Biodiversity Research in the DUKE Herbarium

VASCULAR PLANTS

• Using phylogeny to investigate the history of morphological evolution in heterosporous ferns
• Phylogeny, character evolution, and diversification of extant ferns
• Reconciling patterns of phylogenetic rate heterogeneity in ferns with morphology, ecology, and life history
• Evolutionary history of Fagaceae
• Phylogeography of the black walnut group (Juglans)
• Digital Flora of La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica

BRYOPHYTES

• Liverwort Tree of Life Project (LiTOL)
• Moss Diversity Project
• Sphagnum Systematics Project
• Databasing Southeastern Bryophytes
• Systematics of the Daltoniaceae (PEET)

FUNGI and LICHENS

• Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life (AFTOL) Project
• Duke Forest Mycological Observatory (DFMO) Project

COLLECTIONS | Vascular Plants | Algae | Bryophytes | Fungi | Lichens

2007 Duke University Herbarium, Durham, NC 27708 USA.
Duke University | Department of Biology