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This inventory is based on the data provided by the permanent staff members on their personal pages. Research by associated staff is incompletely covered.
Biodiversity informatics / Floristic projects / Taxonomic arrangement / Geographic arrangement / General subjects
A. Floristic research projects
- Med-Checklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries (BGBM & Conservatoire botanique de la Ville de Genève, Geneva
- Flora de la República de Cuba (with Institut für Spezielle Botanik der Universität Jena, Jardín Botánico Nacional, Universidad de La Habana and Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba
- Flora of the Guianas (Consortium of 5 European and 2 North American institutions, the University of Guyana, Georgetown, and the National Herbarium, University of Suriname, Paramaribo website
- Inventario Florístico del Parque Nacional "El Imposible" (Co-operation of: Servicio de Parques Nacionales, CENREN, MAG, El Salvador; Fundación Salvanatura; Jardín Botánico La Laguna; and BGBM
- Listado Básico de la Flora Salvadoriensis and Flora of El Salvador (long-term projects with Jardín Botánico La Laguna
Algae:
- Algaterra Information System
- The diatomflora of Korea
- Morphology, taxonomy and nomenclature of Gomphocymbella species
- Typification of Otto Müller's taxa from East African material at B
- Historical diatom-diversity in Lake Malawi and tributary waters, East Africa
- Medium-term changes in the biodiversity of diatoms in Berlin waters: a comparison of old and new samples
- Nomenclature of algae
- Typification of Ehrenberg's taxa ]
- Red List of Algae in Berlin
- Taxonomy of algae especially phytoflagellates
Fungi, incl. lichenized fungi:
- Higher fungi, especially Basidiomycetes (taxonomy, nomenclature, photography) and the genus Panaeolus world-wide
- Taxonomy of Graphidales of the Guianas and New Guinea
- Taxonomy of Cladonia in the Guianas, in co-operation with Prof. T. Ahti, Helsinki
- Key to the lichen genera of the Neotropics
- Guide to, and placement of keys on Internet
- Maintaining of pre-1949 lichen literature database in the Internet: Mattick's Literature Index
- Revision of the lichen genus Hypotrachyna in the Neotropics, in co-operation with J. Elix (Canberra, Australia) and T. Nash (Tempe, USA), supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft.
- The lichen flora of selected Aegean islands (Greece) and their phytogeographical and historical significance, supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft
- The lichen flora of Costa Rica. Participation in the Ticolichen programm managed by Robert Lücking, and the Inventario National de Biodiversidad of INBio
Bryophyta:
- Tropical mosses, Taxonomy of Calymperaceae, especially Mitthyridium.
Pteridophyta:
- Taxonomy of the fern genus Adiantum
Flowering plant families:
Adoxaceae:
- Contribution to Flora Hellenica (Adoxa)
Boraginaceae:
- Contribution to Flora Hellenica (Amsinckia, Asperugo, Borago, Cerinthe, Lappula, Rochelia)
- Revision of Greek species of Alkanna (Boraginaceae) (PhD thesis, A. Vasiliou)
Cactaceae:
- Monographic studies, revisions, taxonomic history (Pereskia, Maihuenia, Denmoza, Opuntia ser. Armatae, south American Harrisia and other mainly South American genera)
- Contribution to Flora of the Guianas
- Contribution to Flora of Argentina
- Contribution to Flora of Chile
Capparaceae:
- Phylogeny of Old-World Capparoideae (PhD thesis, K. Rabe; co-supervisor Dr N. Kilian)
Caryophyllaceae:
- Taxonomy and biogeography of Silene
- Caryophyllaceae treatment for the Flora de la República de Cuba
Cistaceae:
- Taxonomy, biogeography and ecology of vascular plants in the Mediterranean, in particular Cisteae.
- Contribution to Flora Hellenica (Cistus, Fumana, Halimium, Helianthemum, Tuberaria)
Combretaceae:
- Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Anogeissus (Combretaceae,
Myrtales, Rosidae) by means of morphological-anatomical and under consideration of
molecular data (diploma thesis Gesche Hohlstein; cosupervisors N. Kilian)
Compositae:
- Treatment for Med-Checklist
- Contribution to Flora Iberica (Leucantheminae)
- Contributions to the checklist of vascular plants of northern Morocco
- Studies in the Compositae of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra
- Systematics of the Lactucinae (Prenanthes in Africa and SW Asia)
- The Lactuceae of China (Coordinating co-authorships Lactuceae for 'Flora of China')
- Molecular systematics of the Lactuceae substribes Sonchinae and Lactucinae
- Molecular systematics of the genus Launaea (Lactuceae, Sonchinae)
- Taxonomy and biogeography of vascular plants in the Mediterranean, particularly Anthemideae
- Taxonomy of Lactuceae, Hypochoeridinae; Inuleae, Phagnalon
- Revision of Carduus, Alfredia and Olgaea (in co-operation with Dr M. Aghababian, Erevan)
- Taxonomy, floristics, morphology and anatomy of Achillea
- Contribution to W. Rothmaler's "Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Kritischer Band" (Achillea)
- Database "Natural Substances in the Compositae: The Bohlmann Files" (Dr. J. Jakupovic, TU Berlin & C. Zdero)
- Contributor to Kubitzki, K. (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (Compositae-Anthemideae)
- Compositae of Europe, a synonymic checklist. Part of the EU research project Euro+Med Plant Base (Electronic
online database, University of Reading) - Taxonomic monograph of Saussurea subg. Amphilaena (Compositae) (PhD thesis, E. von Raab-Straube)
- Taxonomy and biogeography of Cynareae (Compositae)
- Lactuceae - a review
- Reconstruction of the molecular phylogeny of the Lactuceae/Asteraceae with special emphasis on the tribal delimitation, the subtribe Hieraciinae and the genera Crepis and Scorzonera
- Phylogeny of the Lactuceae inferred from molecular markers with special emphasis on
sub tribal delimitation
Dipsacaceae:
- Pterocephalus
Gramineae:
- Taxonomy and geography of grasses of Europe, the Mediterranean Region and Tropical Africa
Labiatae:
- Contribution to Flora Hellenica (Galeopsis, Glechoma, Leonurus, Phlomis, Prunella)
Menispermaceae:
- Menispermaceae of the Guianas
Menyanthaceae:
- Contribution to Flora Hellenica (Menyanthes, Nymphoides)
Olacaceae:
- Contribution to Flora of the Greater Antilles
Opiliaceae:
- Neotropical Opiliaceae
Portulacaceae:
- Phylogeny of Portulaca sect. Neossia (Portulacaceae) (diploma thesis Simone Kipka; cosupervisor N. Kilian
Potamogetonaceae:
- Revision of Potamogeton in Australia (PhD thesis, S. Papassotiriou; co-supervisor Dr S. Jacobs, Sydney)
Rutaceae:
- Contribution to Flora de la Republica de Cuba
- Taxonomy, floristics, morphology and anatomy of Rutaceae, especially Zanthoxylum
- Contribution to Flora of the Greater Antilles
Scrophulariaceae:
- Taxonomy, biogeography and ecology of vascular plants in the Mediterranean, in particular Verbasceae, Rhinantheae
- Contribution to Flora Hellenica (Lindernia, Bacopa, Limosella, Mimulus, Digitalis, Sibthorpia, Melampyrum, Tozzia, Parentucellia, Bellardia, Pedicularis, Rhynchocorys, Lesquereuxia, Lathraea)
Solanaceae:
- Contribution to Flora Hellenica (Atropa, Hyoscyamus, Physalis)
Turneraceae:
- Turneraceae. Treatments for the Flora de la República de Cuba
Zygophyllaceae:
- Contribution to Flora of the Guianas
Africa (excl. Mediterranean)
- Taxonomy and geography of grasses of Tropical Africa
- Historical diatom-diversity in Lake Malawi and tributary waters, East Africa
- Typification of Otto Müller's diatom taxa from East African material at B
America
general:
- Opiliaceae
- Cactaceae, monographic studies, taxonomic history (Pereskia, Maihuenia, Denmoza, and other mainly South American genera)
- Neotropical flora and vegetation, succulents in general
Argentina:
- Flora of Argentina, contribution, Cactaceae.
Chile:
- Flora of Chile, contribution, Cactaceae.
Colombia:
- Lichen checklist
Costa Rica:
- The lichen flora of Costa Rica. Participation in the Ticolichen project, leader Robert Lücking, and the Inventario National de Biodiversidad of INBio
Cuba:
- Flora de la Republica de Cuba, contributions, Olacaceae , Rutaceae
- Caryophyllaceae and Turneraceae. Treatments for the Flora de la República de Cuba
El Salvador:
- Lichens of El Salvador, in collaboration with W. Berendsohn
- Inventario de los árboles de El Salvador
Greater Antilles:
- Flora of the Greater Antilles, contributions, Olacaceae , Rutaceae
Guianas:
- Flora of the Guianas, contributions, Cactaceae , Lichens , Menispermaceae , Zygophyllaceae (products available on Internet: key to lichen genera, key to Cladoniaceae and lichen checklist)
Asia
- The Lactuceae of China (Coordinating co-authorships Lactuceae for 'Flora of China')
- Phytodiversity and vegetation of representative palaeo-African refugia in the southern coastal mountains of the Yemeni mainland and on Socotra (A partial project of the BIOTA-Ost project group "Biodiversity and ecology of palaeo-African refugia in S Arabia and on Socotra" sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
- Vascular plant flora and phytogeography of the southern governorates of Yemen, (Al-Mahra, Hadhramout, Shabwa, Abyan, Lahj, Aden)
- Lichens of New Guinea (in co-operation with Dr A. Aptroot (Baarn, The Netherlands), Dr E. Sérusiaux (Liège, Belgium) and others)
- Lichen flora of Iran in cooperation with Iranian scientists
- The diatom flora of Korea
Australia
- Revision of Potamogeton in Australia (PhD thesis, S. Papassotiriou; co-supervisor Dr S. Jacobs, Sydney)
Europe (excl. Mediterranean)
- W. Rothmaler's "Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Kritischer Band", contribution, Achillea
- Taxonomy and geography of grasses of Europe
- Medium-term changes in the biodiversity of diatoms in Berlin waters: a comparison of old and new samples
- Red List of Algae in Berlin (in cooperation with Regine Jahn and Ursula Geissler)
Mediterranean
General:
- Med-Checklist: a critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries (edited by Prof. W. Greuter, et al.) (with the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève; sponsored by OPTIMA. Current: evaluation and incorporation of supplementary literature for vol. 2 in prep. ; co-editing the series Med-Checklist notulae ; WWW publication of the database in preparation
- Taxonomy, biogeography and ecology of vascular plants in the Mediterranean, in particular Cisteae (Cistaceae), Verbasceae, Rhinantheae (Scrophulariaceae)
- Taxonomy and biogeography of vascular plants in the Mediterranean, particularly Anthemideae (Compositae)
- Taxonomy and geography of grasses of the Mediterranean Region
Greece:
- Taxonomy and biogeography of vascular plants of Mediterranean areas, especially Greece
- Flora Hellenica (ed. D. Phitos & al., based at botanical institutions in Patras/Greece, Copenhagen/Denmark, Lund/Sweden and Berlin-Dahlem). Vol. 1 published. Accounts in preparation: Adoxaceae, Boraginaceae p.pte., Cistaceae, Labiatae p.pte., Menyanthaceae, Scrophulariaceae p.pte., Solanaceae p.pte. (for genera see Systematic Arrangement)
- Plant biodiversity of Greece and the Aegean. Current: regional floras/annotated checklists of Santorini island group, Eastern Thessaly, and Western Thrace; miscellaneous additions to the flora of Greece
- The lichen flora of selected Aegean islands and their phytogeographical and historical significance (inventories of Evvia, Ikaria, Kalimnos, Kos, Nisiros, Telendos, Paros & Antiparos, and Santorini island group, supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft
N African countries:
- Plant biodiversity of Morocco. Current: Contributions to the checklist of vascular plants of northern Morocco (Compositae); Checklist of the Beni-Snassen area
- Cytological investigations in phanerogams, particularly NW Africa
Iberian peninsula:
- Flora Iberica, contribution, Compositae-Leucantheminae
Slovenia:
- Lactuceae (excl. Hieracium and Taraxacum) for 'Flora von Istrien'
D. General subjects, arranged according to keywords
- Assembling, processing and networking of botanical information
- Inventorying and monitoring of plant biodiversity
- Franz Bauer - biography
- Diatoms as bioindicators
- Changes in the biodiversity of freshwater diatoms
- Management of live and preserved botanical collections
- DNA based plant identification (DNA barcoding)
- Embryology of the Centrospermae and Tubiflorae
- History of herbarium collections
- History of diatom research
- History of plant taxonomy
- Botanical illustration
- Information modelling in biology, biological and environmental informatics in general
- Journal botanique of A. Bonpland & A. v. Humboldt
- Medicinal plants of temperate regions
- Scanning electron microscopy
- Molecular Systematics (Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Molecular Clock Reconstructions)
- Database Natural Substances in the Compositae: The Bohlmann Files (Dr. J. Jakupovic, TU Berlin & C. Zdero)
- Nomenclature, see separate page
- Phylogeographical and population genetic studies
- Pollination ecology, seed dispersal, and seedling establishment
- Succession and floristic composition of (secondary) vegetation
- Women in paleobotany (in cooperation with Dr. Barbara Mohr, Museum für Naturkunde Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)
- Studies on the woody flora of El Salvador
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