Affiliation entity
Morpho-Anatomie et Développement des Plantes (MADP)
Interdisplinary research theme
Biologie évolutive
Researches
Accreditation to supervise research
Speciality
Botanique, morphologie, évolution

Contact

E-mail
florian.jabbour [at] mnhn.fr
Phone
+33 (0)1 40 79 54 57
Address(es)

12-16 rue Buffon
CP39
75005 Paris

Responsibilities inside unit

Co-leader of the MADP team

Responsibilities outside unit

From 2023 on: Elected for 3 years at the Administration Board of the MNHN (permanent member)

From 2022 on: Elected for 4 years at the Board of the Département Origines et Evolution, Collège 2

From 2022 on: Representative for the Doctoral School ED227 MNHN-SU

From 2020 on: Member of the Administration Board of the Société Botanique de France

From 2019 on: Co-Editor-in-Chief of Botany Letters

Collections

Presentation

Research interests

My research focuses on the evolution of plant taxa and plant shapes, in relation to geographical and other physical or biotic conditions.  

I have a special interest in the study of flower ontogeny and evolution, in a phylogenetic framework.

Keywords

  • Evolution and genetic bases of floral traits
  • Flower development
  • Systematics, taxonomy, and biogeography

Education and position

  • 2024 Professor, National Museum of Natural History, Paris
  • 2017-24 Associate Professor, National Museum of Natural History, Paris
  • 2013-17 Assistant Professor, National Museum of Natural History, Paris
  • 2010-12 Postdoctoral fellow, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
  • 2006-09 PhD, Paris-Saclay University, and Génétique Quantitative et Evolution - Le Moulon
  • 2005-06 MSc, Paris-Saclay University
  • 2003-06 AgroParisTech
  • 2001-03 Classes préparatoires BCPST

Current PhD students

  • Fabio Meraihi (2023-, co-supervision with Eugénie Carnero Diaz)
  • Nathan Fouéré-Klein (2024-, co-supervision with Eugénie Carnero Diaz)
  • Mattéo Caroulle (2025-, co-supervision with Patrick Laufs)

Former PhD students

  • Chhavarath Dary (2013-2016)
  • Felipe Espinosa (2016-19)
  • Julie Zalko (2018-22)
  • Pierre Galipot (2019-21)
  • Pauline Delpeuch (2020-23)
  • Lantotiana Randriamanana (2022-25)

Documents

Publications

2025
  • Cao Guan-Long, Li Xiao-Qian, Zhang Jun, Peng Huan-Wen, Li Hong-Lei, Erst Andrey, Jabbour Florian, Ortiz Rosa del C., Soltis Pamela, Soltis Douglas & Wang Wei, June 2025Cenozoic geoclimatic changes drove the evolutionary dynamics of floristic endemism on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 122, n° 26, Publisher: National Academy of Sciences tex.hal_id: hal-05132404 tex.hal_version: v1
  • Peng Huan-Wen, Lian Lian, Xiang Kun-Li, Li Hong-Lei, Erst Andrey, Jabbour Florian, Ortiz Rosa del C & Wang Wei, June 2025The historical connection of the Arctic and Qinghai–Tibet Plateau floras and their asynchronous diversification in response to Cenozoic climate cooling. Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution vol. 79, n° 6, p. 1007-1019 Publisher: Wiley tex.hal_id: hal-05132417 tex.hal_version: v1
  • Peng Huan-Wen, Ling Yuan-Yuan, Xiang Kun-Li, Erst Andrey, Li Xiao-Qian, Lian Lian, Liu Bing, Erst Tatyana, del C. Ortiz Rosa, Jabbour Florian & Wang Wei, May 2025Repeated evolution of storage root and invasions of alpine biome drove replicated radiations of the megadiverse corydalis (papaveraceae) in the qinghai–tibet plateau. Systematic Biology vol. 74, n° 3, p. 359-372 Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP) tex.hal_id: hal-05132413 tex.hal_version: v1
  • Ling Yuan-yuan, Xiang Kun-li, Peng Huan-wen, Lian Lian, Erst Andrey, Erst Tatyana, Cheldysheva Yulia, Jabbour Florian & Wang Wei, April 2025Phylogeny, character evolution and biogeography of Adonis (Ranunculaceae), with special emphasis on the out of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Taxon, the journal of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy , , Publisher: International Association for Plant Taxonomy / Wiley tex.hal_id: hal-05132401 tex.hal_version: v1
2024
  • Wei Meng, Niu Guo-hao, Jiao Bo-han, Chen Xi-yang, Leostrin Artem, Seregin Alexey, Erst Andrey, Jabbour Florian, Wang Wei & Gao Tian-gang, December 2024Merging Ajaniopsis (Asteraceae), an endangered genus endemic to the Tibet Plateau, into Artemisia : Implications for systematics and conservation. Ajaniopsis is a monotypic genus of Asteraceae endemic to the Tibetan Plateau, growing on alpine scree slopes. It has been… Taxon, the journal of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy , , ISBN: 0040-0262 Publisher: International Association for Plant Taxonomy / Wiley Type: 10.1002/tax.13285
  • Wei Meng, Niu Guo-hao, Jiao Bo-han, Chen Xi-yang, Leostrin Artem, Seregin Alexey, Erst Andrey, Jabbour Florian, Wang Wei & Gao Tian-gang, December 2024Merging ajaniopsis (asteraceae), an endangered genus endemic to the tibet plateau, into artemisia : Implications for systematics and conservation. Taxon, the journal of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy , , Publisher: International Association for Plant Taxonomy / Wiley tex.hal_id: hal-04862637 tex.hal_version: v1
  • Li Xiao-Qian, Peng Huan-Wen, Xiang Kun-Li, Xiang Xiao-Guo, Jabbour Florian, Ortiz Rosa Del C., Soltis Pamela S., Soltis Douglas E. & Wang Wei, August 2024Phylogenetic evidence clarifies the history of the extrusion of Indochina. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 121, n° 35, e2322527121
    ISSN
    0027-8424, 1091-6490
  • Sokoloff Dmitry, Remizowa Margarita, Ronse de Craene Louis, Bachelier Julien & Jabbour Florian, July 2024Jean-Baptiste Payer (1818–1860), prolific botanist and enlightened French citizen: his legacy in flower development and a need for a new, global compendium. Botany Letters vol. 171, n° 4, p. 433-455 Publisher: Taylor & Francis tex.hal_id: hal-04862617 tex.hal_version: v1
    ISSN
    2381-8107, 2381-8115
  • Ariouat Hanane, Sklab Youcef, Pignal Marc, Jabbour Florian, Vignes Lebbe Régine, Prifti Edi, Zucker Jean-Daniel & Chenin Eric, May 2024« Enhancing YOLOv7 for Plant Organs Detection Using Attention-Gate Mechanism » in PAKDD2024.. vol. 14646, , p. 223-234 Type: 10.1007/978-981-97-2253-2_18
  • Wu Sheng-dan, Peng Huan-wen, Lian Lian, Ortiz Rosa del C., Erst Andrey, Jabbour Florian & Wang Wei, March 2024Eurasian drylands are both evolutionary cradles and museums of Nitrariaceae diversity. Journal of Biogeography , , Publisher: Wiley tex.hal_id: hal-04519767 tex.hal_version: v1