Dipl.-Biol. Dr. Ralf Buchner
Assistant professor (half-time)
Ground floor, room 22
t: +43 (0)1 4277-540 13
m: ralf.buchner@univie.ac.at
Research Interests
- Palynology
- Morphology and Anatomy of Angiosperms
- PalDat - Integration of palynological research in a digital world
Cooperations
- Bundesgärten Wien_Innsbruck
- Botanischer Garten München
Curriculum Vitae
Current position
- 1997– Employment as Assistant Professor (half-time)
Education and scientific career
- 1995–1998 Employed at different research projects
- 1991–1995 Foreign exchange scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), PhD Thesis at the University of Vienna, Austria, entitled "Biosystematic investigations on selected genera of the tribe Urophylleae (Rubiaceae)"
- 1991 Master Thesis "Multidisciplinary studies to clarify the systematic position of the genus Danais Vent. (Rubiaceae)"
- 1985–1991 Biology studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany and at the University of Vienna, Austria
Publications
2009
Hesse, M., Halbritter, H., Zetter, R., Weber, M., Buchner, R., Frosch-Radivo, A., & Ulrich, S. (2009). Pollen Terminology. An illustrated Handbook. Springer-Verlag Wien. www.springer.com/springerwiennewyork/life+sciences/book/978-3-211-79893-5
2006
Buchner, R., & Zetter, R. (2006). Paldat - a database on fossil and recent pollen. In 7th European Palaeobotany-Palynology Conference. Abstracts Unknown publisher.
Hesse, M., Buchner, R., & Zetter, R. (2006). The palynological database PalDat: Now enhanced by fossil pollen data. Polen, 16.
2005
Buchner, R. (Author). (2005). Die historische Bildersammlung am Institut für Botanik. Web publication www.botanik.univie.ac.at/bildersammlung/.
Schachner, J., & Buchner, R. (2005). Sharing pictorial information via internet - a project based (mainly) on open source. In XVII International botanical congress, Vienna, Austria, Europe, Austria Center Vienna 17 - 23 July 2005: 100 years after the II IBC in Vienna 1905 Unknown publisher.
Buchner, R. (2005). The availability of historical photographs - a pragmatic approach. In XVII International botanical congress, Vienna, Austria, Europe, Austria Center Vienna 17 - 23 July 2005: 100 years after the II IBC in Vienna 1905 Unknown publisher.
2000
Buchner, R. (2000). Extreme inflorescence displacement in Stichianthus minutiflorus, a Bornean endemic of Rubiaceae. Linzer biologische Beiträge, 32, 606-607.
Buchner, R. (Author), & Weber, M. (Author). (2000). PalDat - a palynological database: Descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. Web publication www.paldat.org
Stuessy, T., Hörandl, E., Mayer, V., & Buchner, R. (2000). The new TAXON crew. Taxon: international journal of plant taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution, 49, 3-4.
1999
Weber, M., & Buchner, R. (1999). PalDat - a palynological database. In XVI International Botanical Congress. Abstracts: St. Louis, USA, August 1 - 7, 1999 Unknown publisher.
- 1998
Puff, C., & Buchner, R. (1998). Lecananthus and Leucocodon, two genera to be added to the tribe Schradereae (Rubiaceae), Blumea, 43, 265-286.
Puff, C., Greimler, J., & Buchner, R. (1998). Revision of Schradera (Rubiaceae-Schradereae) in Malesia. Blumea, 43, 287-335.
Puff, C., Robbrecht, E., Buchner, R., & De Block, P. (1996). Secondary pollen presentation in Rubiaceae. Opera Bot. Belg., 7, 369-402.
Puff, C., Igersheim, A., Buchner, R., & Rohrhofer, U. (1995). The united stamens of Rubiaceae. Morphology and anatomy; their role in pollination ecology. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard., 82, 357-382.
Buchner, R., & Puff, C. (1993). The genus complex Danais - Schismatoclada - Payera (Rubiaceae). Character states, generic delimitation and taxonomic position. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris, 4e sér., section B, Adansonia, 15, 23-74.
Buchner, R., Halbritter, H., Pfundner, G., & Hesse, M. (1990). Pollen of Limnanthes douglasii: a reinvestigation. Grana, 29, 207-211.