BIOFLORA
Bioflora is a Plant Biology and Evolution research team integrated by scientific staff from the University of Zaragoza and the Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE, CSIC). The main interest of the group focuses on molecular systematics, population-genetics, bio/phylogeography, comparative genomics, diversity and conservation of plants. The group of species that constitute our primary interest are the temperate grasses (Poaceae, Festuca, Brachypodium), distributed in most continents and including many ecologically and economically important species, and other steppe and alpine Mediterranean-type plant species. Our research emphasize on studies of phylogeny, speciation, hybridization, polyploidization, island and continental colonizations, reproductive biology, ecological adaptation, niche modelling, conservation genetics and taxonomy. Our lab has implemented new approaches from molecular markers in analyses of inheritance in plant polyploids. For more details information please visit our research lines, ongoing projects, publications and Bioflora team.
Bioflora was recognized as an official research team by the Spanish Regional Aragon Government in 2000.
Research lines
Plant systematic and evolution
Biogeography and phylogeography
Genomics of model plant: Brachypodium
Flora and vegetation of the Pyrenees and the Iberian Peninsula
Head of the team
Prof. Pilar Catalán. Escuela Politécnica Superior de Huesca. Universidad de Zaragoza
Researchers
Dr. Luis Villar Pérez. Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Dr. Luis Ángel Inda Aramendia. Escuela Politécnica Superior de Huesca. Universidad de Zaragoza
Dr. Joaquín Ascaso Martorell. Escuela Politécnica Superior de Huesca. Universidad de Zaragoza
Dr. Ernesto Pérez-Collazos. Escuela Politécnica Superior de Huesca. Universidad de Zaragoza
Dr. José Casanova. Escuela Politécnica Superior de Huesca. Universidad de Zaragoza
Dr. María del Carmen Sancho Molina. Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Dr. Antonio Díaz Pérez. Escuela Politécnica Superior de Huesca. Universidad de Zaragoza
PhD students
M.Sc. Rubén Sancho Cohen. Escuela Politécnica Superior de Huesca / Estación experimental Aula Dei
M.Sc. Valeriia Shiposha. Escuela Politécnica Superior de Huesca. Universidad de Zaragoza
M. Sc. María Fernanda Moreno Aguilar. Escuela Politécnica Superior de Huesca