Wurdack, K. J.*, and C. C. Davis*. 2009. Malpighiales phylogenetics: gaining ground on one of the most recalcitrant clades in the angiosperm tree of life. American Journal of Botany 96: 1551-1570. [pdf] Willis, C. G., B. Ruhfel, R. B. Primack, A. J. Miller-Rushing, and C. C. Davis*. 2009. Reply to McDonald et al.: Climate change, not deer herbivory, has shaped species decline in Concord, Massachusetts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106:E29. [pdf] Wang, H., M. J. Moore, P. S. Soltis, C. D. Bell, S. F. Brockington, R. Alexandre, C. C. Davis, M. Latvis, S. R. Manchester, and D. E. Soltis. 2009. Rosid radiation and the rapid rise of angiosperm-dominated forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106:3853-3858. [pdf] Davis, C.C. 2008. Floral evolution: Dramatic size change was recent and rapid in the world's largest flowers. Current Biology 18: R1102-R1104. [pdf] Willis, C. G., B. Ruhfel, R. B. Primack, A. J. Miller-Rushing, and C. C. Davis*. 2008. Phylogenetic patterns of species loss in Thoreau's woods are driven by climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105: 17029–17033. [pdf] (* = corresponding author) Ruhfel, B., S. Lindsay, and C. C. Davis. 2008. Phylogenetic placement of Rheopteris and the polyphyly of Monogramma (Pteridaceae s.l.): evidence from rbcL sequence data. Systematic Botany 11: 49-57. [pdf] Davis. C. C., P. Endress, and D. A. Baum. 2008. The evolution of floral gigantism. Current Opinions in Plant Biology 11: 49-57. [invited review, pdf] Anderson, W. R., and C. C. Davis. 2007. Generic adjustments in neotropical Malpighiaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 25: 137-166. [pdf] Davis, C. C., M. Latvis, D. L. Nickrent, K. J. Wurdack, and D. A. Baum. 2007. Floral gigantism in Rafflesiaceae. Science 315: 1812. [cover] [pdf] Soltis, D. E., J. W. Clayton, C. C. Davis, M. A. Gitzendanner, M. Cheek, V. Savolainen, A. M. Amorim, and P. S. Soltis. 2007. Monophyly and relationships of the enigmatic family Peridiscaceae. Taxon 56: 65—73. [pdf] Qiu, Y.-L., L. Li, B. Wang, Z. Chen, V. Knoop, M. Groth-Malonek, O. Dombrovska, J. Lee, L. Kent, J. Rest, G. F. Estabrook, T. A. Hendry, D. W. Taylor, C. M. Testa, M. Ambros, B. Crandall-Stotler, R. J. Duff, M. Stech, W. Frey, D. Quandt, and C. C. Davis. 2006. The deepest divergences in land plants inferred from phylogenomic evidence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103: 15511—15516. [pdf] Anderson, W. R., and C. C. Davis. 2006. Expansion of Diplopterys at the expense of Banisteriopsis (Malpighiaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 11: 1—16. [pdf] Davis, C. C., W. R. Anderson, and K. J. Wurdack. 2005. Gene transfer from a parasitic flowering plant to a fern. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 272: 2237—2242. [pdf] Qiu, Y.-L., O. Dombrovska, J. Lee, L. Li, B. A. Whitlock, F. Bernasconi-Quadroni, J. S. Rest, C. C. Davis, T. Borsch, K. W. Hilu, S. S. Renner, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, M. J. Zanis, J. J. Cannone, R. R. Gutell, M. Powell, V. Savolainen, L. W. Chatrou, and M. W. Chase. 2005. Phylogenetic analyses of basal angiosperms based on nine plastid, mitochondrial, and nuclear genes. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 815—842. [pdf] Anderson, W. R., and C. C. Davis. 2005. Transfer of Mascagnia leticiana to Malpighia (Malpighiaceae). Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 24: 45—49. [pdf] Davis, C. C., C. O. Webb, K. J. Wurdack, C. A. Jaramillo, and M. J. Donoghue. 2005. Explosive radiation of Malpighiales supports a mid-Cretaceous origin of modern tropical rain forests. American Naturalist 165: E36—E65. [pdf] Anderson, W. R., and C. C. Davis. 2005. The Mascagnia cordifolia group (Malpighiaceae). Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 24: 33—44. [pdf] Samuel. R., H. Kathriarachchi, P. Hoffmann, M. Barfuss, K. J. Wurdack, C. C. Davis, and M. W. Chase. 2005. Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae: evidence from plastid matK and nuclear PHYC sequences. American Journal of Botany 92: 132—141. [pdf] Davis, C. C., P. W. Fritsch, C. D. Bell, and S. Mathews. 2004. High latitude Tertiary migrations of an exclusively tropical clade: evidence from Malpighiaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences 165:S107—S121. [pdf] Davis, C. C., and K. J. Wurdack. 2004. Host-to-parasite gene transfer in flowering plants: phylogenetic evidence from Malpighiales. Science 305: 676—678. [pdf] Davis, C. C., and M. W. Chase. 2004. Elatinaceae are sister to Malpighiaceae; Peridiscaceae belong to Saxifragales. American Journal of Botany 91: 262—273. [cover] [pdf] Davis, C. C., C. D. Bell, P. W. Fritsch, and S. Mathews. 2002. Phylogeny of Acridocarpus-Brachylophon (Malpighiaceae): implications for Tertiary tropical floras and Afroasian biogeography. Evolution 56: 2395—2405. [pdf] Davis, C. C., P. A. Fritsch, J. Li, and M. J. Donoghue. 2002. Phylogeny and biogeography of Cercis (Fabaceae): evidence from nuclear ribosomal ITS and chloroplast ndhF sequence data. Systematic Botany 27: 289—302. [pdf] Davis, C. C., C. D. Bell, S. Mathews, and M. J. Donoghue. 2002. Laurasian migration explains Gondwanan disjunctions: evidence from Malpighiaceae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 10: 6833—6837. [pdf] Davis, C. C. 2002. Madagasikaria (Malpighiaceae): a new genus from Madagascar with implications for floral evolution in Malpighiaceae. American Journal of Botany 89: 699—706. [pdf] Davis, C. C., W. R. Anderson, and M. J. Donoghue. 2001 Phylogeny of Malpighiaceae: evidence from chloroplast ndhF and trnL-F nucleotide sequences. American Journal of Botany 88: 1830—1846. [pdf] Li, J., Davis, C. C., M. J. Donoghue, S. Kelley, and P. Del Tredici. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of Torreya (Taxaceae) inferred from sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS region. Harvard Papers in Botany 6: 275—281. [pdf] Li, J., Davis, C. C., P. Del Tredici, and M. J. Donoghue. 2001. Phylogeny and biogeography of Taxus (Taxaceae) inferred from sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Harvard Papers in Botany 6: 267–274. [pdf] Anderson, W. R., and Davis, C. C.. Monograph of Lophopterys (Malpighiaceae). 2001. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 23: 83–105. [pdf]