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

Phylogenetics, evolution and alpha-taxonomy of young groups of closely related species, especially in Australian native daisies (Asteraceae); phylogenetic systematics.

Barrett RL, Schmidt-Lebuhn AN, Thiele KR, 2013. Two Western Australian species of Ozothamnus transferred to Pithocarpa (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae). Nuytsia 23: 103–108.

Schmidt-Lebuhn AN, Knerr NJ, Kessler M, 2013. Non-geographic collecting biases in herbarium specimens of Australian daisies (Asteraceae). Biodiversity and Conservation 22: 905–919.

Schmidt-Lebuhn AN, 2012. Fallacies and false premises - a critical assessment of the arguments for the recognition of paraphyletic taxa in botany. Cladistics 28: 174–187.

Schmidt-Lebuhn AN, Constable L, 2012. Phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian shrubby everlastings Ozothamnus and Cassinia (Asteraceae: Asteroideae: Gnaphalieae). Cladistics.

Schmidt-Lebuhn AN, Knerr NJ, González-Orozco CE, 2012. Distorted perception of the spatial distribution of diversity through uneven collecting efforts: the example of the Asteraceae plant family in Australia. Journal of Biogeography. 39: 2072–2080.

Schmidt-Lebuhn AN, De Vos JM, Keller B, Conti E, 2012. Phylogenetic analysis of Primula section Primula reveals rampant non-monophyly among morphologically distinct species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 23–34.

Schmidt-Lebuhn AN, 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.

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

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

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

• Systematics of Australian Asteraceae
• Systematics of Australian Craspedia (Asteraceae), with a focus on the alpine mainland species
• Spatial analysis of Australian Asteraceae (with Carlos González-Orozco and Nunzio Knerr)