A5003257401- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Plant and animal studies
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies
- Bryophyte Studies and Records
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Botanical Research and Chemistry
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Botanical Studies and Applications
University of Vienna
2007-2024
The occurrence of Echinops siculus Strobl, previously considered endemic to Italy, is for the first time reported from Balkan Peninsula based on plants collected in Corfu (Greece). Morphological similarities with other taxa L. recorded Greece are briefly discussed. Presence albidus Boiss. & Spruner excluded E. spinosissimus Turra subsp. neumayeri (Vis.) Kožuharov confirmed Albania. Further notes concerning these three species Ionian Islands provided. names lectotypified.
Summary Flowers have been hypothesized to contain either modules of attraction and reproduction, functional (pollination‐effecting parts) or developmental (organ‐specific). Do pollination specialization syndromes influence floral modularity? In order test these hypotheses answer this question, we focused on the genus Erica : gathered 3D data from flowers 19 species with diverse via computed tomography, for first time tested above‐mentioned geometric morphometrics. To provide an evolutionary...
The Balkan Peninsula as one of Europe's biodiversity hotspots came into the focus biogeographic research during last decade, but phylogeography its mountain flora still remains widely unexplored. To investigate historical and future range dynamics within Gentianella crispata, a typical plant mountainous grasslands sub-endemic to with single known population in southern Italy, we combine molecular analyses based on cpDNA sequence amplified fragment length polymorphism data species...
Greece, as one of the European biodiversity hotspots, is long since in focus botanical investigations. Among historical researchers significantly contributing to floristic and taxonomic exploration was Eugen von Halácsy, a Viennese physician botanist. He first so far last author complete Greek flora, Conspectus Florae Graecae, has compiled seminal herbarium collection plant specimens originating from Greece. This Herbarium Graecum approx. 26,000 vouchers, today held by University Vienna...
The new species, Thliphthisa sapphus sp. nov. (Rubiaceae, Rubieae), a narrow endemic of the white cliffs Lefkátas on southwest coast Lefkada (Greece) is described and illustrated an IUCN assessment presented. Vegetation relevés were performed at single known locality, limestone facing sea revealed association, - Lomelosietum dallaportae . chromosome number was determined as 2 n = 4 x 44, being tetraploid species in genus to date. also differs markedly morphologically from its closest...
An up-to-date biography of Mihael Dimonie (1870–1935), an important Aromanian plant collector in the southern Balkan Peninsula, is presented. So far, he has been better known to linguists than botanists on account Codex and his contributions cultural heritage. His private herbarium collections were destroyed two separate fires 1917 1944, only numerous vouchers belonging Plantae Macedonicae series that had commercially distributed remain. These specimens are available several European...
Nomenclatural and taxonomic information are crucial for curating botanical collections. In the course of changing methods systematic studies, classification systems changed considerably over time (Dalla Torre Harms 1900, Durand Bentham 1888, Endlicher 1836, Angiosperm Phylogeny Group et al. 2016). Various approaches to store preserved material have been implemented, most them based on scientific names (e.g., families, genera, species) often in combination with other criteria such as...
Anton Kerner together with his brother Joseph described five taxa of Gentianella, then classified as species within Gentiana sect. Endotricha. Of these, four were based on material distributed in seminal Flora exsiccata Austro-Hungarica series. In the following decades a multitude names was created this intricate group due to ecotypic polymorphism. We here provide lectotypes, currently accepted and synonymies these coined by brothers: austriaca, G. norica, praecox, rhaetica sturmiana.
Knowledge on the habitats, life history traits and genetic structure of rare possibly endangered species is fundamental for conservation biodiversity. Especially taxa with fragmented isolated populations, like narrow endemic Dianthus plumarius subsp. blandus thriving open habitats over stabilized scree, are expected to suffer from loss diversity increasing differentiation between populations due drift. This study aims at resolving within among this taxon in Gesäuse Mts. (Austria) two...
The description of Hippion obtusifolium F.W. Schmidt was followed by more than 200 years confusion concerning the identity this taxon, origin material it is based on, and its typification. Hereby, we briefly summarize historical development, clarify typification taxon currently known as Gentianella obtusifolia designate an epitype to stabilize application name having priority over G. aspera. Additionally, morphological characterization geographic distribution are discussed exhaustive...
Summary Three hypotheses can explain floral modularity: the attraction-reproduction, efficiency, and developmental hypotheses. In order to test these understand if pollination specialisation syndrome influence modularity, we focussed on genus Erica : gathered 3D data from flowers of species with diverse syndromes via Computed Tomography, analysed their shape geometric morphometrics. provide an evolutionary framework for our results tested mode shape, size, integration under regimes, - first...