Michael Francis Fay (born 1960), British geneticist and botanist.

IPNI standard form: M.F.Fay

Taxon names authored

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• 3 taxon names authored by Michael Francis Fay

Publications

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• Fay, M.F., Swensen, S.M. & Chase, M.W. 1997. Taxonomic affinities of Medusagyne oppositifolia (Medusagynaceae). Kew Bulletin 52: 111–120. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Lledó, M.D., Davis, A.P., Crespo, M.B., Chase, M.W. & Fay, M.F. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of Leucojum and Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae) based on plastid mat K and nuclear ribosomal spacer (ITS) DNA sequences and morphology. Plant Systematics and Evolution 246(3–4): 223–243. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-004-0152-0 ResearchGate Reference page. 

• Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P. & Fay, M.F. 2004. A revised generic synopsis of Hyacintheaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 60(3): 533–568. DOI: 10.1017/S0960428603000404 Reference page. 

• Davis, A.P., Chester, M., Maurin, O. & Fay, M.F. 2007. Searching for the relatives of Coffea (Rubiaceae, Ixoroideae): the circumscription and phylogeny of Coffeeae based on plastid sequence data and morphology. American Journal of Botany 94(3): 313–329. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.3.313 PDF Reference page. 

• Christenhusz, M.J.M., Chase, M.W., Fay, M.F., Lumbsch, H.T., Monro, A.K., Vorontsova, M.S., Zhang, Z.-Q.. 2009. A new international journal for rapid publication of botanical taxonomy. Phytotaxa 1: 1–2. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.1.1.1 Reference page. 

• Chase, M.W., Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. 2009. A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 132–136. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x Reference page. 

• Schneider, J.V., Bissiengou, P., Amaral, M.C.E., Tahir, A., Fay, M.F., Thines, M., Sosef, M.S.M., Zizka, G. & Chatrou, L.W. 2014. Phylogenetics, ancestral state reconstruction, and a new infrafamilial classification of the pantropical Ochnaceae (Medusagynaceae, Ochnaceae s.str., Quiinaceae) based on five DNA regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 78: 199–214. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.018 PDF Reference page. 

• Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Byng, J.W. (eds). 2018. The Global Flora, Vol. 4: Special Edition, GLOVAP Nomenclature Part 1. Plant Gateway Ltd., Bradford. ISBN 978-0-9929993-9-1 Reference page. 

• Christenhusz, M.J.M., Bangiolo, L., Chase, M.W., Fay, M.F., Husby, C.E., Witkus, M. & Viruel, J. 2019. Phylogenetics, classification and typification of extant horsetails (Equisetum, Equisetaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 189(4): 311–352. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boz002 . Reference page.