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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Recent Publications 2019-2020
2020
Leme, F. M., Schönenberger, J., Staedler, Y. M., & Teixeira, S. P. (2020). Comparative floral development reveals novel aspects of structure and diversity of flowers in Cannabaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, XX, 1-20. doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa004
Currano, E. D., Jacobs, B. F., Bush, R. T., Novello, A., Feseha, M., Grimsson, F., McInerney, F. A., Michel, L. A., Pan, A. D., Phelps, S. R., Polissar, P., Strömberg, C. A. E., & Tabor, N. J. (2020). Ecological dynamic equilibrium in an early Miocene (21.73 Ma) forest, Ethiopia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 539, [109425]. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109425
Xiao, N., Bock, P., Antreich, S. J., Staedler, Y. M., Schönenberger, J., & Gierlinger, N. (2020). From the Soft to the Hard: Changes in Microchemistry During Cell Wall Maturation of Walnut Shells. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, [466]. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00466
Reich, D., Berger, A., von Balthazar, M., Chartier, M., Sherafati, M., Schönenberger, J., Manafzadeh, S., & Staedler, Y. M. (2020). Modularity and evolution of flower shape: the role of function, development, and spandrels in Erica. New Phytologist. doi.org/10.1111/nph.16337
Weber, M., Ulrich, S., Ciarallo, A., Henneberg, M., & Henneberg, R. J. (2020). Pollen analysis of volcanic ash in Pompeian human skeletal remains. Grana, 59(1), 107-113. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2019.1638448
Ulrich, S., & Grímsson, F. (2020). The single-grain method: adding TEM to the equation. Grana, 59(1), 44-57. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2019.1666915
2019
Dellinger, A. S., Artuso, S., Pamperl, S., Michelangeli, F. A., Penneys, D. S., Fernández-Fernández, D. M., Alvear, M., Almeda, F., Armbruster, W. S., Städler, Y., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Modularity increases rate of floral evolution and adaptive success for functionally specialized pollination systems. Communications Biology, 2(1), [453]. doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0697-7
Dellinger, A., Pöllabauer, L., Loreti, M., Czurda, J., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Testing functional hypotheses on poricidal anther dehiscence and heteranthery in buzz-pollinated flowers. Acta ZooBot Austria , 156, 197-214.
Morais, E. B., Schönenberger, J., Conti, E., Antonelli, A., & Szoevenyi, P. (2019). Orthologous nuclear markers and new transcriptomes that broadly cover the phylogenetic diversity of Acanthaceae. Applications in Plant Sciences, 7(9), [e11290]. doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11290
Grimsson, F., Graham, S. A., Coiro, M., Jacobs, B. F., Xafis, A., Neumann, F. H., Scott, L., Sakala, J., Currano, E. D., & Zetter, R. (2019). Origin and divergence of Afro-Indian Picrodendraceae: linking pollen morphology, dispersal modes, fossil records, molecular dating and paleogeography. Grana, 58(4), 227-275. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2019.1594357
Dellinger, A. S., Scheer, L. M., Artuso, S., Fernández-Fernández, D., Sornoza, F., Penneys, D. S., Tenhaken, R., Dötterl, S., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Bimodal Pollination Systems in Andean Melastomataceae Involving Birds, Bats, and Rodents. The American Naturalist, 194(1), 104-116. doi.org/10.1086/703517
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., Michelangeli, F. A., Staedler, Y., Armbruster, W. S., & 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
Xafis, A., Tsoukala, E., Solounias, N., Mandic, O., Harzhauser, M., Grímsson, F., & Nagel, D. (2019). Fossil Giraffidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late Miocene of Thermopigi (Macedonia, Greece). Palaeontologia Electronica, 22(3), [22.3.67]. doi.org/10.26879/889
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), 83-104. doi.org/10.3417/2018219
Bastl, K., Bastl, M., Berger, U., & Weber, M. (2019). Air and surface soil samples – two different pairs of shoes? Comparing the pollen spectrum on different days of the pollen season. Grana, 58(5), 371-382. doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2019.1615985
Maia, A. C. D., Grimm, C., Schubert, M., Etl, F., Gonçalves, E. G., Do Amaral Ferraz Navarro, D. M., Schulz, S., & Dötterl, S. (2019). Correction to: Novel Floral Scent Compounds from Night-Blooming Araceae Pollinated by Cyclocephaline Scarabs (Melolonthidae, Cyclocephalini). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45(2), 214-215. doi.org/10.1007/s10886-018-1026-1
Kellenberger, R. T., Byers, K. J. R. P., De Brito Francisco, R. M., Staedler, Y. M., LaFountain, A. M., Schönenberger, J., Schiestl, F. P., & 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
Sapir, Y., Brunet, J., Byers, D. L., Imbert, E., Schönenberger, J., & Staedler, Y. (2019). Floral Evolution: Breeding Systems, Pollinators, and Beyond. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 180(9), 929-933. doi.org/10.1086/706240
Etl, F., Brandauer, S. S., Brandauer, P., Prader, S., Neier, V., Dötterl, S., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Flower visitors of Calathea lutea (Marantaceae): The role of the hummingbird Threnetes ruckeri. Acta ZooBot Austria , 156, 183-196.
Xafis, A., Mayda, S., Grimsson, F., Nagel, D., Kaya, T., & Halaçlar, K. (2019). Fossil Giraffidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Turolian of Kavakdere (Central Anatolia, Turkey). Academie des Sciences. Comptes Rendus. Palevol, 18(6), 619-642. doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2019.04.010
Moreno, L. F., Mayer, V., Voglmayr, H., Blatrix, R., Stielow, J. B., Teixeira, M. M., Vicente, V. A., & 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
Maia, A. C. D., Grimm, C., Schubert, M., Etl, F., Gonçalves, E. G., Do Amaral Ferraz Navarro, D. M., Schulz, S., & Dötterl, S. (2019). Novel Floral Scent Compounds from Night-Blooming Araceae Pollinated by Cyclocephaline Scarabs (Melolonthidae, Cyclocephalini). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45(2), 204-213. doi.org/10.1007/s10886-018-1018-1
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
Gaisbauer, I., Galik, A., Heiss, A. G., Popovtschak, M., Thanheiser, U., Weber, M., & Wiesinger, S. (2019). Schwarze Schichten in Wien. In S. Felgenhauer-Schmiedt (Ed.), Von Vindobona zu Wienna — Archäologisch-historische Untersuchungen zu den Anfängen Wiens (pp. 220–250). Österreichische Gesellschaft für Mittelalterarchäologie. Beiträge zur Mittelalterarchäologie in Österreich
Grímsson, F., Jacobs, B. F., Van Valkenburg, J. L. C. H., Wieringa, J. J., Xafis, A., Tabor, N., Pan, A. D., & 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
Svoma, E., Mayer, V., Stuessy, T. F., & Urtubey, E. (2019). Staminal features in Barnadesioideae (Asteraceae): description, evolution and function. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, XX, 1-24. doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz091
Busch, J. S., & Mayer, V. (2019). Surface structures of Cecropia plants as landmarks for orientation of ant foundress queens? Acta ZooBot Austria , 156, 135-144.
Damerval, C., Citerne, H., Conde e Silva, N., Deveaux, Y., Delannoy, E., Joets, J., Simonnet, F., Staedler, Y., Schönenberger, J., Yansouni, J., Le Guilloux, M., Sauquet, H., & 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