2008
Bell, C. D. 2008. Linnaeaceae. In B.G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, Volume 2. University of California Press, Berkeley. In Press.
Bell, C. D. 2008. Dipsacaceae. In B.G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, Volume 2. University of California Press, Berkeley. In Press.
Bell, C. D. 2008. Caprifoliaceae. In B.G. Baldwin et al. (eds.), The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, Volume 2. University of California Press, Berkeley. In Press.
Bell, C. D. 2008. Adoxaceae. In B.G. Baldwin, Baldwin et al. (eds.), The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, Volume 2. University of California Press, Berkeley. In Press.
Jian, S., P. S. Solits, M. A. Gitzendanner, M. Moore, A. Dhingra, R. Li, T. A. Hendry, Y-L. Qui, C. D. Bell, & D. E. Soltis. 2008. Resolving an ancient, rapid radiation in Saxifragales. Systematic Biology 57: 38-57.
Winkworth, R. C., C. D. Bell, & M. J. Donoghue. 2008. Mitochondrial sequence data and the phylogeny of Dipsacales: mixed models, partitioned Bayesian analysis, and model selection. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 46: 830-843.
2007
Moore, M. J., C. D. Bell, D. E. Solits, & P. S. Soltis. 2007. Using plastid genome-scale data to resolve enigmatic relationships among basal angiosperm lineages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104: 19363-19368.
Manos, P. S., P. S. Soltis, D. E. Soltis, S. R. Manchester, S. H. Oh, C. D. Bell, D. E. Stone, & D. L. Dilcher. 2007. Phylogeny of extant and extinct fossil Juglandaceae inferred from the integration of molecular and morphological data sets. Systematic Biology 56: 412-430.
Morris, A., C. D. Bell, J. Clayton, W. S. Judd, D. E. Soltis, & P. S. Soltis. 2007. Divergence times and recent radiations in Illicium with implications for New World biogeography. Systematic Botany 32:236-249.
Bell, C. D. 2007. Phylogenetic placement and biogeography of the North American species of Valerianella (Valerianaceae: Dipsacales) based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 44: 929-941.
2006
Hershkovitz, M. A., M. T. K. Arroyo, C. D. Bell, & L. F. Hinojosa. 2006. Phylogeny of Chaetanthera (Asteraceae: Mutiseae) reveals both ancient and recent origins of the high elevation lineages. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 41: 594-605.
Moreau, C. S., C. D. Bell, R. Vila, S. B. Archibald, & N. Pierce. 2006.. Phylogeny of ants: diversification in the age of angiosperms. Science 312:101-104. [COVER]
2005
Yoo, M-J., C. D. Bell, P. S. Soltis, & D. E. Soltis. 2005.. Estimation of divergence times and biogeography of major clades in Nymphaeales. Systematic Botany 30:693-704.
Bell, C. D., D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 2005. The age of the angiosperms: a molecular timescale without a clock. Evolution 59: 1245-1258.
Bell, C. D. and M. J. Donoghue. 2005. Phylogeny and biogeography of Valerianaceae (Dipsacales) with special reference to the South American valerians. Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution 5: 147-159.
Bell, C. D. and M. J. Donoghue. 2005. Dating the Dipsacales: comparing models, genes, and evolutionary implications. American Journal of Botany 92: 284-296.
2004
Davis, C. C, P. W. Fritch, C. D. Bell and S. Mathews. 2004. High-latitude tertiary migrations of an exclusively tropical clade: evidence from Malpighiaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences 165 (4 Suppl.): S107-S121.
Bell, C. D. 2004. Preliminary phylogeny of Valerianaceae (Dipsacales) inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31:340-350.
2003
Bell, C. D. and M. J. Donoghue. 2003. Phylogeny and biogeography of Morinaceae (Dipsacales) based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution 3: 227-237.
Donoghue, M. J., C. D. Bell, R. C. Winkworth. 2003. The evolution of reproductive characters in Dipsacales. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164 (5 Suppl.): S453-S464.
2002
Davis, C. C, C. D. Bell, P. W. Fritch, and S. Mathews. 2002. Biogeography of Acridocarpus-Brachylophon (Malpighiaceae): high latitude Tertiary migration in the interchange of worldwide tropical floras and their influence on afroasian biogeograph. Evolution 56: 2395-2405.
Davis, C. C., C. D. Bell, S. Mathews and M. J. Donoghue. 2002. Laurasian migration explains Gondwanan disjuncts: evidence from Malpighiaceae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 99: 6833-6837.
Spicer, G. S. and C. D. Bell. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of the Drosophila virilis species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae): inferred from mitochondrial 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA genes. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95: 156-161.
2001
Bell, C. D., E. J. Edwards, S. T. Kim and M. J. Donoghue. 2001. Dipsacales phylogeny based on chloroplast DNA sequences. Harvard Papers in Botany 6:481-499.
Donoghue, M. J., C. D. Bell and J. Li. 2001. Phylogenetic patterns in Northern Hemisphere geography. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162:S41-S52.
2000
Bell, C. D. and R. Patterson. 2000. Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Linanthus (Polemoniaceae). American Journal of Botany 87: 1857 1870.
1999
Bell, C. D., R. Patterson, & L. H. Hamilton. 1999. Testing sectional integrity in Linanthus: a molecular phylogeny of the Linanthus section Dianthoides. Systematic Botany 24:632-644.