Publications
Bohs, L. 2015. Solanaceae. Pp 205–336 in B. E. Hammel, N. Zamora, and M. H. Grayum (eds.), Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. VIII. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, MO and Inst. Nac. de Biodiversidad, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica. Keys and descriptions for 25 genera and 174 species in Costa Rica. PDF.
Carrizo García C., G.A. Wahlert, C. I. Orozco, G. E. Barboza, and L. Bohs. 2015. Phylogeny of the Andean genus Deprea (Physalideae, Solanaceae): testing the generic circumscription. PhytoTaxa 238 (1): 71–81. PDF.
Clark, J. L., M. Nee, L. Bohs, and S. Knapp. 2015. A revision of Solanum section Aculeigerum (the Solanum wendlandii group, Solanaceae). Systematic Botany 40: 1102–1136. PDF.
Wahlert, G. A., F. E. Chiarini, and L. Bohs. 2015. A revision of Solanum sect. Lathyrocarpum (the Carolinense clade). Systematic Botany 40(3): 853–887. PDF.
Stern, S. R., L. Bohs., and J. Keeling. 2014. New species and combinations in Solanum section Androceras (Solanaceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 1–7. PDF.
Wahlert, G. A., F. Chiarini, and L. Bohs. 2014. Phylogeny of the Carolinense clade of Solanum (Solanaceae) inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA sequences. Systematic Botany 39(4): 1208–1216. PDF.
Giacomin, L. L., L. Bohs, and J. Stehmann. 2013. Two new species from the Brevantherum clade of Solanum (Solanaceae) from eastern Brazil. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 7: 95–107. PDF.
Särkinen, T., L. Bohs, R. G. Olmstead, and S. Knapp. 2013. A phylogenetic framework for evolutionary study of the nightshades (Solanaceae): a dated 1000-tip tree. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 214. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-214. PDF.
Stern, S., L. Bohs, L. Giacomin, J. Stehmann, and S. Knapp. 2013. A revision of Solanum section Gonatotrichum. Systematic Botany 38: 471–496. PDF.
Vorontsova, M., S. Stern, L. Bohs, and S. Knapp. 2013. African spiny Solanum (subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae): a thorny phylogenetic tangle. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 173: 176–193. doi: 10.1111/boj.12053. PDF.
Geeta, R., L. M. Dávalos, A. Levy, L. Bohs, M. Lavin, K. Mummenhoff, N. Sinha, and M. F. Wojciechowski. 2012. Keeping it simple: flowering plants tend to retain, and revert to, simple leaves. New Phytologist 193: 481–493. PDF.
Stern, S., and L. Bohs. 2012. An explosive innovation: phylogenetic relationships of Solanum section Gonatotrichum (Solanaceae). Phytokeys 8: 83–98. PDF.
Tepe, E. J., G. Ridley, and L. Bohs. 2012. A new species of Solanum named for Jeanne Baret, an overlooked contributor to the history of botany. Phytokeys 8: 37–47. PDF.
Bohs, L. 2011. A new species and combination in Central American Solanaceae. Novon 21: 23–27. doi: 10.3417/2009019. PDF.
Sanchez-Puerta, M. V., C. C. Abbona, S. Zhuo, E. Tepe, L. Bohs, R. Olmstead, and J. D. Palmer. 2011. Multiple recent horizontal transfers of the cox1 intron in the Solanaceae and extended co-conversion of flanking regions. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 277. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-277. PDF.
Stern, S., M. F. Agra, and L. Bohs. 2011. Molecular delimitation of clades within New World species of the “spiny solanums” (Solanum subg. Leptostemonum). Taxon 60: 1429–1441. PDF.
Tepe, E. J., and L. Bohs. 2011. A revision of Solanum section Herpystichum. Systematic Botany 36: 1068–1087. PDF.
Tepe, E. J., F. T. Farruggia, and L. Bohs. 2011. A 10-gene phylogeny of Solanum section Herpystichum (Solanaceae) and a comparison of phylogenetic methods. American Journal of Botany 98: 1356–1365. PDF.
Farruggia, F. T, and L. Bohs. 2010. Two new South American species of Solanum section Crinitum (Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 1: 67–77. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.1.661. PDF.
Farruggia, F. T, M. H. Nee, and L. Bohs. 2010. Two new Andean species of Solanum section Crinitum (Solanaceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 4(2): 595–602. PDF.
Leiva González, S., F. T. Farruggia, E. J. Tepe, and C. T. Martine. 2010. Browallia sandrae (Solanaceae) una nueva especie del Departamento Cajamarca, Perú. Arnaldoa 17(2):155–161. PDF.
Stern, S. R., and L. Bohs. 2010. Two new species of Solanum (Solanaceae) from the Amotape-Huancabamba Zone of southern Ecuador and northern Peru. PhytoKeys 1: 53–65. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.1.660. PDF.
Stern, S. R., T. Weese, and L. Bohs. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships in Solanum section Androceras. Systematic Botany 35: 885–893. PDF.
Tepe, E. J., and L. Bohs. 2010. A molecular phylogeny of Solanum sect. Pteroidea and the utility of COS markers to resolve closely related species. Taxon 59: 733–743. PDF.
Weese, T., and L. Bohs. 2010. Eggplant origins: out of Africa, into the Orient. Taxon 59: 49–56. PDF.
Stern, S.R. and L. Bohs. 2009. Two new species of Solanum from Ecuador and new combinations in Solanum section Pachyphylla (Solanaceae).Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Taxas 3: 503-510. PDF
Tepe, E.J. and L. Bohs. 2009. Three new species of Solanum section Herpystichum (Solanaceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Taxas 3: 511-519. PDF
Olmstead, R., L. Bohs, H. A. Migid, E. Santiago-Valentin, V. F. Garcia and S. M. Collier. 2008. A molecular phylogeny of the Solanaceae. Taxon 57: 1159-1181. PDF
Paape, T, B. Igic, S. D. Smith, R. Olmstead, L. Bohs and J. R. Kohn. 2008. A 15-myr-old genetic bottleneck. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25: 655-663. PDF
Stern, S. R., E. J. Tepe and L. Bohs. 2008. Checklist of Solanum of north-central Peru, a hot spot of biological diversity. Arnoldoa 15: 277-284. PDF
Bohs. L. 2007. Phylogeny of the Cyphomandra clade of the genus Solanum (Solanaceae) based on ITS sequence data. Taxon 56: 1012-1026. PDF
Bohs, L., T. Weese, N. Myers*, V. Lefgren*, N. Thomas*, A. Van Wagenen*, and S. Stern. 2007. Zygomorphy and heterandry in Solanum in a phylogenetic context. Acta Horticulturae 745: 201-223. PDF
Moore, A.* and L. Bohs. 2007. Phylogeny of Balsamorhiza and Wyethia (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) using ITS, ETS, and trnK sequence data. Systematic Botany 32: 682-691. PDF
Olmstead, R. G. and L. Bohs. 2007. A summary of molecular systematic research in Solanaceae: 1982 – 2006. Acta Horticulturae 745: 255-268. PDF
Stehmann, J. R. and L. Bohs. 2007. Nuevas combinaciones em Solanaceae. In: Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.), Novedades taxonómicas y nomenclaturales para la flora vascular del cono sur de Sudamérica. Darwiniana 45: 236–241. PDF.
Weese, T. L. and L. Bohs. 2007. A three gene phylogeny of the genus Solanum (Solanaceae). Systematic Botany 32: 445-463. PDF
Anderson, G. J., G. Bernardello, L. Bohs, T. Weese, and A. Santos-Guerra. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of the Canarian Solanum vespertilio and S. lidii (Solanaceae). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 63: 159-167. PDF
Igic B., L. Bohs, and J. R. Kohn. 2006. Ancient polymorphism reveals unidirectional breeding system shifts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103:1359-1363. PDF
Levin, R. A., N. R. Myers*, and L. Bohs. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among the “spiny solanums” (Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae). American Journal of Botany 93: 157-169. PDF
Nee, M., L. Bohs, and S. Knapp. 2006. New species of Solanum and Capsicum (Solanaceae) from Bolivia, with clarification of nomenclature in some Bolivian Solanum. Brittonia 58: 322-356. PDF
Bohs, L. 2005. Solanaceae. Pages 528-540 in G. Staples and D. Herbst (eds.), A Tropical Garden Flora. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
Bohs, L. 2005. Major clades in Solanum based on ndhF sequence data. Pages 27-49 in R. C. Keating, V. C. Hollowell, and T. B. Croat (eds.), A festschrift for William G. D’Arcy: the legacy of a taxonomist. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 104. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, MO. PDF
Levin, R. A., K. Watson*, and L. Bohs. 2005. A four gene study of evolutionary relationships in Solanum section Acanthophora. American Journal of Botany 92: 603-612. PDF
Bohs, L. 2004. A chloroplast DNA phylogeny of Solanum section Lasiocarpa (Solanaceae). Systematic Botany 29: 177-187. PDF
Knapp, S., Bohs, L., Nee, M., and D. M. Spooner. 2004. Solanaceae – a model for linking genomics with biodiversity. Comparative and Functional Genomics 5: 285-291. PDF
Igic B., L. Bohs, and J. R. Kohn. 2003. Historical inferences from the self-incompatibility locus. New Phytologist 161: 97-105. PDF
Moore, A.* and L. Bohs. 2003. An ITS phylogeny of Balsamorhiza and Wyethia (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). American Journal of Botany 90: 1653-1660. PDF
Cipollini, M. L., L. A. Bohs, K. Mink*, E. Paulk*, and K. Böhning-Gaese. 2002. Patterns of secondary compounds within fleshy fruits: ecology and phylogen of Solanum. Pages 111–128 in D. J. Levey, W. R. Silva, and M. Galetti (eds.), Seed dispersal and frugivory: ecology, evolution and conservation. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. PDF.
Bohs, L. 2001. A revision of Solanum section Cyphomandropsis (Solanaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 61: 1-83. PDF.
Bohs, L., and R. G. Olmstead. 2001. A reassessment of Normania and Triguera (Solanaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 228: 33-48. PDF
Bohs, L. 2000. Insights into the Witheringia solanacea complex in Costa Rica. I. Breeding systems and crossing studies. Biotropica 32(1): 70-79. PDF
Bohs, L. 2000. Insights into the Witheringia solanacea complex in Costa Rica. II. Insect visitors and pollination biology. Biotropica 32(1): 80-89. PDF
Bohs, L., and R. G. Olmstead. 1999. Solanum phylogeny inferred from chloroplast DNA sequence data. Pages 97-110 in M. Nee, D. E. Symon, R. N. Lester, and J. P. Jessop (eds.), Solanaceae IV: Advances in biology and utilization. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K. PDF.
Olmstead, R. G., J. A. Sweere, R. E. Spangler, L. Bohs, & J. D. Palmer. 1999. Phylogeny and provisional classification of the Solanaceae based on chloroplast DNA. Pages 111-137 in M. Nee, D. E. Symon, R. N. Lester, and J. P. Jessop (eds.), Solanaceae IV: Advances in biology and utilization. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K. PDF
Bohs, L. and A. Nelson. 1997. Solanum maternum (Solanaceae), a new Bolivian relative of the tree tomato. Novon 7:341-345. PDF
Bohs, L., and R. G. Olmstead. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships in Solanum (Solanaceae) based on ndhF sequences. Systematic Botany 22: 5-17. PDF
Bohs, L. 1995. Transfer of Cyphomandra (Solanaceae) and its species to Solanum. Taxon 44: 583-587. PDF
Bohs, L. 1994. A new species of Solanum section Cyphomandropsis from Bolivia. Novon 4: 203-205. PDF
Bohs, L. 1994. Cyphomandra (Solanaceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 63, New York Botanical Garden. 175 pages. PDF.
Bohs, L. 1993. Cyphomandra (Solanaceae). Page 1104 in L. Brako and J. L. Zarucchi, eds., Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 45. PDF.
Bohs, L. 1991. Crossing studies in Cyphomandra (Solanaceae) and their systematic and evolutionary significance. American Journal of Botany 78: 1683-1693. PDF.
Bohs, L. 1990. The systematics of Solanum section Allophyllum (Solanaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 77: 398-409. PDF.
Bohs, L. 1990. IOPB Chromosome Data 1. Chromosome number reports: Cyphomandra and Solanum. IOPB Newsletter 13: 17. PDF.
Bohs, L. 1989. Solanum allophyllum (Miers) Standl. and the generic delimitation of Cyphomandra and Solanum. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76: 1129-1140. PDF
Bohs, L. 1989. Ethnobotany of the genus Cyphomandra (Solanaceae). Economic Botany 43: 143-163. PDF.
Bohs, L. 1988. The Colombian species of Cyphomandra. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 16: 67-75. PDF.
Bohs, L. 1988. Four new species of Cyphomandra (Solanaceae) from South America. Systematic Botany 13: 265-275. PDF.
* indicates undergraduate co-authors
