Scientific staff / Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Sabine von Mering

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Function
Research interests
Curriculum
Memberships in scientific societies
Selected Publications

Sabine von Mering
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8
D-14195 Berlin | Germany

Phone: (+4930) 838-50150
E-mail: s.vonmering@bgbm.org

Function:

GBIF-D Coordination team, Botany (in collaboration with Wolf-Henning Kusber)

Research interests:

Systematics and phylogeny of Alismatales, especially Juncaginaceae
Taxonomy of vascular plants
Identification tools (Offene Naturführer, Species-ID)

Curriculum:

Studies of Biology with a focus on systematic and applied botany (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 1996-1998; Universität Hamburg, 1998-2003); Diploma in Biology in 2003 (thesis: "Floral morphology and ontogeny of Matisia cordata (Malvaceae-Bombacoideae)"; Research assistant at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (2005-2009); Researcher in the EU project "Key to Nature" (2010); since 2011 at the BGBM (GBIF-D Coordination team).

Memberships in scientific societies:

Selected Publications:

Hagedorn, G., Press, B., Hetzner, S., Plank, A., Weber, G., von Mering, S., Martellos, S. & Nimis, P. L. 2010. A MediaWiki implementation of single-access keys. In: Nimis, P. L. & Vignes Lebbe, R. (eds.) Tools for Identifying Biodiversity: Progress and Problems. Pp. 77-82. EUT, Trieste, ISBN 978-88-8303-295-0. View as pdf
Köcke, A. V.*, von Mering, S.*, Mucina, L. & Kadereit, J. W. 2010. Revision of the Mediterranean and southern African Triglochin bulbosa complex (Juncaginaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 67 (3): 353-398. (* equal contribution) View article
von Mering, S. & Kadereit, J. W. 2010. Systematics, phylogeny, and recircumscription of Juncaginaceae - a cosmopolitan wetland family. In: Seberg, O., Petersen, G., Barfod, A. S. & Davis, J. I. (eds.): Diversity, Phylogeny, and Evolution in the Monocotyledons - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons and the Fifth International Symposium on Grass Systematics and Evolution. Pp. 55-79. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press.
von Mering, S., Rohwer, J.G. & Bayer, C. 2003. Floral development of Matisia cordata Humb. & Bonpl. (Malvaceae-Bombacoideae). Palmarum Hortus Francofurtensis PHF 7, p. 199 (abstract).