Alexander N. Schmidt-Lebuhn

Dr. rer. nat. University of Göttingen, 2005

Dipl.-Biol. University of Göttingen, 2002

Phone: (+61) 262465498

Email: alexander.schmidt-lebuhncsiro.au

Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA

Species relationships, evolution and α-taxonomy of young groups of closely related species, especially dealing with reticulate evolution, ancestral polymorphism and polyploid complexes; online presentation of taxonomic information.

Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N. (2011). Fallacies and false premises - a critical assessment of the arguments for the recognition of paraphyletic taxa in botany. Cladistics 27.

Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., Fuchs, J., Hertel, D., Hirsch, H., Toivonen, J. & Kessler, M. (2010). An Andean radiation: polyploidy in the tree genus Polylepis (Rosaceae, Sanguisorbeae). Plant Biology 12(6): 917-926.

Lehnert, M., Kessler, M., Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., Klimas, S.A., Fehlberg, S. & Ranker, T.A. (2009). Phylogeny of the fern genus Melpomene (Polypodiaceae) inferred from morphology and chloroplast DNA analysis. Systematic Botany 34: 17-27.

Krömer, T., Kessler, M., Lohaus, G. & Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N. (2008). Nectar composition and concentration in relation to pollination syndromes in Bromeliaceae. Plant Biology 10: 502–511.

Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N. (2008). Ethnobotany, biochemistry and pharmacology of Minthostachys (Lamiaceae). Journal of Ethnopharmacology 118: 343–353.

Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., Fuchs, J. & Kessler, M. (2008). Flow cytometric measurements do not reveal different ploidy levels in Minthostachys (Lamiaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 271: 123–128.

Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N. (2008). Revision of the genus Minthostachys (Labiatae). Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 98: 1–75.

Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N. & Kessler, M. (2007). Key2html: a tool for the quick conversion of dichotomous keys into HTML code. Taxon 56(2): 505–508.

Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., Kessler, M. & Hensen, I. (2007). Hummingbirds as drivers of plant speciation? Trends in Plant Science 12(8): 329–331.

Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N., Kessler, M. & Kumar, M. (2006). Promiscuity in the Andes: Species relationships in Polylepis (Rosaceae, Sanguisorbeae) based on AFLP and morphology. Systematic Botany 31(3): 547–559.

• Evolution and taxonomy of Australian Asteraceae
• Evolution and taxonomy of Australian Craspedia (Asteraceae), with a focus on the alpine mainland species
• Primroses – evolution of section Primula, with Prof. Elena Conti from Z ü rich University (to be completed in the near future)
  Old website: www.minthostachys.com
• Spatial analysis of Australian Asteraceae (with Carlos Gonzales Orozco)