Publications
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Zumajo-Cardona C., Ambrose B., Madrigal Y., Pabón-Mora N. 2025. Dehiscent fruits in Brassicaceae and Papaveraceae: convergent morpho-anatomical features with divergent underlying genetic mechanisms. Annals of Botany. mcaf079
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Madrigal Y., Alzate JF., Bemer M., Angenent G., Pabón-Mora N. 2025. Decoding flowering regulation in neotropical orchids: insights from epiphytic and terrestrial species. New Phytologist.
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Pabón-Mora N., González F., dePamphillis C., Bolin J., Neinhuis C., Alzate JF., Wanke S. 2025. The floral ABCs of Hydnora, one of the most bizarre parasitic plants in the world, and its autotrophic relatives of the order Piperales. Evo Devo.
Ramírez-Ramirez J., González F., Elejalde-Baena E., Alzate J.F., Pabón-Mora N. 2025. Secrets within stems: The cryptic Apodanthes caseariae (Apodanthaceae), a rare neotropical holoendoparasite. Plants, People, Planet.
Botero-Castaño V., González F., Pabón-Mora N. 2025. Morphological and anatomical changes during the flower-to-fruit transition in Andean Loranthaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences. Submitted.
2025
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Alzate JF., González F., Pabón-Mora N. 2024. Back together: Over 1000 single-copy nuclear loci and reproductive features support the holoendoparasitic Apodanthaceae as sister to the Rafflesiaceae in the order Malpighiales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 201: 108217.
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Brown F.D., Ishengoma E., Mayer G., Pabón-Mora N., Santos M.E., Sears K.E., Sena Oliveira I. 2024. Uncovering developmental diversity in the field. Development 151 (20): dev203084.
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Pabón-Mora N., González G. 2024. The gynostemium: more than the sum of its parts with emerging complexities for the flower. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 81: 102609.
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​González, F. N. Pabón-Mora & Christian A. Zanotti. Typifying extremes: Designation of types for the minute Gunnera lobata and G. magellanica and the giant G. tinctoria (Gunneraceae). Darwiniana. 12: 16-24.
2024
2023
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The RanOmics Group. 2023. Title: A cornucopia of diversity - Ranunculales as a model lineage. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75 (7): 1800-1822
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Madrigal Y., Alzate J.F., Pabón-Mora N. 2023. Evolution of flowering integrators in Orchidaceae. Plant Reproduction. 37: 85-109
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Martínez-Salazar S., Kramer E., González F., Pabón-Mora N. 2023. Spatio-temporal expression of candidate genes for nectar spur development in Tropaeolum (Tropaeolaceae: Brassicales). Annals of Botany. 132(7): 1205–1218
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Suárez-Baron H., Alzate JF., Ambrose B.A., Pelaz S., González F., Pabón-Mora N. 2023. Comparative transcriptomic analyses reveal key factors controlling floral trichome development in Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae). Journal of Experimental Botany. 74: 6588-6607.
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González F., Pabón-Mora N. 2023. The Remarkable Diversity of Parasitic Flowering Plants in Colombia. Botanical Review. 89: 331-385.
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González F., Valenzuela L., Pabón-Mora N. 2023. Aristolochia brachylimba (Aristolochiaceae; Piperales), a new species from the Peruvian Amazonia with an unusually short perianth limb. Darwininana 11: 347-356.
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González F., Pabón-Mora N. 2023. Aristolochia stevenchurchilli, a new pseudostipule-bearing Aristolochiaceae (Piperales) from Bolivia, with a key to identify the species of the “pseudostipulosae” group in the country. Darwiniana 11: 265- 271.
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Rodríguez-Pelayo C., Ambrose BA., Vasco A., Alzate JF., Pabón-Mora N. Uncovering ancestral roles of flowering regulators before flowers: evidence from evolution and expression of PEBP genes in lycophytes and ferns. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 183: 251-267.
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Piñeros LP., Suarez-Barón H., Pabón-Mora N., González F. 2022. Reinstatement of the genus Psorodendron and related systematic novelties as revealed from phylogenetic analyses of the tribe Amorpheae (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Caldasia. 45: 49-65
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Rodríguez-Pelayo C., Ambrose BA., Vasco A., Alzate JF., Pabón-Mora N. Evolution and expression of LEAFY genes in ferns and lycophytes. 2022. EvoDevo 13: 2.
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2022
2021
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Ramírez-Ramírez J.A., Madrigal Y., Alzate JF., Pabón-Mora N. Evolution and expression of the MADS-box flowering transition genes AGAMOUS-like 24/SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE with emphasis in selected Neotropical orchids. 2021.Cells and Development. 203755.
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Mower J.P., Hanley L., Wolff K., Pabón-Mora N., González F. 2021. Complete Mitogenomes of Two Aragoa Species and Phylogeny of Plantagineae (Plantaginaceae, Lamiales) Using Mitochondrial Genes and the Nuclear Ribosomal RNA Repeat. Plants 10: 2673.
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Salazar-Duque H., Alzate JF., Urrea AI., Ferrandiz C., Pabón-Mora N. Comparative anatomy and genetic bases of fruit development in Selected Rubiaceae (Gentianales). American Journal of Botany 108: 1838-1860.
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Martínez-Salazar S., González F., Alzate JF., Pabón-Mora N. Molecular framework underlying floral bilateral symmetry and nectar spur development in Tropaeolum (Tropaeolaceae), an atypical member of the Brassicales. American Journal of Botany 108: 1315-1330.
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González F., Pabón-Mora N. 2021. Novedades florísticas para el Santuario de Fauna y Flora de Iguaque y sus zonas de influencia como única área protegida de la provincia de Ricaurte (Boyacá, Colombia). Caldasia. 44: 260-273.
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González F., Suaza-Gaviria V., Pabón-Mora N. Floral development and morphology of the mistletoe Antidaphne viscoidea: a case of extreme flower reduction in the Sandalwood family (Santalaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 69: 152-161.
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Muñoz-Gómez S.*, Suárez- Baron H. *, Alzate JF., González F., Pabón-Mora N*. 2021. Evolution of the subgroup 6 R2R3-MYB genes and their contribution to floral color in the perianth-bearing Piperales. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 633227* Equal contribution to the manuscript.
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Pabón-Mora N. 2021. My favourite flowering image: two in one - a holoparasite growing inside a shrubby legume. Featured Image. Journal of Experimental Botany. 72: 2818-2821 https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab042.
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Suárez-Baron H., Alzate J.F., González F., Pelaz S., Ambrose B.A., Pabón-Mora N. 2021. Gene expression underlying floral epidermal specialization in Aristolochia fimbriata (Aristolochiaceae). Annals of Botany. 127: 749-764. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab033.
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Zumajo-Cardona C., Pabón-Mora N., Ambrose BA. The evolution of euAPETALA2 genes in vascular plants: from plesiomorphic roles in sporangia to acquired functions in ovules and fruits. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38: 2319-2336. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab027.
2020
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Madrigal Y., Ospina-Zapata D., Ramírez-Ramírez A., Alzate J.F., Pabón-Mora N. 2020. Asessing the flowering genetic regulatory network in neotropical orchids. Proceedings International electronic conference on plant science 4.
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Hernández-Ciro N., Pabón-Mora N. Anatomical and genetic bases underlying convergent evolution of fleshy and dry dehiscent fruits in Cestrum and Brugmansia (Solanaceae). International Journal of Developmental Biology. 65:301-311.
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Carmona-Rojas M., Urrea-Trujillo A., Gil-Arredondo D., Atehortúa-Garcés L., Pabón-Mora N. 2020. Expression of storage lipid biosynthesis transcription factors and enzymes in Jatropha curcas L. cell suspension cultures and seeds. Plant Tissue Culture In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Plant 57: 164-177.
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Pabón-Mora N., Madrigal Y., Alzate J.F., Ambrose B.A., Ferrándiz C., Wanke S., Neinhuis C., Gonzalez F. 2020. Class II TCP gene evolution in perianth-bearing Piperales and their contribution to the bilateral calyx in Aristolochia. New Phytologist. 228: 752-769.
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González A.D., Pabón-Mora N., Alzate J.F., González F. 2020. Meristem genes in the meristemless holoparasitic Pilostyles boyacensis (Apodanthaceae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8:209.
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Ospina-Zapata D., Madrigal Y., Alzate J.F. Pabón-Mora N. 2020. Evolution and expression of reproductive transition regulatory genes FT/TFL1 with emphasis in selected Neotropical orchids. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11: 469.
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Pérez-Mesa P., Ortíz-Ramírez C.I., González F., Ferrándiz C., Pabón-Mora N. 2020. Expression of gynoecium patterning transcription factors in Aristolochia fimbriata (Aristolochiaceae) and their contribution to gynostemium development. Evo Devo. 11:4.
2019
Pabón-Mora N., DiStilio V., Becker A. 2019. Editorial: Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Developmental Shifts in Plant Evolution. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 710. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00710
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Gallego A., Rojas L.F., Rodrigues H.A., Mora C., Atehortúa L., Urrea A.I., Guiltinan M., Maximova S.,Gaquerel E., Zuluaga M., Pabón-Mora N. 2019. Metabolomic profile of cacao cell suspensions growing in blue light/dark conditions with potential in food biotechnology. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 13: 275-294. DOI: 10.1007/s11240-019-01679-3.
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Ortíz-Ramírez C., Giraldo M., Ferrándiz C., Pabón-Mora N. 2019. Expression and function of the bHLH genes ALCATRAZ and SPATULA in selected Solanaceae species. Plant Journal 99: 686-702.
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González F., Pabón-Mora N. 2019. Flower development of Tristerix confirms irregular calyx formation and obhaplostemony as plesiomorphies in new world Loranthaceae (Santalales). International Journal of Plant Sciences 180: 403-410.
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González F., Pabón-Mora N. 2019. Revised description, systematic affinities and biogeographic considerations of the Fijian endemic Aristolochia vitiensis (Aristolochiaceae). Phytotaxa 395:296-3
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Arias-Agudelo L.M., González F., Isaza JP., Alzate JF., Pabón-Mora N. 2019. Plastome reduction and gene content in New World Pilostyles (Apodanthaceae) unveils hogh similarities to African and Australian congeners. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 135: 193-202.
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Suárez- Baron H., Alzate J.F., González F., Ambrose B.A., Pabón-Mora, N. 2019. Genetic mechanisms underlying perianth epidermal elaboration of Aristolochia ringens Vahl (Aristolochiaceae). Flora. 253: 56-66.
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Peréz-Mesa P, Suárez-Baron H, Ambrose BA, González F, Pabón-Mora. N., 2019. Floral MADS-box protein interactions in the early diverging angiosperm Aristolochia fimbriata Cham. (Aristolochiaceae: Piperales). Evolution and Development. 21: 96-110.
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Madrigal Y., Alzate JF., González F., Pabón-Mora N. 2019. Evolution of RADIALIS and DIVARICATA gene lineages in flowering plants with an expanded sampling in non-core eudicots. American Journal of Botany. 106: 334-351.
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Maheepala D., Emerling C., Rajewski A., Macon J., Strahl M., Pabón-Mora N., Litt A. Evolution and Diversification of FRUITFULL genes in Solanaceae. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10: 43. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00043
2018
Zumajo-Cardona C., N. Pabón-Mora, B. A. Ambrose. 2018. Duplication and Diversification of REPLUMLESS- A case study in the Papaveraceae. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9: 1833. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01833.
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Gallego A.M., Rojas L.F., Parra O., Rodríguez H.A., Mazo Rivas J.C., Urrea A.I., Atehortúa L., Fister A.S., Guiltinan M.J., Maximova S.N., Pabón-Mora N. 2018. Transcriptomic analyses of cacao cell suspensions in light and dark provide target genes for controlled flavonoid production. Scientific Reports. 8: 13575.
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Ortíz-Ramírez C.I., S. Plata-Arboleda, N. Pabón-Mora. 2018. Evolution of genes associated with carpel patterning and fruit development in Solanaceae. Annals of Botany 121: 1211-1230. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy007.
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Madrigal Y., J.F. Alzate. N. Pabón-Mora. 2018. Unraveling the genetic basis of floral symmetry variation in monocots with an emphasis in Asparagales. World Orchid Conference Proceedings.
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González F., N. Pabón-Mora. 2018. Sinopsis actualizada de Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae, Piperales) en Panamá. Acta Botánica Mexicana 122: 109-140.
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González F., N. Pabón-Mora. 2018. On embryo polarity, polycotyly, and the homology test of conjunction: a reply to Kuijt´s (2017) critique. Brittonia. DOI.10.1007/s12228-017-9503-3
2017
González F., N. Pabón-Mora. 2017. Inflorescence and floral traits of the Colombian species of Tristerix (Loranthaceae) related to hummingbird pollination. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 74 (2): e061.
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González F., N. Pabon-Mora. 2017. Floral development and morphoanatomy in the holoparasitic Pilostyles (Apodanthaceae, Cucurbitales) reveals chimeric half-staminate and half-carpellate flowers. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 178 (7): 522-536. DOI: 10.1086/692505
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González F., N. Pabón-Mora. 2017. Aristolochia keratuma (Aristolochiaceae), nueva especie de la serie Thyrsicae del Chocó (Colombia) y clave de identificación para sus especies. Caldasia 39: 50-58.
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Zumajo- Cardona C., BA. Ambrose, N. Pabón-Mora. 2017. Evolution of the SPATULA/ALCATRAZ gene lineage and expression analyses in the basal eudicot Bocconia frutescens L. (Papaveraceae). Evo Devo 8: 5 DOI 10.1186/s13227-017-0068-8
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Gonzalez F., N. Pabón-Mora. 2017. On the supposed polycotyly and lack of endosperm in Psittacanthus (Loranthaceae). Brittonia. DOI 10.1007/s12228-017-9461-9
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Suaza-Gaviria V., F. González, N. Pabón-Mora. 2017. Comparative Inflorescence Development in selected Andean Santalales. American Journal of Botany 104 (1): 1-15. DOI:10.3732/ajb.1600253
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Madrigal Y., J.F. Alzate. N. Pabón-Mora. 2017. Evolution and expression patterns of TCP-like genes in Asparagales. Frontiers in Plant Science. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00009
2016
Fan W., Zhu A., Kozaczeck M., Shah N., Pabón-Mora N., González F., Mower JP. 2016. Limited mitogenomic degradation in response to a parasitic lifestyle in Orobanchaceae. Scientific Reports. 6: 36285. DOI: 10.1038/srep36285.
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Arango-Ocampo C., J. F. Alzate, F. González, N. Pabón-Mora. 2016. The developmental and genetic bases of petal loss in Bocconia frutescens and Macleaya cordata (Chelidonieae: Papaveraceae). Evo-Devo.7:16. DOI: 10.1186/s13227-016-0054-6
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Suaza-Gaviria V., N. Pabón-Mora, F. González, 2016. Development and morphology of flowers in Loranthaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 177 (7): 559-578. DOI: 10.1086/687280
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Suárez-Baron H., Perez-Mesa P., Ambrose B., González F., Pabón-Mora N. 2016. Deep into de Aristolochia Flower: expression of C,D and E class genes in Aristolochia fimbriata (Aristolochiaceae). Journal of Experimental Zoology part B. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22686.
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Marcellini S., González F, Sarrazin A., Pabón-Mora N, Benitez M., Piñeyro-Nelson A., Rezende GL., Maldonado E., Schenider P., Bortoletto Grizante M., Nunes da Fonseca R., Vergara-Silva F., Suaza-Gaviria V., Zumajo-Cardona C., Zattara E.E., Casasa S., Suarez Barón H., Brown F.D. 2016. Evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) research in Latin America. Journal of Experimental Zoology part B. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22687
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Zumajo-Cardona C., N. Pabón-Mora. 2016. Evolution of the APETALA2 gene family in seed plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33: 1818-1832. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msw059
2015
Pabón Mora N., Suarez-Baron H., González F., Ambrose B.A. 2015. Flower development and perianth identity candidate genes in the basal angiosperm Aristolochia fimbriata (Aristolochiaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science . 6:1095. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01095​
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Pabón-Mora N., F González. 2015. Nephopteris out of the clouds: Molecular evidence places the enigmatic N. maxonii (Pteridaceae) within the Jamesonia clade. Brittonia. 68: 83-92. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12228-015-9394-0
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González F, N. Pabón Mora. 2015. Trickery flowers: the chemical mimicry of Aristolochia to accomplish deception to its pollinators. New Phytologist 206: 10-13.
2014
Horn, S., Pabón-Mora, N., TheuS, V.S., Busch, A., Zachgo, S. 2014. Analysis of the ancestral CYC/TB1 class of TCP transcription factors in early diverging angiosperms. The Plant Journal. 81:559-571.
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González F., R. Callejas Posada, N. Pabón-Mora. 2014. Rediscovery and conservation status of the “cloud fern” Nephopteris maxonii Lellinger (Pteridaceae), with notes on its anatomical traits. Brittonia. doi:10.1007/s12228-014-9359-8
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Pabón-Mora, N., G. K-S Wong, B.A. Ambrose. 2014. Evolution of fruit development genes in flowering plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00300
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González, F, N. Pabón-Mora. 2014. Pilostyles boyacensis, a new species of Apodanthaceae (Cucurbitales) from Colombia with the highest elevation record in the Americas. Phytotaxa. 178 (2): 138-145.
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González, F, N. Pabón-Mora. 2014. First reports and generic descriptions of the Achlorophyllous holoparasites Apodanthaceae (Cucurbitales) of Colombia. Revista Actualidades Biológicas. 36: 123-136.
2013
González, F, N. Pabón-Mora. 2013. A new species of Castilleja (Orobanchaceae) from the páramos of the Colombian Eastern Cordillera, with comments on its association with Plantago rigida (Plantaginaceae). Caldasia. 35:261-272.
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Pabón-Mora, N., O. Hidalgo, S. Gleissberg, A. Litt. 2013. Assessing duplication and loss of APETALA1/FRUITFULL homologs in Ranunculales. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00358
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Pabón-Mora N., S. Bharti, L. Holappa, E. Kramer, A. Litt. 2013. The Aquilegia FRUITFULL-like genes play key roles in leaf morphogenesis and inflorescence development. The Plant Journal. 74: 197-212.
2012
Pabón-Mora, N., F. González. 2012. Leaf development and metamorphic heteroblasty in Berberis s.l. (Berberidaceae). Botanical Review. 78: 463-489.
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Pabón-Mora, N., B. Ambrose and A. Litt. 2012. Poppy APETALA1/FRUITFULL orthologs control flowering time, branching, perianth identity and fruit development. Plant Physiology 158: 1685-1704. ISSN: print: 0032-0889, online: 1532-2548.
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Graça Sajo M, N. Pabón-Mora, J. Jardim, D. W. Stevenson and P. J. Rudall. 2012. Homologies of the flower and inflorescence in the early divergent grass Anomochloa (Poaceae). American Journal of Botany 99: 614-628. ISSN: print: 0002-9122, online: 1537-2197.
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Doria. G, N. Pabón-Mora, F González. 2012. Reassessing inflorescence and floral morphology and development in Hedyosmum (Chloranthaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences. 173: 735-750. ISSN: print: 10585893; online: 15375315.
2011
Pabón-Mora, N. and A. Litt. 2011. Comparative anatomical and developmental analysis of dry and fleshy fruits of Solanaceae. American Journal of Botany. 98 (9): 1415-1436. ISSN: print 0002-9122, online 1537-2197.
2010
González, F., H. E. Esquivel, G. A. Murcia & N. Pabón-Mora. 2010. Aristolochia pentandra (Aristolochiaceae) in Colombia: Biogeographic implications and proposed synapomorphies between the pentandrous species of Aristolochia and its South American sister group. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 34 (133): 467-478. ISSN: 0370-3908.
2009
González, F. & N. Pabón-Mora. 2009. De Henslow a Hooker: Darwin y los inicios del pensamiento evolutivo en Botánica. Acta Biológica Colombiana 14 (S): 311-334. ISSN: print: 0120-548X online:1900-1649.
2008
Pabón-Mora, N. & F. González. 2008. Floral ontogeny of Telipogon spp. (Orchidaceae) and insights on the perianth symmetry in the family. International Journal of Plant Sciences 169: 1159-1173. ISSN: print:10585893; online: 15375315.