Larry Hufford

Larry Hufford

Field of Study: Plant Systematics and Evolution Title: Professor Degrees: Ph.D., Botany, University of California, Berkeley Office: G9 Heald Email: hufford@wsu.edu Phone: 509-335-2183 Fax: 509-335-3184 Mailing Address: School of Biological Sciences Washington State University PO Box 644236 Pullman WA 99164-4236

Research Interests

Professor Hufford is interested in flowering plant systematics and evolution. His research applies phylogenetic systematics to resolve evolutionary relationships and explore diversification processes. He and his students apply molecular markers in phylogenetic studies of various angiosperm groups. Phylogenetic results are used to explore patterns and processes of diversification of plant form, ecology, and geography.  Resolving taxonomic problems and revising classifications are also key goals of their phylogenetic research. An area of emphasis in the Hufford laboratory is plant phylogeography in the American West. This research examines the geographic structure of genetic diversity to understand landscape, demographic, and temporal forces that have shaped plant diversity in the West.

Representative Publications

Brokaw, J. and L. Hufford, 2010. Origins and introgression of polyploid species in Mentzelia section Trachyphytum (Loasaceae). American Journal of Botany 97: 1457-1473.

Brokaw, J. M. and L. Hufford. 2010. Phylogeny, introgression, and character evolution of diploid species in Mentzelia section Trachyphytum (Loasaceae). Systematic Botany 35: 601-617.

Hufford, L. 2003. Homology and developmental transformation: models for the origins of the staminodes of Loasaceae subfamily Loasoideae. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164 (5 supplement): S409-S439.

Hufford, L. and M. McMahon, 2003. Beyond morphoclines and trends: the elements of diversity and the phylogenetic patterning of morphology. Pp. 165-186 in Deep Morphology: Toward a Renaissance of Morphology in Plant Systematics, T. F. Stuessy, V. Mayer & E. Hörandl (eds). Koeltz, Königstein.

Marlowe, K. and L. Hufford. 2007. Taxonomy and biogeography of Gaillardia (Asteraceae): A phylogenetic analysis. Systematic Botany 32: 208-226.

Marlowe, K. and L. Hufford. 2008. Evolution of Synthyris section Dissecta (Plantaginaceae) on Northern Rocky Mountain sky islands. American Journal of Botany 95: 381-392.

McMahon, M., and L. Hufford, 2002. Developmental morphology and structural homology of corolla-androecium synorganization in the tribe Amorpheae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae). American Journal of Botany 89: 1884-1898.

McMahon, M., and L. Hufford, 2005. Evolution and development in the amorphoid clade (Amorpheae: Papilionoideae: Fabaceae): Organ loss and dedifferentiation. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 383-396.

Nazaire, M., and L. Hufford. 2012. A broad phylogenetic analysis of Boraginaceae: implications for the relationships of Mertensia. Systematic Botany 37: 758-783.

O’Quinn, R. and L. Hufford, 2005. Molecular systematics of Montieae (Portulacaceae): Implications for taxonomy, biogeography and ecology. Systematic Botany 30: 314-331.

Schenk, J. J. and L. Hufford. 2010. Effects of substitutions models on divergence time estimates: an empirical study of model uncertainty using Cornales. Systematic Botany 35: 578-592.