o. Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. Anton Weber
Honorary scientist and lecturer
4. floor, room 218
t: +43 (0)1 4277-540 87
m: anton.weber@univie.ac.at
Interests and areas of research
- Morphology and development of angiosperms (vegetative structures, inflorescences, flowers)
- Floral and dispersal ecology
- Systematics of angiosperms (specially of tropical alliances, e.g., Gesneriaceae, Melastomataceae, Zingiberaceae)
- Tropical botany (field work mainly in Malaysia and Costa Rica)
- Gesneriaceae-Gattungen
Teaching
Cooperations
- With scientists and scientific institutions worldwide (esp. USA, UK, D, MY)
Curriculum Vitae
Current position
- 2004– Honorary scientist and lecturer at the University of Vienna
Education and scientific career
- 2004 Retirement
- 1992–2003 Head of the Department "Morphology and Reproductive Ecology" at the Institute of Botany
- 1990–1992 Head of the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna
- 1986–1992 Head of the "Department of Morphology" at the Institute of Botany
- 1983 Appointment as full professor (o. Univ.-Prof.)
- 1977 Postdoctoral lecture qualification ("Habilitation") in "Botany with special regard of morphology and systematics of higher plants"
- 1971–1977 University assistant at the Institute of Botany, Univ. of Vienna
- 1971 Completion of doctoral thesis ("Morphology of the gynoecium of Gesneriaceae") and granting of the title "Dr. phil." (Doctor of philosophy, equivalent to Ph.D.)
- 1965–1971 Studies in biology (botany, zoology) at the University of Vienna, Austria
Publications
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2016
Weber, A. (2016). In memoriam Stefan Vogel (1925-2015). Flora, 218, 92-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2015.12.005
Möller, M., Wei, Y-G., Wen, F., Clark, J. L., & Weber, A. (2016). You win some you lose some: updated generic delineations and classification of Gesneriaceae – implications for the family in China. Guihaia, 36(1), 44-60.
2015
Berger, A., Clark, J. L., & Weber, A. (2015). Besleria macropoda (Gesneriaceae): lectotypification, distribution, functional epiphylly and discordant fruit morphology of a rare Costa Rican endemic. Phytotaxa, 233(2), 139-152. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.233.2.2
2014
Bröderbauer, D., Ulrich, S., & Weber, A. (2014). Adaptations for insect-trapping in brood-site pollinated Colocasia (Araceae). Plant Biology, 16(3), 659-668. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.12081
2013
Weber, A., Clark, J. L., & Möller, M. (2013). A new formal classification of Gesneriaceae. Selbyana: the journal of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 31(2), 68-94.
Weber, A. (2013). Blüten- und ausbreitungsökologische Studien im Esquinas-Regenwald. In R. Albert, W. Huber, S. Pamperl, W. Wanek, A. Weber, & A. Weissenhofer (Eds.), 20 Jahre Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica (pp. 70-73). Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica..
Guo, Y-F., Wang, Y-Q., & Weber, A. (2013). Floral ecology of Oreocharis acaulis (Gesneriaceae): an exceptional case of "preanthetic" protogyny combined with approach herkogamy. Flora, 208(1), 58-67.
Fiedler, K., Schönenberger, J., Weber, A., & Albert, R. (2013). Forschung und Lehre an der Tropenstation La Gamba - ein Überblick. In R. Albert, W. Huber, S. Pamperl, W. Wanek, A. Weber, & A. Weissenhofer (Eds.), 20 Jahre Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica (pp. 60-65). Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica..
Weber, A., & Speckmaier, M. (2013). Fruit structure and seed dispersal of orchids. In D. Rakosy, M. Speckmaier, A. Weber, W. Huber, & A. Weissenhofer (Eds.), Orchids: Botanical jewels of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica (pp. 26-27). Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica..
Rakosy, D., Speckmaier, M., Weber, A., Huber, W., & Weissenhofer, A. (Eds.) (2013). Orchids: Botanical jewels of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica. Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica.
Weber, A. (2013). Pair-flowered cymes in the Lamiales: structure, distribution and origin. Annals of Botany, 112(8), 1577-1595.
Weber, A., & Speckmaier, M. (2013). Plant body, growth paterns and inflorescence structure of orchids. In D. Rakosy, M. Speckmaier, A. Weber, W. Huber, & A. Weissenhofer (Eds.), Orchids: Botanical jewels of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica (pp. 10-13). Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica..
Weber, A., & Rakosy, D. (2013). Pollination biology of orchids. In D. Rakosy, M. Speckmaier, A. Weber, W. Huber, & A. Weissenhofer (Eds.), Orchids: Botanical jewels of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica (pp. 19-25). Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica..
Rakosy, D., Speckmaier, M., & Weber, A. (2013). Selected orchids of the Golfo Dulce region. In D. Rakosy, M. Speckmaier, A. Weber, W. Huber, & A. Weissenhofer (Eds.), Orchids: Botanical jewels of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica (pp. 43-185). Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica..
Middleton, D., Weber, A., Yao, T. L., Sontag, S., & Möller, M. (2013). The current status of the species hitherto assigned to Henckelia (Gesneriaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany: an international journal of plant systematics and biodiversity, 70(3), 385-404.
Bröderbauer, D., Weber, A., & Diaz, A. (2013). The design of trapping devices in pollination traps of the genus Arum (Araceae) is related to insect type. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 172(3), 385-397. https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12054
Weber, A., & Rakosy, D. (2013). The orchid flower. In D. Rakosy, M. Speckmaier, A. Weber, W. Huber, & A. Weissenhofer (Eds.), Orchids: Botanical jewels of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica (pp. 14-18). Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica..
Huber, W., Weissenhofer, A., & Weber, A. (2013). Vegetationsökologische, floristische und morphologisch-ökologische Studien im Esquinas-Regenwald. In R. Albert, W. Huber, S. Pamperl, W. Wanek, A. Weber, & A. Weissenhofer (Eds.), 20 Jahre Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica (pp. 66-69). Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica..
Rakosy, D., Speckmaier, M., & Weber, A. (2013). Welcome to the fascinating world of Golfo Dulce orchids. In D. Rakosy, M. Speckmaier, A. Weber, W. Huber, & A. Weissenhofer (Eds.), Orchids: Botanical jewels of the Golfo Dulce region, Costa Rica (pp. 8-9). Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba, Costa Rica..