Francis Nge
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Botanic Gardens of Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia
Area of expertise: Plant phylogenomics, macroevolution, diversification, biogeography, southeast Asian (Malesian) plants, Australian plants, biodiversity hotspots
Botanic Gardens of Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia
Area of expertise: Plant phylogenomics, macroevolution, diversification, biogeography, southeast Asian (Malesian) plants, Australian plants, biodiversity hotspots
Title: Dr
Email: francis.nge@botanicgardens.nsw.gov.au
Web-link of Research Group: https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/about-us/our-people/meet-our-experts/francis-nge
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Nge, F. J., & Skeels, A. (2025). Diversification patterns of the southwest Australian biodiversity hotspot reveal a novel macroevolutionary pathway to plant hyperdiversity. New Phytologist na. https://doi.org:https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70330
Nge, F.J., Biffin, E., Rye, B.L., Wilson, P.G., van Dijk, K., Thiele, K.R., M. Waycott, M., Barrett, M.D. (2025). Australian biogeography, climate-dependent diversification and phylogenomics of the spectacular Chamelaucieae tribe (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 38: SB24014.
Nge, F.J., Hammer, T.A., Vasconcelos, T., Biffin, E., Kellermann, J., Waycott, M. (2024). Polyploidy linked with species richness but not diversification rates or niche breadth in Australian Pomaderreae (Rhamnaceae). Annals of Botany 3: 531–548.
Nge, F.J., Chaowasku, T., Soule, V.R.C., Rodrigues-Vaz, C., Bruy, D., Mariac, C., Chatrou, L.W., Chen, J., Choo, L.M., Dagallier, L.M.P., Erkens, R.H.J., Johnson, D.M., Leeratiwong, C., Lobão, A.Q., Lopes, J.C., Martínez-Verlarde, M.F., Muzinger, J., Murray, N.A., Neo, W.L., Ortiz-Rodriguez, A.E., Rakotoarinivo, M., Sonké, B. Thomas, D.C., Wieringa, J., Couvreur, T.L.P. (2024). Complete genus-level phylogenomics and new subtribal classification of the pantropical plant family Annonaceae. Taxon 6: 1341–1369.
Keppel, G., Nge, F.J., Ibanez T. (2023) Slowing taxon cycle can explain biodiversity patterns in the Pacific: insights into the biogeography of the tropical South Pacific from molecular data. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 62: 201–214.