Peer reviewed papers
70 - Lissambou, B.-J., Hardy, O.J., Atteke, C., Stevart, T., Dauby, G., Mbatchi, B., Sonke, B., & Couvreur, T.L.P. (2018) Taxonomic revision of the
African genus Greenwayodendron (Annonaceae). PhytoKeys, 114, 55–93. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.114.27395 open access
69 - Migliore, J., Kaymak, E., Mariac, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Lissambou, B.-J., Piñeiro, R., & Hardy, O.J. (in press) Pre-Pleistocene origin of phylogeographical breaks in African rain forest trees: New insights from Greenwayodendron (Annonaceae) phylogenomics. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13476
68 - Kamga, S.M., Niangadouma, R., Stauffer, F.W., Sonké, B., & Couvreur, T.L.P. (2018) Two new species of Raphia (Palmae/Arecaceae) from Cameroon and Gabon. PhytoKeys, 111, 17–30. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.111.27175 open access
67 - Onstein, R.E., Baker, W.J., Couvreur, T.L.P., Faurby, S., Herrera-Alsina, L., Svenning, J.-C., & Kissling, W.D. (2018) To adapt or go extinct? The fate of megafaunal palm fruits under past global change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285, 2180882 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0882
66 – Veranso–Libalah, M.-C., Douglas, R.S., Kadereit, G., Couvreur T.L.P. (2018) Multiple shifts to open habitats in Melastomateae (Melastomataceae) congruent with the increase of African Neogene climatic aridity. 45:1420-1431. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13210
65 – Cosiaux, A., Gardiner, L.M., Stauffer, F.W., Bachman, S.P., Sonké, B., Baker, W.J., & Couvreur T.L.P. (2018) Low extinction risk for an important plant resource: conservation assessments of continental African palms (Arecaceae/Palmae). Biological Conservation. 221: 323-333. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.02.025
64 – Droissart, V., Dauby, G., Hardy, O.J., Deblauwe, V., Harris, D.J., Janssens, S., Mackinder, B.A., Blach-Overgaard, A., Sonké, B., Sosef, M.S.M., Stévart, T., Svenning, J.-C., Wieringa, J.J., & Couvreur T.L.P. (2018) Beyond trees: Biogeographical regionalization of tropical Africa. 45: 1153-1167. Journal of Biogeography, DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13190
63 – Dauby, G., Stévart, T., Droissart, V., Cosiaux, A., Deblauwe, V., Simo-Droissart, M., Sosef, M.S.M., Lowry II, P.P., Schatz, G.E., Gereau, R.E., & Couvreur, T.L.P. (2017) ConR: an R package to assist large scale multi-species preliminary conservation assessments using distribution data. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 11292–11303. (open access)
62 - Onstein, R.E., Baker, W.J., Couvreur, T.L.P., Faurby, S., Svenning, J.-C., & Kissling, W.D. Frugivory-related traits promote speciation of tropical palms. 2017. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1. 1903–1911
61 – Guo, X., Tang, C.C., Thomas, D.C., Couvreur, T.L.P. & Saunders, R.M.K. A mega-phylogeny of the Annonaceae: taxonomic placement of five enigmatic genera and recognition of a new tribe, Phoenicantheae. 2017. Scientific Reports. 7: 7323
60 – Scarcelli, N., Chaïr, H., Causse, S., Vesta, R., Couvreur, T.L.P., Vigouroux, Y. Crop wild relatives conservation: wild yams are not that wild. 2017. Biological Conservation, 150: 325-333.
59 – Veranso–Libalah, M.-C., Douglas, R.S., Fongod, A.G.N., Couvreur, T.L.P., Kadereit, G. Phylogeny and systematics of African Melastomateae (Melastomataceae). 2017. Taxon, 66: 584-614.
58 – Ghogue J.P., Sonké, B., Couvreur, T.L.P. Revision of the African genera Brieya and Piptostigma. 2017. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 150: 173-216.
57 – Eiserhardt, W.L., Couvreur, T.L.P., Baker, W.J. Plant phylogeny as a window on the evolution of
hyperdiversity in the tropical rain forest biome. 2017. New Phytologist, 214: 1408-1422. Invited Tansley Review
56 - Sosef M.S.M., Dauby G., Zaiss R., Blach-Overgaard A., Catarino L., Damen T., Deblauwe V., Dessin S., Dransfield J., Droissart V., Duarte M.C., Engledow H., Fadeur G., Figueira R., Gereau R.E., Hardy O.J., Harris D.J., de Heij J., Janssens S.B., Klomberg Y., Ley A.C., Mackinder B.A., Meerts P., van de Poel J.L., Sonké B., Stévart T., Stoffelen P., Svenning J.-C., Sepulchre P., van der Burgt X.M., Wieringa J.J., & Couvreur T.L.P.. 2017. Exploring the floristic diversity of tropical Africa. BMC Biology, 15: 15 (open access)
55 - Stull, G.W., Johnson, D.M., Murray, N.A., Couvreur, T.L.P., Reeger, J.E. & Roy, C.M.. Plastid and seed morphology data support revised infrageneric classification and African origin of the pantropical genus Xylopia (Annonaceae). 2017. Systematic Botany. 42, 211-225.
54 - Cosiaux A., Gardiner L., Ouattara D., Stauffer F., Sonké B., Couvreur T.L.P. 2017. An endangered West African rattan palm: Eremospatha dransfieldii. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e11176 (open access). https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e11176
53 - Dauby G., Zaiss R., Blach-Overgaard A., Catarino L., Damen T., Deblauwe V., Dessin S., Dransfield J., Droissart V., Duarte M.C., Engledow H., Fadeur G., Figueira R., Gereau R.E., Hardy O.J., Harris D.J., de Heij J., Janssens S.B., Klomberg Y., Ley A.C., Mackinder B.A., Meerts P., van de Poel J.L., Sonké B., Sosef M.S.M., Stévart T., Stoffelen P., Svenning J.-C., Sepulchre P., van der Burgt X.M., Wieringa J.J., & Couvreur T.L.P. 2016. RAINBIO: a mega-database of tropical African vascular plants distributions. PhytoKeys, 74, 1–18. (open access)
52 - Faye, A., Deblauwe, V., Mariac, C., Richard, D., Sonké, B., Vigouroux, Y. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2016. Phylogeography of the genus Podococcus (Palmae/Arecaceae) in Central African rain forests: climate stability predicts unique genetic diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 105, 126-138
51 - Luebert, F., Couvreur, T.L.P., Gottschling, M., Hilger, H.H., Miller, J.S. & Weigend, M. 2017. Historical biogeography of Boraginales: West Gondwanan vicariance followed by long-distance dispersal? 44, 158-169 Journal of Biogeography.
50- Couvreur T.L.P., Niangadouma R. 2016. New species of Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) and Laccosperma (Arecaceae/Palmae) from Monts de Cristal, Gabon. PhytoKeys 68: 1-8. (open access)
49- Faye, A., Pintaud, J.-C., Baker, W.J., Vigouroux, Y., Sonké, B. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2016. Phylogenetics and diversification history of African rattans (Calamoideae, Ancistrophyllinae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (2), 256-271
48- Deblauwe, V., Droissart, V., Bose, R., Stévart, T., Svenning, J.C., Blach-Overgaard, A., Wieringa, J.J., Ramesh, B.R., Sonke, B. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2016. Remotely sensed temperature and precipitation data improve species distribution modelling in the tropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 443-454.
47- Marshall, A.R., Couvreur, T.L.P., Summers, A.L., Deere, N.J., Luke, Q.W.R., Ndangalasi, H.J., Sparrow, S. & Johnson, D.M. 2016. A new species in the tree genus Polyceratocarpus (Annonaceae) from the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. PhytoKeys 63: 63-76. (open access)
46- Scarcelli, N., Mariac, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Faye, A., Richard, D., Sabot, F., Berthouly-Salazar, C. & Vigouroux, Y. 2015. Intra-individual polymorphism in chloroplasts from NGS data: where does it come from and how to handle it? Molecular Ecology Resources.
45- Massoni, J., Couvreur, T.L.P. & Sauquet, H. 2015. Five major shifts of diversification through the long evolutionary history of Magnoliidae (angiosperms). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 49. (open access)
44- Couvreur, T.L.P. 2015. Odd man out: Why are there fewer plant species in African rain forests? Plant Systematics and Evolution 301: 1299-1313.
43- Couvreur, T.L.P., Kissling, D.W., Condamine, F.L., Svenning, J.-C., Rowe, N.P. & Baker, W.J. 2015. Global diversification of a tropical plant growth form: environmental correlates and historical contingencies in climbing palms. Frontiers in Genetics 5. (open access)
42- Couvreur, T.L.P., Sonke, B., Niangadouma, R. & Sauquet, H. 2015. Sirdavidia, an extraordinary new genus of Annonaceae from Gabon. PhytoKeys 46: 1-19. (open access)
41- Weigend, M., Luebert, F., Gottschling, M., Couvreur, T.L.P., Hilger, H.H. & Miller, J.S. 2014. From capsules to nutlets—phylogenetic relationships in the Boraginales. Cladistics, 30, 508-518.
40- Couvreur, T.L.P. 2014. Revision of the African genus Uvariastrum (Annonaceae). PhytoKeys: 1. (open access)
39- Faye, A., Pintaud, J.-C., Baker, W.J., Sonké, B. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2014. A plastid phylogeny of the African rattans (Ancistrophyllinae, Arecaceae). Systematic Botany 39: 1099-1107.
38- Manel, S., Couvreur, T.L.P., Munoz, F., Couteron, P., Hardy, O.J. & Sonke, B. 2014. Characterizing the phylogenetic tree community structure of a protected tropical rain forest area in Cameroon. PLoS ONE 9: e98920. (open access)
37- Mariac, C., Scarcelli, N., Pouzadou, J., Barnaud, A., Billot, C., Faye, A., Kougbeadjo, A., Maillol, V., Martin, G., Sabot, F., Santoni, S., Vigouroux, Y. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2014. Cost effective enrichment hybridization capture of chloroplast genomes at deep multiplexing levels for population genetics and phylogeography studies. Molecular Ecology Resources 14: 1103-1113.
36- Sonké, B. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2014. Tree diversity of the Dja Faunal Reserve, southeastern Cameroon. Biodiversity Data Journal. 2 e1049.(open access)
35- Smith, V, Georgiev, T., Stoev, P., Biserkov, J., Miller, J., Livermore, L., Baker, E., Mietchen, D., Couvreur T.L.P., Mueller, G., Dikow, T., Helgen, K., Frank, J., Agosti, D., Roberts, D., Penev, L. 2013. Beyond dead trees: integrating the scientific process in the Biodiversity Data Journal. Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e995. PDF (open access)
34- Baker, W.J. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2013. Global biogeography and diversification of palms sheds light on the evolution of tropical lineages. I. Historical biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 40: 274-285.
33- Baker, W.J. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2013. Global biogeography and diversification of palms sheds light on the evolution of tropical lineages. II: Diversification history and origin of regional assemblages. Journal of Biogeography 40: 286-289.
32- Couvreur, T.L.P. & Baker, W.J. 2013. Tropical rain forest evolution: palms as a model group. BMC Biology 11: 48. (open access)
31- Eiserhardt, W.L., Svenning, J.-C., Baker, W.J., Couvreur, T.L.P. & Balslev, H. 2013. Dispersal and niche evolution jointly shape the geographic turnover of phylogenetic clades across continents. Scientific Reports 3: 1164. (open access)
30- Roncal, J., Kahn, F., Millan, B., Couvreur, T.L.P. & Pintaud, J.-C. 2013. Cenozoic colonization and diversification patterns of tropical American palms: evidence from Astrocaryum (Arecaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 120-139.
29- Baker, W.J. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2012. Biogeography and distribution patterns of Southeast Asian palms. In: Gower, D., Johnson, K., Richardson, J.E., Rosen, B., Rüber, L. & Williams, S. (eds.) Biotic evolution and environmental change in Southeast Asia, pp. 164-190. Cambridge University Press, UK.
28- 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: 5-40.
27- Couvreur, T.L.P., Maas, P.J.M., Meinke, S., Johnson, D.M. & KeßLer, P.J.A. 2012. Keys to the genera of Annonaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 169: 74-83.
26- Erkens, R.H.J., Chatrou, L.W. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2012. Radiations and key innovations in an early branching angiosperm lineage (Annonaceae; Magnoliales). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 169: 117-134.
25- Kissling, W.D., Eiserhardt, W.L., Baker, W.J., Borchsenius, F., Couvreur, T.L.P., Balslev, H. & Svenning, J.-C. 2012. Cenozoic imprints on the phylogenetic structure of palm species assemblages worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109: 7379-7384.
24- Baker, W.J., Norup, M.V., Clarkson, J.J., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dowe, J.L., Lewis, C.E., Pintaud, J.-C., Savolainen, V., Wilmot, T. & Chase, M.W. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships among arecoid palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Annals of Botany 108: 1417-1432.
23- Botermans, M., Sosef, M.S.M., Chatrou, L.W. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2011. A revision of the African genus Hexalobus (Annonaceae). Systematic Botany 36: 33-48.
22- Chatrou, L.W., Wieringa, J.J. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2011. The impact of climate change on the origin and future of East African rain forest trees. In: Hodkinson, T., Jones, M., Parnell, J., Sheoin, S.N. & Waldren, S. (eds.) Climate change and systematics, pp. 304-319. Cambridge University Press, Dublin.
21- Couvreur, T.L.P., Forest, F. & Baker, W.J. 2011. Origin and global diversification patterns of tropical rain forests: inferences from a complete genus-level phylogeny of palms. BMC Biology 9: 44.
20- Couvreur, T.L.P., Pirie, M.D., Chatrou, L.W., Saunders, R.M.K., Su, Y.C.F., Richardson, J.E. & Erkens, R.H.J. 2011. Early evolutionary history of the flowering plant family Annonaceae: steady diversification and boreotropical geodispersal. Journal of Biogeography 38: 664-680.
19- Couvreur, T.L.P., Porter-Morgan, H., Wieringa, J.J. & Chatrou, L.W. 2011. Little ecological divergence associated with speciation in two African rain forest tree genera. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 296. (open access)
18- Couvreur, T.L.P., Franzke, A., Al-Shehbaz, I.A., Bakker, F.T., Koch, M.A. & Mummenhoff, K. 2010. Molecular phylogenetics, temporal diversification, and principles of evolution in the Mustard family (Brassicaceae). Molecular Biology and Evolution 27: 55-71.
17- Couvreur, T.L.P., Gort, G., Richardson, J.E., Sosef, M.S.M. & Chatrou, L.W. 2010. Insights into the Influence of Priors in Posterior Mapping of Discrete Morphological Characters: A Case Study in Annonaceae. PLoS ONE 5: e10473. (open access)
16- Pintaud, J.C., Zehdi, S., Couvreur, T.L.P., Barrow, S., Henderson, S., Aberlenc-Bertossi, F., Tregear, J. & Billotte, N. 2010. An evaluation of the taxonomy of the genus Phoenix (Arecaceae) using SSR markers, with emphasis on the identity of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.). In: Seberg, O., Peterson, A.T., Barfod, A. & Davis, A.M. (eds.) Diversity, phylogeny and evolution of Monocotyledons Aarhus University Press, 267-286.
15- Chatrou, L.W., Couvreur, T.L.P. & Richardson, J.E. 2009. Spatio‐temporal dynamism of hotspots enhances plant diversity. Journal of Biogeography 36: 1628-1629.
14- Couvreur, T.L.P. 2009. Monograph of the syncarpous African genera Isolona and Monodora (Annonaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 87: 1-150.
13- Couvreur, T.L.P., Van der Ham, R.W.J.M., Mbele, Y.M., Mbago, F.M. & Johnson, D.M. 2009. Molecular and morphological characterization of a new monotypic genus of Annonaceae, Mwasumbia, from Tanzania. Systematic Botany 34: 266-276.
12- Erkens, R.H.J., Maas, J.W. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2009. From Africa via Europe to South America: migrational route of a species-rich genus of Neotropical lowland rain forest trees (Guatteria, Annonaceae). Journal of Biogeography 36: 2338-2352.
11- Meerow, A.W., Noblick, L., Borrone, J.W., Couvreur, T.L.P., Mauro-Herrera, M., Hahn, W.J., Kuhn, D.N., Nakamura, K., Oleas, N.H. & Schnell, R.J. 2009. Phylogenetic analysis of seven WRKY genes across the Palm subtribe Attaleinae (Areceaceae) identifies Syagrus as sister group of the Coconut. PLoS ONE 4: e7353.
10- Couvreur, T.L.P., Botermans, M., van Heuven, B.J. & Van der Ham, R.W.J.M. 2008. Pollen morphology within the Monodora clade, a diverse group of five African Annonaceae genera. Grana 47: 185-210.
9- Couvreur, T.L.P., Chatrou, L.W., Sosef, M.S.M. & Richardson, J.E. 2008. Molecular phylogenetics reveal multiple tertiary vicariance origins of the African rain forest trees. BMC Biology 6: 54.
8- Couvreur, T.L.P., Richardson, J.E., Sosef, M.S.M., Erkens, R.H.J. & Chatrou, L.W. 2008. Evolution of syncarpy and other morphological characters in African Annonaceae: a posterior mapping approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 302-318.
7- Pintaud, J.C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Lara, C., Ludeña, B. & Pham, J.-L. 2008. Reciprocal introgression between wild and cultivated peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth, Aracaceae) in Western Ecuador. In: Maxted, N., Ford-Lloyd, B.V., Kell, S.P., Iriondo, J.M., Dulloo, M.E. & Turok, J. (eds.) Crop Wild Relative Conservation and Use, pp. 296-308. CAB International.
6- van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H., Sunderland, T.C.H. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2008. A revision of the genus Sclerosperma (Arecaceae). Kew Bulletin 63: 75-86.
5- Couvreur, T.L.P., Hahn, W., de Granville, J.-J., Pham, J.-L., Ludeña, B. & Pintaud, J.-C. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships of the cultivated palm Bactris gasipaes (Kunth) with its wild relatives inferred from chloroplast and nuclear DNA polymorphisms. Systematic Botany 32: 519-530.
4- Couvreur, T.L.P., Billotte, N., A.-M., R., Lara, C., Vigouroux, Y., Ludeña, B., Pham, J.-L. & Pintaud, J.-C. 2006. Close genetic proximity between cultivated and wild Bactris gasipaes Kunth. revealed by microsatellite markers in Western Ecuador. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 53: 1361–1373.
3- Couvreur, T.L.P., Gereau, R.E., Wieringa, J.J. & Richardson, J.E. 2006. Description of four new species of Monodora and Isolona (Annonaceae) from Tanzania and an overview of Tanzanian Annonaceae diversity. Adansonia (Paris) 28: 243-266.
2- Billotte, N., Couvreur, T., Marseillac, N., Brottier, P., Perthuis, B., Vallejo, M., Noyer, J.L., Jacquemoud-Collet, J.P., Risterucci, A.M. & Pintaud, J.C. 2004a. A new set of microsatellite markers for the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth); characterization and across-taxa utility within the tribe Cocoeae. Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 580-582.
1- Billotte, N., Marseillac, N., Brottier, P., Noyer, J.L., Jacquemoud-Collet, J.P., Moreau, C., Couvreur, T., Chevallier, M.H., Pintaud, J.C. & Risterucci, A.M. 2004. Nuclear microsatellite markers for the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.): characterization and utility across the genus Phoenix and in other palm genera. Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 256-258.y
African genus Greenwayodendron (Annonaceae). PhytoKeys, 114, 55–93. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.114.27395 open access
69 - Migliore, J., Kaymak, E., Mariac, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Lissambou, B.-J., Piñeiro, R., & Hardy, O.J. (in press) Pre-Pleistocene origin of phylogeographical breaks in African rain forest trees: New insights from Greenwayodendron (Annonaceae) phylogenomics. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13476
68 - Kamga, S.M., Niangadouma, R., Stauffer, F.W., Sonké, B., & Couvreur, T.L.P. (2018) Two new species of Raphia (Palmae/Arecaceae) from Cameroon and Gabon. PhytoKeys, 111, 17–30. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.111.27175 open access
67 - Onstein, R.E., Baker, W.J., Couvreur, T.L.P., Faurby, S., Herrera-Alsina, L., Svenning, J.-C., & Kissling, W.D. (2018) To adapt or go extinct? The fate of megafaunal palm fruits under past global change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285, 2180882 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0882
66 – Veranso–Libalah, M.-C., Douglas, R.S., Kadereit, G., Couvreur T.L.P. (2018) Multiple shifts to open habitats in Melastomateae (Melastomataceae) congruent with the increase of African Neogene climatic aridity. 45:1420-1431. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13210
65 – Cosiaux, A., Gardiner, L.M., Stauffer, F.W., Bachman, S.P., Sonké, B., Baker, W.J., & Couvreur T.L.P. (2018) Low extinction risk for an important plant resource: conservation assessments of continental African palms (Arecaceae/Palmae). Biological Conservation. 221: 323-333. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.02.025
64 – Droissart, V., Dauby, G., Hardy, O.J., Deblauwe, V., Harris, D.J., Janssens, S., Mackinder, B.A., Blach-Overgaard, A., Sonké, B., Sosef, M.S.M., Stévart, T., Svenning, J.-C., Wieringa, J.J., & Couvreur T.L.P. (2018) Beyond trees: Biogeographical regionalization of tropical Africa. 45: 1153-1167. Journal of Biogeography, DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13190
63 – Dauby, G., Stévart, T., Droissart, V., Cosiaux, A., Deblauwe, V., Simo-Droissart, M., Sosef, M.S.M., Lowry II, P.P., Schatz, G.E., Gereau, R.E., & Couvreur, T.L.P. (2017) ConR: an R package to assist large scale multi-species preliminary conservation assessments using distribution data. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 11292–11303. (open access)
62 - Onstein, R.E., Baker, W.J., Couvreur, T.L.P., Faurby, S., Svenning, J.-C., & Kissling, W.D. Frugivory-related traits promote speciation of tropical palms. 2017. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1. 1903–1911
61 – Guo, X., Tang, C.C., Thomas, D.C., Couvreur, T.L.P. & Saunders, R.M.K. A mega-phylogeny of the Annonaceae: taxonomic placement of five enigmatic genera and recognition of a new tribe, Phoenicantheae. 2017. Scientific Reports. 7: 7323
60 – Scarcelli, N., Chaïr, H., Causse, S., Vesta, R., Couvreur, T.L.P., Vigouroux, Y. Crop wild relatives conservation: wild yams are not that wild. 2017. Biological Conservation, 150: 325-333.
59 – Veranso–Libalah, M.-C., Douglas, R.S., Fongod, A.G.N., Couvreur, T.L.P., Kadereit, G. Phylogeny and systematics of African Melastomateae (Melastomataceae). 2017. Taxon, 66: 584-614.
58 – Ghogue J.P., Sonké, B., Couvreur, T.L.P. Revision of the African genera Brieya and Piptostigma. 2017. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 150: 173-216.
57 – Eiserhardt, W.L., Couvreur, T.L.P., Baker, W.J. Plant phylogeny as a window on the evolution of
hyperdiversity in the tropical rain forest biome. 2017. New Phytologist, 214: 1408-1422. Invited Tansley Review
56 - Sosef M.S.M., Dauby G., Zaiss R., Blach-Overgaard A., Catarino L., Damen T., Deblauwe V., Dessin S., Dransfield J., Droissart V., Duarte M.C., Engledow H., Fadeur G., Figueira R., Gereau R.E., Hardy O.J., Harris D.J., de Heij J., Janssens S.B., Klomberg Y., Ley A.C., Mackinder B.A., Meerts P., van de Poel J.L., Sonké B., Stévart T., Stoffelen P., Svenning J.-C., Sepulchre P., van der Burgt X.M., Wieringa J.J., & Couvreur T.L.P.. 2017. Exploring the floristic diversity of tropical Africa. BMC Biology, 15: 15 (open access)
55 - Stull, G.W., Johnson, D.M., Murray, N.A., Couvreur, T.L.P., Reeger, J.E. & Roy, C.M.. Plastid and seed morphology data support revised infrageneric classification and African origin of the pantropical genus Xylopia (Annonaceae). 2017. Systematic Botany. 42, 211-225.
54 - Cosiaux A., Gardiner L., Ouattara D., Stauffer F., Sonké B., Couvreur T.L.P. 2017. An endangered West African rattan palm: Eremospatha dransfieldii. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e11176 (open access). https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e11176
53 - Dauby G., Zaiss R., Blach-Overgaard A., Catarino L., Damen T., Deblauwe V., Dessin S., Dransfield J., Droissart V., Duarte M.C., Engledow H., Fadeur G., Figueira R., Gereau R.E., Hardy O.J., Harris D.J., de Heij J., Janssens S.B., Klomberg Y., Ley A.C., Mackinder B.A., Meerts P., van de Poel J.L., Sonké B., Sosef M.S.M., Stévart T., Stoffelen P., Svenning J.-C., Sepulchre P., van der Burgt X.M., Wieringa J.J., & Couvreur T.L.P. 2016. RAINBIO: a mega-database of tropical African vascular plants distributions. PhytoKeys, 74, 1–18. (open access)
52 - Faye, A., Deblauwe, V., Mariac, C., Richard, D., Sonké, B., Vigouroux, Y. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2016. Phylogeography of the genus Podococcus (Palmae/Arecaceae) in Central African rain forests: climate stability predicts unique genetic diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 105, 126-138
51 - Luebert, F., Couvreur, T.L.P., Gottschling, M., Hilger, H.H., Miller, J.S. & Weigend, M. 2017. Historical biogeography of Boraginales: West Gondwanan vicariance followed by long-distance dispersal? 44, 158-169 Journal of Biogeography.
50- Couvreur T.L.P., Niangadouma R. 2016. New species of Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) and Laccosperma (Arecaceae/Palmae) from Monts de Cristal, Gabon. PhytoKeys 68: 1-8. (open access)
49- Faye, A., Pintaud, J.-C., Baker, W.J., Vigouroux, Y., Sonké, B. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2016. Phylogenetics and diversification history of African rattans (Calamoideae, Ancistrophyllinae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (2), 256-271
48- Deblauwe, V., Droissart, V., Bose, R., Stévart, T., Svenning, J.C., Blach-Overgaard, A., Wieringa, J.J., Ramesh, B.R., Sonke, B. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2016. Remotely sensed temperature and precipitation data improve species distribution modelling in the tropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 443-454.
47- Marshall, A.R., Couvreur, T.L.P., Summers, A.L., Deere, N.J., Luke, Q.W.R., Ndangalasi, H.J., Sparrow, S. & Johnson, D.M. 2016. A new species in the tree genus Polyceratocarpus (Annonaceae) from the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. PhytoKeys 63: 63-76. (open access)
46- Scarcelli, N., Mariac, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Faye, A., Richard, D., Sabot, F., Berthouly-Salazar, C. & Vigouroux, Y. 2015. Intra-individual polymorphism in chloroplasts from NGS data: where does it come from and how to handle it? Molecular Ecology Resources.
45- Massoni, J., Couvreur, T.L.P. & Sauquet, H. 2015. Five major shifts of diversification through the long evolutionary history of Magnoliidae (angiosperms). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 49. (open access)
44- Couvreur, T.L.P. 2015. Odd man out: Why are there fewer plant species in African rain forests? Plant Systematics and Evolution 301: 1299-1313.
43- Couvreur, T.L.P., Kissling, D.W., Condamine, F.L., Svenning, J.-C., Rowe, N.P. & Baker, W.J. 2015. Global diversification of a tropical plant growth form: environmental correlates and historical contingencies in climbing palms. Frontiers in Genetics 5. (open access)
42- Couvreur, T.L.P., Sonke, B., Niangadouma, R. & Sauquet, H. 2015. Sirdavidia, an extraordinary new genus of Annonaceae from Gabon. PhytoKeys 46: 1-19. (open access)
41- Weigend, M., Luebert, F., Gottschling, M., Couvreur, T.L.P., Hilger, H.H. & Miller, J.S. 2014. From capsules to nutlets—phylogenetic relationships in the Boraginales. Cladistics, 30, 508-518.
40- Couvreur, T.L.P. 2014. Revision of the African genus Uvariastrum (Annonaceae). PhytoKeys: 1. (open access)
39- Faye, A., Pintaud, J.-C., Baker, W.J., Sonké, B. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2014. A plastid phylogeny of the African rattans (Ancistrophyllinae, Arecaceae). Systematic Botany 39: 1099-1107.
38- Manel, S., Couvreur, T.L.P., Munoz, F., Couteron, P., Hardy, O.J. & Sonke, B. 2014. Characterizing the phylogenetic tree community structure of a protected tropical rain forest area in Cameroon. PLoS ONE 9: e98920. (open access)
37- Mariac, C., Scarcelli, N., Pouzadou, J., Barnaud, A., Billot, C., Faye, A., Kougbeadjo, A., Maillol, V., Martin, G., Sabot, F., Santoni, S., Vigouroux, Y. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2014. Cost effective enrichment hybridization capture of chloroplast genomes at deep multiplexing levels for population genetics and phylogeography studies. Molecular Ecology Resources 14: 1103-1113.
36- Sonké, B. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2014. Tree diversity of the Dja Faunal Reserve, southeastern Cameroon. Biodiversity Data Journal. 2 e1049.(open access)
35- Smith, V, Georgiev, T., Stoev, P., Biserkov, J., Miller, J., Livermore, L., Baker, E., Mietchen, D., Couvreur T.L.P., Mueller, G., Dikow, T., Helgen, K., Frank, J., Agosti, D., Roberts, D., Penev, L. 2013. Beyond dead trees: integrating the scientific process in the Biodiversity Data Journal. Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e995. PDF (open access)
34- Baker, W.J. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2013. Global biogeography and diversification of palms sheds light on the evolution of tropical lineages. I. Historical biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 40: 274-285.
33- Baker, W.J. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2013. Global biogeography and diversification of palms sheds light on the evolution of tropical lineages. II: Diversification history and origin of regional assemblages. Journal of Biogeography 40: 286-289.
32- Couvreur, T.L.P. & Baker, W.J. 2013. Tropical rain forest evolution: palms as a model group. BMC Biology 11: 48. (open access)
31- Eiserhardt, W.L., Svenning, J.-C., Baker, W.J., Couvreur, T.L.P. & Balslev, H. 2013. Dispersal and niche evolution jointly shape the geographic turnover of phylogenetic clades across continents. Scientific Reports 3: 1164. (open access)
30- Roncal, J., Kahn, F., Millan, B., Couvreur, T.L.P. & Pintaud, J.-C. 2013. Cenozoic colonization and diversification patterns of tropical American palms: evidence from Astrocaryum (Arecaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 120-139.
29- Baker, W.J. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2012. Biogeography and distribution patterns of Southeast Asian palms. In: Gower, D., Johnson, K., Richardson, J.E., Rosen, B., Rüber, L. & Williams, S. (eds.) Biotic evolution and environmental change in Southeast Asia, pp. 164-190. Cambridge University Press, UK.
28- 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: 5-40.
27- Couvreur, T.L.P., Maas, P.J.M., Meinke, S., Johnson, D.M. & KeßLer, P.J.A. 2012. Keys to the genera of Annonaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 169: 74-83.
26- Erkens, R.H.J., Chatrou, L.W. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2012. Radiations and key innovations in an early branching angiosperm lineage (Annonaceae; Magnoliales). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 169: 117-134.
25- Kissling, W.D., Eiserhardt, W.L., Baker, W.J., Borchsenius, F., Couvreur, T.L.P., Balslev, H. & Svenning, J.-C. 2012. Cenozoic imprints on the phylogenetic structure of palm species assemblages worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109: 7379-7384.
24- Baker, W.J., Norup, M.V., Clarkson, J.J., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dowe, J.L., Lewis, C.E., Pintaud, J.-C., Savolainen, V., Wilmot, T. & Chase, M.W. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships among arecoid palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Annals of Botany 108: 1417-1432.
23- Botermans, M., Sosef, M.S.M., Chatrou, L.W. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2011. A revision of the African genus Hexalobus (Annonaceae). Systematic Botany 36: 33-48.
22- Chatrou, L.W., Wieringa, J.J. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2011. The impact of climate change on the origin and future of East African rain forest trees. In: Hodkinson, T., Jones, M., Parnell, J., Sheoin, S.N. & Waldren, S. (eds.) Climate change and systematics, pp. 304-319. Cambridge University Press, Dublin.
21- Couvreur, T.L.P., Forest, F. & Baker, W.J. 2011. Origin and global diversification patterns of tropical rain forests: inferences from a complete genus-level phylogeny of palms. BMC Biology 9: 44.
20- Couvreur, T.L.P., Pirie, M.D., Chatrou, L.W., Saunders, R.M.K., Su, Y.C.F., Richardson, J.E. & Erkens, R.H.J. 2011. Early evolutionary history of the flowering plant family Annonaceae: steady diversification and boreotropical geodispersal. Journal of Biogeography 38: 664-680.
19- Couvreur, T.L.P., Porter-Morgan, H., Wieringa, J.J. & Chatrou, L.W. 2011. Little ecological divergence associated with speciation in two African rain forest tree genera. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 296. (open access)
18- Couvreur, T.L.P., Franzke, A., Al-Shehbaz, I.A., Bakker, F.T., Koch, M.A. & Mummenhoff, K. 2010. Molecular phylogenetics, temporal diversification, and principles of evolution in the Mustard family (Brassicaceae). Molecular Biology and Evolution 27: 55-71.
17- Couvreur, T.L.P., Gort, G., Richardson, J.E., Sosef, M.S.M. & Chatrou, L.W. 2010. Insights into the Influence of Priors in Posterior Mapping of Discrete Morphological Characters: A Case Study in Annonaceae. PLoS ONE 5: e10473. (open access)
16- Pintaud, J.C., Zehdi, S., Couvreur, T.L.P., Barrow, S., Henderson, S., Aberlenc-Bertossi, F., Tregear, J. & Billotte, N. 2010. An evaluation of the taxonomy of the genus Phoenix (Arecaceae) using SSR markers, with emphasis on the identity of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.). In: Seberg, O., Peterson, A.T., Barfod, A. & Davis, A.M. (eds.) Diversity, phylogeny and evolution of Monocotyledons Aarhus University Press, 267-286.
15- Chatrou, L.W., Couvreur, T.L.P. & Richardson, J.E. 2009. Spatio‐temporal dynamism of hotspots enhances plant diversity. Journal of Biogeography 36: 1628-1629.
14- Couvreur, T.L.P. 2009. Monograph of the syncarpous African genera Isolona and Monodora (Annonaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 87: 1-150.
13- Couvreur, T.L.P., Van der Ham, R.W.J.M., Mbele, Y.M., Mbago, F.M. & Johnson, D.M. 2009. Molecular and morphological characterization of a new monotypic genus of Annonaceae, Mwasumbia, from Tanzania. Systematic Botany 34: 266-276.
12- Erkens, R.H.J., Maas, J.W. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2009. From Africa via Europe to South America: migrational route of a species-rich genus of Neotropical lowland rain forest trees (Guatteria, Annonaceae). Journal of Biogeography 36: 2338-2352.
11- Meerow, A.W., Noblick, L., Borrone, J.W., Couvreur, T.L.P., Mauro-Herrera, M., Hahn, W.J., Kuhn, D.N., Nakamura, K., Oleas, N.H. & Schnell, R.J. 2009. Phylogenetic analysis of seven WRKY genes across the Palm subtribe Attaleinae (Areceaceae) identifies Syagrus as sister group of the Coconut. PLoS ONE 4: e7353.
10- Couvreur, T.L.P., Botermans, M., van Heuven, B.J. & Van der Ham, R.W.J.M. 2008. Pollen morphology within the Monodora clade, a diverse group of five African Annonaceae genera. Grana 47: 185-210.
9- Couvreur, T.L.P., Chatrou, L.W., Sosef, M.S.M. & Richardson, J.E. 2008. Molecular phylogenetics reveal multiple tertiary vicariance origins of the African rain forest trees. BMC Biology 6: 54.
8- Couvreur, T.L.P., Richardson, J.E., Sosef, M.S.M., Erkens, R.H.J. & Chatrou, L.W. 2008. Evolution of syncarpy and other morphological characters in African Annonaceae: a posterior mapping approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 302-318.
7- Pintaud, J.C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Lara, C., Ludeña, B. & Pham, J.-L. 2008. Reciprocal introgression between wild and cultivated peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth, Aracaceae) in Western Ecuador. In: Maxted, N., Ford-Lloyd, B.V., Kell, S.P., Iriondo, J.M., Dulloo, M.E. & Turok, J. (eds.) Crop Wild Relative Conservation and Use, pp. 296-308. CAB International.
6- van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H., Sunderland, T.C.H. & Couvreur, T.L.P. 2008. A revision of the genus Sclerosperma (Arecaceae). Kew Bulletin 63: 75-86.
5- Couvreur, T.L.P., Hahn, W., de Granville, J.-J., Pham, J.-L., Ludeña, B. & Pintaud, J.-C. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships of the cultivated palm Bactris gasipaes (Kunth) with its wild relatives inferred from chloroplast and nuclear DNA polymorphisms. Systematic Botany 32: 519-530.
4- Couvreur, T.L.P., Billotte, N., A.-M., R., Lara, C., Vigouroux, Y., Ludeña, B., Pham, J.-L. & Pintaud, J.-C. 2006. Close genetic proximity between cultivated and wild Bactris gasipaes Kunth. revealed by microsatellite markers in Western Ecuador. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 53: 1361–1373.
3- Couvreur, T.L.P., Gereau, R.E., Wieringa, J.J. & Richardson, J.E. 2006. Description of four new species of Monodora and Isolona (Annonaceae) from Tanzania and an overview of Tanzanian Annonaceae diversity. Adansonia (Paris) 28: 243-266.
2- Billotte, N., Couvreur, T., Marseillac, N., Brottier, P., Perthuis, B., Vallejo, M., Noyer, J.L., Jacquemoud-Collet, J.P., Risterucci, A.M. & Pintaud, J.C. 2004a. A new set of microsatellite markers for the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth); characterization and across-taxa utility within the tribe Cocoeae. Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 580-582.
1- Billotte, N., Marseillac, N., Brottier, P., Noyer, J.L., Jacquemoud-Collet, J.P., Moreau, C., Couvreur, T., Chevallier, M.H., Pintaud, J.C. & Risterucci, A.M. 2004. Nuclear microsatellite markers for the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.): characterization and utility across the genus Phoenix and in other palm genera. Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 256-258.y
phd thesis and other peer reviewed articles
Couvreur, T.L.P. 2008. Revealing the secrets of African Annonaceae: Systematics, evolution and biogeography of the syncarpous genera Isolona and Monodora. D. Phil. Thesis, Wageningen University.
Gayot, M. & Couvreur, T. 2014. Histoire évolutive. In: Gayot, M. & de Granville, J.-J. (eds.) Guide des palmiers de Guyane, pp. 26-31. Office National des Forêts, Guyane.
Faye, A., Moutsamboté, J. & Couvreur, T.L.P. in press. Palms in southern Republic of Congo. PALMS.
Couvreur, T.L.P., Faye, A. & Sonke, B. 2013. Palms of Southern Cameroon. PALMS 57. 123-132.
Couvreur, T.L.P. 2011. Palms of the lower Madidi river in northern Bolivia. PALMS 55. 37-45.
Couvreur, T.L.P., Guevara, J.E. ; Jeanson, M. ; Henderson, A.J. 2010. Palms of the south west Galeras cordillera, a remote premontane rain forest in eastern Ecuador. PALMS 54. 94-103.
Gayot, M. & Couvreur, T. 2014. Histoire évolutive. In: Gayot, M. & de Granville, J.-J. (eds.) Guide des palmiers de Guyane, pp. 26-31. Office National des Forêts, Guyane.
Faye, A., Moutsamboté, J. & Couvreur, T.L.P. in press. Palms in southern Republic of Congo. PALMS.
Couvreur, T.L.P., Faye, A. & Sonke, B. 2013. Palms of Southern Cameroon. PALMS 57. 123-132.
Couvreur, T.L.P. 2011. Palms of the lower Madidi river in northern Bolivia. PALMS 55. 37-45.
Couvreur, T.L.P., Guevara, J.E. ; Jeanson, M. ; Henderson, A.J. 2010. Palms of the south west Galeras cordillera, a remote premontane rain forest in eastern Ecuador. PALMS 54. 94-103.
general publication / public outreach
Couvreur, T.L.P. (2018) Unraveling rain forest biodiversity: an interview with Thomas Couvreur. BMC Biology, 16, 127. DOI: 10.1186/s12915-018-0594-4
Faye, A., Sonké, B., & Couvreur, T.L.P. (2017). Dynamique évolutive des forêts tropicales humides d’Afrique centrale in "Pour une écologie historique en Afrique Centrale", eds G. de Saulieu, M. Elouga, B. Sonké; 95-120. NOT PEER REVIEWED.
The Guardian covered our research on the new genus Sirdavidia.; with the press release by PhytoKeys here.
Invited to a radio show on "Forests in French DOM-TOMS and man". In French. Aired 11/10/2011: Radio Ô
An article came out in Le Monde (French journal) about our palm diversification research. In French. (19 August 2011)
Couvreur, T.L.P.: From jungle to jungle: a trip along the Madidi River. The Herbarium Sheet, NYBG, December 2009
Couvreur, T.L.P.: Into the wild: visiting a remote Ecuadorian jungle. The Herbarium Sheet NYBG, September 2009
Faye, A., Sonké, B., & Couvreur, T.L.P. (2017). Dynamique évolutive des forêts tropicales humides d’Afrique centrale in "Pour une écologie historique en Afrique Centrale", eds G. de Saulieu, M. Elouga, B. Sonké; 95-120. NOT PEER REVIEWED.
The Guardian covered our research on the new genus Sirdavidia.; with the press release by PhytoKeys here.
Invited to a radio show on "Forests in French DOM-TOMS and man". In French. Aired 11/10/2011: Radio Ô
An article came out in Le Monde (French journal) about our palm diversification research. In French. (19 August 2011)
Couvreur, T.L.P.: From jungle to jungle: a trip along the Madidi River. The Herbarium Sheet, NYBG, December 2009
Couvreur, T.L.P.: Into the wild: visiting a remote Ecuadorian jungle. The Herbarium Sheet NYBG, September 2009