Dr Benoit Loeuille
B.A. Krukoff Curator of African Botany
Department
Team
Specialism
Systematics, taxonomy, phylogenetics, biogeography, Compositae.
My taxonomic research focuses upon the Compositae (Asteraceae) family with a particular interest for the tribe Vernonieae. Before joining the team, I have worked in Brazil for 15 years. I am interested in systematics, taxonomy, phylogenetics, evolution and biogeography of plant families. I am the editor of Flora Zambesiaca and writing up the Compositae with Nicholas Hind.
- Assistant Professor of Botany, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, 2016-2021
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, 2012-2015
- PhD Botany, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, 2011
- MSc Biodiversity: Genetics, History and Mechanisms of Evolution, Université Jussieu (Paris 6), Paris, France, 2004
- PharmD. Faculté de Pharmacie de Lille, Lille, France, 2004
Loeuille, B., Thode, V., Siniscalchi, C.M., Andrade, S., Rossi, M. & Pirani, J. R. (2021).
Extremely low nucleotide diversity among thirty-six new chloroplast genome sequences from Aldama (Heliantheae, Asteraceae) and comparative chloroplast genomics analyses with closely related genera.
PeerJ, 9: 10886.
Loeuille, B., Semir, J. & Pirani, J.R. (2019).
A synopsis of Lychnophorinae (Asteraceae: Vernonieae).
Phytotaxa, 398: 1-139.
Siniscalchi, C.M., Loeuille, B., Funk, V., Mandel, J. & Pirani, J.R. (2019).
Phylogenomics Yields New Insight Into Relationships Within Vernonieae (Asteraceae).
Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 1.
Loeuille, B., Keeley, S.C. & Pirani, J.R. (2015).
Systematics and evolution of syncephaly in American Vernonieae (Asteraceae) with emphasis on the Brazilian subtribe Lychnophorinae.
Systematic Botany, 40: 286-298.
Loeuille, B., Semir, J., Lohmann, L.G. & Pirani, J.R. (2015).
A phylogenetic analysis of Lychnophorinae (Asteraceae: Vernonieae) based on molecular and morphological data.
Systematic Botany, 40: 299-315.
Loeuille, B. & Roque, N. (2017).
Maschalostachys, a new genus of Vernonieae (Asteraceae) from Brazil.
Phytotaxa 295: 35-48.
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Flora Zambesiaca (FZ)
The definitive manual and identification tool for the vascular plant species of South-Central Africa, drained by the Zambezi (Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana and the Zambezi Region of Namibia).
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Subtribal classification and generic delimitation among Eastern Hemisphere ironweeds (Vernonieae, Compositae)
An integrative taxonomic approach to tackle the 'evil tribe'.