2010
Bell, C. D. 2010. 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. 2010. 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. 2010. 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. 2010. 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.
2009
Wang, H., M. J. Moore, P. S. Solits, C. D. Bell, S. F. Brockington, A. Roolse, C. C. Davis, M. Latvis, S. Manchester, & D. E. Soltis. 2009. Phylogeny and diversification of rosids Inferred from nuclear and plastid genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 106: 3853-3858.
Soltis, D. E. V. A. Albert, J. Leebens-Mack, C. D. Bell, A. H. Paterson, C. Zheng, D. Sankoff, C. W. dePamphilis, P. K. Wall, and P. S. Soltis. Polyploidy and angiosperm diversification. American Journal of Botany 96: 336-348.
2008
Lohne, C., Yoo, M.-J., Borsch, T., Wiersema, J. H., Wilde, V., Bell, C. D., Barthlott, W., Soltis, D. E. & Soltis, P. S. 2008. Biogeography of Nymphaeales: Extant patterns and historical events. Taxon 57: 1123-1146.
Soltis, D. E., C. D. Bell, S. Kim, & P. Soltis. 2008. The origin and early evolution of angiosperms. In The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2008, Schlicting, C. D. & T. A. Mousseau (eds.). Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1133: 3-25.
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.