
Catherine REEB

57 rue Cuvier
CP39
75005 Paris
In charge with Romain Nattier of the “Journal Club” ISYEB
I am interested in bryophytes systematics, especially thalloid liverworts (Aneuraceae and Marchantiideae, Marchantiophyta). I focus on integrative approaches using various methods and tools : morpho-anatomy, molecular approaches, morphometry. Biogeography, origin of the flora and endemism are also fascinating questions on which I expect to work more.
I mainly work on bryophytes from Madagascar, overlooked and needing significant systematics improvements. But I also study Neotropics plants and beyond in my favorite systématics groups (Aneuraceae).
I am also interested in patterns recognition in branching plants, and I initiated a software, Morphosnake, in order to analyze them.
I participate to the flora of ferns of Madagascar and conducted some studies on fern ecology in Madagascar.
MADAGASCAR
OTHER COUNTRIES
Projets en cours :
Thalloid plants, which are only represented by a tissue lamina are very polymorphic. Characters are aften unstable and strongly depend on the ecological context. Through this project we aim to precise thalloid systematics in an integrative taxonomy context in order to answer further to evolutive questions regarding characters evolution, biogeography, radiation and endemism.
The integrative approach has been developped using molecular species delimitation, for Aneuraceae (PHD 2014) and for Ricciaceae (Rabeau’s PHD 2019). We aim to continue to develop these approaches for other liverowrts or mosses taxa, expecially in the context of the previous MADBRYO project.
Lucile Rabeau’s PHD (2019): Diversity and evolution in liverwort genus Riccia (Ricciaceae, Marchantiidae): integrative and phylogenetic approaches with a focus on southern Africa and western Indian Ocean.
…coming soon…