Our research encompasses a broad range of biogeographical subjects ranging from plant distributions and their geographical relationships with the environment to processes determining generation and spatial assembly of plant diversity. This includes aspects of evolution, ecology, and systematics as well as human-environment relations. Sound knowledge of basic principles of plant diversity on multiple levels, conceptual and methodological rigor in its study as well as a deep interest in plants motivate our teaching from the undergraduate to the postgraduate level. 

News & Recent Publications

Plant biogeography, endemism and vegetation types of Dena Mts, Zagros, West Iran. Vegetation Classification and Survey 5: 185–202

Ferdinand Schur’s taxa of Iridaceae, their revision and effective typification of names. Nordic Journal of Botany 2024: e04249

Thliphthisa sapphus (Rubiaceae, Rubieae), a new species from Lefkada (Ionian Islands, Greece) and its ecological position. PhytoKeys 241: 65–79

Cryptic invasion suggested by a cytogeographic analysis of the halophytic Puccinellia distans complex (Poaceae) in Central Europe. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1249292

Contamination of imported kernels by unapproved genome-edited varieties poses a major challenge for monitoring and traceability during transport and handling on a global scale: inferences from a study on feral oilseed rape in Austria. Frontiers in Genome Editing 5: 1176290

Underestimated diversity in high elevations of a global biodiversity hotspot: Two new endemic species of Aethionema (Brassicaceae) from the alpine zone of Iran. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1182073