Publications

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Bedoya, A. M., C. M. Taylor, A. Mumford, L. Ball, & L. P. Lagomarsino. The interplay of biogeographic history, floral morphology, and climatic niche in Palicourea (Rubiaceae), an ecologically important group of Neotropical plants. EcoEvoRxiv

2024
Barreto, E., M. A. Boehm, E. Ogutcen, S. Abrahamczyk, M. Kessler, J. Bascompte, A. S. Dellinger, C. Bello, D. M. Dehling, F. Duchenne, M. Kaehler, L. P. Lagomarsino, L. Lohmann, M. Maglianesi, H. Morlon, N. Muchhala, J. F. Ornelas, M. Perret, N. R. Salinas, S. D. Smith, J. C. Vamosi, I. G. Varassin & C. H. Graham. 2024. Coevolution and macroevolution in the plant-hummingbird pollination system. Biological Letters (Early View) doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13094 link

Dellinger, A., L. P. Lagomarsino, F. Michelangeli, F. Armando, S. Dullinger, & S. D. Smith. 2024. The sequential direct and indirect effects of mountain uplift, climatic niche and floral trait evolution on diversification dynamics in an Andean plant clade. Systematic Biology (Early View) doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae011 link

Frost, L., A. M. Bedoya, & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2024. Artifactual orthologs and the need for diligent data exploration in complex phylogenomic datasets: A museomic case study from the Andean flora. Systematic Biology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syad07 [*co-first authors] link

2023
Ball, L. D., A. M. Bedoya, C. M. Taylor, & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2023. A target enrichment probe set for resolving phylogenetic relationships in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Applications in Plant Sciences 11: e11554. link

Santamaría-Aguilar, D., R. Aguilar, & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2023. Theobroma flaviflorum (Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae), a New Species from the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Systematic Botany 48(2): 313-324. link

2022
Santamaría-Aguilar, D. & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2022. New species of Virola (Myristicaceae) from South America. PhytoKeys 197: 81-148. link (Open Access)

Lagomarsino, L. P., L. Frankel, S. Uribe-Convers, A. Antonelli, & N. Muchhala. 2022. Increased resolution in the face of conflict: phylogenomics of the Neotropical bellflowers (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae), a rapid plant radiation. Annals of Botany 129(6): 723-736. link

Allen, M. & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2022. Tanisha Williams— Recipient of the 2021 Peter Raven Award. Systematic Botany 47(1): 4-5. link (Open Access)

Frost, L., D. Santamaría-Aguilar, D. Singletary, & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2022. Neotropical niche evolution of Otoba trees in the context of global biogeography of the nutmeg family. Journal of Biogeography 49:156-170. link

2021
Frost, L., N. O’Leary, L. P. Lagomarsino, D. Tank, & R. Olmstead. 2021. Phylogeny, classification, and character evolution of tribe Citharexyleae (Verbenaceae). American Journal of Botany 10(8): 1982-2001. link

Santamaría-Aguilar, D., & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2021. Two new species of Otoba (Myristicaceae) from Colombia. PhytoKeys 178: 147-1470.

2020
Lagomarsino, L. P. & L. A. Frost. 2020. The central role of taxonomy in the study of Neotropical biodiversity. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 105: 405-421. link (Open Access)

​Lendemer, J., B. Thiers, A. Monfils, J. Zaspel, E. Ellwood, A. Bentley, K. LeVan, J. Bates, D. Jennings, D. Contreras, L. P. Lagomarsino, P. Mabee, L. Ford, R. Guralnick, R. Gropp, M. Revelez, N. Cobb, K. Seltmann, M. C. Aime. 2020. The Extended Specimen Network: A strategy to enhance US biodiversity collections, promote research and education. BioScience 70(1): 23-30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz140 link (Open Access)

2019
Santamaría-Aguilar, D. A., R. Aguilar, & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2019. A taxonomic synopsis of Virola (Myristicaceae) in Mesoamerica, including six new species. Phytokeys 134: 1–82. link (Open Access)

Sarikaya, D.P., S. Church, L. P. Lagomarsino, K. M. Magnacca, S. L. Montgomery, D. Price, K. K. Kaneshiro, C. G. Extavour. 2019. Reproductive capacity evolves in response to ecology through common changes in cell number in Hawaiian DrosophilaCurrent Biology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.063link

Lagomarsino, L.P. & N. Muchhala. 2019. A gradient of pollination specialization in Bolivian Centropogon (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae). American Journal of Botany 106(5): 633-642. link

Lagomarsino, L.P. 2019Rapid plant diversification in the Andes does not require flowers. New Phytologist 22: 11­–13. link

Hoorn, C., R. van der Ham, F. de la Parra, S. Salamanca, H. ter Steege, H. Banks, W. Star, B. van Heuven, R. Langelaan, F. Antunes-Carvahlo, G. Rodriguez-Forero, & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2019. Going North or South: Rise, demise and migration of two fossil Malvaceae in the wake of Andean uplift and connectivity between the Americas. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology. 264: 90-109. link

Rabeler, R. K., H. T. Svoboda, B. Thiers, L. A. Prather, J. Macklin, L. P. Lagomarsino, L. C. Majure, & C. Ferguson. 2019Herbarium practice and ethics, III. Systematic Botany 44(1): 7–13. link (Open Access)

2018
Santamaria-Aguilar, D.A., A.F. Fuentes, & L.P. Lagomarsino. 2018. Three new species of Freziera (Pentaphylacaceae, Freziereae) from Bolivia and Peru. Phytotaxa 349 (2), 101-114.

Condamine, F.L., A. Antonelli, L.P. Lagomarsino, C. Hoorn, & L.H. Liow. 2018. Teasing apart mountain uplift, climate change and biotic drivers of species diversification. Chapter in: Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity, p. 257.

2017
Lagomarsino, L. P., E. J. Forrestel, N. Muchhala, & C. Davis. 2017. The repeated evolution of vertebrate pollination syndromes in a recently diverged Andean plant clade. Evolution. doi: 10.1111/evo.13297.

Iles, W. J. D., C. Sass, L. P. Lagomarsino, G. Benson-Martin, H. Driscoll, & C. D. Specht. 2017The phylogeny of Heliconia (Heliconiaceae) and the evolution of floral presentation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.001

Santamaría-Aguilar, D., A. & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2017. Two new species and a new combination in Protium (Burseraceae) from Costa Rica. Phytokeys 76: 89–113. link (Open Access)

Uribe-Convers, S., M. Carlsen, L. P. Lagomarsino, & N. Muchhala. 2017Phylogenetic relationships of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae): Combining whole plastome and with targeted loci data in a recent radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 551–563. link

2016 and earlier (pre-LSU)
Santamaría-Aguilar, D. & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2016. Two new Pentaphylacaceae species from southern Central America. Brittonia. doi:10.1007/s12228-016-9453-1. link

Santamaría-Aguilar, D., Neill, D. A., & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2016.  A new species of Freziera (Pentaphylacaceae) with large leaves and flowers from Ecuador. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0960428616000147  link

Lagomarsino, L. P., F. Condamine, A. Mulch, A. Antonelli, & C. Davis. 2016The abiotic and biotic drivers of rapid diversification in Andean bellflowers (Campanulaceae). New Phytologist 210(4): 1430–1442.  link (Open Access)
    Commentary: Hughes, C. E. 2016. The tropical Andean plant diversity powerhouse. New Phytologist 210(4): 1152–1154. link 

Lagomarsino, L.P. &D. Santamaría-Aguilar. 2016Two new species of Siphocampylus (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) from the Central Andes. Phytokeys 58: 105–117. link (Open Access)

Santamaría-Aguilar, D. & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2015. Synopsis of Couepia (Chrysobalanaceae) in Costa Rica, with a description of two new species. Phytotaxa 233(1): 69–79link

Lagomarsino, L.P., D. Santamaría-Aguilar, & N. Muchhala. 2015. Two new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) from the Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica and Panama, with a key to the Central American species. Systematic Botany 40(3): 914–921. link (Open Access)

Lagomarsino, L. P. & D. Santamaría-Aguilar. 2015Lectotypification of Peruvian Campanulaceae names associated with collections made by Augusto Weberbauer. Harvard Papers in Botany 20(1): 77–79link

Santamaría-Aguilar, D. & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2015Cuatro nuevas especies y un nuevo registro de Freziera (Pentaphylacaceae) de Ecuador and Perú. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 9(2): 89–102link

Lagomarsino, L. P., A. Antonelli, N. Muchhala, A. Timmermann, S. Mathews, & C. Davis. 2014. Phylogeny,  classification, and fruit evolution of the species-rich Neotropical bellflowers (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae).  American Journal of Botany 101(12): 2097–2112. link

Santamaría-Aguilar, D., A. K. Monro, Q. Jiménez-Madrigal, & L. P. Lagomarsino. 2014. Two new species of  Freziera (Pentaphylacaceae) from Costa Rica. Harvard Papers in Botany 19(2): 219­–225. link

Lagomarsino, L.P., A. L. Grusz, & R. C. Moran. 2012. Primary hemi-epiphytism and gametophyte morphology in  Elaphoglossum amygdalifolium (Dryopteridaceae). Brittonia 64(2): 226–235. link

Kirchoff, B.K., L.P. Lagomarsino, W.H. Newman, M.E. Bartlett, & C.D. Specht. 2009. Early floral development of  Heliconia latispatha Benth., a key taxon for understanding evolution of flower development in the Zingiberales.  American Journal of Botany 96(3): 580–593link