PUBLICATIONS 2025
Peer reviewed journal publications
Baczynski J., Oskolski A.A., Winter P.J.D., Manuel R., Lyner T., Magee A.R., Muasya A.M. & Frankiewicz K.E. (2025). Lifespan outperforms climate as a predictor of wood functional traits, but secondary woodiness shows no clear climatic pattern in Heliophila, a diverse clade from the Cape Floristic Region. Annals of Botany XX: 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf046
Bruyns P.V., Awale A.I., Gelle F.J., Vahalik P., Hanáček P. & Klak C. (2025). A new combination in Ceropegia sect. Orbea (Apocynaceae-Ceropegieae) for Somaliland. Bradleya 43: 120–125. https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n43.2025.a13
Bruyns P.V., Hanáček P. & Klak C. (2025). A new succulent leafy tree-like Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) from Angola. Bradleya 43: 126–135. https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n43.2025.a14
Bruyns P.V., Klak C. & Hanáček P. (2025). A new dwarf species of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) from NE Africa. Haseltonia 32: 3–6. https://doi.org/10.2985/026.032.0101
Sacramento C., Stirton C.H., De Queiro L.P., Lewis G.P. & Cardoso D.B.O.S. (2025). Revisiting wing petal sculpturing and pocket variation in papilionoid legumes. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 69: XX–XX. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2025.125905
Delport J., Muasya A.M., Strauss P., Esterhuizen N., Wossler T. & Manzano S. (2025). Pollen atlas of bee plants from the Greater Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 186: 723–765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2025.09.035
de Souza B., Carvalho C.S., Stirton C.H., Lewis G. P., Torke B.M., Duan L., Ramos G., Rocha L., Zartman C.E. & Cardoso D.B.O.S. (2025). Phylogenomics, morphological evolution, and taxonomic revision of Spirotropis, a newly delimited legume genus of ecologically dominant Amazonian tree species. Taxon 74(3): 572–601. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13325
du Preez B., Schrire B.D., Dreyer L.L., Stirton C.H., Chimphango S.B.M. & Muasya A.M. (2025). Phylogeny and new sectional classification for the Cape Clade of the genus Indigofera (Fabaceae: Indigofereae). Taxon 74(4): 819–856. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13347
du Preez B., Schrire B.D., Dreyer L.L., Stirton C.H. & Muasya A.M. (2025). Global biogeographic patterns of the genus Indigofera (Fabaceae: Indigofereae). Brazilian Journal of Botany 48: XX–XX. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-024-01045-4
du Preez B., Schrire B.D., Stirton C.H., Dreyer L.L, Morin O., Forest F. & Muasya A.M. (2025). Biome shifts and recent rapid radiations in the Cape Clade of the genus Indigofera (Fabaceae: Indigofereae) explain contemporary diversity in the GCFR. South African Journal of Botany 184: 100–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2025.05.058
du Preez B., Schrire B.D., Dreyer L.L., Stirton C.H. & Muasya A.M. (2025). Revision of Indigofera L. sect. Juncifoliae (Fabaceae: Indigofereae) from the Greater Cape Floristic Region. South African Journal of Botany 184: 549–559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2025.06.033
du Preez B., Dreyer L.L., Valentine A.J. & Muasya A.M. (2025). Rare and living alone - do edaphic factors cause allopatry of Polhillia species? South African Journal of Botany 187: 373–385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2025.10.035
Egan A.N., Bello A., Stirton C.H., Chimphango S.B.M. & Muasya, A.M. (2025). Comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of tribe Psoraleeae (Fabaceae) supports segregation of the South American Otholobium as a new genus Grimolobium. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 208(4): 369–385. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae083
Hedderson T.A, Ah-Peng C. & Wilding, N. (2025). Atractylocarpus meyeri Hedd., Ah-Peng & N.Wilding, a new moss species from Tahiti. Journal of Bryology 47(3): 194–197. https://doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2025.2536978
Klopper R.R., Muasya A.M. & Smith G.F. (2025). The Madrid Nomenclature Section: outcomes and important changes to the Code following the 20th International Botanical Congress. African Biodiversity & Conservation 55(1): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.38201/abc.v55.5
Kpetikou C.G., Agoundé G., Dassou G.H., Salako K.V., Tossou G.M. & Hedderson T. (2025). Current Knowledge and Research Perspectives on Bryophytes in West Africa. Diversity 17(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/d17120807
Klak C., Van Wyk P., Hanáček P. & Bruyns P.V. (2025). Two new species of Ruschieae from north-western South Africa and south-western Namibia. South African Journal of Botany 177: 392–396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2024.12.013
Klak C., Hanáček P. & Bruyns P.V. (2025). New species of Ruschieae (Aizoaceae). Bradleya 43: 185–214. https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n43.2025.a19
Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG), Andrella G.C., Atahuachi Burgos M., Bagnatori Sartori Â.L., Balan A., Bandyopadhyay S., Barbosa Pinto R., Barrett R., Boatwright J.S., Borges L.M., Bortoluzzi R., Broich S.L., Brullo S., Bruneau A., Cardinal-McTeague W., Cardoso D., Castro Silva I.C., Cervantes A., Choo L.M., et al. (2025). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): Fabaceae (R. Govaerts, Ed., 2025, v.6). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.15468/mvhaj3
Madika L.K, Sebola R.J, Zhigila D.A, Stirton C.H. & Muasya A.M. (2025). Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Aspalathus L. (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae, Crotalarieae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. South African Journal of Botany 189: 107–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2025.11.037
Marline L., Ah-Peng C., Flores O. & Hedderson T. (2025). Morphological variation in liverwort traits influences community assemblage along an elevational gradient in northern Madagascar. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158(2): 181–194. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.139573
Marline L., Ranaivoson N.A.S., Smith R.J., Ah-Peng C., Hedderson T.A.J., Wilding N. & Antonelli A. (2025). Advancing bryophyte research and conservation: a case study on Madagascar. Annals of Botany 136(1): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf035
Muasya A.M., Bello A., du Preez B., Maurin O., Forest F. & Stirton C.H. (2025). Refined generic and infrageneric classification of the Cape Psoraleeae clade (Fabaceae) – taxonomic studies in the phylogenomic era. South African Journal of Botany 185: 348–360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2025.08.006
Parker T., Verboom G.A., Ellis A.G., Manning J.C. & Bergh N.G. (2025). Widely acclaimed but poorly named: Phylogeny and systematics of the African daisy genus Dimorphotheca (Asteraceae, Calenduleae). Taxon 74(1): 133–154. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13280
Sanz-Arnal M., Garcia-Moro P., Benitez-Benitez C., Coca-de-la-Iglesia M., Gallego-Narbón A., Barciela C., Bartolucci F., Bhandari P., Bradley M., Cano A., Derouaux A., Donadio S., Escudero M., Fabbroni M., Ford K.A., Galasso G., Gebauer S., González-Elizondo M.S., Hamon D., Hoffmann M.H., Jin X.F., Koopman J., Li B.Z., Lois R., Lu Y.F., Luceño M., Márquez-Corro J.I., Martin-Bravo S., Mesterházy A., Miguez M., Morales-Alonso A., Muasya A.M., Muñoz-Schüler P., Naczi R.F.C., Oleas N., Pereira-Silva L. , Repka R., Reznicek A.A., Sanbonmatsu K.K., Sánchez E., Spalink D., Strid A., Vanormelingen P., Verloove F., Wilson K.L., Yano O., Zhang S.R., Jimenez-Mejias P. (2025). A Comprehensive Database of Expert-Curated Occurrences for the Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae). 2025. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(9): XX–XX. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70123
Sieben E.J.J., Macdonald A., Proches S., Ramdhani S., Subbiah A. & Muasya A.M. (2025). Older lineages of vascular plants in wetlands dominate in habitats that are more ubiquitous across the region: A case study in Southern Africa. Ecology & Evolution 15(7): XX–XX. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71807
Stirton C.H., du Preez B., Euston-Brown D.I.W. & Muasya A.M. (2025). Three new species of Aspalathus (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae) from the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. Phytotaxa 720(2): 172–178. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.720.2.8
Stirton C.H., Bello A. & Muasya A.M. (2025). Nomenclatural notes on the genus Psoralea (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae) in South Africa. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158(2): 168–180. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.138728
Williams B.D., Muthama T.M., Zhigila D.A., Oteng-Yeboah A.A. & Muasya A.M. (2025). Hybridization in the Cape flora: the case of Ficinia lucida (Cyperaceae). South African Journal of Botany 185: 412–421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2025.07.046
Wilding N., Callaghan D. & Hedderson T.A. (2025). Funaria aristifolia N.Wilding, D.A.Callaghan & Hedd. (Funariaceae), a new moss species from the winter-rainfall area of South Africa. Journal of Bryology 47(2): 87–92. https://doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2025.2493480
Zhigila D.A., Shrestha N., Abubakar Z.A. & Muasya A.M. (2025). Assessing Climate Impact: Distribution modeling and conservation assessments of Sesamum (Pedaliaceae) species. Ecology and Evolution 15(5): XX–XX. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71387
Zhigila D.A., Lombard N. & Muasya A.M. (2025). A taxonomic revision and conservation assessments of Thesium Section Frisea (Subgenus Frisea, Santalaceae). South African Journal of Botany 178: 280–306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2025.01.036