Veröffentlichungen / Publications- Thomas Borsch

List of publications - February 2013:

Papers in peer reviewed journals (published and in press)

60. Crowl A. A., Mavrodiev E., Mansion G., Haberle R., Pistarino A., Kamari G., Phitos D., Borsch T., & Cellinese N. (submitted): Phylogeny of Campanuloideae (Campanulaceae) with emphasis on the utility of nuclear pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) genes.

59. Bécquer E., Michelangeli F. A. & Borsch T. (submitted): Can seed morphology be used to illuminate the phylogeny of the Antillean genus Calycogonium (Melastomataceae: Miconieae)?

58. Borsch T. & Löhne C. (in press): Botanic Gardens for the Future: Integrating Research, Conservation, Environmental Education and Public Recreation.

57.González Gutiérrez P. A., Köhler E. & Borsch T. 2013: New species of Buxus (Buxaceae) from northeastern Cuba based on morphological and molecular characters, including some comments on molecular diagnosis [Novitiae florae cubensis 40] – Willdenowia 43: 125–137. – Online ISSN 1868-6397; © 2013 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. Stable URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3372/wi.43.43115

56. Zumaya S., Flores-Olvera, H. & Borsch T. 2013: Two new Mexican endemic species of Iresine (Amaranthaceae) – Syst. Bot. 38(2):434-443. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1600/036364413X666633

55. Mansion G., Parolly G., Crowl A.A., Mavrodiev E., Cellinese N., Oganesian M., Fraunhofer K., Kamari G., Phitos D., Haberle R., Akaydin G., Ikinci N., Raus T. & Borsch T. (submitted): How to handle speciose clades? Massive taxon sampling as a strategy towards illuminating the natural history of Campanula (Campanuloideae). - PLoS ONE 7(11): e50076. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050076

54. Fuentes Bazan S., Uotila P. & Borsch T. 2012: A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Willdenowia 42: 5-24. doi: 10.3372/wi42.42101

53. Sánchez-del Pino Y., Motley T. J. & Borsch T. 2012: Molecular phylogenetics of Alternanthera (Gomphrenoideae, Amaranthaceae): resolving a complex taxonomic history caused by different interpretations of morphological charactersin a lineage with C₄ and C₃-C₄ intermediate species. - Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 169: 493-517.

52. Barniske A., Borsch T., Müller K., Krug M., Neinhuis C. & Quandt D. 2012: Phylogenetics of early branching eudicots: comparing phylogenetic signal across chloroplast introns, spacers and genes. – J. Syst. Evol. 50: 85-108. doi: 10.1111/j.1759-6831. 2012.00181.x

51. Fuentes S., Mansion G. & Borsch T. 2012: Towards a species level tree of the globally diverse genus Chenopodium (Chenopodiaceae). – Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 62: 359-374. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.006.

50. Korotkova N., Borsch T., Quandt D., Taylor N.P., Müller K.F. & Barthlott W. 2011: What does it take to resolve relationships and to identify species with molecular markers? An example from the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). – Amer. J. Bot. 98: 1549-1572. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000502.

49. Borsch T., Ortuño Limarino T. & Nee M. H. 2011: Phylogenetics of the neotropical liana genus Pedersenia (Amaranthaceae: Gomphrenoideae) and discovery of a new species from Bolivia based on molecules and morphology. – Willdenowia 41: 5 – 14. doi:10.3372/wi.41.41101.

48. Košuth J., Smelcerovic A., Borsch T., Zuehlke S., Karppinen K., Spiteller M., Hohtola A. & Čellárová E. 2011: The hyp-1 gene is not a limiting factor for hypericin biosynthesis in the genus Hypericum – Funct. Pl. Biol. 38: 35-43. doi: 10.1071/FP10144.

47. Borsch T., Löhne C., Mbaye M.S. & Wiersema J. 2010: Towards a complete species tree of Nymphaea: shedding further light on subg. Brachyceras and its relationships to the Australian waterlilies – Telopea 13: 193-217.

46. Schäferhoff B., Fleischmann A., Fischer E., Albach D. C., Borsch T., Heubl G., & Müller K. F.: Towards resolving Lamiales relationships: insights from rapidly evolving chloroplast sequences. – BMC Evol. Biol. 10: 352. doi: 10. 1186/1471-2148-10-352.

45. Löhne C., Wiersema J. H. & Borsch T. 2009: The unusual Ondinea, actually just another Australian water-lily of Nymphaea subg. Anecphya (Nymphaeaceae). – Willdenowia 39: 55-58.

44. Schäferhoff B., Müller K. F. & Borsch T. 2009: Caryophyllales phylogenetics: disentangling Phytolaccaceae and Molluginaceae and description of Microteaceae as a new isolated family. – Willdenowia 39: 209-228.

43. Korotkova N., Schneider J. V., Quandt D., Worberg A., Zizka G. & Borsch T. 2009: Phylogeny of the eudicot order Malpighiales. Analysis of a recalcitrant clade with sequences of the petD group II intron. – Pl. Syst. Evol. 282 [Special issue “Molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of non-coding DNA – applications from species to deep level questions”]: 201-228.

42. Borsch T. & Quandt D. 2009: Mutational dynamics and phylogenetic utility of non-coding chloroplast DNA. – Pl. Syst. Evol. 282 [Special issue “Molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of non-coding DNA – applications from species to deep level questions”]: 169-199.

41. Borsch T., Korotkova N., Raus T., Lobin W. & Löhne C. 2009: The petD group II intron as a species level marker: utility for tree inference and species identification in the diverse genus Campanula (Campanulaceae). Willdenowia 39: 7-33.

40. Kusari S., Zühlke S., Borsch T. & Spiteller M. 2009: Positive correlations between hypericin and putative precursors detected in the quantitative secondary metabolite spectrum of Hypericum. – Phytochemistry 70: 1222-1232.

39. Worberg A., Alford M. H., Quandt D. & Borsch T. 2009: Huerteales sister to Brassicales plus Malvales, and newly circumscribed to include Dipentodon, Gerrardina, Huertea, Perrotetia and Tapiscia. – Taxon 58: 468-478.

38. Sánchez del-Pino I., Borsch T. & Motley T. 2009: trnL-F and rpl16  sequence data and dense taxon sampling reveal monophyly of unilocular anthered Gomphrenoideae (Amaranthaceae) and an improved picture of their internal relationships. – Syst. Bot. 34: 57-67.

37. Gole T.W., Borsch T., Denich M. & Teketay D. 2008: Floristic composition and environmental factors characterizing coffee forests in southwest Ethiopia. – Forest Ecol. Managem. 255: 2138-2150.

36. Borsch T. & Soltis P. S. 2008: Nymphaeales – the first globally diverse clade? – Taxon 57: 1051.

35. Borsch T., Wiersema J. H. & Löhne C. 2008: Phylogeny and evolutionary patterns in Nymphaeales: integrating genes, genomes and morphology. – Taxon 57: 1052-1081.

34. Löhne C., Yoo M.-Y., Borsch T., Bell C.D., Wiersema J. H., Wilde V., Soltis P. S., Soltis D. E. & Barthlott W. 2008: Biogeography of Nymphaeales – extant patterns and historical events. – Taxon 57: 1123-1146.

33. Löhne C., Borsch T., Jacobs S. W. L., Hellquist C. B., Wiersema J. H. 2008: Nuclear and plastid DNA sequences reveal complex reticulate patterns in Australian water lilies (Nymphaea subgenus Anecphya, Nymphaeaceae). – Austral. Syst. Bot. 21: 229-250.

32. Beck S. G., Fleischmann A., Huaylla H., Müller K. F. & Borsch T. 2008: Pinguicula chuquisacensis (Lentibulariaceae), a new species from the Bolivian Andes, and first insights on phylogenetic relationships among South American Pinguicula. – Willdenowia 38: 201-212.

31. Sage R., Sage T.L., Pearcy, R.W., Borsch T. 2007: The taxonomic distribution of C₄ photosynthesis in Amaranthaceae sensu stricto. – Amer. J. Bot. 94: 1992-2003.

30. Tesfaye G. K., Borsch T., Govers K., Bekele E. 2007: Characterisation of Coffea chloroplast microsatellites and evidence for the recent divergence of C. arabica and C. eugenioides cp genomes. – Genome 50: 1112-1129.

29. Löhne C., Borsch T. & Wiersema JH. 2007: Phylogenetic analysis of Nymphaeales using fast-evolving and non-coding chloroplast markers. – Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 154: 141-163.

28. Borsch T., Hilu KW., Wiersema JH., Löhne C., Barthlott W. & Wilde V. 2007: Phylogeny of Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae): evidence from substitutions and microstructural changes in the chloroplast trnT-trnF region. – Int. J. Pl. Sci. 168: 639-671.

27. Worberg A, Quandt D., Barniske A-M., Löhne C., Hilu KW. & Borsch T. 2007: Phylogeny of basal eudicots: insights from non-coding and rapidly evolving DNA. – Organisms Diversity Evol. 7: 55-77.

26. Wanke S, Jaramillo MA., Borsch T., Samain SM., Quandt D., Neinhuis C. 2007: Evolution of Piperales – matK gene and trnK intron sequence data reveal lineage specific resolution contrast. – Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 42: 477-497.

25. Ortuño T. & Borsch T. 2006: A further new species of Gomphrena (Amaranthaceae, Gomphrenoideae) from the dry valleys of Bolivia. – Kew Bull. 61: 565-568.

24. Müller K., Borsch T., Legendre L., Porembski S. & Barthlott W. 2006: Recent progress in understanding the evolution of Lentibulariaceae. – Pl. Biol. 8: 748-757.

23. Greilhuber J., Borsch T., Müller M., Worberg A., Porembski S. & Barthlott W. 2006: Smallest angiosperm genomes found in Lentibulariaceae, with chromosomes of bacterial size. – Pl. Biol. 8: 770-777.

22. Müller KF., Borsch T. & Hilu KW. 2006: Phylogenetic utility of rapidly evolving DNA at high taxonomical levels: contrasting matK, trnT-F and rbcL in basal angiosperms. – Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 41: 99-117.

21. Moore S E M., Hemsley A R. & Borsch T. 2006: Micromorphology of outer exospore coatings in Selaginella  megaspores. – Grana 45: 9-21.

20. Müller K. & Borsch T. 2005: Stellate pore ornamentation in Amaranthaceae pollen: Multiple origins of a unique feature. – Grana 44: 266-281.

19. Cieslack T., Polepalli J.S., White A., Müller K., Borsch T., Barthlott W., Steiger J., Marchant A. & Legendre L. 2005: Phylogenetic analysis of Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae): chloroplast DNA sequences and morphology reveal several geographically distinct radiations. – Amer. J. Bot. 92: 1723-1736.

18. Qiu Y-L, Dombrovska O., Lee J.,  Li L., Whitlock B.A., Bernasconi-Quadroni F., Rest J.S., Borsch T., Hilu K.W., Renner S., Soltis D.E., Soltis P.S., Zanis M.J., Gutell J. C., R., Powell M., Savolainen V., Chatrou L.W. & Chase M.W. 2005: Phylogenetic analyses of basal angiosperms based on nine plastid, mitochondrial, and nuclear genes. – Int. J. Pl. Sci. 166: 815-842.

17. Woods K., Hilu K.W., Borsch T. & Wiersema J.H., 2005: Pattern of variation and systematics of Nymphaea odorata: II. Sequence information from ITS and trnL-trnF. – Syst. Bot. 30: 481-493.

16. Woods K., Hilu K.W., Wiersema J.H. & Borsch T. 2005: Pattern of variation and systematics of Nymphaea odorata: I. Evidence from morphology and Inter-Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSRs). – Syst. Bot. 30: 471-480.

15. Müller K. & Borsch T. 2005: Phylogenetics of Amaranthaceae using matK/trnK sequence data – evidence from parsimony, likelihood and Bayesian approaches. – Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 92: 66-102.

14. Rahmanzadeh R., Müller K., Fischer E., Bartels E. & Borsch T.2005: Linderniaceae and Gratiolaceae are further lineages distinct from Scrophulariaceae (Lamiales). – Pl. Biol. 7: 67-78.

13. Neinhuis C., Wanke S., Hilu K. W., Müller K. & Borsch T. 2005: Phylogeny of Aristolochiaceae based on parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian analyses of  trnL-trnF sequences. – Pl. Syst. Evol. 250: 7-26.

12. Löhne C. & Borsch T. 2005:  Phylogenetic utility and molecular evolution of the petD group II intron in basal angiosperms. – Molec. Biol. Evol. 22: 317-332.

11. Müller K. & Borsch T. 2005: Phylogenetics of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) and molecular evolution of the trnK intron in a lineage with high mutational rates. – Pl. Syst. Evol. 250: 39-67.

10. Ortuño T. & Borsch T. 2005: Dos nuevas especies de Gomphrena (Amaranthaceae, Gomphrenoideae) de los valles secos de Bolivia. – Novon 15: 180-189.

 9.  Müller K., Borsch T., Legendre L., Porembski S., Theisen I. & Barthlott W. 2004: Evolution of carnivory in Lamiales and Lentibulariaceae. – Pl. Biol. 6: 477- 490.

 8.  Kadereit G, Borsch T., Weising K. & Freitag H. 2003:  Phylogeny of Amaranthaceae and Chenopodiaceae and the evolution of C₄ photosynthesis. – Int. J. Pl. Sci. 164: 959-986.

 7.  Hilu KW., Borsch T., Müller K., Soltis D.S., Soltis P.S., Savolainen V., Chase M.W., Powell M.,  Alice L.A., Evans R.,  Campbell C., Sauquet H., Neinhuis C., Slotta T., Rohwer J. & Chatrou L. 2003: Angiosperm phylogeny based on matK sequence information. – Amer. J. Bot. 90: 1758-1776.

 6.  Sauquet H., Doyle J.A., Scharaschkin T., Borsch T., Hilu K.W., Chatrou L.W., Thomas A. Le. 2003: Phylogenetic analysis of Magnoliales and Myristicaceae based on multiple data sets: implications for character evolution. – Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 142: 125-186.

 5.  Borsch T., Hilu K.W., Quandt D., Wilde V., Neinhuis C. & Barthlott W. 2003: Non-coding plastid trnT-trnF sequences reveal a well resolved phylogeny of basal angiosperms. – J. Evol. Biol. 16: 558-576.

 4.  Borsch T., Clemants S. & Mosyakin S. 2001: Symposium: Biology of the Amaranthaceae-Chenopodiaceae-alliance.  – J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 128: 234- 235.

 3.  Borsch T. 1998: Pollen types in the Amaranthaceae. Morphology and evolutionary significance. – Grana 37: 129-142.

 2.  Borsch T. & Barthlott W. 1998: Structure and evolution of metareticulate pollen. – Grana 37: 68-78.

 1.  Borsch T. 1995: Three new combinations in Pfaffia (Amaranthaceae) from the New World tropics. – Novon 5: 230-233.

Book chapters and monographs (published and in press)

10. Borsch T., Ortuño T. & Nee M. (in press): Amaranthaceae. [In: Jorgensen P.M., Beck S.G. (ed.), Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia].  – Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard.

 9.  Chase M.W., Fay M.F., Devey D.S., RØnsted N., Davies J., Pillon Y., Petersen G., Seberg O., Tamura M.N., Asmussen C.B., Hilu K.W., Borsch T., Davis J.L., Stevenson D.W., Pires J.C., Givnish T.J., Sytsma K.J. & Graham S.W. 2006: Multi-gene analyses of monocot relationships: a summary. – Pp. 63-75 in: Columbus J.T. (ed.), Proceedings on the third international conference on the monocots. – Aliso 22

 8.  Quandt D., Müller K., Stech M., Hilu K.W., Frey W., Frahm J.P. & Borsch T. 2004: Molecular evolution of the chloroplast trnL-F region in land plants. – Pp. 13-37 in: Goffinet B., Hollowell V., and Magill R. (ed.), Molecular systematics of bryophytes. – Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 98.

 7.  Bojan B., Clemants S. & Borsch T. 2003: Amaranthaceae. – Pp. 415-429 in: ZY Wu & PR Raven (ed.), Flora of China 5. – Beijing: Science Press & St Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden.

 6.  Barthlott W., Theisen I., Borsch T. & Neinhuis C. 2003: Epicuticular waxes and vascular plant systematics: integrating micromorphological and chemical data. – Pp. 189-206 in: Stuessy T.F., Mayer V., and Hörandl E. (ed.), Deep morphology: toward a renaissance of morphology in plant systematics. – Regnum Veg. 141.

 5.  Borsch T. 2001: Amaranthaceae. – Pp. 56-83 in: Stevens W.D., Ulloa Ulloa C., Pool A. & Montiel O. (ed.), Flora de Nicaragua 1.  – Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80.

 4.  Borsch T & Wilde V. 2000: Pollen variability within species, populations, and individuals, with particular reference to Nelumbo nucifera. – Pp. 285-299 in: Harley M., Blackmore S. & Morton C. (ed.), Pollen and spores: morphology and biology. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.

 3.  Borsch T. & Wolter M. 1998: Pollenmorphologie und -ultrastruktur. – Pp. 135-145 in: Barthlott W. & Lobin W. (ed.), Amorphophallus titanum. – Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt 99.

 2.  Borsch T, Neinhuis C. & Barthlott W. 1998: Nelumbo: new data on an exceptional plant. – Pp. 408-416 in: Auluo Z. & Sugong W. (ed.), Floristic characteristics and diversity of East Asian plants. – Kunming: China Higher Education Press & Hamburg: Springer.

 1.  Borsch T. 1993: Amaranthaceae. – Pp. 18-26 in: Brako L. & Zarucchi J.L. (ed.), Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru / Catálogo de las angiospermas y gymnospermas del Peru. – Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.

Journals not peer reviewed

 6.  Borsch T., Löhne C., Müller M., Hilu K.W., Wanke S., Worberg A., Barthlott W., Neinhuis C. & Quandt D. 2005: Towards understanding basal angiosperm diversification: recent insights using rapidly evolving genomic regions. – Nova Acta Leopoldina, ser. 2, 92: 85-110.

 5.  Borsch T. & Pedersen T.M. 1997: Restoring the generic rank of Hebanthe Martius (Amaranthaceae).  – Sendtnera 4: 13-31.

 4.  Borsch T. & Barthlott W. 1995: Classification and distribution of the genus Nelumbo (Nelumbonaceae). – Beitr. Biol. Pfl. 68: 421-450.

 3.  Borsch T. & Kühn K. 1995: Bodenparameter und die standörtliche Differenzierung bachbegleitender Vegetation. Eine Studie im Vortaunus. – Courier Forschungsinst. Senckenberg 186 (Hans Joachim Conert-Festschrift): 169-183.

 2.  Borsch T. 1993: Das Gartenportrait: Der Missouri Botanical Garden. – Palmengarten 57: 26-31.

 1.  Borsch T. 1990: Die Vegetation extensiv genutzten und brachliegenden Grünlands im Naturschutzgebiet „Hinterste Neuwiese“ (Vortaunus). Untersuchungen zur Sukzession auf Feuchtwiesen. – Bot. Naturschutz Hessen 4: 14-45.