Erik Francois Smets

Erik Francois Smets (born 1957), Belgian botanist.

• Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, K.U.Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
• Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517 (formerly Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University Branch, PO Box 9514), 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Stoffelen, P., Robbrecht, E. & Smets, E. 1996. A revision of Corynanthe and Pausinystalia (African Rubiaceae-Coptosapelteae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 120(4): 287–326. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1996.tb00485.x Reference page. 
• Ronse Decraene, L., Linder, H.P. & Smets, E.F. 2001. Floral ontogenetic evidence in support of the Willdenowia clade of South African Restionaceae. Journal of Plant Research 114: 329–342. DOI: 10.1007/PL00013995 Reference page. 
• Lens, F., Kron, K.A., Luteyn, J.L., Smets, E. & Jansen, S. 2004. Comparative wood anatomy of the blueberry tribe (Vaccinieae, Ericaceae sl). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 91(4): 566–592. Full text PDF. BHL. Reference page. 
• Lens, F., Dressler, S., Vinckier, S., Janssens, S., Dessein, S., van Evelghem, L. & Smets, E. 2005. Palynological variation in balsaminoid Ericales. I. Marcgraviaceae. Annals of Botany 96: 1047–1060. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci256 . JSTOR . Reference page. 
• Merckx, V., Schols, P., Maas-van de Kamer, H., Maas, P., Huysmans, S., & Smets, E. 2006. Phylogeny and evolution of Burmanniaceae (Dioscoreales) based on nuclear and mitochondrial data. American Journal of Botany 93 (11): 1684–1698. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.11.1684 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Groeninckx, I., Dessein, S., Ochoterena, H., Persson, C., Motley, T.J., Kårehed, J., Bremer, B., Huysmans, S. & Smets, E. 2009. Phylogeny of the Herbaceous Tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae) Based on Plastid DNA Data1. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96(1): 109–133. DOI: 10.3417/2006201 . PDF . BHL. Reference page. 
• Tosh, J., Davis, A.P., Dessein, S., De Block, P., Huysmans, S., Fay, M.F., Smets, E. & Robbrecht, E. 2009. Phylogeny of Tricalysia (Rubiaceae) and its relationships with allied genera based on plastid DNA data: Resurrection of the genus Empogona. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96(1): 194–213. JSTOR . BHL. Reference page. 
• Groeninckx, I., Briggs, M., Davis, A., De Block, P., Robbrecht, E., Smets, E. & Dessein, S. 2010. A new herbaceous genus endemic to Madagascar: Phialiphora (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae). Taxon 59(6): 1815–1829. DOI: 10.1002/tax.596013 (via the Wikipedia Library ). ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Groeninckx, I., Ochoterena, H., Smets, E. & Dessein, S. 2010. Molecular phylogenetic and morphological study of Kohautia (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), with the recognition of the new genus Cordylostigma. Taxon 59(5): 1457–1471. DOI: 10.1002/tax.595011 (via the Wikipedia Library ). ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Appelhans, M.S., Smets, E., Razafimandimbison, S.G., Haevermans, T., Van Marle, E.J., Couloux, A., Rabarison, H., Randrianarivelojosia, M. & Keßler, P.J.A. 2011. Phylogeny, evolutionary trends and classification of the Spathelia–Ptaeroxylon clade: morphological and molecular insights. Annals of Botany 107(8): 1259–1277. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr076 Reference page. 
• Jacobs, B., Geuten, K., Pyck, N., Huysmans, S., Jansen, S. & Smets, E. 2011. Unraveling the phylogeny of Heptacodium and Zabelia (Caprifoliaceae): an interdisciplinary approach. Systematic Botany 36(1): 231–252. DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553306 Reference page. 
• Verstraete, B., Lachenaud, O., Smets, E., Dessein, S. & Sonké, B. 2013. Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Cuviera (Rubiaceae - Vanguerieae) and reinstatement of Globulostylis with the description of three new species. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 173: 407–411. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12062. Reference page. 
• Groeninckx, I., Janssens, S., Smets, E. & Verstraete, B. 2017. Description of 11 new Astiella (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae) species endemic to Madagascar. European Journal of Taxonomy 312: 1–40. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.312 Reference page. 
• van Welzen, P.C., Baas, P., van der Hoorn, B., Roos, M. & Smets, E.F. 2019. In memoriam Peter Hans Hovenkamp (1953–2019). Blumea 64: v–ix. DOI: 10.3767/blumea.2019.64.03.00 Reference page.