PhD MSc Stefan Löfstrand
University Assistent (postdoc)
4. floor, room 418
t: +43 (0)1 4277-540 87
m: stefan.loefstrand@univie.ac.at
Research Interests
- Flower evolution, flower morphology, and phylogeny of angiosperms, particularly Ericales and Rubiaceae
- „Morphospaces“
Projects
- Coussareeae phylogeny (Rubiaceae)
- Flower morphology in Ericales
- “Flower morphospaces“
Cooperations
- Catarina Rydin, Stockholm University
- Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Swedish Natural History Museum
- Charlotte M. Taylor, Missouri Botanical Garden
Curriculum Vitae
Current position
- 2018– University assistent (postdoc), University Vienna, Austria
Education and scientific career
- 2016–2018 University assistant (postdoc); Stockholm University, Sweden
- 2015–2016 University assistant; University Vienna, Austria
- 2015 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Life Sciences (Biology); University Vienna, Austria
- 2012–2015 University assistant (Pre-Doc) and PhD student, University Vienna, Austria
- 2010–2012 University assistant (Pre-Doc); Stockholm University, Sweden
- 2010 Master of Science (MSc) in Biology (Systematic Botany); Stockholm University, Sweden
- 2004 Secondary school graduate; Värmdö Gymnasium, Sweden
Publications
2021
Chartier, M., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., Sontag, S., Löfstrand, S., Palme, T., Jabbour, F., Sauquet, H., & Schönenberger, J. (2021). Global patterns and a latitudinal gradient of flower disparity: perspectives from the angiosperm order Ericales. New Phytologist, 230(2), 821-831. doi.org/10.1111/nph.17195
2018
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
2017
Sauquet, H., Von Balthazar, M., Magallón, S., Doyle, J. A., Endress, P. K., Bailes, E. J., Barroso de Morais, E., Bull-Hereñu, K., Carrive, L., Chartier, M., Chomicki, G., Coiro, M., Cornette, R., El Ottra, J. H. L., Epicoco, C., Foster, C. S. P., Jabbour, F., Haevermans, A., Haevermans, T., ... Schönenberger, J. (2017). The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification. Nature Communications, 8, [16047]. doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16047
Chartier, M., Loefstrand, S., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., Gerber, S., Jabbour, F., Sauquet, H., & Schönenberger, J. (2017). How (much) do flowers vary? Unbalanced disparity among flower functional modules and a mosaic pattern of morphospace occupation in the order Ericales. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 284(1852), [20170066]. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0066
2016
Loefstrand, S. D., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., & Schoenenberger, J. (2016). Early floral development and androecium organization in the sarracenioid clade (Actinidiaceae, Roridulaceae and Sarraceniaceae) of Ericales. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 180(3), 295-318. doi.org/10.1111/boj.12382
2015
Loefstrand, S. D., & Schönenberger, J. (2015). Molecular phylogenetics and floral evolution in the sarracenioid clade (Actinidiaceae, Roridulaceae and Sarraceniaceae) of Ericales. Taxon, 64(6), 1209-1224.
Loefstrand, S. D., & Schönenberger, J. (2015). Comparative floral structure and systematics in the sarracenioid clade (Actinidiaceae, Roridulaceae and Sarraceniaceae) of Ericales. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 178(1), 1-46. doi.org/10.1111/boj.12266
Sauquet, H., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., Magallon, S., Doyle, J. A., Endress, P. K., Bailes, E., Barroso de Morais, E., Bull-Herenu, K., Carrive, L., Chartier, M., Chomicki, G., Coiro, M., El Ottra, J. H. L., Epicoco, C., Haevermans, T., Jabbour, F., Hernandez Gutierrez, R., Little, S. A., Löfstrand, S., ... Schönenberger, J. (2015). Fifteen clues to the early diversification of flowers: first results from the eFLOWER initiative. In Botany 2015. Science and Plants for People. Abstracts [1159]
Löfstrand, S., & Schönenberger, J. (2015). Finding the elusive floral synapomorphies for the disparate, yet closely related, families Actinidiaceae, Roridulaceae, and Sarraceniaceae (Ericales). In Botany 2015. Science and Plants for People. Abstracts [661]
Chartier, M., Gerber, S., Löfstrand, S., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., Jabbour, F., Sauquet, H., Crane, P., & Schönenberger, J. (2015). How (much) do flowers vary? – The floral morphospace of Ericales. In Botany 2015. Science and Plants for People. Abstracts [124]
2014
Löfstrand, S., Krüger, Å., Razafimandimbison, S., & Bremer, B. (2014). Phylogeny and generic delimitations in the sister tribes Hymenodictyeae and Naucleeae (Rubiaceae). Systematic Botany, 39(1), 304-315. doi.org/10.1600/036364414X678116
2013
Löfstrand, S., & Schönenberger, J. (2013). Comparative floral structure in the sarracenioid clade (Actinidiaceae, Roridulaceae, and Sarraceniaceae) of the Ericales. In Abstract book [10]
Löfstrand, S., & Schönenberger, J. (2013). Comparative floral structure in the sarracenioid clade (Ericales). In Abstract book [128]
2012
Löfstrand, S., Razafimandimbison, S. G., & Bremer, B. (2012). Generic delimitations in Naucleeae (Rubiaceae-Cinchonoideae). In 21st International Symposium "Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology" of the German Botanical Society (DBG) in Mainz, September 16th - 19th 2012 Unknown publisher.
Löfstrand, S., Razafimandimbison, S. G., & Bremer, B. (2012). Generic delimitations in Naucleeae (Rubiaceae-Cinchonoideae). Poster session presented at 21st International Symposium "Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology" of the German Botanical Society (DBG), Mainz, Germany.