Dr. Bryan Drew

Associate Professor

Office: BHS 344 | Phone: (308) 865-8883 | Email: drewbt@unk.edu

Biography

Areas of Interest:

Phylogenetics and evolution of the Lamiaceae, especially the genera Agastache, Lepechinia, Monardella, and Salvia
Temporal and spatial origin of the California Floristic Province flora
Plant speciation processes in Western North America
Pollination biology
Conservation genetics
Salmon habitat restoration
River and stream rehabilitation

Degrees:

B.S. (1996) - University of California, Berkeley
PhD. (2011) - University of Wisconsin, Madison

Professional Affiliations:

Dissertation:

Drew, B. T. 2011. Phylogenetics and biogeography of Lepechinia (Lamiaceae), and evolutionary studies within the Mentheae tribe. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin - Madison. 249 pp.

Publications:

Zhao, F., Chen, Y.P., Salmaki, Y., Drew, B.T., Wilson, T.C., Scheen, A.C. Celep, F., Bräuchler, B., Bendiksby, M., Wang, Q., Min, D.Z., Peng, H., Olmstead, R.G., Li, B., & Xiang, C.L. 2021. An updated tribal phylogeny of Lamiaceae: evidence from plastomes. BMC Biology 19: 1-27.
Celep, F., Radars, E., and Drew, B.T. 2020. Two new hybrid species of Salvia (S. x karamanensis and S. x doganii) from Turkey: evidence from molecular and morphological studies. Turkish Journal of Botany 44:647-660.
Drew, B.T. 2020. Evolution, pollination biology, and species richness of Salvia (Lamiaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 181:767-769.
Zhao, F., Drew, B.T., Chen, Y.P., Hu, G.X., Li, B., and Xiang, C.L. 2020. The chloroplast genome of Salvia: genomic characterization and phylogenetic analysis. International Journal of Plant Sciences 181:812-830.
Zhao F., Li B., Drew, B.T., Chen, Y.P., Wang, Q., Yu, W.B., Liu, E.D., Salmaki, Y., Peng, H., & Xiang, C.L. 2020. Leveraging plastomes for comparative analysis and phylogenomic inference within Scutellarioideae (Lamiaceae). PLoS ONE, 5: e0232602
Hu, G.X., Liu, E.D., Wu, Z.K., Sytsma, K.J., Drew, B.T., and Xiang, C.L. 2020. Integrating DNA sequences with morphological analysis clarifies phylogenetic position of Salvia grandifolia (Lamiaceae): an enigmatic species endemic to southwestern China. International Journal of Plant Sciences, doi.org/10.1086/709134
Kriebel, R., Drew, B.T., González-Gallegos, J.G., Celep, F., Mahdjoub, M.M., Heeg, L., & Sytsma K.J. 2020. Pollinator shifts, contingent evolution, and evolutionary constraint drive the diversification of Salvia (Lamiaceae) flowers: evidence from morphometrics and phylogenetic comparative methods. Evolution, doi.org/10.1111/evo.14030
Mota,M., Drew, B.T., & Pastore, J.F.B. 2020. Salvia rupestris (Lamiaceae), a new species endemic to the Arapuá Mountains in Pernambuco State, Brazil. Brittonia, doi.org/10.1007/s12228-020-09617-w
Drew, B.T. 2019. Lechinia. Flora of North America North of Mexico Vol. 16: Lamiales.
Antar, G., Harley, R.M., Sano, P.T., and Drew, B.T. 2019. The genus Lepechinia Willd. (Lamiaceae - Salviinae) in Brazil. Acta Botanica Brasilica 33:592-601.
Elvin, M.A., Kelley, R.B. & Drew, B.T. 2019. Trichome Morphology Relates to Taxonomic Diversity in Monardella in the lower Snake River Watershed of Idaho and Oregon, USA: Taxonomic Studies in Monardella (Lamiaceae) VI. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 146:299-313.
Kriebel, R., Drew, B.T., Drummond, C.P., González-Gallegos, J.G., Celep, F., Mahdjoub, M.M., Rose, J.P., Xiang, C.L., Hu, G.X., Walker, J.B., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R., & Sytsma K.J. 2019. Tracking the temporal shifts in area, biomes, and pollinators in the radiation of Salvia (sages, Lamiaceae) across continents: leveraging Anchored Hybrid Enrichment and targeted sequence data. American Journal of Botany, 106: 573-597.
Shao, M.N., Qu, B., Drew, B.T., Xiang, C.L., Miao, Q., & Luo, S.H. 2019. Outbreak of a New Alien Invasive Plant Salvia reflexa in Northeast China. Weed Research, 59: 201-208.
Spalink, D., Kriebel, R., Li, P., Pace, M.C., Drew, B.T., Zaborsky, J.G., Rose, J., Givnish, T.J., Feist, M.A., Alverson, W.S., Waller, D.M., Cameron, K.M., & Sytsma, K.J. 2018. Spatial phylogenetics reveals evolutionary constraints on the assembly of a large regional flora. American Journal of Botany, 105: 1038-1050.
Barrabé, L., Lavergne, S., Karnadi-Abdelkader, G., Drew, B.T., Birnbaum, P., & Gâteblé, G. 2018. Changing Ecological Opportunities Facilitated the Explosive Diversification of New Caledonian Oxera (Lamiaceae). Systematic Biology, 68: 460-481.
Hu, G.X., Takano, A., Drew, B.T., Liu, E.D., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S., Peng, H., & Xiang, C.L. 2018. Phylogeny and staminal evolution of Salvia (Lamiaceae, Nepetoideae) in East Asia. Annals of Botany, 122: 649-668.
Rose, J., Kleist, T., Schönenberger, J., Drew, B.T., Sytsma, K.J., & Löfstrand, S. 2018. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and diversification of angiosperm order Ericales suggest ancient Neotropical and East Asian connections. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 122: 59-79.
Xiang, C.L., Zhao, F., Cantino P.D., Drew, B.T., Li, B., Liu. E., Solits, D.E., Pamela P.S., & Peng, H. 2018. Molecular systematics of Caryopteris (Lamiaceae) and its allies with reference to the molecular phylogeny of subfamily Ajugoideae. Taxon 67: 376-394.
Drew, B.T., Liu, S., Bonifacino, J.B., & Sytsma, K.J. 2017. Amphitropical disjunctions in New World Menthinae: three Pliocene dispersals to South America following late Miocene dispersal to North America from the Old World. American Journal of Botany, 104: 1695-1107.
McTavish, E.J., Drew, B.T., Redelings, B., & Cranston, K. 2017. How and why to build a unified tree of life. Bioessays, doi: 10.1002/bies.201700114
Yu, X.Q., Drew, B.T., Yang, J.B., Gao, L.M. & Li, D.Z. 2017. Comparative chloroplast genomes of eleven Schima (Theaceae) species: Insights into DNA barcoding and phylogeny. PloS ONE, 12(6), p.e0178026.
Drew, B.T., González-Gallegos, J.G., Xiang, C.L., Kriebel, R., Drummond, C.P., Walker, J., & Sytsma, K.J. 2017. Salvia united: The greatest good for the greatest number. Taxon, 66: 133-145.
Spalink, D., Drew, B.T., Pace, M.C., Zaborsky, J.G., Cameron, K. & Sytsma, K.J. 2016. Evolution of geographical place and niche space: patterns of diversification in the North American sedge (Cyperaceae) flora. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 95:183-195.
Chen, Y.P., Drew, B.T., Li, B., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.E. & Xiang, C.L. 2016. Resolving the phylogenetic position of Ombrocharis (Lamiaceae), with reference to the molecular phylogeny of tribe Elsholtzieae. Taxon, 65:123-136.
Yao, G., Drew, B.T., Yi, T.S., Yan, H.F., Yuan, Y.M. & Ge, X.J. 2016. Phylogenetic relationships, character evolution and biogeographic diversification of Pogostemon s.l. (Lamiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 98: 184-200.
Spalink, D., Drew, B.T., Pace, M.C., Zaborsky, J.G., Starr, J.R., Cameron, K. & Sytsma, K.J. 2016. Biogeography of the cosmopolitan sedges (Cyperaceae) and the area-richness correlation in plants. Journal of Biogeography, doi:10.1111/jbi.12802
Hinchliff, C., Smith, S.A., Allman, J.F., Burleigh, J.G., Chaudhary, R., Cognill, L.M., Crandall, K.A., Deng, J., Drew, B.T.,…et al. 2015. Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1423041112
Walker, J.B., Drew, B.T. & Sytsma, K.J. 2015. Unraveling species relationships within the iconic California floristic province sages (Salvia subgenus Audibertia, Lamiaceae). Systematic Botany, 40:826-844.
González-Gallegos, J.G., Drew, B.T. & Cuevas-Guzmán, R. 2015. Novelties on the distribution of Lepechinia flammea (Lamiaceae), rediscovery of L. glomerata in Jalisco, Mexico, and their phylogenetic position within Lepechinia. Botanical Sciences, 93:299-312.
Deng, J., Drew, B.T., Mavrodiev, E.V., Gitzendanner, M.A., Soltis, P.S. & Soltis, D.E. 2015. Phylogeny, divergence times, and historical biogeography of the angiosperm family Saxifragaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 83:86-98.
Deng, T., Nie, Z.L., Drew, B.T., Volis, S., Kim, C., Xiang, C.L., Wang, Y.H. & Sun, H. 2015. Does the arcto-tertiary biogeographic hypothesis explain the disjunct distribution of northern hemisphere herbaceous plants? The case of Meehania (Lamiaceae). PLoS ONE, 10:2, e0117171-e0117171.
Yu, Q., Maki, M., Drew, B.T., Paton, A.J., Li, H., Zhao, J., Conran, J.G. & Li, J. 2014. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of Isodon (Lamiaceae): rapid radiation in south-west China and Miocene overland dispersal into Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 77:183-194.
Drew, B.T., Cacho, N.I. & Sytsma, K.J. 2014. The transfer of two rare monotypic genera, Neoeplingia and Chaunostoma, to Lepechinia (Lamiaceae), and notes on their conservation. Taxon, 63:831-842.
Drew, B.T., Ruhfel, B.R., Smith, S.A., Moore, M.J., Briggs, B.G., Gitzendanner, M.A., Soltis, P.S. & Soltis, D.E. 2014. Another look at the root of the angiosperms reveals a familiar tale. Systematic Biology, 63:368-382.
Sulman, J.D., Drew, B.T., Drummond, C., Hayasaka, E. & Sytsma, K.J. 2013. Systematics, biogeography, and character evolution of Sparganium (Typhaceae): diversification of a widespread, aquatic lineage. American Journal of Botany, 100:2023-2039.
Drew, B.T., Gazis, R., Cabezas-Padilla, P., Swithers,, K.S., Deng, J., Rodriguez, R., Katz, L.A., Crandall, K.A., Hibbett, D.S. & Soltis, D.E. 2013. Lost branches on the tree of life. PLoS Biology, 11(9):e1001636.
Drew, B.T. 2013. Data deposition: missing data mean holes in tree of life. Nature, 493(7432):305-305.
Drew, B.T. & Sytsma, K.J. 2013. The South American radiation of Lepechinia (Lamiaceae): phylogeny, divergence times, and evolution of dioecy. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 171:171-190.
Drew, B.T. & Sytsma, K.J. 2012. Phylogenetics, biogeography, and staminal evolution in the tribe Mentheae (Lamiaceae). American Journal of Botany, 99:933-953.
Drew, B.T. & Sytsma, K.J. 2011. Testing the monophyly and placement of Lepechinia in the tribe Mentheae (Lamiaceae). Systematic Botany, 36:1038-1049.
Katinas L, Crisci, J.V., Jabaily, R.S., Williams, C., Walker, J., Drew, B.T., Bonifacino, J.M. & Sytsma, K.J. 2008. Evolution of secondary heads in Nassauviinae (Asteraceae, Mutisieae). American Journal of Botany, 95:229-240.
Drew, B.T. & Knorr, J. 2005. Rare bryophytes and lichens of the Klamath National Forest. Scott River Ranger District, Klamath National Forest. USFS.
Fetcho, K. & Drew, B.T. 2001. 2000-2001 Chinook and Coho spawning report. Lower Trinity Ranger District, Six Rivers National Forest. USFS.