Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürg Schönenberger
Head of Division
4. floor, room 415
t: +43 (0)1 4277-540 80
m: juerg.schoenenberger@univie.ac.at
Research interests
Our primary research interests are in organismal evolution and phylogenetics of angiosperms. We have particular interests in the comparative analysis of floral structure and function, both of extant and of fossil angiosperms, the study of floral ontogeny, and the analysis of character evolution in a phylogenetic framework. We integrate results from comparative morphology, palaeobotany, and molecular phylogenetics in order to shed light onto the early evolution and diversification of the angiosperms and their flowers. Systematically, our current research focuses on the order Ericales. However, we am involved in a series of research projects in other phylogenetic lineages including Acanthaceae, Araceae, Malvaceae, Melastomataceae, and Orchidaceae). Three topics that we have become interested only more recently and that we hope to develop further in the coming years include pollination biology (particularly in the tropics), novel technical approaches to the study of floral structure (High Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography) and modern theoretical approaches (morphospace analysis) for the analysis of plant evolution and diversity.
Projects
- The eFLOWER initiative: A framework for understanding the evolution and diversification of flowers
- Development of novel applications of x-ray computed tomography in plant science
- Floral evolution and diversification in the light of morphospace analyses (FWF-Project: P 25077-B16)
- Floral diversity and evolutionary history of Ericales
- Pollinator shifts and floral Evolution in the Merianieae (Melastomataceae) (FWF-Project: P 30669-B29)
Teaching
Cooperations
- Stockholm Universität, Schweden
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden, California, USA
Curriculum Vitae
Current position
- 2009– Professor in Structural Botany
Education and scientific career
- 2004–2009 Lecturer in Plant Systematics, Department of Botany, Stockholm University, Sweden
- 2007 Docent in Plant Systematics, Stockholm University, Sweden
- 2002–2004 Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Funded through a fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation - 2000–2002 Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 1998–2000 Department of Palaeobotany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
- 1998 Dr. phil. (PhD) in Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 1994 Diplom (MSc) in Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Publications
2017
Ramirez-Barahona, S., Schönenberger, J., Sauquet, H., & Magallon, S. (2017). Temporal patterns of extant species diversification of the families of flowering plants. In XIX IBC 2017, Abstract Book I: Oral Presentations (pp. 188-189). [T2-31-12]
Sauquet, H., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., Magallon, S., Sanmartin, I., & Schönenberger, J. (2017). Testing the morphological clock using an angiosperm-wide floral dataset. In XIX IBC 2017, Abstract Book I: Oral Presentations (pp. 186-187). [T2-31-06]
2016
Chomicki, G., Städler, Y., Schönenberger, J., & Renner, S. S. (2016). Partner choice through concealed floral sugar rewards evolved with the specialization of ant-plant mutualisms. New Phytologist, 211(4), 1358-1370. doi.org/10.1111/nph.13990
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
Low, S. L., Wong, S. Y., Ooi, I. H., Hesse, M., Städler, Y., Schönenberger, J., & Boyce, P. C. (2016). Floral diversity and pollination strategies of three rheophytic Schismatoglottideae (Araceae). Plant Biology, 18(1), 84-97. doi.org/10.1111/plb.12320
Nepel, M., Voglmayr, H., Blatrix, R., Longino, J. T., Fiedler, K., Schönenberger, J., & Mayer, V. (2016). Ant-cultivated Chaetothyriales in hollow stems of myrmecophytic Cecropia sp. trees – diversity and patterns. Fungal Ecology, 23, 131-140. doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2016.07.007
Chomicki, G., Städler, Y., Schönenberger, J., & Renner, S. S. (2016). Corrigendum: Partner choice through concealed floral sugar rewards evolved with the specialization of ant-plant mutualisms. New Phytologist, 212(3), 793. doi.org/10.1111/nph.14187
Chartier, M., Liagre, S., Weiss-Schneeweiss, H., Kolano, B., Bessière, J-M., Schönenberger, J., & Gibernau, M. (2016). Floral traits and pollination ecology of European Arum hybrids. Oecologia, 180(2), 439–451. doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3498-9
Sauquet, H., Reyes, E., Nadot, S., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., & Schönenberger, J. (2016). Inferring rates of morphological evolution and their impact on ancestral state reconstruction: an empirical study based on floral traits. Paper presented at Botany 2016, Savannah, Georgia, United States.
Schönenberger, J., Chartier, M., & Städler, Y. (2016). Modern theoretical and technical approaches in plant morphology. Modern Phytomorphology, 9(Suppl.), 79. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.159706
Etl, F., Berger, A., Weber, A., Schönenberger, J., & Dötterl, S. (2016). Nocturnal plant bugs use cis-jasmone to locate inflorescences of an Araceae as feeding and mating site. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 42(4), 300–304. doi.org/10.1007/s10886-016-0688-9
Von Byern, J., Kerbl, A., Nödl, M-T., Bello, G., Städler, Y., Schönenberger, J., & Cyran, N. (2016). Spine Formation as a Hatching Tool in Euprymna scolopes (Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Sepiolidae). Malacologia, 59(2), 231-238. doi.org/10.4002/040.059.0204
Chartier, M., Dressler, S., Schönenberger, J., Mora, A. R., Sarthou, C., Wang, W., & Jabbour, F. (2016). The evolution of afro-montane Delphinium (Ranunculaceae): Morphospecies, phylogenetics and biogeography. Taxon, 65(6), 1313-1327. doi.org/10.12705/656.6
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.
Cyran, N., Von Byern, J., Städler, Y., Schönenberger, J., & Klepal, W. (2015). Hatching glands in Cephalopods: Origin, differentiation and degradation by programmed cell death. CIAC 2015, Hakodate, Japan.
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
Cyran, N., Klepal, W., Städler, Y., Schönenberger, J., & von Byern, J. (2015). Alterations in the mantle epithelium during transition from hatching gland to adhesive organ of Idiosepius pygmaeus (Mollusca, Cephalopoda). Mechanisms of Development, 135, 43-57. doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2014.11.003
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]
Little, S. A., Massoni, J., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., Carrive, L., Couvreur, T. L. P., Schönenberger, J., Städler, Y., & Sauquet, H. (2015). Floral evolution in Magnoliidae: an integrated approach. In Botany 2015. Science and Plants for People. Abstracts [1013]
Dellinger, A., Paun, O., Penneys, D. S., & Schönenberger, J. (2015). From bee to bird: pollinator shifts in the Merianieae (Melastomataceae). In Abstract-Booklet zur Tagung
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]
Schönenberger, J., Chartier, M., & Kriebel, R. (2015). Morphospaces, Morphometrics, and Phylogenetics. In Botany 2015. Science and Plants for People. Abstracts [118]
Schönenberger, J., & Kiehn, M. (2015). Pflanzen auf der Jagd. Wiener Ball der Wissenschaft., 2015, 8-9.
Schönenberger, J. (2015). Who dares to call oneself a plant morphologist? In Botany 2015. Science and Plants for People. Abstracts [9]
Kreisberger, T., Pamperl, S., Chartier, M., Manafzadeh, S., Handschuh, S., Sontag, S., Paulus, H., Schönenberger, J., & Städler, Y. (2015). X-Rays vision for uncovering reproductive investment in plants as a function of breeding system. In Botany 2015. Science and Plants for People. Abstracts [261]
2014
Chartier, M., Jabbour, F., Gerber, S., Mitteroecker, P., Sauquet, H., von Balthazar, M., Städler, Y., Crane, P. R., & Schönenberger, J. (2014). The floral morphospace - a modern comparative approach to study angiosperm evolution. New Phytologist, 204, 841-853. doi.org/10.1111/nph.12969
Dellinger, A. S., Penneys, D. S., Städler, Y., Fragner, L., Weckwerth, W., & Schönenberger, J. (2014). A Specialized Bird Pollination System with a Bellows Mechanism for Pollen Transfer and Staminal Food Body Rewards. Current Biology, 24(14), 1615-1619. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.056
Zhang, R-J., & Schönenberger, J. (2014). Early floral development of Pentaphylacaceae (Ericales) and its systematic implications. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 300(6), 1547-1560. doi.org/10.1007/s00606-014-0981-4