J. McDonnell; William J. Baker; Steven Dodsworth; Félix Forest; Sean W. Graham; Matthew G. Johnson; Lisa Pokorny; Jennifer Tate; Susann Wicke; Norman J. Wickett
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Joining forces in Ochnaceae phylogenomics: a tale of two targeted sequencing probe kits

American Journal of Botany
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Toral Shah; Julio V. Schneider; Georg Zizka; Olivier Maurin; William Baker; Félix Forest; Grace E. Brewer; Vincent Savolainen; Iain Darbyshire; Isabel Larridon
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Lineage‐specific vs. universal: A comparison of the Compositae1061 and Angiosperms353 enrichment panels in the sunflower family

Applications in Plant Sciences
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Carolina M. Siniscalchi; Oriane Hidalgo; Luis Palazzesi; Jaume Pellicer; Lisa Pokorny; Olivier Maurin; Ilia J. Leitch; Felix Forest; William J. Baker; Jennifer R. Mandel
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Harnessing large-scale biodiversity data to infer the current distribution of Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
2021-06-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Paige Ellestad; Félix Forest; Marcelo Serpe; Stephen J Novak; Sven Buerki
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Conserving evolutionary history to safeguard our future: incorporating the Tree of Life into biodiversity policy

2021-03-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Rikki Gumbs; Abhishek Chaudhary; Barnabas H. Daru; Daniel P. Faith; Félix Forest; Claudia L. Gray; Aida Kowalska; Who-Seung Lee; Roseli Pellens; Sebastian Pipins et al.
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Crop wild phylorelatives (CWPs): phylogenetic distance, cytogenetic compatibility and breeding system data enable estimation of crop wild relative gene pool classification

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
2021-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Juan Viruel; Michael B Kantar; Roberta Gargiulo; Peri Hesketh-Prichard; Nathan Leong; Christopher Cockel; Félix Forest; Barbara Gravendeel; Rocío Pérez-Barrales; Ilia J Leitch et al.
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The impact of rainforest area reduction in the Guineo‐Congolian region on the tempo of diversification and habitat shifts in the Berlinia clade (Leguminosae)

Journal of Biogeography
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Manuel de la Estrella; Sandra Cervantes; Steven B. Janssens; Félix Forest; Olivier J. Hardy; Dario I. Ojeda
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Introgression across evolutionary scales suggests reticulation contributes to Amazonian tree diversity

Molecular Ecology
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Rowan J. Schley; R. Toby Pennington; Oscar Alejandro Pérez‐Escobar; Andrew J. Helmstetter; Manuel de la Estrella; Isabel Larridon; Izai Alberto Bruno Sabino Kikuchi; Timothy G. Barraclough; Félix Forest; Bente Klitgård
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Biodiversity and patents: Overview of plants and fungi covered by patents

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Monique S. J. Simmonds; Rui Fang; Lilybelle Wyatt; Elizabeth Bell; Bob Allkin; Felix Forest; Rachel Wynberg; Manuela da Silva; Ben Gang Zhang; Jiu Shi Liu et al.
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Conserving orthodox seeds of globally threatened plants ex situ in the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK: the status of seed collections

Biodiversity and Conservation
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Udayangani Liu; Tiziana A. Cossu; Rachael M. Davies; Félix Forest; John B. Dickie; Elinor Breman
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Toward Unifying Global Hotspots of Wild and Domesticated Biodiversity

Plants
2020-08 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Samuel Pironon; James S. Borrell; Ian Ondo; Ruben Douglas; Charlotte Phillips; Colin K. Khoury; Michael Kantar; Nathan Fumia; Marybel Soto Gomez; Juan Viruel et al.
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Plant richness, turnover, and evolutionary diversity track gradients of stability and ecological opportunity in a megadiversity center

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2020-08-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Jonathan F. Colville; Colin M. Beale; Félix Forest; Res Altwegg; Brian Huntley; Richard M. Cowling
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<strong>From the frying pan: an unusual dwarf shrub from Namibia turns out to be a new brassicalean family</strong>

Phytotaxa
2020-04-20 | Journal article
Contributors: WESSEL SWANEPOEL; MARK W. CHASE; MAARTEN J.M. CHRISTENHUSZ; OLIVIER MAURIN; FÉLIX FOREST; ABRAHAM E. VAN WYK
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Repeated parallel losses of inflexed stamens in Moraceae: phylogenomics and generic revision of the tribe Moreae and the reinstatement of the tribe Olmedieae (Moraceae)

2020-04-09 | Preprint
Contributors: Elliot M. Gardner; Mira Garner; Robyn Cowan; Steven Dodsworth; Niroshini Epitawalage; Deby Arifiani; S. Sahromi; William J. Baker; Felix Forest; Olivier Maurin et al.
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Fast diversification through a mosaic of evolutionary histories characterizes the endemic flora of ancient Neotropical mountains

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2020-03-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Thais N. C. Vasconcelos; Suzana Alcantara; Caroline O. Andrino; Félix Forest; Marcelo Reginato; Marcelo F. Simon; José R. Pirani
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Introgression across evolutionary scales suggests reticulation contributes to Amazonian tree diversity

2019-12-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Rowan J. Schley; R. Toby Pennington; Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar; Andrew J. Helmstetter; Manuel de la Estrella; Isabel Larridon; Izai Alberto Bruno Sabino Kikuchi; Timothy Barraclough; Félix Forest; Bente Klitgård
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A customized nuclear target enrichment approach for developing a phylogenomic baseline for Dioscorea yams (Dioscoreaceae)

Applications in Plant Sciences
2019-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Marybel Soto Gomez; Lisa Pokorny; Michael B. Kantar; Félix Forest; Ilia J. Leitch; Barbara Gravendeel; Paul Wilkin; Sean W. Graham; Juan Viruel
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