Devey, Dion S
Job TitleResearcher to Head of Molecular Systematics
DepartmentJodrell Laboratory
SectionMolecular Systematics
Science Teams:
Joined Kew: 1999
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc (Hons), DeMontfort University, Leicester, 2000.
PhD, Reading University, UK, 2007.
Role
Molecular systematics, evolutionary biology and conservation-genetics research.
Investigating the molecular systematics, evolution and biogeographical distribution of several plant families (including: Asphodelaceae, Hyacinthaceae, Hypoxidaceae, Orchidaceae, Pandanaceae, Sapindaceae); Exploring the boundaries between population genetics and phylogenetics, and using orchids as a model system for the investigation of species-delimitation issues and the downstream impact on conservation recommendations; Large scale bar-coding of the Angiosperms.
Projects
- Exploring Legume Associations with Fungi and Threat
- Investigating the Cradle of the Angiosperms Based on State-of-the-Art Parametric Biogeographic Methods
- Origin and Evolution of the New Caledonian Flora
- Population Genetics of UK Orchids
- Systematics and Conservation Genetics of Asparagales
- Systematics and biogeography of the Pandanaceae family
Selected Recent Publications
Bateman, R.M., Bradshaw, E., Devey, D.S., Glover, B.J., Malmgren, S., Sramkó, G., Murphy Thomas, M. & Rudall, P.J. (2011). Species arguments: clarifying competing concepts of species delimitation in the pseudo-copulatory orchid genus Ophrys. Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society 165: 336–347.
Kocyan, A., Snijman, D.A., Forest, F., Devey, D.S., Freudenstein, J.V., Wiland-Szymańska, J., Chase, M.W.& Rudall, P.J. (2011). Molecular phylogenetics of Hypoxidaceae – Evidence from plastid DNA data and inferences on morphology and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 60: 122–136.
Bradshaw, E., Rudall, P.J., Devey, D.S., Thomas, M.M., Glover, B.J. & Bateman, R.M. (2010). Comparative labellum micromorphology of the sexually deceptive temperate orchid genus Ophrys: diverse epidermal cell types and multiple origins of structural colour. Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society 162: 504–540.
Devey, D.S., Bateman, R.M., Fay, M.F. & Hawkins, J.A. (2009). Friends or relatives? Phylogenetics and species delimitation in the controversial European orchid genus Ophrys. Annals of Botany 104: 483-95.
Devey, D.S., Bateman, R.M.,Fay, M.F. & Hawkins, J.A. (2009). Genetic structure and systematic relationships within the Ophrys fuciflora aggregate (Orchidaceae: Orchidinae): high diversity in Kent and a wind-induced discontinuity bisecting the Adriatic. Annals of Botany 104: 483-495.
Devey, D.S. & Clarkson, J.J. (2009). A stuttering start to plant DNA barcoding: microsatellites present a previously overlooked problem in non-coding plastid regions. Taxon 58: 7-15
Chase, M.W., Fay, M.F., Devey, D.S., Maurin, O., Ronsted, N., Davies, T.J., Pillon, Y., Petersen, G., Seberg, O., Tamura, M.N., Asmussen, C.B., Hilu, K., Borsch, T., Davis, J.I., Stevenson, D.W., Pires, J.C., Givnish, T.J., Sytsma, K.J., McPherson, M.A.,Graham, S.W. & Rai, H.A. (2009). Multigene analyses of monocot relationships : a summary. Aliso 22: 63-75.
Hollingsworth, P.M., Forrest, L.L., Spouge, J.L., Hajibabaei, M., Ratnasingham, S., van der Bank, M., Chase, M.W., Cowan, R.S., Erickson, D.L., Fazekas, A.J., Graham, S.W., James, K.E., Kim, K.J., Kress, W.J., Schneider, H., van AlphenStahl, J., Barrett, S.C., van den Berg, C., Bogarin, D., Burgess, K.S., Cameron, K.M., Carine, M., Chacón, J., Clark, A., Clarkson, J.J., Conrad, F., Devey, D.S., Ford, C.S., Hedderson, T.A., Hollingsworth, M.L., Husband, B.C., Kelly, L.J., Kesanakurti, P.R., Kim, J.S., Kim, Y.D., Lahaye, R., Lee, H.L., Long, D.G., Madriñán, S., Maurin, O., Meusnier, I., Newmaster, S.G., Park, C.W., Percy, D.M., Petersen, G., Richardson, J.E., Salazar, G.A., Savolainen, V., Seberg, O., Wilkinson, M.J., Yi, D.K. & Little, D.P. (CBOL Plant Working Group). (2009). A DNA barcode for land plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106: 12794-12797.
Manning, J.C., Forest, F., Devey, D.S., Fay, M.F. & Goldblatt, P. (2009). A molecular phylogeny and a revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four plastid DNA regions. Taxon 58: 77-107.
Pillon, Y., Fay, M.F., Hedrén, M., Bateman, R.M., Devey, D.S., Shipunov, A.B., van der Bank, M. & Chase, M.W. (2007). Evolution and temporal diversification of western European polyploid species complexes in Dactylohiza (Orchidaceae). Taxon 56: 1185–1208.
Fay, M.F., Chase, M.W., Rønsted, N., Devey, D.S., Pillon, Y., Pires, J.C., Petersen G., Seberg, O. & Davis, J.I. (2006). Phylogenetics of Liliales: summarized evidence from combined analyses of five plastid and one mitochondrial loci. Aliso 22: 559-565.
