Most of my time these days is spent writing and creating content *about* scientific research, but I’m still publishing occasional papers on Marattiaceae (marattioid ferns) and science communication. There are still many unanswered questions about marattioid ferns and not many people around the world studying them, so please reach out if you have any questions.

Published Papers

Murdock AG, Perrie LR. 2023. Proposal to conserve the name Marattia attenuata (Ptisana attenuata) against M. acuminata (Marattiaceae). TAXON 72 (3), 666-667. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12967

Shepherd LD, Murdock AG, Amice R, Perrie LR. 2022. A synopsis of Ptisana Murdock ferns (Marattiaceae) in New Caledonia based on sequence data and morphology with the recognition of a new vulnerable species, P. soluta (Compton) Murdock & Perrie, comb. nov., stat. nov. Adansonia 45 (3), 41-59. https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2023v45a3

Chen C-W, Perrie L, Glenny D, Chiou W-L, Fawcett S, Smith AR, Parris BS, Ebihara A., Ohlsen D, Lehtonen S., Dong S-Y, Lenhert M, Field Ashley, Chao Y-S, Murdock AG, and Sundue M. 2022. An annotated checklist of lycophytes and ferns of the Solomon Islands. Fern Gazette 21 (7), 292-417. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360108728

Ehrenberg AJ, Moehle EA, Brook CE, Doudna Cate AH, Witkowsky LB, Sachdeva R, Hirsh A, Barry K, Hamilton JR, Lin-Shiao E, McDevitt S, Valentin-Alvarado L, Letourneau KN, Hunter L, Keller A, Pestal K, Frankino PA, Murley A, Nandakumar D, Stahl EC, Tsuchida CA, Gildea HK, Murdock AG, Hochstrasser ML, O’Brien E, Ciling A, Tsitsiklis A, Worden K, Dugast-Darzacq C, Hays SG, Barber CC, McGarrigle R, Lam EK, Ensminger DC, Bardet L, Sherry C, Harte A, Nicolette G, Giannikopoulos P, Hockemeyer D, Petersen M, Urnov FD, Ringeisen BR, Boots M, Doudna JA. Launching a saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 surveillance testing program on a university campus. PLoS One 16 (5), e0251296. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251296

Murdock AG, Chen C-W, Huang YM, Glenny D. 2020. Affinities of fern genus Ptisana (Marattiaceae) in the Solomon Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Phytokeys 170: 1–23. https://doi.org/10.3897/ phytokeys.170.59471

Murdock AG. 2017. Correcting confusion in Brazilian Marattia types. Taxon 66 (4), 967-969. https://doi.org/10.12705/664.10

Kelch DG, Murdock AG. 2012. Flora of the Carquinez Strait Region, Contra Costa and Solano Counties, California. Madroño 59 (2), 47-108. https://doi.org/10.3120/0024-9637-59.2.47

Oliver MJ, Murdock AG, Mishler BD, Kuehl JV, Boore JL, Mandoli DF, Everett KDE, Wolf PG, Duffy AM, and Karol KG. 2010. Chloroplast genome sequence of the moss Tortula ruralis: gene content, polymorphism, and structural arrangement relative to other green plant chloroplast genomes. BMC genomics 11, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-143

Murdock AG. 2008. A taxonomic revision of the eusporangiate fern family Marattiaceae, with description of a new genus Ptisana. TAXON 57 (3), 737-755. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.573007

Murdock AG. 2008. Phylogeny of marattioid ferns (Marattiaceae): inferring a root in the absence of a closely related outgroup. American Journal of Botany 95 (5), 626-641. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.2007308

Murdock AG, Reveal JL, Doweld A. 2006. Proposal to conserve the name Marattiaceae against Danaeaceae (Pteridophyta). Taxon 55 (4), 1040-1042. https://doi.org/10.2307/25065710

Murdock AG, Smith AR. 2003. Pteridophytes of Moorea, French Polynesia, with a new species, Tmesipteris gracilis (Psilotaceae). Pacific Science 57 (3), 253-265. https://doi.org/10.1353/psc.2003.0024