Biography
Research Areas
Research in the Bulbous Lab broadly centers on understanding the processes that lead to the convergent evolution of traits, and how this relates to disparities in species richness across lineages. We combine phylogenetics, ecology and morphology to understand plant evolution. Personally, I am especially fascinated by the many ways that plants have evolved belowground bud placement, a geographically, morphologically, and phylogenetically diverse growth habit.
Publications
- Howard, Cody Coyotee, Simon Attwood, Carel Fourie, Andrew J. Hankey, and Timothy S. Harvey. “Deeper bulbs are larger.” International Journal of Plant Sciences 186, no. 4 (2025): 000-000.
- Klimešová, Jitka, Daniel C. Laughlin, Frances Siebert, Joana Bergmann, Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila, Karl Andraczek, Aline B. Bombo et al. “Belowground persistence types relevant to severe disturbance.” Trends in Plant Science (2025).
- Howard, Cody Coyotee, Peris Kamau, Henry Väre, Liina Hannula, Aino Juslén, Jouko Rikkinen, and Emily B. Sessa. “Historical Biogeography of Sub‐Saharan African Spleenworts.” Journal of Biogeography 52, no. 1 (2025): 122-135.
- Howard, Cody Coyotee, Andrew A. Crowl, Timothy S. Harvey, and Nico Cellinese. “Peeling back the layers: First phylogenomic insights into the Ledebouriinae (Scilloideae, Asparagaceae).” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 169 (2022): 107430.
Highlights
August 2025: The Bulbous Lab moves to UCF! Go Knights!
Education
- 2020 Ph.D. Botany — University of Florida
Faculty supervisor: Dr. Nico Cellinese
Dissertation: Evolutionary insights into monocotyledonous geophytes
- 2009 B.S. Horticulture Science, German minor — University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Advisor: Dr. Jon T. Lindstrom (deceased)
