Staff Spotlight
Dr. Pamela S. Soltis
Curator, Molecular Systematics & Evolutionary Genetics
301 Dickinson Hall
Museum Road & Newell Drive
Gainesville, FL 32611
(352) 273-1964
Email: psoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu
Ph.D. University of Kansas, 1986
Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Evolutionary Genetics
Concurrent Appointments
Courtesy appointments in Botany and School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Research Interests
- Molecular systematics of plants, especially angiosperms
- Morphological and molecular evolution of the flower
- Polyploid evolution and its consequences
- Comparative phylogeography, especially of the SE USA and the Pacific Northwest
- Conservation genetics of rare plant species
Ongoing Fieldwork
Collaborative research at Archbold Biological Station
Outreach Projects
- Development of educational websites for the Tree of Life and the diversity of flowers
- Development of a kiosk-style exhibit for natural history museums on the diversity of plants (in collaboration with the Peabody Museum, Yale)
- Participation in Sensational Science
- Consultant to Lincoln Middle School science teachers for development of "paleobotany garden" and molecular biology
Courses Taught
- Bot 2710, Practical Plant Taxonomy (50%), alternate fall semesters (odd)
- Bot 5725, Taxonomy of Vascular Plants (50%), alternate spring semesters (even)
- PCB 6605, Principles of Systematics (33%), alternate spring semesters (odd)
- Bot 6935, Molecular Systematics (50%), alternate fall semesters (even)
- Bot 6936, Systematics Journal Club, every semester
Graduate Students
Pablo Speranza, Ph.D. Candidate
Email: pasp - add "@ufl.edu" for full address
- Polyploid evolution and genetics in Paspalum
Ashley Morris, Ph.D. Candidate
Email: amorris@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Comparative phylogeography of 4 woody species from the eastern U.S.
Christine Edwards, Ph.D. Candidate
Email: edwardsc - add "@ufl.edu" for full address
- Phylogeny and conservation genetics of the "southeast scrub mint clade"
Kim Gulledge, Ph.D. Candidate
Email: kjg - add "@ufl.edu" for full address
- Phylogeny of Lechea (Cistaceae)
Rodrigo Vergara, Ph.D. Candidate
Email: rvergara69 - add "@hotmail.com" for full address
- Genetic diversity and hybridization in Nothofagus
Heather Loring, Ph.D. Candidate
Email: hloring - add "@ufl.edu" for full address
- Gene flow in forest fragments
Sam Brockington, Ph.D. Candidate, co-advised with Dr. D. Soltis
Email: sambrockington - add "@hotmail.com" for full address
- Floral evolution and developmental genetics in Aizoaceae
Staff
Matthew A. Gitzendanner - Collection Manager
Representative Publications
Soltis, P. S. Tragopogon. Flora of North America. In press.
Soltis, D. E., P. S. Soltis, M. W. Chase, and P. K. Endress. Angiosperm Phylogeny and Evolution. Smithsonian Institution Press, in press.
Buzgo, M., P. S. Soltis, and D. E. Soltis. 2005. Floral developmental morphology of Amborella trichopoda (Amborellaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences, in press.
Oliveira, L. O., R. B. Huck, M. A. Gitzendanner, W. S. Judd, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 2005. Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and systematics of Dicerandra (Lamiaceae), a genus endemic to the southeastern United States. American Journal of Botany: in press.
Soltis, P. S. and D. E. Soltis. 2004. The origin and diversification of angiosperms. American Journal of Botany 91: 1614-1626.
Kim, S., V. A. Albert, M-J. Yoo, J. S. Farris, P. S. Soltis, and D. E. Soltis. 2004. Pre-angiosperm duplication of floral genes and regulatory tinkering at the base of angiosperms. American Journal of Botany 91: 2102-2118.
Pires, J. C., K. Y. Lim, A. Kovarík, R. Matyásek, A. Boyd, A. R. Leitch, I. J. Leitch, M. D. Bennett, P. S. Soltis, and D. E. Soltis. 2004. Molecular cytogenetic analysis of recently evolved Tragopogon (Asteraceae) allopolyploids reveal a karyotype that is additive of the diploid progenitors. American Journal of Botany 91: 1022-1035.
Davies, T. J., T. G. Barraclough, M. W. Chase, P. S. Soltis, D. E. Soltis, and V. Savolainen. 2004. Darwin's abominable mystery: Insights from a supertree of the angiosperms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 101: 1904-1909.
Ronse DeCraene, L. P., P. S. Soltis, and D. E. Soltis. 2003. Evolution of floral structures in basal angiosperms. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: S329-S363.
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II. 2003. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141: 399-436.
Soltis, P. S., D. E. Soltis, V. Savolainen, P. R. Crane, and T. Barraclough. 2002. Rate heterogeneity among lineages of land plants: integration of molecular and fossil data and evidence for molecular living fossils. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 99: 4430-4435.
Gitzendanner, M. A. and P. S. Soltis. 2000. Patterns of genetic variation in rare and widespread plant congeners: Do rare species have low levels of genetic variability? American Journal of Botany 87: 783-792.
Soltis, P. S., D. E. Soltis, and M. W. Chase. 1999. Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from multiple genes: A research tool for comparative biology. Nature 402: 402-404.