- Ph.D. Harvard
BIO
The Barrington Group at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ is a community of scholars and students working together on an array of inquiries into the diversity and evolution of spore-dispersed plants, especially ferns and clubmosses. Our current fascination is with the biogeography and diversification rates of these plants and the ecological and geological variables that determine these patterns. We have for many years been exploring the origins of diversity via hybridization and polyploidy as well as through primary divergence.
Dave has directed the Pringle Herbarium since 1974. Prior to coming to ¶¶Òõ̽̽, he studied plant systematics and evolution at Bates College and Harvard University. His current research focuses on the geographic diversity and evolution of ferns in tropical America and Asia.
Courses
- PBIO 241 Tropical Plant Systematics
- PBIO 209 Biology of Ferns
Area(s) of expertise
Plant Systematics and Evolution
Bio
The Barrington Group at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ is a community of scholars and students working together on an array of inquiries into the diversity and evolution of spore-dispersed plants, especially ferns and clubmosses. Our current fascination is with the biogeography and diversification rates of these plants and the ecological and geological variables that determine these patterns. We have for many years been exploring the origins of diversity via hybridization and polyploidy as well as through primary divergence.
Dave has directed the Pringle Herbarium since 1974. Prior to coming to ¶¶Òõ̽̽, he studied plant systematics and evolution at Bates College and Harvard University. His current research focuses on the geographic diversity and evolution of ferns in tropical America and Asia.
Courses
- PBIO 241 Tropical Plant Systematics
- PBIO 209 Biology of Ferns
Areas of Expertise
Plant Systematics and Evolution
Publications
- Testo, W., E. Sessa, and D. Barrington. The rise of the Andes promoted rapid diversification in Neotropical Phlegmariurus (Lycopodiaceae). New Phytologist. Accepted for publication.
- Patel, N.R., C.X. Li, L. B. Zhang, and D. Barrington. 2018. Biodiversity and apomixis: insights from the East-Asian holly ferns in Polystichum section Xiphopolystichum. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 345–355.
- Testo, W., A. Field, and D. Barrington. 2018. Overcoming among-lineage rate heterogeneity to infer the divergence times and biogeography of the clubmoss family Lycopodiaceae. Journal of Biogeography 2018: 1–13.