davislab
Welcome to the Davis Lab!
What We Do
We are broadly interested in the origin and maintenance of plant diversity across space and time. Species’ responses to Anthropogenic change, phylogenomics, systematics, biogeography, biome evolution, and symbioses are focal areas of our research.
Learn more about the lab's areas of research, view recent publications, and meet current lab members and affiliates!
Latest News!
Davis Lab takes a trip to NYBG!
Members of the Davis Lab took a field trip to the New York Botanical Gardens last week to make use of the phenomenal herbarium collections there. Thanks, NYBG!
New Exhibit at HMNH!
In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers: An Exploration of Change and Loss Exhibit opened Saturday, May 14 at Harvard's Museum of Natural History. Find more info here on how Professor Davis and collaborators brought this exhibit to life!
Recent Publications
2024
Erika Edwards, Brent Mishler, and Charles Davis. 2024. “University Herbaria Are Uniquely Important”. EcoEvoRxiv
Erika Edwards, Brent Mishler, and Charles Davis. 2024. “University Herbaria Are Uniquely Important”. EcoEvoRxiv
Yujing Yan, Rute da Fonseca, Carsten Rahbek, Michael Borregaard, and Charles Davis. 2024. “A New Nuclear Phylogeny of the Tea Family (Theaceae) Unravels Rapid Radiations in Genus Camellia”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Yujing Yan, Rute da Fonseca, Carsten Rahbek, Michael Borregaard, and Charles Davis. 2024. “A New Nuclear Phylogeny of the Tea Family (Theaceae) Unravels Rapid Radiations in Genus Camellia”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Santosh Rana, Hum Rana, Jacob Landis, Tianhui Kuang, Juntong Chen, Hengchang Wang, Tao Deng, Charles Davis, and Hang Sun. 2024. “Pleistocene Glaciation Advances the Cryptic Speciation of Stellera Chamaejasme L. In a Major Biodiversity Hotspot”. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Santosh Rana, Hum Rana, Jacob Landis, Tianhui Kuang, Juntong Chen, Hengchang Wang, Tao Deng, Charles Davis, and Hang Sun. 2024. “Pleistocene Glaciation Advances the Cryptic Speciation of Stellera Chamaejasme L. In a Major Biodiversity Hotspot”. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Charles C. Davis, Emily Sessa, Alan Paton, Alexandre Antonelli, and Jordan Teisher. 2024. “The Destructive Sampling Conundrum and Guidelines for Effective and Ethical Sampling of Herbaria”. EcoEvoRxiv
Charles C. Davis, Emily Sessa, Alan Paton, Alexandre Antonelli, and Jordan Teisher. 2024. “The Destructive Sampling Conundrum and Guidelines for Effective and Ethical Sampling of Herbaria”. EcoEvoRxiv