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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Angelica Gallego Narbon

Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow
Education

B.S., King Juan Carlos University, Spain
M.S., King Juan Carlos University, Spain
Ph.D., Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

Research Interests

My research focuses on the study of the plant family Araliaceae combining phylogenomics, biogeographic, diversification, climatic, and functional trait analyses. My thesis dissertation investigated the evolutionary relationships of the genera within the most diverse clade of the family Araliaceae (Asian Palmate group) and the evolution and ecology of ivies in their natural habits in western Europe.

My postdoctoral project examines the influence of climate and biogeography in the evolution of two Araliaceae lineages: 1) the disjunct Asian-Neotropical genus Dendropanax, and 2) the genus of ivies (Hedera), with emphasis on Asian species and on the naturalized populations in the US. 

Publications

  • Gallego-Narbon, Angelica, Narbona, Eduardo, Coca-de-la-Iglesia, Marina, Valcarcel, Virginia. 2024. Geography and associated bioclimatic factors differentially affect leaf phenolics in three ivy species (Hedera L.) across the Iberian Peninsula. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 65, 125822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2024.125822

  • Coca-de-la-Iglesia, Marina, Gallego-Narbon, Angelica, Alonso, Alejandro, and Valcarcel, Virginia. 2024. High rate of species misidentification reduces the taxonomic certainty of European biodiversity databases of ivies (Hedera L.). Scientific Reports, 14, 4876. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54735-0

  • Gallego-Narbon, Angelica, Alonso, Alejandro, Valcarcel, Virginia, and Fernandez-Mazuecos, Mario. 2023. Repeated asynchronous evolution of single‐species endemics of ivies (Hedera L.) in Macaronesian archipelagos. Journal of Biogeography, 50, 1763-1777. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14690

  • Gallego-Narbon, Angelica, Wen, Jun, Liu, Jing, and Valcarcel, Virginia. 2022. Hybridization and genome duplication for early evolutionary success in the Asian Palmate group of Araliaceae. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 60, (6) 1303-1318. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12906

  • Alonso Alejandro, Gallego-Narbon, Angelica, Coca-de-la-Iglesia, Marina, Monjas, David, Medina, Nagore Garcia, Fernandez-Mazuecos, Mario, and Valcárcel, Virginia. 2022. Climatic niche pre-adaptation facilitated island colonization followed by budding speciation in the Madeiran ivy (Hedera maderensis, Araliaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 935975. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.935975