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  1. Diversity of araucariacean pollen from the Lower Cretaceous Rio da Batateira and lower Crato formations (Araripe Basin, SE Brazil), based on micromorphology of the ektexine using SEM.

    Article • Cretaceous Research, October 2025, Elsevier

    Mario Coiro

  2. Correction: Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS)

    Article • Scientific Data, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mario Coiro

  3. Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS)

    Article • Scientific Data, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mario Coiro

  4. Distinct and redundant roles of the Arabidopsis OCTOPUS gene family in plant growth beyond phloem development

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mario Coiro

  5. A new leaf inhabiting ascomycete from the Jurassic (ca 170 Mya) of Yorkshire, UK, and insights into the appearance and diversification of filamentous Ascomycota

    Article • IMA Fungus, November 2024, Pensoft Publishers

    Christine Strullu-Derrien, Mario Coiro

  6. Beyond the phloem: A general role of the ArabidopsisOCTOPUSgene family in controlling plant growth vigour

    Article • May 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Mario Coiro

  7. Parallel evolution of angiosperm‐like venation in Peltaspermales: a reinvestigation of Furcula

    Article • New Phytologist, April 2024, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  8. Origin and Early Evolution of Hydrocharitaceae and the Ancestral Role of Stratiotes

    Article • Plants, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Mario Coiro

  9. Disparity of cycad leaves dispels the living fossil metaphor

    Article • Communications Biology, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mario Coiro

  10. Embracing uncertainty: The way forward in plant fossil phylogenetics

    Article • American Journal of Botany, February 2024, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  11. Detection of in situ resinous traces in Jurassic conifers from floras lacking amber

    Article • Fossil Imprint, January 2024, National Museum, Czech Republic

    Mario Coiro

  12. Reconciling fossils with phylogenies reveals the origin and macroevolutionary processes explaining the global cycad biodiversity

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2023, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  13. Cenozoic migration of a desert plant lineage across the North Atlantic

    Article • New Phytologist, February 2023, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  14. In situ pollen diversity in the relict conifer Wollemia nobilis

    Article • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, February 2023, Elsevier

    Mario Coiro

  15. Cutting the long branches: Consilience as a path to unearth the evolutionary history of Gnetales

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, December 2022, Frontiers

    Mario Coiro

  16. The relationship between chlorophyllous spores and mycorrhizal associations in ferns: evidence from an evolutionary approach

    Article • American Journal of Botany, December 2022, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  17. Leaflet Anatomical Diversity in Zamia (Cycadales: Zamiaceae) Shows Little Correlation with Phylogeny and Climate

    Article • The Botanical Review, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mario Coiro

  18. Pliocene Lythrum (loosestrife, Lythraceae) pollen from Portugal and the Neogene establishment of European lineages

    Article • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, January 2022, Elsevier

    Mario Coiro

  19. Ecological and phylogenetic constraints determine the stage of anthetic ovule development in orchids

    Article • American Journal of Botany, December 2021, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  20. Stomatal development in the cycad family Zamiaceae

    Article • Annals of Botany, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mario Coiro

  21. Searching for a nearest living equivalent for Bennettitales: a promising extinct plant group for stomatal proxy reconstructions of MesozoicpCO2

    Article • GFF, July 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Mario Coiro

  22. Hagenia from the early Miocene of Ethiopia: Evidence for possible niche evolution?

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, March 2021, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  23. Fossil data do not support a long pre-Cretaceous history of flowering plants

    Article • February 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Mario Coiro

  24. Geo-Climatic Changes and Apomixis as Major Drivers of Diversification in the Mediterranean Sea Lavenders (Limonium Mill.)

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2021, Frontiers

    Mario Coiro

  25. Pollen morphology of the Megamexican cycads reveals the potential of morphometrics to identify cycad genera

    Article • Botanical Sciences, November 2020, Botanical Scicences, Sociedad Botanica de Mexico, AC

    Mario Coiro

  26. A fossil leaf mistaken for a cycad reveals an unexpected piece of the evolution of flowering plants.

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2020, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  27. Evolutionary signal of leaflet anatomy in the Zamiaceae

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, April 2020, University of Chicago Press

    Mario Coiro

  28. Mutoviaspermum krassilovii gen. et sp. nov.: A Peculiar Compound Ovuliferous Conifer Cone from the Lopingian (Late Permian) of European Russia (Vologda Region)

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, September 2019, University of Chicago Press

    Mario Coiro

  29. First cycad seedling foliage from the fossil record and inferences for the Cenozoic evolution of cycads

    Article • Biology Letters, July 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Mario Coiro

  30. Mismatch of the morphology model is mostly unproblematic in total-evidence dating: insights from an extensive simulation study

    Article • June 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Mario Coiro

  31. Origin and divergence of Afro-Indian Picrodendraceae: linking pollen morphology, dispersal modes, fossil records, molecular dating and paleogeography

    Article • Grana, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Mario Coiro

  32. A Time-Calibrated Species Tree Phylogeny of the New World Cycad Genus Zamia L. (Zamiaceae, Cycadales)

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, April 2019, University of Chicago Press

    Mario Coiro

  33. The evolution of functional complexity within the β-amylase gene family in land plants

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mario Coiro

  34. What can fossils tell us about the age of flowering plants?

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2019, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  35. Morphology and fossils agree with molecules in reconstructing the relationships of seed plants

    Article • Paleobiology, July 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Mario Coiro, Mr Guillaume Chomicki

  36. The surface of the flowers of waterlilies and their role in pollination

    Article • Plant Biology, June 2018, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  37. OUP accepted manuscript

    Article • Annals of Botany, January 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mario Coiro

  38. Evolution and ecology of plant architecture: integrating insights from the fossil record, extant morphology, developmental genetics and phylogenies

    Article • Annals of Botany, November 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mario Coiro

  39. OCTOPUS‐LIKE 2, a novel player in Arabidopsis root and vascular development, reveals a key role for OCTOPUS family genes in root metaphloem sieve tube differentiation

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2017, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  40. The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mario Coiro

  41. Experimental signal dissection and method sensitivity analyses reaffirm the potential of fossils and morphology in the resolution of the relationship of angiosperms and Gnetales

    Article • June 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Mario Coiro

  42. A new fossil leaf from Patagonia helps to solve the origin of an Australian endemic cycad

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mario Coiro

  43. Xylem Characterization Using Improved Pseudo-Schiff Propidium Iodide Staining of Whole Mount Samples and Confocal Laser-Scanning Microscopy

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mario Coiro

  44. The Starch Granule-Associated Protein EARLY STARVATION1 Is Required for the Control of Starch Degradation inArabidopsis thalianaLeaves

    Article • The Plant Cell, May 2016, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Mario Coiro

  45. Did ancient volcanos shape the evolution of the mexican cycad Dioon?

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, August 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mario Coiro

  46. PROTEIN TARGETING TO STARCH Is Required for Localising GRANULE-BOUND STARCH SYNTHASE to Starch Granules and for Normal Amylose Synthesis in Arabidopsis

    Article • PLoS Biology, February 2015, PLOS

    Mario Coiro

  47. The velamen protects photosynthetic orchid roots against UV-B damage, and a large dated phylogeny implies multiple gains and losses of this function during the Cenozoic

    Article • New Phytologist, October 2014, Wiley

    Mr Guillaume Chomicki, Mario Coiro

  48. Aperture evolution in Nymphaeaceae: insights from a micromorphological and ultrastructural investigation

    Article • Grana, September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Mario Coiro