Kenneth J. Wurdack

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

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Kenneth J. Wurdack is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth J. Wurdack has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Kenneth J. Wurdack's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (39 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (23 papers). Kenneth J. Wurdack is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (39 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (23 papers). Kenneth J. Wurdack collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Kenneth J. Wurdack's co-authors include Charles C. Davis, Elizabeth A. Zimmer, Lee A. Weigt, Daniel H. Janzen, W. John Kress, Mark W. Chase, Petra Hoffmann, Paul E. Berry, Ricarda Riina and Rosabelle Samuel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Scientific Reports.

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Kenneth J. Wurdack

50 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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Use of DNA barcodes to identify flowering plants

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Re-evaluating monotypic Eleutherostylis from New Guinea and the Moluccas and its inclusion in Grewia (Malvaceae, Grewioideae) 2024 ·PhytoKeys ·Laurence J. Dorr, Kenneth J. Wurdack	1
2	A new, disjunct species of Bahiana (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae): Phytogeographic connections between the seasonally dry tropical forests of Peru and Brazil, and a review of spinescence in the family 2023 ·PhytoKeys ·Kenneth J. Wurdack	3
3	Indo‐AsianEriolaenaexpanded to include two Malagasy genera, and other generic realignments based on molecular phylogenetics of Dombeyoideae (Malvaceae) 2020 ·Taxon ·Laurence J. Dorr, Kenneth J. Wurdack	5
4	Monadelpha (Euphorbiaceae, Plukenetieae), a new genus of Tragiinae from the Amazon rainforest of Venezuela and Brazil 2020 ·PhytoKeys ·Lynn J. Gillespie, Warren Cardinal‐McTeague, Kenneth J. Wurdack	4
5	Weda, a new genus with two new species of Euphorbiaceae‐Crotonoideae from Halmahera (North Maluku, Indonesia) and phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian tribe Ricinocarpeae 2020 ·Journal of Systematics and Evolution ·Peter C. van Welzen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Marcel Eurlings, (unknown), Peter B. Phillipson, (unknown), (unknown), Kenneth J. Wurdack	5
6	Pseudoflowers produced by Fusarium xyrophilum on yellow-eyed grass (Xyris spp.) in Guyana: A novel floral mimicry system? 2020 ·Fungal Genetics and Biology ·Imane Laraba, Susan P. McCormick, Martha Vaughan, Robert H. Proctor, Mark Busman, Michael Appell, Kerry O’Donnell, Frederick C. Felker, M. Catherine Aime, Kenneth J. Wurdack	8
7	Fusarium xyrophilum, sp. nov., a member of the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex recovered from pseudoflowers on yellow-eyed grass (Xyris spp.) from Guyana 2019 ·Mycologia ·Imane Laraba, Hye-Seon Kim, Robert H. Proctor, Mark Busman, Kerry O’Donnell, Frederick C. Felker, M. Catherine Aime, Rachel A. Koch, Kenneth J. Wurdack	11
8	Systematics and relationships of Tryssophyton (Melastomataceae), with a second species from the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana 2019 ·PhytoKeys ·Kenneth J. Wurdack, Fabián A. Michelangeli	3
9	A new large-flowered species of Andeimalva (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) from Peru 2018 ·PhytoKeys ·Laurence J. Dorr, (unknown), Kenneth J. Wurdack	2
10	A new disjunct species of Eriolaena (Malvaceae, Dombeyoideae) from Continental Africa 2018 ·PhytoKeys ·Laurence J. Dorr, Kenneth J. Wurdack	6
11	A new disjunct Dendrothrix (Euphorbiaceae, tribe Hippomaneae): a Guiana Shield element in sub-Andean cordilleras of Ecuador and Peru 2017 ·PhytoKeys ·Kenneth J. Wurdack	4
12	Horizontal transfer of expressed genes in a parasitic flowering plant 2012 ·BMC Genomics ·Zhenxiang Xi, Robert K. Bradley, Kenneth J. Wurdack, (unknown), M. Sugumaran, Kirsten Bomblies, Joshua S. Rest, Charles C. Davis	84
13	The complete nucleotide sequence of the cassava (Manihot esculenta) chloroplast genome and the evolution of atpF in Malpighiales: RNA editing and multiple losses of a group II intron 2008 ·Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·Henry Daniell, Kenneth J. Wurdack, Anderson Kanagaraj, Seung-Bum Lee, Christopher Saski, Robert K. Jansen	80
14	Floral Gigantism in Rafflesiaceae 2007 ·Science ·Charles C. Davis, Maribeth Latvis, Daniel L. Nickrent, Kenneth J. Wurdack, David Baum	117
15	Phylogenetics of tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) based on nrITS and plastid matK DNA sequence data 2006 ·American Journal of Botany ·Hashendra Kathriarachchi, Rosabelle Samuel, Petra Hoffmann, Jelena Mlinarec, Kenneth J. Wurdack, Hélène Ralimanana, Tod F. Stuessy, Mark W. Chase	105
16	Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae: evidence from plastid MATK and nuclear PHYC sequences 2005 ·American Journal of Botany ·Rosabelle Samuel, Hashendra Kathriarachchi, Petra Hoffmann, Michael H. J. Barfuss, Kenneth J. Wurdack, Charles C. Davis, Mark W. Chase	103
17	Molecular systematics of the Catesbaeeae‐Chiococceae complex (Rubiaceae): flower and fruit evolution and biogeographic implications 2005 ·American Journal of Botany ·Timothy J. Motley, Kenneth J. Wurdack, Piero G. Delprete	69
18	Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae inferred from five genes (plastid atpB, matK, 3′ndhF, rbcL, and nuclear PHYC) 2005 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Hashendra Kathriarachchi, Petra Hoffmann, Rosabelle Samuel, Kenneth J. Wurdack, Mark W. Chase	79
19	Molecular evidence for the common origin of snap‐traps among carnivorous plants 2002 ·American Journal of Botany ·Kenneth M. Cameron, Kenneth J. Wurdack, Richard W. Jobson	50
20	Carex roanensis rediscovered 1986 ·Castanea ·John A. Churchill, Kenneth J. Wurdack	1

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