Publications (** = grad student):

Patterson, R. 1977. The generic status of perennial species of Linanthus (Polemoniaceae). Taxon 26:507-511.

Patterson, R. 1977. Revision of Linanthus sect. Siphonella (Polemoniaceae). Madroño 24:36-48. R. Patterson. 1979. Chromosome numbers in annual Linanthus species. Madroño 26:96-100.

Smith, D. and R. Patterson. 1981. Flavonoid differentiation between leaves and corollas of Eriastrum densifolium. Biochem. Syst. & Ecology 9:149-151.

Patterson, R. 1980. Crossing relationships in perennial Linanthus taxa (Polemoniaceae). Syst. Bot. 5:384-390.

Patterson, R. 1980. The occurrence of B chromosomes in Linanthus pachyphyllus. Caryologia 33:141-149.

Patterson, R. 1984. Flavonoid uniformity in diploid species of Hawaiian Scaevola Goodeniaceae). Syst. Bot. 9:262-265.

Patterson, R. & M. Yoder-Williams. 1984. Leptodactylon glabrum, a new intermountain species of Polemoniaceae. Syst. Bot. 9:261-262.

Nelson, T. and R. Patterson. 19985. A new subspecies of perennial Linanthus from the Klamath Mountains, Californnia. Madroño 32:102-106.

Patterson, R. 1989. Taxonomic relationships of Gilia maculata (Polemoniaceae). Madroño 36:15-27.

Patterson, R. and B. D. Tanowitz. 1989. Evolutionary and geographic trends in adaptive wood anatomy in Eriastrum densifolium (Polemoniaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 76:706-713.

Schierenbeck**, K. A., G. L. Stebbins, and R. Patterson. 1992. Morphological and cytological evidence for polyphyletic allopolyploidy in Arctostaphylos mewukka (Ericaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 179:187-205.

Patterson, R. 1995. A Phylogenetic Analysis of Hawaiian and Pacific Species of Scaevola (Goodeniaceae). in Funk, V. and W. L. Wagner, eds., Phylogeny and Biogeography of Pacific Basin Biota. Smithsonian Institution.

Pritchett**, D. W. and R. Patterson. 1999. Systematic implications of morphological patterns in alpine Polemonium (Polemoniaceae). Madroño 45:200-209.

Bell**, C. , R. Patterson, and L. Hamilton**. 1999. Sectional Integrity in Linanthus: A Molecular Phylogeny of sect. Dianthoides. Systematic Botany 24(4):632-644.

Bell**, C. D. and R. Patterson. 2000. Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of Linanthus (Polemoniaceae). American Journal of Botany 87(12):1857-1870.

Battaglia**, R. and R. Patterson. 2001. A taxonomic review of the Leptosiphon androsaceus complex (Polemoniaceae) using morphometric analyses. Madroño 48(2):62-78.

Baldwin, B. G., S. Boyd, B. J. Ertter, R. W. Patterson, T. J. Rosatti, and D. H. Wilken, eds. 2002. The Jepson Desert Manual. Vascular Plants of Southeastern California. University of California Press.

Gilbert, C., J. Dempcy, C. Ganong, R. Patterson, and G. Spicer. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships within Phacelia subgenus Phacelia (Hydrophyllaceae) inferred from Nuclear rDNA ITS sequence data. Systematic Botany 30(3):627-634.

Boykin**, L. M., M. Vasey, V. Parker, and R. Patterson. 2005. Two lineages of Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae) identified using the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region of the nuclear genome. Madroño 52(3):139-147.

Takeoka, G., D. Rodriguez**, and R. Patterson. 2008. Headspace Volatiles of Scutellaria californica A. Gray Flowers. Journal of Essential Oil Research. 20: 169-171.

Hansen, D. R., **, Greg S. Spicer,  and Robert Patterson 2009. Phylogenetic Relationships between and within Phacelia Sections Whitlavia and Gymnobythus (Boraginaceae). Systematic Botany 35(4):737-746.

Garrison, L. M. ** and R. Patterson. 2010. Elevation of Phacelia cicutaria var. hubbyi (Boraginaceae) to species status. Madroño 56 (3): 205-207.

Takeoka, G., D. Rodriguez**, L. Dao, and R. Patterson. 2010. Headspace Volatiles of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Flowers. Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants. 12(4), 435-442.

Walden**, G. K. and R. Patterson. 2010. Howellanthus dalesianus, Recognition of a New Genus in Tribe Phacelieae (Boraginaceae). Madroño 57(4):268–273.

Floristic Treatments:
Patterson, R. 1990. Goodeniaceae. in Wagner, W.L. et al., eds., Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i. Bishop Museum.

Patterson, R. 1993. Polemoniaceae & Hydrophyllaceae (family editor and various genera). in Hickman, J. et al., Manual of the Plants of California. UC Press, Berkeley.

Patterson, R. and R. Battaglia. 2012.Polemoniaceae & Boraginaceae (family editor and various genera). in Baldwin et al., The Jepson Manual. UC Press, Berkeley.

Poster and Oral Presentations (** = grad student):
Dempcy**, John M. and R. Patterson. 1994. Phylogenetic relationships in Phacelia sect. Euglypta. Amer. J. of Bot. 81(6) Supplement:152. Abstract.

Dempcy**, John M. and R. Patterson. 1995. Phylogenetic relationships in Phacelia sect. Euglypta (Hydrophyllaceae) based on ITS sequence data. Amer. J. of Bot. 82 (6) Supplement:124. Abstract.

de Geofroy**, Isabelle, R. Patterson, R. Zebell, and C. Orrego. 1996. "Phylogeny and biogeography of the high-elevation species of Polemonium (Polemoniaceae)". Amer. J. of Bot. 83 Supplement. Abstract.

McDill**, J., R. Patterson, and J. M. Porter. A comparative anatomical study of Linanthus and related genera (Polemoniaceae), with implications for their relationships and evolution. Abstract. Botany 2001 Annual Meetings, Albuquerque, NM.

Rentz**, E. and R. Patterson. Effects of burning on the anatomical structure of Corylus cornuta and Xerophyllum tenax, plants commonly used in California aboriginal basketry. Abstract. Botany 2001 Annual Meetings, Albuquerque, NM.

Hansen**, D., R. Patterson, and G. Spicer. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships between and within Phacelia (Boraginaceae) sections Whitlavia and Gymnobythus. Abstract. Botany 2005 Annual Meetings, Austin, TX.

Garrison**, L. and R. Patterson. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of the Phacelia crenulata alliance (Boraginaceae). Abstract. Botany 2005 Annual Meetings, Austin, TX.

Lane**, Christopher, Patterson, Robert, Gilbert, Cynthia. 2005. Biogeography of Phacelia dalesiana and P. greenei (Boraginaceae). Abstract. Botany 2005 Annual Meetings, Austin, TX.

Walker**, L. and R. Patterson. 2005. Phylogenetic Systematics of Leptosiphon (Polemoniaceae) Sections Dactylophyllum and Pacificus. Abstract. Botany 2005 Annual Meetings, Austin, TX.

Garrison**, L., R. Patterson, and G. Spicer. 2006. Molecular Phylogeny of Phacelia subgenus Phacelia (Boraginaceae). Abstract. Botany 2006 Annual Meetings, Chico, CA.

Walden**, G. K., L. Garrison**, and R. Patterson. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of Phacelia (Boraginaceae) inferred from chloroplast ndhF and nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (nrITS) region sequences. Abstract. Botany 2008 Annual Meetings, Vancouver, BC.

Walden**, G. K. and R. Patterson. 2009. Phylogenetic analysis of relationships within Phacelia (Boraginaceae) inferred from chloroplastand nuclear sequence data. California Native Plant Society Conservation Conference: Strategies and Solutions, Sacramento, CA.

Kruse-Pickler**, David, Paul Hankamp**, and Robert Patterson. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of Linanthus and Leptosiphon inferred from the non-coding chloroplast region trnL-trnF. Abstract. Botany 2009 Annual Meetings, Snowbird, UT.

Walden**, G. K. and R. Patterson. 2009. Molecular Phylogeny of Phacelia (Boraginaceae), within and between subgenera, sections and subsections. Abstract. Botany 2009 Annual Meetings, Snowbird, UT.

Walden**, G. K. and R. Patterson. 2010. The Sweet Smelling Phacelias. Phacelia suaveolens Greene var. suaveolens and var. keckii (Munz & Johnst.) Howell. Northern California Botanists Annual Symposium: Botanical Treasures in Northern California – What's at Stake?, Chico, CA.

Shepard**, E. and R. Patterson. 2011. A Geographic Analysis of Locally Rare Plant Species of Sonoma County. Northern California Botanists Annual Symposium: Northern California Plant Life – Wonder, Discovery, Concern, Chico, CA.

Peak**, J. and R. Patterson. 2011. Why Am I Rare? A Case Study of a Rare Serpentine Endemic. Northern California Botanists Annual Symposium: Northern California Plant Life – Wonder, Discovery, Concern, Chico, CA.

Stubbs**, R. and R. Patterson. 2011. From Sea Level to Mountain Peaks: The Evolution and Biogeography of the Rare California Polemoniums (Polemoniaceae). Northern California Botanists Annual Symposium: Northern California Plant Life – Wonder, Discovery, Concern, Chico, CA.