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Dr. Konstantina Koutroumpa

Forschungsbereich Pflanzen

Dr. Konstantina Koutroumpa
Leiterin, Forschungsbereich Pflanzen
Konstantina Koutroumpa
Telefon
+49 30 838 70043
Fax
+49 30 841
E-Mail
k.koutroumpa@bo.berlin
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8
14195
Berlin
Deutschland
Lebenslauf
  • 2006-2011 Bachelor in Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece. Thesis title: Contribution to the coastal flora of Voidokoilia cove and Yalova lagoon (Prefecture of Messinia, Peloponnese)
  • 2011-2014 Master in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece. Thesis title: Genetic diversity of the hybrid Origanum x intercedens Rech. in Crete
  • 2014-2020 PhD in Plant Sciences, Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Thesis title: Evolutionary and taxonomic studies on Limonium (Plumbaginaceae)
  • 2020-2024 Postdoctoral researcher at the BGBM, Freie Universität Berlin
  • Since 2025 Head of the Research Area Plants

Forschungsinteressen

  • Plant Evolution
  • Molecular Systematics
  • Mediterranean Biogeography
  • Plant Taxonomy

Forschungsprojekte

  • Integrative taxonomy of Centaurea (Asteraceae, Cardueae) focusing on the flora of Greece
  • Integrative taxonomy and biodiversity data management
  • Evolution and taxonomy of Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) in Eastern Mediterranean

Mandate in wissenschaftlichen Gremien und Komitees

Member of the Scientific and Editorial Committee of the Flora of Greece project

Externe Links

Papers in peer reviewed journals (published and in press)

  • Cedeño-Fonseca M., Ortiz O. O., Köster N., Jiménez P. D., Koutroumpa K., Borsch T., de Mestier A. 2025: Species diversity patterns within a big Neotropical genus: recent radiations in Philodendron (Araceae) in Central America. – Annals of Botany mcaf257.
  • Malekmohammadi M., Koutroumpa K., Crespo M. B., Domina G., Korotkova N., Akhani H., von Mering, S., Borsch T. & Berendsohn W. 2024: A taxonomic backbone for the Plumbaginaceae (Caryophyllales). – Phytokeys 243: 67-103.
  • Keller B., Alther B., Jiménez A., Koutroumpa K., Mora-Carrera E. & Conti E. 2024: Island plants with newly discovered reproductive traits have higher capacity for uniparental reproduction, supporting Baker’s law. – Scientific Reports 14: 11392.
  • Koutroumpa K. 2024: Limonium artelariae (Plumbaginaceae), a new endemic species and further taxonomic and floristic notes on the genus in the island of Crete. – Willdenowia 54: 65–79.
  • Zografidis A., Koutroumpa K., Liveri E. & Dimopoulos P. 2023: Centaurea dolopica (Asteraceae, Cardueae), a new species of section Acrocentron from Greece. – Phytotaxa 584: 173–185.
  • Koutroumpa K., Warren B. H., Theodoridis S., Coiro M., Romeiras M. M., Jiménez A. & Conti E. 2021: Geo-climatic changes and apomixis as major drivers of diversification in the Mediterranean sea lavenders (Limonium Mill.). – Front. Plant Sci. 11: 612258.
  • Keller B., Ganz R., Mora‐Carrera E., Nowak M. D., Theodoridis S., Koutroumpa K., & Conti E. 2021: Asymmetries of reproductive isolation are reflected in directionalities of hybridization: Integrative evidence on the complexity of species boundaries. – New Phytol. 229: 1795–1809.
  • Flowers J. M., Hazzouri K. M., Gros-Balthazard M., Mo Z., Koutroumpa K., Perrakis A., Ferrand S., Khierallah H. S. M., Fuller D. Q., Aberlenc F., Fournaraki C. & Purugganan M. D. 2019: Cross-species hybridization and the origin of North African date palms. – Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 116: 1651–1658.
  • Koutroumpa K., Theodoridis S., Warren B. H., Jiménez A., Celep F., Doğan M., Romeiras M. M., Santos‐Guerra A., Fernández‐Palacios J. M., Caujapé‐Castells J., Moura M., de Sequeira M. M. & Conti E. 2018: An expanded molecular phylogeny of Plumbaginaceae, with emphasis on Limonium (sea lavenders): Taxonomic implications and biogeographic considerations. – Ecol. Evol. 8: 12397–12424.
  • Laina D., Oikonomou I., Koutroumpa K., Bariotakis M., Kotzabasis K., Ito K., Seymour R.S. & Pirintsos, S. A. 2018: Exogenous induction of thermogenesis in Arum concinnatum by salicylic acid. – Funct. Plant Biol. 45: 1195–1204.
  • Bariotakis M.*, Koutroumpa K.*, Karousou, R. & Pirintsos, S. A. 2016: Environmental (in)dependence of a hybrid zone: Insights from molecular markers and ecological niche modeling in a hybrid zone of Origanum (Lamiaceae) on the island of Crete. – Ecol. Evol. 6: 8727–8739.
    *Shared 1st authorship
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