Richard M.K. Saunders

Richard M.K. Saunders (1964– ), botanist.

IPNI standard form: R.M.K.Saunders

Taxon names authored

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16 taxon names authored by Richard M.K. Saunders

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

Zhang, D.-X., Saunders, R.M.K., & Hu, C.M. 1999. Corsiopsis chinensis gen. et sp. nov. (Corsiaceae): First record of the family in Asia. Systematic Botany 24(3): 311–314. JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.
Su, Y.C.F., Mols, J.B., Takeuchi, W.N., Kessler, P.J.A. & Saunders, R.M.K. 2005. Reassessing the generic status of Petalolophus (Annonaceae): evidence for the evolution of a distinct sapromyophilous lineage within Pseuduvaria. Systematic Botany 30(3): 494–502. DOI: 10.1600/0363644054782189 ResearchGate Reference page.
Su, Y.C.F. & Saunders, R.M.K. 2006. Monograph of Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 79: 1–204. JSTOR Reference page.
Weerasooriya, A., Chalermglin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. 2004. Mitrephora sirikitiae (Annonaceae): a remarkable new species endemic to northern Thailand. Nordic Journal of Botany 24(2): 201–206. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2004.tb00833.x Reference page.
Su, Y.C.F., Smith, G.J.D. & Saunders, R.M.K. 2008. Phylogeny of the basal angiosperm genus Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae) inferred from five chloroplast DNA regions, with interpretation of morphological character evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48(1): 188–206. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.028 ResearchGate Reference page.
Su, Y.C.F., Chaowasku, T. & Saunders, R.M.K. 2010. An extended phylogeny of Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae) with descriptions of three new species and a reassessment of the generic status of Oreomitra. Systematic Botany 35(1): 30–39. DOI: 10.1600/036364410790862533 ResearchGate Reference page.
Weerasooriya, A.D. & Saunders, R.M.K. 2010. Monograph of Mitrephora (Annonaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 90: 1–167. JSTOR Reference page.
Chatrou, L.W. & Pirie, M.D., Erkens, R.H.J., Couvreur, T.L.P., Neubig, K.M., Abbott, J.R., Mols, J.B., Maas, J.W., Saunders, R.M.K. & Chase, M.W. 2012. A new subfamilial and tribal classification of the pantropical flowering plant family Annonaceae informed by molecular phylogenetics. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 169(1): 5–40. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01235.x Reference page.
Xue, B., Su, Y.C.F., Thomas, D.C. & Saunders, R.M.K. 2012. Pruning the polyphyletic genus Polyalthia (Annonaceae) and resurrecting the genus Monoon. Taxon 61(5): 1021–1039. DOI: 10.1002/tax.615009 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.
Guo, X., Wang, J., Xue, B., Thomas, D.C., Su, Y.C., Tan, Y.H. & Saunders, R.M. 2014. Reassessing the taxonomic status of two enigmatic Desmos species (Annonaceae): Morphological and molecular phylogenetic support for a new genus, Wangia. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 52(1): 1–15. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12064 Reference page.
Saunders, R.M.K., Guo, X. & Tang, C.C. 2020. Friesodielsia subaequalis (Annonaceae): a new nomenclatural combination following conservation of the generic name against Schefferomitra. Phytotaxa 464(2): 183-184. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.464.2.5 Reference page.