Our research and teaching are deeply rooted in organismal biology, i.e. the study of structure, function, and evolution at the level of the organism. We focus on questions of plant diversity – How have key structural features such as the angiosperm flower evolved? How is morphological diversity distributed among taxa? How are different structural features correlated with one another? Why are certain morphologies common and have evolved repeatedly while others are rare? We address these and related questions across a broad range of taxa and apply state-of-the art techniques as well as novel theoretical approaches to answer them.
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- New publications:
Genomic analysis of ant domatia-associated melanized fungi (Chaetothyriales, Ascomycota)
Moreno L. F., Mayer V., Voglmayr H., Blatrix R., Stielow J. B., Teixeira M. M., Vicente V. A., de Hoog S.
Mycological Progress 18(4): 541-552 (2019)
Emergence of a floral colour polymorphism by pollinator-mediated overdominance
Roman T. Kellenberger, Kelsey J. R. P. Byers, Rita M. De Brito Francisco, Yannick M. Staedler, Amy M. LaFountain, Jürg Schönenberger, Florian P. Schiestl & Philipp M. Schlüter
Nature Communications volume 10, Article number: 63 (2019)
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- 2019 National Symposium "Geometric Morphometrics Austria"
on methods and applications of GM in organismal evolution and ecology (Flyer)
Wednesday 27 & Thursday 28 March 2019
at the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna
Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna
Recent Publications 2018-2019
2019
Vasconcelos, T. N. C., Chartier, M., Prenner, G., Martins, A. C., Schönenberger, J., Wingler, A., & Lucas, E. (2019). Floral uniformity through evolutionary time in a species-rich tree lineage. New Phytologist, 221(3), 1597-1608. doi.org/10.1111/nph.15453
Dellinger, A. S., Chartier, M., Fernández-Fernández, D., Penneys, D. S., Alvear, M., Almeda, F., ... Schönenberger, J. (2019). Beyond buzz-pollination – departures from an adaptive plateau lead to new pollination syndromes. New Phytologist, 221(2), 1136-1149. doi.org/10.1111/nph.15468
Jiménez, P. D., Hentrich, H., Aguilar-Rodríguez , P. A., Krömer, T., Chartier, M., MacSwiney G. , M. C., & Gibernau, M. (2019). A Review on the Pollination of Aroids with Bisexual Flowers. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 104(1). doi.org/10.3417/2018219
Kellenberger, R. T., Byers, K. J. R. P., De Brito Francisco, R. M., Staedler, Y. M., LaFountain, A. M., Schönenberger, J., ... Schlüter, P. M. (2019). Emergence of a floral colour polymorphism by pollinator-mediated overdominance. Nature Communications, 10, [63]. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07936-x
Moreno, L. F., Mayer, V., Voglmayr, H., Blatrix, R., Stielow, J. B., Teixeira, M. M., ... de Hoog, S. (2019). Genomic analysis of ant domatia-associated melanized fungi (Chaetothyriales, Ascomycota). Mycological Progress, 18(4), 541-552. doi.org/10.1007/s11557-018-01467-x
Grímsson, F., van Valkenburg, J. L. C. H., Wieringa, J. J., Xafis, A., Jacobs, B. F., & Zetter, R. (2019). Pollen morphology of the African Sclerosperma (Arecaceae). Grana, 58(2), 99-113. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2018.1519033
Grímsson, F., Jacobs, B. F., Van Valkenburg, J. L. C. H., Wieringa, J. J., Xafis, A., Tabor, N., ... Zetter, R. (2019). Sclerosperma fossils from the late Oligocene of Chilga, north-western Ethiopia. Grana, 58(2), 81-98 . doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2018.1510977
Damerval, C., Citerne, H., Conde e Silva, N., Deveaux, Y., Delannoy, E., Joets, J., ... Nadot, S. (2019). Unraveling the Developmental and Genetic Mechanisms Underpinning Floral Architecture in Proteaceae. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, [18]. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00018
2018
Halbritter, H., Ulrich, S., Grimsson, F., Weber, M., Zetter, R., Hesse, M., ... Frosch-Radivo, A. (2018). Illustrated Pollen Terminology. (2 ed.) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71365-6
Roguz, K., Bajguz, A., Golebiewska, A., Chmur, M., Hill, L., Kalinowski, P., ... Zych, M. (2018). Functional Diversity of Nectary Structure and Nectar Composition in the Genus Fritillaria (Liliaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, [1246]. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01246
Rose, J. P., Kleist, T. J., Löfstrand, S. D., Drew, B. T., Schönenberger, J., & Sytsma, K. J. (2018). Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and diversification of angiosperm order Ericales suggest ancient Neotropical and East Asian connections. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 122, 59-79. doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.01.014
Jeiter, J., Staedler, Y. M., Schönenberger, J., Weigend, M., & Luebert, F. (2018). Gynoecium and Fruit Development in Heliotropium Sect. Heliothamnus (Heliotropiaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences, 179(4), 275–286. doi.org/10.1086/696219
Leme, F. M., Staedler, Y. M., Schönenberger, J., & Teixeira, S. P. (2018). Ontogeny and Vascularization Elucidate the Atypical Floral Structure of Ampelocera glabra, a Tropical Species of Ulmaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 179(6), 461-476. doi.org/10.1086/697899
Grímsson, F., Grimm, G. W., Potts, A. J., Zetter, R., & Renner, S. S. (2018). A Winteraceae pollen tetrad from the early Paleocene of western Greenland, and the fossil record of Winteraceae in Laurasia and Gondwana. Journal of Biogeography, 45(3), 567-581. doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13154
Kirchheimer, B., Wessely, J., Gattringer, A., Hülber, K., Moser, D., Schinkel, C. C. F., ... Dullinger, S. (2018). Reconstructing geographical parthenogenesis: Effects of niche differentiation and reproductive mode on Holocene range expansion of an alpine plant. Ecology Letters, 21(3), 392-401. doi.org/10.1111/ele.12908
Grímsson, F., Xafis, A., Neumann, F. H., Scott, L., Bamford, M. K., & Zetter, R. (2018). The first Loranthaceae fossils from Africa. Grana, 57(4), 249-259. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2018.1430167
Chomicki, G., Staedler, Y. M., Bidel, L. P. R., Jay-Allemand, C., Schönenberger, J., & Renner, S. S. (2018). Deciphering the complex architecture of an herb using micro-computed X-ray tomography, with an illustrated discussion on architectural diversity of herbs. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 186(2), 145-157. [box090]. doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/box090
Staedler, Y. M., Kreisberger, T., Manafzadeh, S., Chartier, M., Handschuh, S., Pamperl, S., ... Schönenberger, J. (2018). Novel computed tomography-based tools reliably quantify plant reproductive investment. Journal of Experimental Botany, 69(3), 525-535. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx405
Grímsson, F., Grimm, G. W., & Zetter, R. (2018). Evolution of pollen morphology in Loranthaceae. Grana, 57(1-2), 16-116. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2016.1261939
Reyes, E., Nadot, S., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., Schönenberger, J., & Sauquet, H. (2018). Testing the impact of morphological rate heterogeneity on ancestral state reconstruction of five floral traits in angiosperms. Scientific Reports, 8(1), [9473]. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27750-1
Cyran, N., Palumbo, A., Klepal, W., Vidal, E. A. G., Staedler, Y., Schönenberger, J., & von Byern, J. (2018). The short life of the Hoyle organ of Sepia officinalis: formation, differentiation and degradation by programmed cell death. Hydrobiologia: the international journal on limnology and marine sciences, 808(1), 35-55. doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3291-3, doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3291-3
Mayer, V., Nepel, M., Blatrix, R., Oberhauser, F. B., Fiedler, K., Schönenberger, J., & Voglmayr, H. (2018). Transmission of fungal partners to incipient Cecropia-tree ant colonies. PLoS ONE, 13(2), [e0192207]. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192207