Full CV, pdf file (updated January 2024).
Peer-reviewed research publications.
2023
Patel, N., R. Medina, L. Williams, O. Lemieux, B. Goffinet & M. Johnson. Frequent allopolyploidy with distant progenitors in the moss genera Physcomitrium and Entosthodon (Funariaceae) identified via subgenome phasing of targeted nuclear genes. Evolution 77(12): 2561-2575. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad171
Zhang, L., Q. Zuo, W.-Z. Ma, J. Shevock, N. Patel, M. Johnson, R. Medina, N. Wilding & B. Goffinet. Phylogenomics resolves the rediscovered Himalayan endemic Brachymeniopsis gymnostoma (Bryophyta, Funariaceae), as a species of Entosthodon, prompting also the transfer of Clavitheca poeltii. Taxon (in press) DOI: 10.1002/tax.13106
Sánchez, R., R. Medina, M. Brugués, M. Infante, B. Albertos & P. Heras. Nuevos datos sobre Petalophyllum ralfsii (Wilson) Nees & Gottsche en Andalucía. Revisión de su estado de conservación en España. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Briología 57: inv.24.82.001 DOI: 10.58469/bseb.inv.2023.24.82.001
Patiño, J., J. A. Calleja, M. Cuerdo, D. G. del Olmo, D. Horcajada, M. Mairal, R. Medina, A. Muñoz & G. Santos. Nuevas citas briológicas de España y Portugal, 2023. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Briología 57: cor.29.60.001 DOI: 10.58469/bseb.cor.2023.29.60.001
2022
Medina, R., M. Johnson, N. Patel, G. Tocci, D. Toren & B. Goffinet. Vindication of Physcomitrium pygmaeum (Funariaceae), an elusive and endangered moss from North America’s Great Basin. The Bryologist 125(528-540) https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-125.4.528
Molino, S., I. Lafuente, G. Rouhan & R. Medina. Morphological and molecular evidences reject conspecificity of Malagasy and Mascarene Parablechnum (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida). PhytoKeys 214: 47-60 https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.95125
Callaghan, D. A., H. During, R. Medina & H. Yang. Long-term survival of bryophytes underground – on the diaspore bank of Physcomitrium eurystomum Sendtn. Journal of Bryology 44: https://doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2022.2151857
Patiño, J., I. Bisang, B. Goffinet, L. Hedenäs, S. McDaniel, S. Pressel, M. Stech, C. Ah-Peng, A. Bergamini, R. T. Caners, D C. Cargill, N. Cronberg, J. Duckett, S. Eppley, N. J. Fenton, Ki. Fisher, J. González-Mancebo, M. Hasebe, J. Heinrichs, K. Hylander, M. S. Ignatov, J. Martínez-Abaigar, N. G. Medina, R. Medina, D. Quandt, S. A. Rensing, K. Renzaglia, M. Renner, R. M. Ros, A. Schäfer-Verwimp, J. C. Villarreal, A. Vanderpoorten. Unveiling the nature of a miniature world: a horizon scan of fundamental questions in bryology. Journal of Bryology 44: 1-34 https://doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2022.2054615
2021
Patel, N., R. Medina, R., Johnson, M & Goffinet, B. Karyotypic diversity and cryptic speciation: Have we vastly underestimated moss species diversity? Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 43: 150-163 https://doi.org/10.11646/bde.43.1.12
2020
Medina, R., D. H. Vitt & J. R. Shevock. Orthotrichum subgenus Rivularium revisited: Convergent morphology and repeated evolution of the rheophytic syndrome. Bryologist, 123(4):593-600 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-123.4.593
Ellis, L.T., O.M. Afonina, I.V. Czernyadjeva, L.A. Konoreva, A.D. Potemkin, V.M. Kotkova, M. Alataş, H.H. Blom, M. Boiko, R.A. Cabral, S. Jimenez, D. Dagnino, C. Turcato, L. Minuto, P. Erzberger, T. Ezer, O.V. Galanina, N. Hodgetts, M.S. Ignatov, A. Ignatova, S.G. Kazanovsky, T. Kiebacher, H. Köckinger, E.O. Korolkova, J. Larraín, A.I. Maksimov, D. Maity, A. Martins, M. Sim-Sim, F. Monteiro, L. Catarino, R. Medina, M. Nobis, A. Nowak, R. Ochyra, I. Parnikoza, V. Ivanets, V. Plášek, M. Philippe, P. Saha, Md.N. Aziz, A.V. Shkurko, S. Ştefănuţ, G.M. Suárez, A. Uygur, K. Erkul, M. Wierzgoń & A. Graulich New national and regional bryophyte records, 63. Journal of Bryology 42(3): 281-296 https://doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2020.1750930
Callaghan, D.A., R. Medina, J. Masson & H. During. Status and ecology of Norfolk Bladder-moss (Physcomitrium eurystomum) in Britain. Journal of Bryology 42(3): 246-257 https://doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2020.1743562
2019
Medina, R., M. Johnson, Y. Liu, N. Wicket, A.J. Shaw & B. Goffinet. Phylogenomic delineation of Physcomitrium (Bryophyta: Funariaceae) based on targeted sequencing of nuclear exons and their flanking regions rejects the retention of Physcomitrella, Physcomitridium and Aphanorrhegma. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 57 (4): 404-417. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12516
Liu Y., M. G. Johnson, C. J. Cox, R. Medina, N. Devos, A. Vanderpoorten, L. Hedenäs, N. E. Bell, J. R. Shevock, B. Aguero, D. Quandt, N. J. Wickett, A. J. Shaw & B. Goffinet. Resolution of the backbone phylogeny of mosses using targeted exons from organellar and nuclear genomes. Nature Communications 10(1):1485. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09454-w
Medina, R., F. Lara, B. Goffinet, R. Garilleti & V. Mazimpaka. On the priority of Orthotrichum cylindrocarpum over O. coulteri and Lesquereux’s early vindication of an autonomous American bryology. Taxon 68: 137-141. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12014
2018
Medina, R., M. Johnson, Y. Liu, N. Wilding, T. Hedderson, N. Wickett & B. Goffinet. Evolutionary dynamism in bryophytes: Phylogenomic inferences confirm rapid radiation in the moss family Funariaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 240-247 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.002
Shershen, E., C. Gilliland & R. Medina. Bryophytes of Loud Thunder Forest Preserve, with an updated checklist of the bryoflora of Rock Island County, Illinois. Evansia 35(2):36-42 https://doi.org/10.1639/0747-9859-35.2.036
2016
Hudson, L. N., Newbold, T. et al. (coauthor in a consortium of several hundreds). The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution 7: 145-188 doi: 10.1002/ece3.2579
Lara, F., R. Garilleti, B. Goffinet, I. Draper, R. Medina, B. Vigalondo & V. Mazimpaka. Lewinskya, a new genus to accomodate the phaneroporous and monoicous taxa of Orthotrichum Hedw. (Bryophyta, Orthotrichaceae). Cryptogamie, Bryologie. 37(4): 361-382 https://doi.org/10.7872/cryb/v37.iss4.2016.361
Johnson, M.G., E.M. Gardner, Y. Liu, R. Medina, B. Goffinet, A.J. Shaw, N.J.C. Zerega & N.J. Wickett. HybPiper: Extracting coding sequence and introns for phylogenetics from high-throughput sequencing reads using target enrichment. Applications in Plant Science 4: 1600016 https://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1600016
2015
Alonso, M., R. Medina, M.J. Cano, J.A. Jiménez & B. Goffinet. The complete mitochondrial genome of the moss Oxystegus tenuirostris (Hook. & Taylor) A.J.E. (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta). Mitochondrial DNA DOI:10.3109/19401736.2015.1082087
Medina, R., Y. Liu, W. Li-Song, G. Shuiliang, K. Hylander & B. Goffinet. DNA-based revised geographic circumscription of species of Physcomitrella s.l. (Funariaceae): P. patens new to East Asia and P. magdalenae new to East Africa. The Bryologist 118: 22-31 https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-118.1.022
Ellis L.T., A.K. Asthana, A. Srivastava, V.A. Bakalin, H. Bednarek-Ochyra, M.J. Cano, J.A. Jiménez, M. Alonso, J. Deme, J. Csiky, M.G. Dia, P. Campisi, P. Erzberger, R. Garilleti, K.V. Gorobets, N.J.M. Gremmen, M.S. Jimenez, G.M. Suárez, I. Jukonienė, T. Kiebacher, M. Kırmacı, A. Koczur, H. Kürschner, F. Lara, V. Mazimpaka, J. Larraín, M. Lebouvier, R. Medina, R. Natcheva, K. K. Newsham, M. Nobis, A. Nowak, M. Ören, A. D. Özçelik, J.D. Orgaz, D.F. Peralta, V. Plášek, L. Číhal, R. Ristow, J. Sawicki, A. Schäfer-Verwimp, V.R. Smith, A. Stebel, S. Ştefănuţ, M. Subkaitė, B.Y. Sun, A. Uselienė, G. Uyar, J. Váňa, Y.J. Yoon & S.J. Park. New national and regional bryophyte records, 43. Journal of Bryology 37:2, 128-147 https://doi.org/10.1179/1743282015Y.0000000003
2014
Liu, Y., R. Medina & B. Goffinet. 350 My of Mitochondrial Genome Stasis in Mosses, an Early Land Plant Lineage. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31: 2586–2591 https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msu199
2013
Medina, R., F. Lara, B. Goffinet, R. Garilleti & V. Mazimpaka. Unnoticed diversity within the disjunct moss Orthotrichum tenellum s.l. validated by morphological and molecular approaches. Taxon 62: 1133-1152 https://doi.org/10.12705/626.15
Patiño, J., R. Medina, A. Vanderpoorten, J. M. González-Mancebo, R. M. Ros, N. Devos, R. G. Mateo, F. Lara & O. Werner. Origin and fate of the single-island endemic moss Orthotrichum handiense. Journal of Biogeography 40: 857-868 DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12051
2012
Medina, R., F. Lara, B. Goffinet, R. Garilleti & V. Mazimpaka. 2012. Integrative taxonomy successfully resolves the pseudo-cryptic complex of the disjunct epiphytic moss Orthotrichum consimile s.l. (Orthotrichaceae). Taxon 61: 1180-1198 link
Medina, R., A. Ederra & F. Lara. 2012. Orthotrichum armatum in Western Cape province of South Africa. Journal of Bryology 34: 52-55 https://doi.org/10.1179/1743282011Y.0000000040
2011
Medina, R., F. Lara, V. Mazimpaka, J. Shevock & R. Garilleti. Orthotrichum pilosissimum (Orthotrichaceae), a new moss from arid areas of Nevada with unique axillary hairs. The Bryologist 114: 316-624 https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745.114.2.316
Lara, F., V. Mazimpaka, R. Medina, R. Caparrós & R. Garilleti. Northeastern Turkey, an unnoticed but very important area for the Orthotrichaceae (Bryophyta). Nova Hedwigia 138: 163-178 link
Ellis L.T., A.K. Asthana, V. Sahu, P. Bansal, V. Nath, P. Erzberger, T. Hallingbäck, M. Infante, P. Lazarević, L. Luis, R. Medina, R. Ochyra, N. Pande, B. Papp, V. Plášek, M. Sabovljević, J. Sawicki, M. Sim-Sim, A. Stebel, G.M. Suárez, J. van Rooy & N. Phephu. New national and regional bryophyte records, 27. Journal of Bryology 33:2, 158-162 https://doi.org/10.1179/1743282011Y.0000000007
2010
Medina, R., F. Lara, B. Albertos, I. Draper, R. Garilleti & V. Mazimpaka. Epiphytic bryophytes in harsh environments: the Juniperus thurifera forests. Journal of Bryology 32: 23-31 https://doi.org/10.1179/037366810X12578498135715
2009
Garilleti, R., R. Medina, V. Mazimpaka & R.F. Lara. Orthotrichum hispanicum in the Turkish Caucasus and Kashmir. Journal of Bryology 31: 46-47 https://doi.org/10.1179/174328208X300723
Medina, R., R. Garilleti, V. Mazimpaka & F. Lara. A new look at Orthotrichum scanicum Grönvall (Orthotrichaceae, Bryophyta). Journal of Bryology 31:86-92 https://doi.org/10.1179/174328209X404934
Lara, F., R. Garilleti, R. Medina, R. Garilleti & V. Mazimpaka. A new key of the genus Orthotrichum in Europe and the Mediterranean Region. Cryptogamie, Bryologie 30: 129-142 link
Medina, R., F. Lara, V. Mazimpaka & R. Garilleti. Orthotrichum norrisii (Orthotrichaceae), a new epiphytic Californian moss. The Bryologist 111: 670-675 https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-111.4.670
2008
Medina, N. G., R. Medina, F. Lara & V. Mazimpaka. Brioflora epífita de Sierra Alhamilla (Almería). Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Briología. 32/33: 1-7 link
Villaverde, C, N. G. Medina, B. Estébanez, R. Medina, V. Mazimpaka, M. Infante & F. Lara. Contribución al conocimiento de la brioflora del extremo sureste de la Comunidad de Madrid. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Briología. 32/33: 21-29 link
2007
González Mancebo, J. M., B. Albertos, A. Barrón, K. Cezón, R. M. Cros, I. Draper, B. Estébanez, R. Garilleti, T. Hallingbäck, R. Hernández-Maqueda, F. Lara, A. Losada-Lima, R. G. Mateo, V. Mazimpaka, J. Muñoz, R. Medina, N. G. Medina, J. Patiño, F. Puche, S. Rams, R. M. Ros & E. Ruiz. Bryophytes collected by the Spanish Bryological society during a field trip at La Gomera (Canary Islands). Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Briología. 30/31: 43-51 link
Lara, F., R. Medina, R. Garilleti & V. Mazimpaka. On the presence of Orthotrichum patens Bruch & Brid. in the Iberian Peninsula. Cryptogamie, Bryologie 29: 157-164 link
2006
Blockeel T.L., J. Enroth, D. Ertz, T.A. J. Hedderson, I. Holz, M. Jafari, H. Kürschner, F. Lara, V. Mazimpaka, R. Medina, G. Ramel, A. Schäfer-Verwimp, S. Shirzadian, A. Sotiaux, O. Sotiaux, A. Stebel & A. Tavili. New national and regional bryophyte records, 14. Journal of Bryology 28: 271-275 https://doi.org/10.1179/174328206X157195
Elías, M. J., B. Albertos, G. Calabrese, M. J. Cano, B. Estébanez, M. T. Gallego, R. Garilleti, J. Guerra, P. Heras, M. Infante, F. Lara, M. A. Martín, V. Mazimpaka, R. Medina, J. Muñoz, L. Pokorny, F. Puche & J. A. Sánchez. Aportaciones al conocimiento de la flora briológica española. Nótula XV: musgos, antocerotas y hepáticas de la Sierra de Gredos (Ávila). Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Briología. 28: 25-31 link
Lara, F., R. Garilleti, B. albertos, R. Medina & V. Mazimpaka. Nuevos datos sobre la distribución en la Península Ibérica de Orthotrichum sprucei Mont., O. rivulare Turn. Y Dendrocryphaea lamyana (Mont.) P.Rao. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Briología. 28: 61-66 link
Medina, R. Nuevas citas provinciales de briófitos epífitos de sabinares ibéricos. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Briología. 28: 57-60 link
Puche, F., A. Barrón, M. Brugués, M. J. Cano, I. Draper, A. Ederra, B. Estébanez, M. T. Gallego, C. Gimeno, J. Guerra, J. A. Jiménez, F. Lara, R. Medina & N. G. Medina. Aportaciones al conocimiento de la flora briológica española. Nótula XVI: musgos y hepáticas del Alto Tajo (Cuenca, Guadalajara, Teruel). Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Briología. 28: 87-94 link
Book chapter
Estébanez, B., I. Draper & R. Medina. 2011. Briófitos: una aproximación a las plantas terrestres más sencillas. In Viejo, J. L. (Ed.) Biodiversidad. Aproximación a la diversidad botánica y zoológica de España. Memorias de la Real sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Segunda época. IX: 19-73. Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid. ISBN: 978-84-936677-6-4 link
Book review
Medina, R. & B. Goffinet. 2015. Better shoes alone don’t get you to your destination [Rev. of A Framework for Post-Phylogenetics Systematics by R. Zander]. The Bryologist 117: 431-433 https://doi.org/10.1639/BRYOLOGIST-D-14-00058.1