Florian JABBOUR
Professeur(e)
Collection manager
Lecturer
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 outside unit
From 2026 on: Elected for 4 years at the Board of the Département Origines et Evolution, Collège 1
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
Curator in paleobotany.
Curator at P herbarium.
Curator of Amborellales, Nymphaeales, Austrobaileyales, Chloranthales, Magnoliales, Laurales, Canellales, Piperales, Ceratophyllales, Ranunculales, Sabiales, Proteales, Trochodendrales, Buxales, Gunnerales, Dilleniales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales.
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
- 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 (2016-2019)
- Julie Zalko (2018-2022)
- Pierre Galipot (2019-2021)
- Pauline Delpeuch (2020-2023)
- Lantotiana Randriamanana (2022-2025)
- Fabio Meraihi (2023- interrupted 2025)
Documents
Jabbour_Florian_publications.pdf
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Publications
2026
- , August 2026 — Phylogenetic analysis of Delphinium subgenus Delphinium (aka D. peregrinum group, Ranunculaceae): sorting out the Mediterranean taxonomic mess. Abstract The subgenus Delphinium (also known as D. peregrinum group) comprises about 20 annual species (except one perennial)… Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , , boag080ISSN0024-4074, 1095-8339
- , March 2026 — A revised generic classification of Ranunculaceae based on molecular data. Taxon, the journal of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy vol. 75, n° 2, tex.hal_id: hal-05564609 tex.hal_version: v1
- , 2026 — Editorial. Botany Letters vol. 173, n° 1, p. 1-2 tex.hal_id: hal-05546489 tex.hal_version: v1
2025
- , July 2025 — Three-dimensional study of spur morphogenesis in the flower of Staphisagria picta (Ranunculaceae) – from cellular level to organ scale. Floral spurs are invaginations borne by perianth organs (petals and/or sepals) that have evolved repeatedly in various… Botany Letters , , p. 1-14 ISBN: 2381-8107 Type: 10.1080/23818107.2025.2525346
- , July 2025 — « Strengthening CLAMP: New calibration sites to improve paleoclimate reconstructions. » in 9th meeting of Agora Paleobotanica.. Reconstructing continental paleoclimates is a major scientific challenge. Among availablearchives, fossil paleoflora provide a… , ,
- , July 2025 — « From Far East to Middle East: The Asian paleobotanical collections of the MNHN. A focus on the Japanese collections of Father Faurie and on the Lebanese collections. » in 9th meeting of Agora Paleobotanica.. The paleobotanical collections held at the MNHN are remarkably rich, in terms of the number of objects, the geological eras… , ,
- , June 2025 — Cenozoic 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, tex.hal_id: hal-05132404 tex.hal_version: v1
- , June 2025 — The 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 tex.hal_id: hal-05132417 tex.hal_version: v1
- , May 2025 — Repeated 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 tex.hal_id: hal-05132413 tex.hal_version: v1
- , April 2025 — Phylogeny, 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 , , tex.hal_id: hal-05132401 tex.hal_version: v1