Michael D. Pirie (0000-0003-0403-4470)

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Associate Professor in Botany and curator of the University Gardens Arboretum at the University Museum of Bergen, Norway. Researcher in plant systematics and evolution specialised particularly in the flowering plants Erica (Ericaceae) and Annonaceae. Associate editor 2011- and managing editor 2013-2017 for the International Association for Plant Taxonomy's journal TAXON; managing board of PCI Evol. Biol. 2021-

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University Museum of Bergen: Bergen, Hordaland, NO

2019-06-01 to present | Associate Professor in Botany (Department of Natural History)

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Michael D. Pirie

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University Museum of Bergen: Bergen, Hordaland, NO

Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz: Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE

International Association for Plant Taxonomy: Bratislava, SK

Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz: Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE

Stellenbosch University: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, ZA

University of Zurich: Zurich, CH

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Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz: Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE

Universiteit Utrecht: Utrecht, Utrecht, NL

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

University College London: London, London, GB

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American Society of Plant Taxonomists: Laramie, Wyoming, US

International Association for Plant Taxonomy: Bratislava, SK

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Heisenberg Stelle

What drives evolutionary diversification in a biodiversity hotspot?

Heisenberg Stipendium

Was treibt evolutionäre Diversifizierung in eine Biodiversitäts-Hotspot an?

Phylogeny and Evolution of Erica

Phylogeny and biogeography of Erica – a flagship genus of the Cape Floristic Region

Taxonomy and Evolution of Cremastosperma (Annonaceae)

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Code and data for "Pollinator shifts despite hybridisation in the Cape’s hyperdiverse heathers"

Maximising informativeness for target capture-based phylogenomics in Erica (Ericaceae)

Data from: Worth the fuss? Maximising informativeness for target capture-based phylogenomics in <i>Erica</i> (Ericaceae)

erica_edge_2024

iNaturalist meets IrisBG, Index Seminum, and citizen science

Phylogenetic diversity and conservation prioritisation of <i>Erica </i>(Ericaceae)

Systematics, natural history, and conservation of <i>Erica </i>(Ericaceae)

Systematics, natural history, and conservation of <i>Erica</i>: the next steps

World Flora Online Plant List December 2024

Genus Erica: An Identification Aid Version 4.01

Heathers (Erica, Ericaceae) of Madagascar: taxonomy, evolution, ecology and uses

Worth the fuss? Maximising informativeness for target capture-based phylogenomics in Erica (Ericaceae)

Pollinator shifts despite hybridisation in the Cape's hyperdiverse heathers (Erica, Ericaceae)

Spatial decoupling of taxon richness, phylogenetic diversity and threat status in the megagenus Erica (Ericaceae)

Redefining the megagenus Erica L. (Ericaceae): the contributions of E. G. H. Oliver and I. M. Oliver (née Nitzsche) to taxonomy and nomenclature

Curating an online checklist for Erica L. (Ericaceae): contributing to and supporting global conservation through the World Flora Online

World Flora Online Plant List June 2024

Spatial decoupling of taxon richness, phylogenetic diversity, and threat status in the megagenus Erica

Genus Erica: An Identification Aid Version 4.00

World Flora Online Plant List December 2023

﻿Erica L. (Ericaceae): homonyms amongst published names for African species and proposed replacement names

Fire, frost, and drought constrain the structural diversity of wood within southern African Erica (Ericaceae)

Geographic isolation enables recurrent pollinator shifts despite hybridisation in the Cape’s hyperdiverse heathers

Preventing species extinctions: A global conservation consortium for Erica

The enigmatic tropical alpine flora on the African sky islands is young, disturbed, and unsaturated

History and evolution of the afroalpine flora: in the footsteps of Olov Hedberg

Where have all the heathers gone?

Chromosome-level reference genome of the soursop (Annona muricata): a new resource for Magnoliid research and tropical pomology.

Diversification in evolutionary arenas-Assessment and synthesis.

Natural history specimens collected and/or identified and deposited.

Remarkable insights into processes shaping African tropical tree diversity

Leaps and bounds: geographical and ecological distance constrained the colonisation of the Afrotemperate by Erica

Floral Color, Anthocyanin Synthesis Gene Expression and Control in Cape Erica Species

The soursop genome and comparative genomics of basal angiosperms provide new insights on evolutionary incongruence

An approach to determining anthocyanin synthesis enzyme gene expression in an evolutionary context: an example from Erica plukenetii

Cremastosperma (Annonaceae) specimen data

“May you live in interesting times”: On interesting problems in species level phylogenomics, and the rapid species radiation in Cape Erica (Ericaceae)

A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Cremastosperma (Annonaceae), including five new species

Parallel diversifications of Cremastosperma and Mosannona (Annonaceae), tropical rainforest trees tracking Neogene upheaval of South America

Inferring species trees given coalescence and reticulation

The evolutionary histories of genes and species: how they differ and why it matters

Underestimated regional species diversity in the Cape Floristic Region revealed by phylogenetic analysis of the Erica abietina/E. viscaria clade (Ericaceae)

Targeted NGS for species level phylogenomics: “made to measure” or “one size fits all”?

Evolution of leaf anatomy in arid environments - A case study in southern African Tetraena and Roepera (Zygophyllaceae)

The biodiversity hotspot as evolutionary hot-bed: spectacular radiation of Erica in the Cape Floristic Region.

Erica L. (Ericaceae): homonyms amongst published names for African species and proposed replacement names