Peter Fritsch, Ph.D.

Tamayo, M.N., J.T. Pereira, and P.W. Fritsch. 2024. Two new species of tropical blueberry
(Vaccinium L., Ericaceae) from central Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Sandakania 25: 1–15.
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Carruthers, T., D.J.P. Gonçalves, P. Li, A.S. Chanderbali, C.W. Dick, P.W. Fritsch, D.A.
Larson, D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis, W.N. Weaver, and S.A. Smith. 2024. Repeated shifts out of
tropical climates preceded by whole genome duplication. New Phytologist 244: 2561–2575.

Fritsch, P.W., A.A. Crowl, and P.S. Manos. 2024. Vaccinium virgatum (Ericaceae): a
species to be recognized. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 18: 293–309.

Becker, A.L., A.A. Crowl, J.L. Luteyn, A.S. Chanderbali, W.S. Judd, P.S. Manos, D.E.
Soltis, S.A. Smith, D.J.P. Goncalves, C.W. Dick, W.N. Weaver, P.S. Soltis, N. Cellinese,
and P.W. Fritsch. 2024. A global blueberry phylogeny: evolution, diversification, and
biogeography of Vaccinieae (Ericaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 201:
108202.

Cheng, X.-J., P.W. Fritsch, Y.-J. Lin, G.-H. Li, Y.-Q. Chen, M.-Y. Zhang, and L. Lu.
2024. The role of Pleistocene dispersal in shaping species richness of sky-island
wintergreens from the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution 197: 108082.

Nowell, C.M. and P.W. Fritsch. 2024. Cercis. In M.M. McMahon et al. (eds.), Legumes of
Arizona. An illustrated flora and reference, pp. 167–171. BRIT Press, Fort Worth.

Weakley, A.S., R.J. LeBlond, P.D. McMillan, B.A. Sorrie, D.B. Poindexter, J.B. Fuller,
E.L. Bridges, B.J. Budach, S.C. Carr, A.A. Crowl, P.S. Manos, P.W. Fritsch, S.L. Orzell,
J.K. Wipff, L.A. Messec, B. Dellinger, E.A. Ungberg, N.D. Yawn, A.M. Cressler, C.
Oberholster, and T.W. Barger. 2024. Studies in the vascular flora of the Southeastern United
States. X. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 18: 17–77.

Olimpos, S.M., D.S. Penneys, D.S. Salas, F.P. Coritico, V.B. Amoroso, and P.W. Fritsch.
2024. Saurauia decolorata (Actinidiaceae), a new species from Mindanao, the Philippines.
Phytotaxa 658(1): 99‒108.

Li, Y.-R., P.W. Fritsch, G.-G. Zhao, X.-J. Cheng, Z.-L. Ding, and L. Lu. 2024. Population
differentiation and dynamics of five pioneer species of Gaultheria from the secondary
forests in subtropical China. BMC Plant Biology 24: 516.

Tamayo, M.N., V.B. Amoroso, F.P. Coritico, D.S. Penneys, J.R.C. Callado, J.D. Horner,
and P.W. Fritsch. 2024. Three new species of Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) from Mindanao
Island, Philippines. Phytotaxa 167(1): 19‒33.

Tamayo, M.N. A.B. Marcos-Langbao, R.A.A. Bustamante, Y.P. Ang, D.C. Schubert, W.A.
Mustaqim, P.W. Fritsch, and A.S. Robinson. 2023. Rhododendron astrophorum (Ericaceae,
Rhododendron section Schistanthe), a new micro-endemic species from central Palawan,
Philippines. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 80(1979): 1‒14.

Mustaqim, W.A., M.N. Tamayo, R.W.K. Hutabarat, Z. Arico, and P.W. Fritsch. 2023. A
new species of Rigiolepis (Ericaceae: Vaccinioideae) from Gayo Plateau, Aceh Province,
Indonesia. Webbia 78: 73‒78.

Amoroso, V.B., M.S. Acola, M.M.M. Guiang, F.M. Acma, P.W. Fritsch, and F.P. Coritico.
2023. A new species of grass fern, Schizaea erectus (Schizaeaceae), from Dinagat Island,
Mindanao, Philippines. Phytotaxa 618(3): 265‒273.

Ang, Y.P., J.P.R. Collantes, J. Mansibang, C.J.P. Dela Cruz, J.M. Aumentado, S.B. Bimeda,
J.R. Callado, P.W. Fritsch, and R.A.A. Bustamante. 2023. Two new species of Begonia
(Begoniaceae) from Aurora Memorial National Park, Luzon Island, Philippines. Phytotaxa
609(4): 253‒264.

Li, Y.-R., Y.-L. Xu, P.W. Fritsch, and L. Lu. 2023. Patterns of genetic variation and
morphology support the recognition of five species in the Gaultheria leucocarpa Blume
(Ericaceae) group from mainland China. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10178.

Tamayo, M.N., E.S. Fernando, and P.W. Fritsch. 2023. Vaccinium coarctatum (Ericaceae),
an ultramafic-obligate new species from the dwarf forest of Mt. Redondo, Dinagat Island,
Philippines. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 80: 1‒12.

Fritsch, P.W., K.E. Armstrong, M.M. Aung, K. Fujikawa, and L. Lu. 2023. Gaultheria
(Ericaceae) of Myanmar: an updated species list for the country, a new species, and a new
species combination. Phytotaxa 595(1): 37‒61.

Larson, D.A., A.S. Chanderbali, O. Maurin, D.J.P. Gonçalves, C.W. Dick, D.E. Soltis, P.S.
Soltis, P.W. Fritsch, J.J. Clarkson, A. Grall, N.M.J. Davies, I. Larridon, I.A.B.S. Kikuchi,
F. Forest, W.J. Baker, S.A. Smith, T.M.A. Utteridge. 2023. The phylogeny and global
biogeography of Primulaceae based on high-throughput DNA sequence data. Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution 182: 107702.

Fritsch, P.W., A.A. Crowl, H. Ashrafi, and P.S. Manos. 2022. Systematics and evolution of
Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus (Ericaceae): progress and prospects. Rhodora 124: 301‒332.

Crowl, A.A., P.W. Fritsch, G.P. Tiley, N.P. Lynch, T.G. Ranney, H. Ashrafi, and P.S.
Manos. 2022. A first complete phylogenomic hypothesis for diploid blueberries (Vaccinium
section Cyanococcus). American Journal of Botany 109: 1596‒1606.

Mustaqim, W.A., P.W. Fritsch, R.P.P. Ahmad, F.S. Lakiu, R. Pitopang, and W.H. Ardi.
2022. Vaccinium (Ericaceae) in Sulawesi: a new species and a list of known taxa. Telopea
25: 301‒307.

Tamayo, M.N. and P.W. Fritsch. 2022. Two new endemic species of blueberry (Vaccinium
L., Ericaceae) from Luzon and Mindanao islands, Philippines. Phytotaxa 564: 139–148.
155. Tamayo, M.N. and P.W. Fritsch. 2022. Vaccinium paradoxum (Vaccinieae, Ericaceae), an
unusual new species from sea cliffs on ultrabasic forest of Luzon Island, Philippines.
Taiwania 67: 408‒412.

Zhang, J., X.-J. Cheng, P.W Fritsch, Y.-R. Li, S.-D. Yang, and L. Lu. 2022. Genetic
variation in Gaultheria nummularioides (Ericaceae: Gaultherieae) from the sky islands of
the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains. Diversity 14: 652.

Penneys, D.S., F. Almeda, M. Reginato, F.A. Michelangeli, R. Goldenberg, P.W. Fritsch,
and R. Douglas Stone. 2022. A new Melastomataceae classification informed by molecular
phylogenetics and morphology. In R. Goldenberg et al. (eds.), Systematics, evolution, and
ecology of Melastomataceae, pp. 109–165. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham.

Reginato, M., F. Almeda, F.A. Michelangeli, R. Goldenberg, P.W. Fritsch, R.D. Stone, and
D.S. Penneys. 2022. Historical biogeography of the Melastomataceae. In R. Goldenberg et
al. (eds.), Systematics, evolution, and ecology of Melastomataceae, pp. 87–105. Springer
Nature Switzerland AG, Cham.

Tong, Y.-H., P.W. Fritsch, Y.-H. Tan, M.M. Aung, B. Yang, and K.E. Armstrong. 2022.
Novelties in Myanmar Agapetes (Ericaceae) with an updated list of species from the
country. Nordic Journal of Botany e03496: 1‒13.

Tong, Y.-H., P.W. Fritsch, N.T.T. Huong, L.V. Averyanov, A.N. Kuznetsov, S.P.
Kuznetzova, and M.S. Nuraliev. 2022. Novelties in Vietnamese Craibiodendron, Lyonia
and Vaccinium (Ericaceae). Phytotaxa 538(1): 21‒34.

Tamayo, M.N., F.P. Coritico, V.B. Amoroso, D.S. Penneys, D.N. Tandang, and P.W.
Fritsch. 2022. Vaccinium carmesinum (Ericaceae), a new species of blueberry from Mt.
Tago Range, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Phytotaxa 533(3): 173‒180.

Fritsch PW, WB Simison, BC Cruz, EL Schneider, DD Allshouse. 2021. A likely intersectional hybrid in Vaccinium (Ericaceae) on San Bruno Mountain, San Matero County, California. Madroño 67(4):190–210. doi.org/10.3120/0024-9637-67.4.190

Stephan J, PW Fritsch, N Mohanan, D Liriina. 2021. Elevation of Symplocos macrophylla subsp. namboodiriana (Symplocaceae) to the species rank. Phytotaxa 502(1):101–106. doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.502.1.8

Stephan J, PW Fritsch, R Akhil. 2021. Symplocos mohananii sp. nov. (Symplocaceae) from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Phytotaxa 480(2):195–200. doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.480.2.8 [Hindustan Times popular article]

Tamayo MN, RAA Bustamante, PW Fritsch. 2021. Vaccinium exiguum (Ericaceae, Vaccinieae), a new species from the ultramafic summit of Mt. Victoria, Palawan Island, Philippines. PhytoKeys 179:145-154. doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68323

Yan M-H, C-Y Li, PW Fritsch, J Cai, H-C Wang. 2021. Phylogeny of the Styracaceae revisited based on whole plastome sequences, including novel plastome data from Parastyrax. Systematic Botany 46(1):162-174. doi.org/10.1600/036364421X16128061189576

Fritsch PW, L Lu. 2020. A taxonomic revision of Gaultheria series Trichophyllae (Ericaceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 14(2):289-341. doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v14.i2.1010

Fritsch PW, L Lu, CM Bush, SJ Wagstaff, KA Kron. 2020. Phylogenetic analysis supports the allochthonous origin of gynodioecy in New Zealand Gaultheria Kalm ex L. New Zealand Journal of Botany. (Early Online; Nov 2020). doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2020.1840400

Fritsch PW, P Thomas, V Ly. 2020. A new species of Styrax series Cyrta (Styracaceae) from Cambodia. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 14(2):343-347. doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v14.i2.1011

Fritsch PW, VB Amoroso, FP Coritico, DS Penneys. 2020. Vaccinium hamiguitanense (Ericaceae), a new species from the Philippines. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 14(2):281-287. doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v14.i2.1009

Kron KA, PW Fritsch, L Lu, WS Judd. 2020. New combinations and new and resurrected names in Gaultheria (Ericaceae). Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 72:299‒317. doi.org/10.26492/gbs72(2).2020-13

Nuraliev M, P Fritsch, A Beer, Y Tong, L Averyanov, A Kuznetsov, S Kuznetsova. 2020. A revision of Vaccinium bullatum (Ericaceae): floral morphology, distribution and typification. Phytotaxa. [Online] 433:1. doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.433.1.6

Zhao W, PW Fritsch, Q Fan, W Liao. 2020. Taxonomic reassessment of Rehderodendron gongshanense (Styracaceae) based on herbarium specimens and field observations. Phytotaxa 450(1):1–7. doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.450.1.1

Zhao W-Y, PW Fritsch, Z-C Liu, Q Fan, J-H Jin, W-B Liao. 2020. New combinations and synonyms in Rehderodendron (Styracaceae). PhytoKeys 161:79-88. doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.161.54970

Li G, PW Fritsch. 2019. Notes on several Asian species of Styrax series Cyrta (Styracaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 13(1):249‒251.

Lu L, PW Fritsch, CM Bush, H Wang, KA Kron, D‐Z Li. 2019. Allopolyploidy in the Wintergreen Group of tribe Gaultherieae (Ericaceae) inferred from low‐copy nuclear genes. Nordic J. Botany 37(6). doi.org/10.1111/njb.02077

Lu L, PW Fritsch, NJ Matzke, et al. 2019. Why is fruit colour so variable? Phylogenetic analyses reveal relationships between fruit‐colour evolution, biogeography and diversification. Global Ecol Biogeogr. 00:1–13. doi.org/10.1111/geb.12900

Zhao W-Y, PW Fritsch, VT Do, Q Fan, Q-Y Yin, DS Penneys, U Swensen, W-B Liao. 2019. Rehderodendron truongsonense (Styracaceae), a new species from Vietnam. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 13(1):157–171.

Fritsch PW, C Whitefoord, DL Kelly. 2018. Styrax paulhousei (Styracaceae), a new species from Honduras. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 12:499–505.

Li G, PW Fritsch. 2018. A taxonomic revision of taxa in Styrax series Cyrta (Styracaceae) with valvate corollas. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 12:579–641.

Tiffney BH, SR Manchester, PW Fritsch. 2018. Two new species of Symplocos based on endocarps from the early Miocene Brandon Lignite of Vermont, USA. Acta Palaeobotanica 58:185–198. doi:  10.2478/acpa-2018-0008

Yan M-H, PW Fritsch, MJ Moore, T Feng, A-P Meng, J Yang, T Deng, C-X Zhao, X-H Yao, S Hang, H-C Wang. 2018. Plastome phylogenomics resolves infrafamilial relationships of the Styracaceae and sheds light on the backbone relationships of the Ericales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 121: 198–211. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.01.004