PD Dr. Andreas Fleischmann
Section Vascular plants , Section Special collections
Bavarian State Collection for Botany
Research Scientist and Curator of Vascular Plants
Research interests
Systematics and evolution of carnivorous plant families (especially Droseraceae and Lentibulariaceae)
Flora of the Guayana Highlands (especially Droseraceae, Lentibulariaceae, Sarraceniaceae, Polygala, Xyris, Burmannia)
Biology of parasitic plants (especially Orobanchaceae and Cuscuta) and mycoheterotrophic plants (especially Burmanniaceae and Gentianaceae)
Palaeobotany and palaeomycology
Biology and systematics of the genus Drosera (Droseraceae)
Current projects
- Coordination Office for Conservation Issues concerning the Native Flora in Bavaria – Scientific contributions
- Flora of Bavaria – Scientific contributions
- Phylogenetic relationships, systematics and biology of carnivorous Lamiales, with special focus on the genus Genlisea (Lentibulariaceae)
- Systematics and taxomony of Genlisea (Lentibulariaceae)
- Systematics and evolution of the genus Heliamphora (Sarraceniaceae)
- Scents in carnivorous plants (cooperation with Dr. Boris Schlumpberger, Munich and Dr. Andreas Jürgens, Pietermaritzburg)
- Towards a new red list of vascular plants of Bavaria
- Treatment of Lentibulariaceae for the “Flore du Gabon”, with Marc Sosef (National Botanic Garden of Belgium) and Eberhard Fischer (University of Koblenz)
Publications
Awards
Committees/Editorial Work
- IUCN SSC Freshwater Plant Specialist Group – Member
- Phytotaxa – Editor (Lentibulariaceae, Orobanchaceae)
Scientific Societies
- Bayerische Botanische Gesellschaft
- Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Schwaben
- American Society of Plant Taxonomists
- International Carnivorous Plant Society
- Gesellschaft für Fleischfressende Pflanzen
- Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft – Editor