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Ericaceae systematics and evolution

Our research on the flowering plant family Ericaceae is centred on the genus Erica and the collections of the University gardens, particularly Rhododendron.

Erica tetralix, the cross-leaved heather
Photo:
Michael Pirie, UiB

Specific research themes include

  1. Phylogeny and classification
  2. Drivers of species diversification
  3. Phylogenomics and species delimitation
  4. Pollination ecology and speciation
  5. Taxonomy
Updated: 12.06.2020 (First published: 29.04.2020)
Related persons 
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Michael David Pirie

Associate Professor

University Museum of Bergen

  • +47 55 58 29 28

Michael.Pirie@uib.no

Botany
Evolution
Phylogeny
Plant taxonomy
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Torsten Eriksson

Associate Professor

The University Gardens

  • +47 407 67 022
  • +47 407 67 022

Torsten.Eriksson@uib.no

Phylogenetic analysis
Divergence age estimation
Flowering plants
Rosaceae
Allopolyploidy
Bioinformatics
Biodiversity informatics
Database design
Programming
PHP
Perl
Drupal
Berit Gehrke's picture

Berit Gehrke

The University Gardens

  • +47 55 58 72 55

Berit.Gehrke@uib.no

Botany
Per Magnus Jørgensen's picture

Per Magnus Jørgensen

University Museum of Bergen

Per.Jorgensen@uib.no

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Erica biogeographic scenario

Dispersal and diversification of the heathers (Erica; Ericaceae)

Open access paper published in 2019 shows the biogeographic route to spectacular diversification of the 800+ species of heathers.