Schönenberger Jürg

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

© Jürg Schönenberger

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

Teaching

Current Courses

Curriculum Vitae

Current position

2009– Professor in Structural Botany

Education and scientific career

2007 Docent in Plant Systematics, Stockholm University, Sweden
2004–2009 Lecturer in Plant Systematics, Department of Botany, 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

2020

Leme, F. M., Schönenberger, J., Staedler, Y. M., & Teixeira, S. P. (2020). Comparative floral development reveals novel aspects of structure and diversity of flowers in Cannabaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 193(1), 64-83. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa004

Xiao, N., Bock, P., Antreich, S. J., Staedler, Y. M., Schönenberger, J., & Gierlinger, N. (2020). From the Soft to the Hard: Changes in Microchemistry During Cell Wall Maturation of Walnut Shells. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, [466]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00466

Reich, D., Berger, A., von Balthazar, M., Chartier, M., Sherafati, M., Schönenberger, J., Manafzadeh, S., & Staedler, Y. M. (2020). Modularity and evolution of flower shape: the role of function, development, and spandrels in Erica. New Phytologist, 226(1), 267-280. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16337

2019

Dellinger, A. S., Artuso, S., Pamperl, S., Michelangeli, F. A., Penneys, D. S., Fernández-Fernández, D. M., Alvear, M., Almeda, F., Armbruster, W. S., Städler, Y., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Modularity increases rate of floral evolution and adaptive success for functionally specialized pollination systems. Communications Biology, 2(1), [453]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0697-7

Dellinger, A., Pöllabauer, L., Loreti, M., Czurda, J., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Testing functional hypotheses on poricidal anther dehiscence and heteranthery in buzz-pollinated flowers. Acta ZooBot Austria , 156, 197-214.

Sapir, Y., Brunet, J., Byers, D. L., Imbert, E., Schönenberger, J., & Staedler, Y. (2019). Floral Evolution: Breeding Systems, Pollinators, and Beyond. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 180(9), 929-933. https://doi.org/10.1086/706240

Morais, E. B., Schönenberger, J., Conti, E., Antonelli, A., & Szoevenyi, P. (2019). Orthologous nuclear markers and new transcriptomes that broadly cover the phylogenetic diversity of Acanthaceae. Applications in Plant Sciences, 7(9), [e11290]. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11290

Dellinger, A. S., Scheer, L. M., Artuso, S., Fernández-Fernández, D., Sornoza, F., Penneys, D. S., Tenhaken, R., Dötterl, S., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Bimodal Pollination Systems in Andean Melastomataceae Involving Birds, Bats, and Rodents. The American Naturalist: a bi-monthly journal devoted to the advancement and correlation of the biological sciences, 194(1), 104-116. https://doi.org/10.1086/703517

Vasconcelos, T. N. C., Chartier, M., Prenner, G., Martins, A. C., Schönenberger, J., Wingler, A., & Lucas, E. (2019). Floral uniformity through evolutionary time in a species-rich tree lineage. New Phytologist, 221(3), 1597-1608. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15453

Dellinger, A. S., Chartier, M., Fernández-Fernández, D., Penneys, D. S., Alvear, M., Almeda, F., Michelangeli, F. A., Staedler, Y., Armbruster, W. S., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Beyond buzz-pollination – departures from an adaptive plateau lead to new pollination syndromes. New Phytologist, 221(2), 1136-1149. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15468

Kellenberger, R. T., Byers, K. J. R. P., De Brito Francisco, R. M., Staedler, Y. M., LaFountain, A. M., Schönenberger, J., Schiestl, F. P., & Schlüter, P. M. (2019). Emergence of a floral colour polymorphism by pollinator-mediated overdominance. Nature Communications, 10(1), [63]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07936-x

Etl, F., Brandauer, S. S., Brandauer, P., Prader, S., Neier, V., Dötterl, S., & Schönenberger, J. (2019). Flower visitors of Calathea lutea (Marantaceae): The role of the hummingbird Threnetes ruckeri. Acta ZooBot Austria , 156, 183-196.

Damerval, C., Citerne, H., Conde e Silva, N., Deveaux, Y., Delannoy, E., Joets, J., Simonnet, F., Staedler, Y., Schönenberger, J., Yansouni, J., Le Guilloux, M., Sauquet, H., & Nadot, S. (2019). Unraveling the Developmental and Genetic Mechanisms Underpinning Floral Architecture in Proteaceae. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, [18]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00018

2018

Roguz, K., Bajguz, A., Golebiewska, A., Chmur, M., Hill, L., Kalinowski, P., Schönenberger, J., Stpiczynska, M., & Zych, M. (2018). Functional Diversity of Nectary Structure and Nectar Composition in the Genus Fritillaria (Liliaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, [1246]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01246

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.01.014

Jeiter, J., Staedler, Y. M., Schönenberger, J., Weigend, M., & Luebert, F. (2018). Gynoecium and Fruit Development in Heliotropium Sect. Heliothamnus (Heliotropiaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences, 179(4), 275–286. https://doi.org/10.1086/696219

Leme, F. M., Staedler, Y. M., Schönenberger, J., & Teixeira, S. P. (2018). Ontogeny and Vascularization Elucidate the Atypical Floral Structure of Ampelocera glabra, a Tropical Species of Ulmaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 179(6), 461-476. https://doi.org/10.1086/697899

Mayer, V., Nepel, M., Blatrix, R., Oberhauser, F. B., Fiedler, K., Schönenberger, J., & Voglmayr, H. (2018). Transmission of fungal partners to incipient Cecropia-tree ant colonies. PLoS ONE, 13(2), [e0192207]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192207

Cyran, N., Palumbo, A., Klepal, W., Vidal, E. A. G., Staedler, Y., Schönenberger, J., & von Byern, J. (2018). The short life of the Hoyle organ of Sepia officinalis: formation, differentiation and degradation by programmed cell death. Hydrobiologia: the international journal on limnology and marine sciences, 808(1), 35-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3291-3, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3291-3

Chomicki, G., Staedler, Y. M., Bidel, L. P. R., Jay-Allemand, C., Schönenberger, J., & Renner, S. S. (2018). Deciphering the complex architecture of an herb using micro-computed X-ray tomography, with an illustrated discussion on architectural diversity of herbs. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 186(2), 145-157. [box090]. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/box090

Staedler, Y. M., Kreisberger, T., Manafzadeh, S., Chartier, M., Handschuh, S., Pamperl, S., Sontag, S., Paun, O., & Schönenberger, J. (2018). Novel computed tomography-based tools reliably quantify plant reproductive investment. Journal of Experimental Botany, 69(3), 525-535. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx405

Reyes, E., Nadot, S., von Balthazar-Schönenberger, A. M. L., Schönenberger, J., & Sauquet, H. (2018). Testing the impact of morphological rate heterogeneity on ancestral state reconstruction of five floral traits in angiosperms. Scientific Reports, 8(1), [9473]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27750-1

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]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16047

Etl, F., Franschitz, A., Aguiar, A. J. C., Schönenberger, J., & Dötterl, S. (2017). A perfume-collecting male oil bee? Evidences of a novel pollination system involving Anthurium acutifolium (Araceae) and Paratetrapedia chocoensis (Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 232, 7-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.020

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]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0066

Ta, K. N., Adam, H., Städler, Y., Schönenberger, J., Harrop, T., Tregear, J., Do, N. V., Gantet, P., Ghesquiere, A., & Jouannic, S. (2017). Differences in meristem size and expression of branching genes are associated with variation in panicle phenotype in wild and domesticated African rice. EvoDevo, 8(1), [2]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-017-0065-y

Manafzadeh, S., Städler, Y., Moazzeni, H., Masson, D., Schönenberger, J., & Conti, E. (2017). Response of oriental xerophytes to the occidental industrial revolution. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/173013

Chartier, M., Fernandez, J-L., Prehsler, D., Schönenberger, J., & Gibernau, M. (2017). Note on the pollination of Calla palustris L. (Araceae). Aroideana : Journal of the International Aroid Society, 40(1), 71-83.

2016

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. https://doi.org/10.12705/656.6

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2016.07.007