Stefan Löfstrand, PhD
University Assistent (postdoc)
4. floor, room 414
t: +43 (0)1 4277-540 83
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
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: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.01.014
2017
Sauquet, H., Von Balthazar, M., Magallón, S., Doyle, J. A., Endress, P. K., Bailes, E. J., ... Schönenberger, J. (2017). The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification. Nature Communications, 8, [16047]. DOI: 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 B: Biological Sciences, 284(1852), [20170066]. DOI: 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: 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: 10.1111/boj.12266
Sauquet, H., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., Magallon, S., Doyle, J. A., Endress, P. K., Bailes, E., ... 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., ... 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: 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 (Actinidiaceae, Roridulaceae, and Sarraceniaceae) of the Ericales. Poster session presented at Systematikdagarna 2013, Stockholm, Sweden.
Löfstrand, S., & Schönenberger, J. (2013). Comparative floral structure in the sarracenioid clade (Ericales). In Abstract book [128]
Löfstrand, S., & Schönenberger, J. (2013). Comparative floral structure in the sarracenioid clade (Ericales). Poster session presented at 2nd BioSyst.EU meeting , Wien, Austria.
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.