Linder HP, CR Hardy (2010) A generic classification of the Restioneae (Restionaceae), southern Africa. Bothalia 40: 1-35
Hardy CR, LL Sloat, RB Faden (2009) Floral organogenesis and the developmental basis for pollinator deception in the Asiatic dayflower Commelina communis (Commelinaceae). Am. J. of Botany 96: 1236-1244
Hardy CR, NW Hardy (2008) Simple biodiversity mashups for non-tech-savvy biologists: a demonstration using the liana flora of Pennsylvania, USA. J. of the Torrey Botanical Soc. 135: 585-594
Hardy CR, P Moline, HP Linder (2008) A Phylogeny for the African Restionaceae, and New Perspectives on Morphology's Role in Generating Complete Species Phylogenies for Large Clades. Internat. J. of Plant Sci. 169: 377-390
Hardy CR, HP Linder (2007) Phylogeny and historical ecology of Rhodocoma (Restionaceae) from the Cape Floristic Region. Aliso 23: 213-226
Hardy CR (2006) Reconstructing ancestral ecologies: Challenges and possible solutions. Diversity & Distributions 12: 7-19
Linder HP, CR Hardy, F Rutschmann (2005) Taxon sampling effects in molecular clock dating: An example from the African Restionaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 35: 569-582
Hardy CR, RB Faden (2004) Plowmanianthus, a new genus of Commelinaceae with five new species from tropical America. Systematic Botany 29 (2): 316-333
Linder HP, CR Hardy (2004) Evolution of the species-rich Cape flora. Phil. Trans. of the Royal Soc. of London B 359 (1450): 1623-1632
Hardy CR, DW Stevenson (2000) Development of the flower, gametophytes, and floral vasculature in Cochliostema odoratissimum (Commelinaceae). Bot. J. of the Linnean Soc. 134 (1): 131-157
La abreviatura «C.R.Hardy» se emplea para indicar a Christopher Ross Hardy como autoridad en la descripción y clasificación científica de los vegetales.
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