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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- XLindsaeosoria flynnii (Lindsaeaceae), Another Confirmed Example of Deep Hybridization Among the Ferns (2018)
- American Fern Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - DNA barcoding reveals widespread occurrence of Leptidea juvernica (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in southern Finland (2017)
- Entomologisk tidskrift
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Environmentally driven extinction and opportunistic origination explain fern diversification patterns (2017)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Looking for a Clematis tree (2017)
- Clematis International
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Splitting Caldesia in favour of Albidella (Alismataceae) (2017)
- Australian Systematic Botany
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tipificaciones y sinónimos nuevos en Echinodorus Engelm. y Sagittaria L. (Alismataceae) de la Flora del Paraguay (2017)
- Candollea
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Using digital soil maps to infer edaphic affinities of plant species in Amazonia: Problems and prospects (2017)
- Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns (2016)
- Journal of Systematics and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Erratum to: Newly discovered diversity in the tropical fern genus Metaxya based on morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses (2016)
- Kew Bulletin
(Other publication) - Havainto mäntykiitäjän vesilennosta (2016)
- Baptria
(E1 Popularised article) - Newly discovered diversity in the tropical fern genus Metaxya based on morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses (2016)
- Kew Bulletin
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Online key to identify Amazonian ferns v1.1. (2016) Zuquim G., Tuomisto H., Prado J., Cárdenas G., Lehtonen S.
(I1 Audiovisual publication) - Sensitive phylogenetics of Clematis and its position in Ranunculaceae (2016)
- Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Shutting down the chaos engine – or, identifying some problematic Echinodorus (Alismataceae) types (2016)
- Annales Botanici Fennici
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Global patterns and drivers of phylogenetic structure in island floras (2015)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Phylogenetic relatedness within Neotropical fern communities increases with soil fertility (2015)
- Global Ecology and Biogeography
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - On the monophyly of subfamily Tectarioideae (Polypodiaceae) and the phylogenetic placement of some associated fern genera (2014)
- Phytotaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Two new names in Clematis (Ranunculaceae) (2014)
- Phytotaxa
(Other publication) - Molecular evidence for complex hybrid origins of LindsaeaxHeterophylla (Lindsaeaceae) (2013)
- Indian Fern Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic fern genus Dracoglossum (2013)
- American Fern Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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