Selected Publications

• O'Quinn, R. L., and M. Fishbein. 2009. Isolation, characterization and cross-species amplification of polymorphic microsatellite loci in Asclepias (Apocynaceae). Conservation Genetics (in press). Abstract pdf
  
  
• Agrawal, A. A., J.-P. Salminen, and M. Fishbein. 2009. Phylogenetic trends in phenolic metabolism of milkweeds (Asclepias). Evolution (in press). Abstract pdf
  
  
• Agrawal, A. A., and M. Fishbein. 2008. Phylogenetic escalation and decline of plant defense strategies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105:10057-10060. Abstract pdf
  
  
• Agrawal, A. A., M. J. Lajeunesse, and M. Fishbein. 2008. Evolution of latex and its constituent defensive chemistry in milkweeds (Asclepias). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 128:126-138. Abstract pdf
  
  
• Fishbein, M., V. Juárez-Jaimes, and L. Alvarado-Cárdenas. 2008. Resurrection of Asclepias schaffneri (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a rare, Mexican milkweed. Madroño 55:69-75. Abstract
  
  
• Fishbein, M. 2008. A new, diminutive Mexican milkweed (Asclepias, Apocynaceae sensu lato). Novon 18:43-47. Abstract
  
  
• Agrawal, A. A., and M. Fishbein. 2006. Plant defense syndromes. Ecology 87:S132-S149. Abstract pdf
  
  
• Fishbein, M., and W. D. Stevens. 2005. Resurrection of Seutera Reichenbach (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae). Novon 15:521-533. Abstract pdf
  
  
• Fishbein, M., and D. E. Soltis. 2004. Further resolution of the rapid radiation of Saxifragales (angiosperms, eudicots) supported by mixed-model Bayesian analysis. Systematic Botany 29:883-891. Abstract pdf
  
  
• Soltis, D. E., M. Fishbein, and R. K. Kuzoff. 2003. Reevaluating the evolution of epigyny: data from phylogenetics and floral ontogeny. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164 (5 Suppl.):S251-S264. Abstract pdf
  
  
• Fishbein, M., C. Hibsch-Jetter, D. E. Soltis, and L. Hufford. 2001. Phylogeny of Saxifragales (angiosperms, eudicots): analysis of a rapid, ancient radiation. Systematic Biology 50:817-847. Abstract pdf
  
  
• Fishbein, M. 2001. Evolutionary innovation and diversification in the flowers of Asclepiadaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88:603-623. Abstract pdf
  
  
• Fishbein, M. and S. P. Lynch. 1999. Asclepias jorgeana (Asclepiadaceae), a new milkweed from montane western Mexico. Novon 9:179-184. Abstract pdf
  
  
• Martin, P. S., D. Yetman, M. Fishbein, P. D. Jenkins, T. R. Van Devender, and R. K. Wilson (eds.).1998. Gentry's Rio Mayo Plants: The Tropical Deciduous Forest and Environs of Northwest Mexico. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. Asclepiadaceae treatment
  
  
• Fishbein, M. and R. Levin. 1997. Metastelma mexicanum (Asclepiadaceae): a new combination and re-evaluation of the status of Basistelma Bartlett. Madroño 44:268-276. Abstract
  
  
• Fishbein, M. 1997. A new name in Mexican Asclepias. Novon 7:234. Abstract pdf
  
  
• Fishbein, M. and D. L. Venable. 1996. Diversity and temporal change in the effective flower visitors of Asclepias tuberosa. Ecology 77:1061-1073. Abstract pdf
  
  
• Fishbein, M. and D. L. Venable. 1996. Evolution of inflorescence design: theory and data. Evolution 50:2165-2177. Abstract pdf