Contact:
Dr Norbert KILIAN,
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8,
14195 Berlin, Germany.
Phone: (+4930) 838-50129, Fax: (+4930) 841729-29, E-mail: n.kilian@bgbm.org
Functions:
Curriculum:
Born 1957; studies of biology, psychology and history in Heidelberg and Berlin; diploma in
biology, Freie Universität Berlin, 1988; scientist
at the BGBM Berlin-Dahlem since 1993; doctorate, Freie Universität Berlin, 1996.
Memberships in scientific societies and committees:
- International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)
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Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS)
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Elected member (since 2011) of the Nomenclatural Committee for Vascular
Plants (established under the auspices of the International Association for
Plant Taxonomy, IAPT)
Current
research projects:
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Taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of the Compositae
* Molecular and morphological systematics of Cichorieae subtribe Lactucinae
* Studies in the Compositae of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra: The Socotran
helichrysoids, phylogeny and systematics
* Molecular systematics of the genus Launaea (Cichorieae, Sonchinae)
* Phylogeny of the Cichorieae inferred from molecular markers with special emphasis on
subtribal delimitation
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E-Taxonomy:
* The
Cichorieae Portal of the International Cichorieae Network (ICN) as an
application of the EDIT Platform for
Cybertaxonomy
* Development of a subject indexing system for collection items of the north hemispherical flowering plant genus Campanula; funded by the DFG in the programme "Library Services and Information"
selected publications
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