Journal Papers
CUI, H., N. GIEBINK, J. STARR, D. LONGERT, B. FORD, and É. LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET. 2023. From noisy data to useful color palettes: one step in making biodiversity data FAIR. In: I. SSERWANGA, A. GOULDING, H. MOULAISON-SANDY, J. T. DU, A. L. SOARES, V. HESSAMI, and R. D. FRANK, eds., Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity. Notes in Computer Science, volume 13971. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham. pp. 469-481. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_35
CUI, H., B. FORD, J. STARR, A. A. REZNICEK, Y. ZHOU, Q. GAN, É. LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, É. LACROIX-CARIGNAN, J. MACKLIN, J. CAYOUETTE, P. CATLING, G. LEVIN, J. SAARELA, T. SMITH, D. SUTHERLAND, and J. SACHS. 2022. Preliminary findings of usability studies on an ontology-aware taxon-by-character matrix editor. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 6: e90949. TDWG 2022 annual conference Sofia, Bulgaria, October 2022. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.90949
CUI, H., B. FORD, J. STARR, L. ZHANG, A. REZNICEK, and J. A. MACKLIN. 2022. Authors’ attitudes toward adopting a new workflow to improve the computability of phenotype publications. Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation 2022: baac001. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baac001
CUI, H., B. FORD, J. STARR, J. MACKLIN, A. REZNICEK, N. GIEBINK, D. LONGERT, É., LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, and L. ZHANG. 2021. Author-driven computable data and ontology production for taxonomists. TDWG 2021 annual conference. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 5:e75741. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.5.75741
ROALSON, E. H., P. JIMÉNEZ-MEJÍAS, A. L. HIPP, C. BENÍTEZ-BENÍTEZ, L. P. BRUEDERLE. K.-S. CHUNG, M. ESCUDERO, B. A. FORD, K. FORD, S. GEBAUER, B. GEHRKE, M. HAHN, M. Q. HAYAT, M. H. HOFFMANN, X.-F. JIN, S. KIM, I. LARRIDON, É. LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, Y.-F. LU, M. LUCEÑO, E. MAGUILLA, J.I. MÁRQUEZ-CORRO, S. MARTÍN-BRAVO, T. MASAKI, M. MÍGUEZ, R. F. C. NACZI, A. A. REZNICEK, D. SPALINK, J. R. STARR, UZMA, T. VILLAVERDE, M. J. WATERWAY, K. L. WILSON, and S.-R. ZHANG. 2021. A framework infrageneric classification of Carex (Cyperaceae) and its organizing principles. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59: 726-762. https://doi-org.uml.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/jse.12722
ZHANG, L., X. YANG, Z. COTA, H. CUI, B. FORD, H-L. CHEN, J. A. MACKLIN, A. REZNICEK, and J. STARR. 2021. Which methods are the most effective in enabling novice users to participate in ontology creation? A usability study. Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation 2021: baab035. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baab035
CUI, H., L. ZHANG , B. FORD, H-L. CHEN , J. A. MACKLIN, A. REZNICEK , and J. STARR. 2020. Measurement Recorder: developing a useful tool for making species descriptions that produces computable phenotypes. Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation 2020: baaa079. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baaa079
LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, É., B-H. CHEN, M-È. GARON-LABRECQUE, B. A. FORD, and J. R. STARR. 2020. RAD sequencing resolves the phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of Trichophoreae despite a rapid recent radiation (Cyperaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 145: 106727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106727
VILLAVERDE, T., P. JIMÉNEZ-MEJÍAS, M. LUCEÑO, M. J. WATERWAY, S. KIM. B. LEE, M. RINCÓN-BARRADO, M. HAHN, E. MAGUILLA, E. H. ROALSON, A. L. HIPP; and THE GLOBAL CAREX GROUP: M. ESCUDERO, B. A. FORD, S. GEBAUER, M. H. HOFFMANN, I. LARRIDON, S. MARTÍN-BRAVO, R. F. C. NACZI, J. PARK, A. A. REZNICEK, D. A. SIMPSON, J. R. STARR, and K. L. WILSON. 2020. A new classification of Carex (Cyperaceae) subgenera supported by a HybSeq backbone phylogenetic tree. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 194: 141–163. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa042
ZHANG, L., H. CUI, B. FORD, H-L. CHENG. J. MACKLIN, A. REZNICEK, and J. STARR. 2020. Enabling authors to produce computable phenotype measurements: usability studies on the measurement recorder. In: Stephanidis C., M. Antona, and S. Ntoa (eds), HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Posters. HCII 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science 1293: 288-296. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60700-5_37
GRANTHAM, M. A., B. A. FORD, and A. C. WORLEY. 2019. Pollination and fruit set in two rewardless slipper orchids and their hybrids (Cypripedium, Orchidaceae): large yellow flowers outperform small white flowers in the northern tall grass prairie. Plant Biology 21: 997-1007. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13026
MARTÍN‐BRAVO, S., P. JIMÉNEZ‐MEJÍAS, T. VILLAVERDE, M. ESCUDERO, M. HAHN, D. SPALINK, E. H. ROALSON, A. L. HIPP, and the GLOBAL CAREX GROUP (C. BENÍTEZ‐BENÍTEZ, L. P. BRUEDERLE, E. FITZEK, B. A. FORD, K. A. FORD, M. GARNER, S. GEBAUER, M. H. HOFFMANN, X‐F. JIN, I. LARRIDON, É. LÉVEILLÉ‐BOURRET ,Y‐F. LU, M. LUCEÑO, E. MAGUILLA, J. I. MÁRQUEZ‐CORROL, M. MÍGUEZ, R. NACZI, A. A. REZNICEK, and J. R. STARR). 2019. A tale of worldwide success: Behind the scenes of Carex (Cyperaceae) biogeography and diversification. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 57: 695-718. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12549
STARR J. R, É. LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, A. T VŨ., T. K. T. NGUYÊN, and B. A. FORD. 2019. The rediscovery of the rare Vietnamese endemic Eriophorum scabriculme redefines generic limits in the Scirpo-Caricoid Clade (Cyperaceae). PeerJ 7:e7538. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7538
ZHANG, L., Z. COTA, H. CUI, H-I. CHEN, B. FORD, J. SACH, J. PENDER, J. MACKLIN, A. REZNICEK, and J. STARR. 2019. Developing community phenotype ontologies: understanding users' preferences. 82nd Annual meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne, Australia, October 2019. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 56: 838-840. https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/pra2.199
CUI, H., J. MACKLIN, J. SACHS, A. REZNICEK, J. STARR, B. FORD, L. PENEV, and H.-L. CHEN. 2018. Incentivising use of structured language in biological descriptions: Author-driven phenotype data and ontology production. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e29616. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e29616.
LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, É., J. R. STARR, and B. A. FORD. 2018. A revision of Sumatroscirpus (Sumatroscirpeae), with discussions on Southeast Asian biogeography, general collecting, and homologues with Carex (Cariceae, Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany 43: 510-531. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418X697247
LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, É., J. R. STARR, and B. A. FORD. 2018. Why are there so many sedges? Sumatroscirpeae, a missing piece in the evolutionary puzzle of the giant genus Carex (Cyperaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 119: 93-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.025
LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, É., J. R. STARR, B. A. FORD, E. M. LEMMON, and A. R. LEMMON. 2018. Resolving rapid radiations within angiosperm families using anchored phylogenomics. Systematic Biology 67: 94-112. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syx050
FORD, B. A., J. R. STARR, T. K. NGUYỄN, and A. T. VŨ. 2017. Two extraordinary new pseudopetiolate Carex species from Vietnam (sect. Hemiscaposae, Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany 42: 402-417. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364417X695998
KUZMINA, M. L, T. W. A. BRAUKMANN, A. J. FAZEKAS, S. W. GRAHAM, S. L. DEWAARD, A. RODRIGUES, B. A. BENNETT, T. A. DICKINSON, J. M. SAARELA, P. M. CATLING, S. G. NEWMASTER, D. M. PERCY, E. FENNEMAN, A. LAURON-MOREAU, B. FORD, L. GILLESPIE, R. SUBRAMANYAM, J. WHITTON, L. JENNINGS, D. METSGER, C. P. WARNE, A. BROWN, E. SEARS, J. R. DEWAARD, E. V. ZAKHAROV, and P. D. N. HEBERT. 2017. Using herbarium-derived DNAs to assemble a large-scale DNA barcode library for the vascular plants of Canada. Applications in Plant Sciences 5 (1700079). https://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1700079
JIMÉNEZ-MEJÍAS, P., M. HAHN, K. LUEDERS, J. R. STARR, B. H. BROWN, B.N. CHOUINARD, K.-S. CHUNG, M. ESCUDERO, B. A. FORD, K. A. FORD, S. GEBAUER, B. GEHRKE, M. H. HOFFMANN, X.-F. JIN, J. JUNG, S. KIM, M. LUCEÑO, E. MAGUILLA, S. MARTÍN-BRAVO, M. MÍGUEZ, A. MOLINA, R. F. C. NACZI, J. E. PENDER, A. A. REZNICEK, T. VILLAVERDE, M. J. WATERWAY, K. L. WILSON, J.-C. YANG, S. ZHANG, A. L. HIPP, and E. H. ROALSON. 2016. Megaphylogenetic specimen-level approaches to the Carex (Cyperaceae) phylogeny using ITS, ETS, and matK sequences: implications for classification. Systematic Botany 41: 500-518
PHAM, K. K., M. HAHN, K. LUEDERS, B. H. BROWN, L. P. BRUEDERLE, J. J. BRUHL, K.-S. CHUNG, N. J. DERIEG, M. ESCUDERO, B. A. FORD, S. GEBAUER, B. GEHRKE, M. H. HOFFMANN, T. HOSHINO, P. JIMÉNEZ-MEJÍAS, J. JUNG, S. KIM, M., LUCEÑO, E. MAGUILLA, S. MARTÍN-BRAVO, R. F. C. NACZI, A. A. REZNICEK, E. H. ROALSON, D. A., SIMPSON, J. R. STARR, T. VILLAVERDE, M. J. WATERWAY, K. L., WILSON, O. YANO, S., ZHANG, and A. L. HIPP. 2016. Specimens at the center: an informatics workflow and toolkit for specimen-level analysis of public DNA database data. Systematic Botany 41: 529-539.
FORD, B. A., A. T. VU, K. T. NGUYEN, and J. R. STARR. 2015. Luzula effusa var. chinensis (Juncaceae): the first record for the wood-rush genus in Vietnam. Phytotaxa 204: 116-122.
GLOBAL CAREX GROUP. 2015. Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society 179: 1-42.
STARR, J. R., F. H. JANZEN, and B. A. FORD. 2015. Three new, early diverging Carex (Cariceae, Cyperaceae) lineages from East and Southeast Asia with important evolutionary and biogeographic implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 88: 105-120.
CATLING, P. M., C. J. SHEVIAK, B. A. FORD, L. HESHKA, and C. E. PUNTER. 2013. Platanthera praeclara X psycodes, a new fringed orchid from Manitoba. Native Orchid Conference Journal 10(3): 1-6.
FORD, B. A., H. GHAZVINI, R. F. C. NACZI, and J. R. STARR. 2012. Phylogeny of Carex subg. Vignea (Cyperaceae) based on amplified fragment length polymorphism and nrDNA data. Systematic Botany 37: 913-925.
SEMPLE, J. C., L. TONG, B. A. FORD, and C. E. PUNTER. 2012. Solidago jejunifolia new to Manitoba and Canada. Phytoneuron 2012-112: 1–5.
FORD, B. A., A. C. WORLEY, R. F. C. NACZI, and H. GHAZVINI. 2009. Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis reveals high genetic variation in the Ouachita Mountain endemic Carex latebracteata (Cyperaceae) Botany 87: 770-779.
WORLEY, A. C., L. SAWICH, H. GHAZVINI, and B. A. FORD. 2009. Hybridization and introgression between a rare and a common lady’s slipper orchid, Cypripedium candidum and C. parviflorum (Orchidaceae). Botany 87: 1054-1065.
STARR, J. R. and B. A. FORD. 2009. Phylogeny and evolution in Cariceae (Cyperaceae): current knowledge and future directions. The Botanical Review 75: 110-137.
FORD, B. A., R. F. C. NACZI, H. GHAZVINI, and M. IRANPOUR. 2006. Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis reveals three distinct taxa in Carex digitalis sect. Careyanae (Cyperaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 84: 1444-1452.
FORD, B. A., M. IRANPOUR, R. F. C. NACZI, J. R. STARR, and C. A. JEROME. 2006. Phylogeny of Carex subg. Vignea (Cyperaceae) based on non-coding nrDNA sequence data. Systematic Botany 31: 70-82.
JEROME, C. A. and B. A. FORD. 2002. The discovery of three genetic races of the dwarf mistletoe Arceuthobium americanum (Viscaceae) provides insight into the evolution of parasitic angiosperms. Molecular Ecology 11: 387-405.
JEROME, C. A. and B. A. FORD. 2002. Comparative population structure and genetic diversity of Arceuthobium americanum (Viscaceae) and its Pinus host species: insight into host-parasite evolution in parasitic angiosperms. Molecular Ecology 11: 407-420.
FORD, B. A. and R. F. C. NACZI. 2001. Genetic diversity in the Carex jamesii complex (Cyperaceae: sect. Phyllostachyae) with insights into the evolution and origin of the newly described species Carex timida. Sida 19: 885-897.
NACZI, R. F. C. and B. A. FORD. 2001. Systematics of the Carex jamesii complex (Cyperaceae: Phyllostachyae). Sida 19: 853-884.
SAARELA, J. M. and B. A. FORD. 2001. Taxonomy of the Carex backii complex (sect. Phyllostachyae, Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany 26: 704-721.
STARR, J. R. and B. A. FORD. 2001. The taxonomic and phylogenetic utility of vegetative anatomy and fruit epidermal silica bodies in Carex section Phyllostachys (Cyperaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 79: 362-379.
CUI, H., B. FORD, J. STARR, A. A. REZNICEK, Y. ZHOU, Q. GAN, É. LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, É. LACROIX-CARIGNAN, J. MACKLIN, J. CAYOUETTE, P. CATLING, G. LEVIN, J. SAARELA, T. SMITH, D. SUTHERLAND, and J. SACHS. 2022. Preliminary findings of usability studies on an ontology-aware taxon-by-character matrix editor. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 6: e90949. TDWG 2022 annual conference Sofia, Bulgaria, October 2022. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.90949
CUI, H., B. FORD, J. STARR, L. ZHANG, A. REZNICEK, and J. A. MACKLIN. 2022. Authors’ attitudes toward adopting a new workflow to improve the computability of phenotype publications. Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation 2022: baac001. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baac001
CUI, H., B. FORD, J. STARR, J. MACKLIN, A. REZNICEK, N. GIEBINK, D. LONGERT, É., LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, and L. ZHANG. 2021. Author-driven computable data and ontology production for taxonomists. TDWG 2021 annual conference. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 5:e75741. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.5.75741
ROALSON, E. H., P. JIMÉNEZ-MEJÍAS, A. L. HIPP, C. BENÍTEZ-BENÍTEZ, L. P. BRUEDERLE. K.-S. CHUNG, M. ESCUDERO, B. A. FORD, K. FORD, S. GEBAUER, B. GEHRKE, M. HAHN, M. Q. HAYAT, M. H. HOFFMANN, X.-F. JIN, S. KIM, I. LARRIDON, É. LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, Y.-F. LU, M. LUCEÑO, E. MAGUILLA, J.I. MÁRQUEZ-CORRO, S. MARTÍN-BRAVO, T. MASAKI, M. MÍGUEZ, R. F. C. NACZI, A. A. REZNICEK, D. SPALINK, J. R. STARR, UZMA, T. VILLAVERDE, M. J. WATERWAY, K. L. WILSON, and S.-R. ZHANG. 2021. A framework infrageneric classification of Carex (Cyperaceae) and its organizing principles. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59: 726-762. https://doi-org.uml.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/jse.12722
ZHANG, L., X. YANG, Z. COTA, H. CUI, B. FORD, H-L. CHEN, J. A. MACKLIN, A. REZNICEK, and J. STARR. 2021. Which methods are the most effective in enabling novice users to participate in ontology creation? A usability study. Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation 2021: baab035. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baab035
CUI, H., L. ZHANG , B. FORD, H-L. CHEN , J. A. MACKLIN, A. REZNICEK , and J. STARR. 2020. Measurement Recorder: developing a useful tool for making species descriptions that produces computable phenotypes. Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation 2020: baaa079. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baaa079
LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, É., B-H. CHEN, M-È. GARON-LABRECQUE, B. A. FORD, and J. R. STARR. 2020. RAD sequencing resolves the phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of Trichophoreae despite a rapid recent radiation (Cyperaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 145: 106727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106727
VILLAVERDE, T., P. JIMÉNEZ-MEJÍAS, M. LUCEÑO, M. J. WATERWAY, S. KIM. B. LEE, M. RINCÓN-BARRADO, M. HAHN, E. MAGUILLA, E. H. ROALSON, A. L. HIPP; and THE GLOBAL CAREX GROUP: M. ESCUDERO, B. A. FORD, S. GEBAUER, M. H. HOFFMANN, I. LARRIDON, S. MARTÍN-BRAVO, R. F. C. NACZI, J. PARK, A. A. REZNICEK, D. A. SIMPSON, J. R. STARR, and K. L. WILSON. 2020. A new classification of Carex (Cyperaceae) subgenera supported by a HybSeq backbone phylogenetic tree. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 194: 141–163. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa042
ZHANG, L., H. CUI, B. FORD, H-L. CHENG. J. MACKLIN, A. REZNICEK, and J. STARR. 2020. Enabling authors to produce computable phenotype measurements: usability studies on the measurement recorder. In: Stephanidis C., M. Antona, and S. Ntoa (eds), HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Posters. HCII 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science 1293: 288-296. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60700-5_37
GRANTHAM, M. A., B. A. FORD, and A. C. WORLEY. 2019. Pollination and fruit set in two rewardless slipper orchids and their hybrids (Cypripedium, Orchidaceae): large yellow flowers outperform small white flowers in the northern tall grass prairie. Plant Biology 21: 997-1007. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13026
MARTÍN‐BRAVO, S., P. JIMÉNEZ‐MEJÍAS, T. VILLAVERDE, M. ESCUDERO, M. HAHN, D. SPALINK, E. H. ROALSON, A. L. HIPP, and the GLOBAL CAREX GROUP (C. BENÍTEZ‐BENÍTEZ, L. P. BRUEDERLE, E. FITZEK, B. A. FORD, K. A. FORD, M. GARNER, S. GEBAUER, M. H. HOFFMANN, X‐F. JIN, I. LARRIDON, É. LÉVEILLÉ‐BOURRET ,Y‐F. LU, M. LUCEÑO, E. MAGUILLA, J. I. MÁRQUEZ‐CORROL, M. MÍGUEZ, R. NACZI, A. A. REZNICEK, and J. R. STARR). 2019. A tale of worldwide success: Behind the scenes of Carex (Cyperaceae) biogeography and diversification. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 57: 695-718. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12549
STARR J. R, É. LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, A. T VŨ., T. K. T. NGUYÊN, and B. A. FORD. 2019. The rediscovery of the rare Vietnamese endemic Eriophorum scabriculme redefines generic limits in the Scirpo-Caricoid Clade (Cyperaceae). PeerJ 7:e7538. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7538
ZHANG, L., Z. COTA, H. CUI, H-I. CHEN, B. FORD, J. SACH, J. PENDER, J. MACKLIN, A. REZNICEK, and J. STARR. 2019. Developing community phenotype ontologies: understanding users' preferences. 82nd Annual meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne, Australia, October 2019. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 56: 838-840. https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/pra2.199
CUI, H., J. MACKLIN, J. SACHS, A. REZNICEK, J. STARR, B. FORD, L. PENEV, and H.-L. CHEN. 2018. Incentivising use of structured language in biological descriptions: Author-driven phenotype data and ontology production. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e29616. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e29616.
LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, É., J. R. STARR, and B. A. FORD. 2018. A revision of Sumatroscirpus (Sumatroscirpeae), with discussions on Southeast Asian biogeography, general collecting, and homologues with Carex (Cariceae, Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany 43: 510-531. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418X697247
LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, É., J. R. STARR, and B. A. FORD. 2018. Why are there so many sedges? Sumatroscirpeae, a missing piece in the evolutionary puzzle of the giant genus Carex (Cyperaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 119: 93-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.025
LÉVEILLÉ-BOURRET, É., J. R. STARR, B. A. FORD, E. M. LEMMON, and A. R. LEMMON. 2018. Resolving rapid radiations within angiosperm families using anchored phylogenomics. Systematic Biology 67: 94-112. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syx050
FORD, B. A., J. R. STARR, T. K. NGUYỄN, and A. T. VŨ. 2017. Two extraordinary new pseudopetiolate Carex species from Vietnam (sect. Hemiscaposae, Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany 42: 402-417. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364417X695998
KUZMINA, M. L, T. W. A. BRAUKMANN, A. J. FAZEKAS, S. W. GRAHAM, S. L. DEWAARD, A. RODRIGUES, B. A. BENNETT, T. A. DICKINSON, J. M. SAARELA, P. M. CATLING, S. G. NEWMASTER, D. M. PERCY, E. FENNEMAN, A. LAURON-MOREAU, B. FORD, L. GILLESPIE, R. SUBRAMANYAM, J. WHITTON, L. JENNINGS, D. METSGER, C. P. WARNE, A. BROWN, E. SEARS, J. R. DEWAARD, E. V. ZAKHAROV, and P. D. N. HEBERT. 2017. Using herbarium-derived DNAs to assemble a large-scale DNA barcode library for the vascular plants of Canada. Applications in Plant Sciences 5 (1700079). https://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1700079
JIMÉNEZ-MEJÍAS, P., M. HAHN, K. LUEDERS, J. R. STARR, B. H. BROWN, B.N. CHOUINARD, K.-S. CHUNG, M. ESCUDERO, B. A. FORD, K. A. FORD, S. GEBAUER, B. GEHRKE, M. H. HOFFMANN, X.-F. JIN, J. JUNG, S. KIM, M. LUCEÑO, E. MAGUILLA, S. MARTÍN-BRAVO, M. MÍGUEZ, A. MOLINA, R. F. C. NACZI, J. E. PENDER, A. A. REZNICEK, T. VILLAVERDE, M. J. WATERWAY, K. L. WILSON, J.-C. YANG, S. ZHANG, A. L. HIPP, and E. H. ROALSON. 2016. Megaphylogenetic specimen-level approaches to the Carex (Cyperaceae) phylogeny using ITS, ETS, and matK sequences: implications for classification. Systematic Botany 41: 500-518
PHAM, K. K., M. HAHN, K. LUEDERS, B. H. BROWN, L. P. BRUEDERLE, J. J. BRUHL, K.-S. CHUNG, N. J. DERIEG, M. ESCUDERO, B. A. FORD, S. GEBAUER, B. GEHRKE, M. H. HOFFMANN, T. HOSHINO, P. JIMÉNEZ-MEJÍAS, J. JUNG, S. KIM, M., LUCEÑO, E. MAGUILLA, S. MARTÍN-BRAVO, R. F. C. NACZI, A. A. REZNICEK, E. H. ROALSON, D. A., SIMPSON, J. R. STARR, T. VILLAVERDE, M. J. WATERWAY, K. L., WILSON, O. YANO, S., ZHANG, and A. L. HIPP. 2016. Specimens at the center: an informatics workflow and toolkit for specimen-level analysis of public DNA database data. Systematic Botany 41: 529-539.
FORD, B. A., A. T. VU, K. T. NGUYEN, and J. R. STARR. 2015. Luzula effusa var. chinensis (Juncaceae): the first record for the wood-rush genus in Vietnam. Phytotaxa 204: 116-122.
GLOBAL CAREX GROUP. 2015. Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society 179: 1-42.
STARR, J. R., F. H. JANZEN, and B. A. FORD. 2015. Three new, early diverging Carex (Cariceae, Cyperaceae) lineages from East and Southeast Asia with important evolutionary and biogeographic implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 88: 105-120.
CATLING, P. M., C. J. SHEVIAK, B. A. FORD, L. HESHKA, and C. E. PUNTER. 2013. Platanthera praeclara X psycodes, a new fringed orchid from Manitoba. Native Orchid Conference Journal 10(3): 1-6.
FORD, B. A., H. GHAZVINI, R. F. C. NACZI, and J. R. STARR. 2012. Phylogeny of Carex subg. Vignea (Cyperaceae) based on amplified fragment length polymorphism and nrDNA data. Systematic Botany 37: 913-925.
SEMPLE, J. C., L. TONG, B. A. FORD, and C. E. PUNTER. 2012. Solidago jejunifolia new to Manitoba and Canada. Phytoneuron 2012-112: 1–5.
FORD, B. A., A. C. WORLEY, R. F. C. NACZI, and H. GHAZVINI. 2009. Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis reveals high genetic variation in the Ouachita Mountain endemic Carex latebracteata (Cyperaceae) Botany 87: 770-779.
WORLEY, A. C., L. SAWICH, H. GHAZVINI, and B. A. FORD. 2009. Hybridization and introgression between a rare and a common lady’s slipper orchid, Cypripedium candidum and C. parviflorum (Orchidaceae). Botany 87: 1054-1065.
STARR, J. R. and B. A. FORD. 2009. Phylogeny and evolution in Cariceae (Cyperaceae): current knowledge and future directions. The Botanical Review 75: 110-137.
FORD, B. A., R. F. C. NACZI, H. GHAZVINI, and M. IRANPOUR. 2006. Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis reveals three distinct taxa in Carex digitalis sect. Careyanae (Cyperaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 84: 1444-1452.
FORD, B. A., M. IRANPOUR, R. F. C. NACZI, J. R. STARR, and C. A. JEROME. 2006. Phylogeny of Carex subg. Vignea (Cyperaceae) based on non-coding nrDNA sequence data. Systematic Botany 31: 70-82.
JEROME, C. A. and B. A. FORD. 2002. The discovery of three genetic races of the dwarf mistletoe Arceuthobium americanum (Viscaceae) provides insight into the evolution of parasitic angiosperms. Molecular Ecology 11: 387-405.
JEROME, C. A. and B. A. FORD. 2002. Comparative population structure and genetic diversity of Arceuthobium americanum (Viscaceae) and its Pinus host species: insight into host-parasite evolution in parasitic angiosperms. Molecular Ecology 11: 407-420.
FORD, B. A. and R. F. C. NACZI. 2001. Genetic diversity in the Carex jamesii complex (Cyperaceae: sect. Phyllostachyae) with insights into the evolution and origin of the newly described species Carex timida. Sida 19: 885-897.
NACZI, R. F. C. and B. A. FORD. 2001. Systematics of the Carex jamesii complex (Cyperaceae: Phyllostachyae). Sida 19: 853-884.
SAARELA, J. M. and B. A. FORD. 2001. Taxonomy of the Carex backii complex (sect. Phyllostachyae, Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany 26: 704-721.
STARR, J. R. and B. A. FORD. 2001. The taxonomic and phylogenetic utility of vegetative anatomy and fruit epidermal silica bodies in Carex section Phyllostachys (Cyperaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 79: 362-379.
Book
NACZI, R. F. C. and B. A. FORD (eds.). 2008. Sedges: Uses, Diversity, and Systematics of the Cyperaceae. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 108: 1-298.
Book Chapters
FORD, B. A. 2017. Carex. Pp. 77-125 In: Flora of Alberta: Part 1: Ferns, Fern Allies, Gymnosperms and Monocots. J. G. Packer and A. J, Gould, authors. University of Calgary Press.
FORD, B. A. 2012. Coptis, Caltha, Actaea, and Enemion (Ranunculaceae). In: The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California. 2nd edition. B. G. BALDWIN, D. H. GOLDMAN, D. J. KEIL, R. PATTERSON, T. J. ROSATTI, and D. H. WILKEN, eds. University of California Press, Berkeley.
FORD, B. A., R. F. C. NACZI, and J. R. STARR. 2008. Carex sect. Phyllostachyae: the value of a multidisciplinary approach in conducting systematics studies in sedges, pp. 227-242. In: Sedges: Uses, Diversity, and Systematics of Cyperaceae. R. F. C. NACZI and B. A. FORD, eds. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 108: 1-298.
CRINS, W. J., R. F. C. NACZI, A. A. REZNICEK, and B. A. FORD. 2002. Carex sect. Phyllostachyae, pp. 558-563. In: FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA EDITORIAL COMMITTEE, eds., Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 23: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.
FORD, B. A. and A. A. REZNICEK. 2002. Carex sect. Squarrosae, pp. 518-519. In: FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA EDITORIAL COMMITTEE, eds., Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 23: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.
REZNICEK, A. A. and B. A. FORD. 2002. Carex sect. Vesicariae, pp. 501-511. In: FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA EDITORIAL COMMITTEE, eds., Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 23: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.
FORD, B. A. 2012. Coptis, Caltha, Actaea, and Enemion (Ranunculaceae). In: The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California. 2nd edition. B. G. BALDWIN, D. H. GOLDMAN, D. J. KEIL, R. PATTERSON, T. J. ROSATTI, and D. H. WILKEN, eds. University of California Press, Berkeley.
FORD, B. A., R. F. C. NACZI, and J. R. STARR. 2008. Carex sect. Phyllostachyae: the value of a multidisciplinary approach in conducting systematics studies in sedges, pp. 227-242. In: Sedges: Uses, Diversity, and Systematics of Cyperaceae. R. F. C. NACZI and B. A. FORD, eds. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 108: 1-298.
CRINS, W. J., R. F. C. NACZI, A. A. REZNICEK, and B. A. FORD. 2002. Carex sect. Phyllostachyae, pp. 558-563. In: FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA EDITORIAL COMMITTEE, eds., Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 23: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.
FORD, B. A. and A. A. REZNICEK. 2002. Carex sect. Squarrosae, pp. 518-519. In: FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA EDITORIAL COMMITTEE, eds., Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 23: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.
REZNICEK, A. A. and B. A. FORD. 2002. Carex sect. Vesicariae, pp. 501-511. In: FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA EDITORIAL COMMITTEE, eds., Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 23: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.