Samuli Lehtonen
Ph.D.
samile@utu.fi +358 29 450 4352 +358 46 923 4611 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6235-2026 |
Areas of expertise
Biogeography; Botanical nomenclature; Macroevolution; Molecular systematics; Phylogenetics; Taxonomy; Tropical biodiversity
Biogeography; Botanical nomenclature; Macroevolution; Molecular systematics; Phylogenetics; Taxonomy; Tropical biodiversity
Research
I am broadly interested in tropical biodiversity and its evolutionary history. My own research related to this topic is concentrated on tropical South America, where I have been studying the taxonomy and systematics of ferns and aquatic plants. At global level, I am especially fascinated by the drivers that have resulted in the uneven distribution of biodiversity at spatial, temporal and taxonomic scales.
Teaching
BIOL2090 Eliökunta
BIOL5350 Molecular systematics
EKOL2302 Terrestrisen kasviekologian kenttäkurssi
EKOL2412 Taksonomisen tutkimustyön peruskurssi
EKOL3128 Taksonomian ja systematiikan opintopiiri
EKOL3139 Kasvit, sienet ja levät
Publications 
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- Rampant hybridization in an old tropical fern genus (Danaea, Marattiaceae) (2025)
- Taxon
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Danaea (Marattiaceae) keeps diversifying, part 2: phylogeny and identification key for 81 taxa (2024)
- Willdenowia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Millaista monimuotoisuutta kaupunkiluontoon kaivataan? (2024)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Phylogeography and population genomics of the critically endangered aquatic plant Caldesia grandis in China (2024)
- Global Ecology and Conservation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Seeking the first phylogenetic method–Edvard A. Vainio (1853–1929) and his troubled endeavour towards a natural lichen classification in the late nineteenth century Finland (2024)
- History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Species-soil relationships across Amazonia: Niche specificity and consistency in understorey ferns (2024)
- Journal of Vegetation Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (329–338) Proposals to permit DNA sequences to serve as types of names in prescribed circumstances (2023)
- Taxon
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - (339–348) Proposals to permit DNA sequences to be used for fixing the application of names in prescribed circumstances (2023)
- Taxon
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - DNA sequences as types: A discussion paper from the Special-purpose Committee established at the XIX International Botanical Congress in Shenzhen, China (2023)
- Taxon
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Exploring Options for Naming Taxa Based on DNA Sequences under the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (2023)
- Biodiversity Information Science and Standards
(Other publication) - Five long-distance dispersals shaped the major intercontinental disjunctions in Tectariaceae s.l. (Polypodiales, Polypodiopsida) (2023)
- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Herbarium TUR Celebrates Its 100 Years (2023)
- Taxon
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Report of the Special-purpose Committee on DNA Sequences as Types, established at the XIX International Botanical Congress in Shenzhen, China (2023)
- Taxon
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - The dynamic history of plastome structure across aquatic subclass Alismatidae (2023)
- BMC Plant Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The third opinion on fern phylogenetics with novel insights into their mitogenome evolution (2023)
- Phytotaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - An annotated checklist of lycophytes and ferns of the Solomon Islands (2022)
- Fern Gazette
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Complete genus-level plastid phylogenomics of Alismataceae with revisited historical biogeography (2022)
- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kiehkuravesirutto (Elodea nuttallii), Suomelle uusi vieraslaji (2022)
- Lutukka
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - New insights into the diversity, taxonomy and history of the fern genus Trichomanes (Hymenophyllaceae, Polypodiidae), with a focus on Africa and the western Indian Ocean (2022)
- Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Plastome phylogenomics and historical biogeography of aquatic plant genus Hydrocharis (Hydrocharitaceae) (2022)
- BMC Plant Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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