Contact Details

Steve Wagstaff

DDI: 03 321 9824
Phone: 03 321 9999

Fax: 03 321 9998
Email

Qualifications

BSc Botany, Western Washington University
MSc Botany, Western Washington University
PhD Botany, Ohio University USA

Research interests

• Origin and diversification of New Zealand Plants
• Island biogeography
• Maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimates of divergence times

Current projects

• Origin, patterns of diversification, and classification of New Zealand Astereae (Asteraceae)
• Differences in regional species richness in Dracophyllum (Richeeae, Ericaceae)
• Evolutionary significance of interspecific hybridization in the New Zealand endemic genus Hoheria (Malvaceae)
• Phylogeny and character evolution in the New Zealand endemic genus Plagianthus (Malvaceae)

Web site:

• Wagstaff, S.J.; Wilton, A.; Cochrane, M 2007. Phylogeny of New Zealand plants. http://nzflora.landcareresearch.co.nz/Phylogeny/WebForms/Home.aspx (updated may 2007).

Recent publications

Wagstaff, S.J.; Hennion, F. 2007. Evolution and biogeography of Lyallia and Hectorella (Portulacaceae), geographically isolated sisters from the Southern Hemisphere. Antarctic Science (in press).

Knapp, M.; Mardulian, R.; Havell, D.; Wagstaff, S.J.; Lockhart, P.J. 2007. The drowning of New Zealand and the problem of Agathis. Systematic Biology (in press).

Ford, K.A.; Ward, J.M.; Smissen, R.D.; Wagstaff, S.J.; Breitwieser, I. 2007. Phylogeny and biogeography of Craspedia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) based on ITS, ETS and psbA-trnH sequence data. Taxon (in press).

Wagstaff, S.J.; Breitwieser, I.; Swenson, U. 2006. Origin and relationships of the austral genus Abrotanella (Asteraceae) inferred from DNA sequences. Taxon 55: 95–106.