Birgitta Bremer Explained

Birgitta Bremer
Birth Date:	1950 1, df=y
Nationality:	Swedish
Known For:	APG
Author Abbrev Bot:	B.Bremer
Occupation:	Botanist

Birgitta Bremer (born 17 January 1950), Swedish botanist and academic, is professor at Stockholm University, and director of the Bergius Botanic Garden.^[1]

Career

Professor Bremer obtained her doctorate in botany in 1980 from Stockholm University, with the thesis "Taxonomy of mosses of the genus Schistidium".^[2]

In 1981 she was appointed docent at Stockholm University; 1983–1990 she was an instructor of systematics.

Between 1990 and 2000 she was systematic botany instructor; in 2000–2001 she served as dean of the department of systematics; 2000–2004 – professor of plant molecular systematics.

Since 2002 she has been director of the Bergius Fund and director of Botanical Garden.^[3] Since 2004 she has been a professor of systematics at Stockholm University.

Achievements

On 11 February 2009 Professor Bremer, Professor Bergianus at the Bergius Foundation, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien, KVA).^[4]

Bibliography

Articles

• Bremer. Birgitta. Eriksson. Torsten. Time Tree of Rubiaceae: Phylogeny and Dating the Family, Subfamilies, and Tribes. International Journal of Plant Sciences. August 2009. 170. 6. 766–793. 10.1086/599077. 49332892. University of Chicago.
• Kårehed . Jesper . Inge . Groeninckx . Steven . Dessein . Timothy J. . Motley . Birgitta . Bremer . The phylogenetic utility of chloroplast and nuclear DNA markers and the phylogeny of the Rubiaceae tribe Spermacoceae . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 49 . 3 . December 2008 . 843–866 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.025. 18950720 .
• Oxelman . Bengt . Kornhall . Per . Olmstead . Richard G. . Bremer . Birgitta . Further Disintegration of Scrophulariaceae . Taxon . 1 May 2005 . 54 . 2 . 411–425 . 10.2307/25065369. 25065369 .
• Razafimandimbison . Sylvain G. . Moog . Joachim . Lantz . Henrik . Maschwitz . Ulrich . Bremer . Birgitta . Re-assessment of monophyly, evolution of myrmecophytism, and rapid radiation in Neonauclea s.s. (Rubiaceae) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . February 2005 . 34 . 2 . 334–354 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.005. 15619446 .
• Bremer. et al. Birgitta . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II . . April 2003 . 141 . 4 . 399–436 . 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x.
• Novotny . Vojtech . Basset . Yves . Miller . Scott E. . Weiblen . George D. . Bremer . Birgitta . Cizek . Lukas . Drozd . Pavel . Low host specificity of herbivorous insects in a tropical forest . Nature . 25 April 2002 . 416 . 6883 . 841–844 . 10.1038/416841a. 11976681 . 2002Natur.416..841N . 74583 .
• Backlund . Maria . Oxelman . Bengt . Bremer . Birgitta . Phylogenetic relationships within the Gentianales based on NDHF and RBCL sequences, with particular reference to the Loganiaceae . American Journal of Botany . July 2000 . 87 . 7 . 1029–1043 . 10.2307/2657003. 2657003 . 10898781 .
• Eriksson . Ove . Bremer . Birgitta . Pollination Systems, Dispersal Modes, Life Forms, and Diversification Rates in Angiosperm Families . Evolution . February 1992 . 46 . 1 . 258–266 . 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1992.tb02000.x. 28564968 . 2409820 . 39336718 . free .

Books

• . 1980. Taxonomy of Schistidium (Grimmiaceae, Bryophyta). 8 pp.
• . 2003. Introduction to phylogeny and systematics of flowering plants. Volume 33, Nº 2 de Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis: Symbolae botanicae Upsalienses. 7ª edición ilustrada de Uppsala Universitet, 102 pp.
• . 1992. Phylogeny of the Rubiaceae (Chiococceae) based on Molecular and MOrphological data – Useful Approaches for Classification and Comparative Ecology. Volume 72 and 79 of Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 767 pp.

External links

• Eva Krutmeijer interview of Birgitta Bremer on the website of Linnaeus 300

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries.
2. Taxonomy of Schistidium
3. Web site: Birgitta Bremer – Bergius Botanic Garden . 2018-08-02 . 2019-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015336/http://www.bergianska.se/english/about-us/contact-us/staff/birgitta-bremer . dead .
4. Web site: Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien . 2018-08-02 . 2022-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220310061316/https://www.kva.se/en/pressrum/pressmeddelanden/manga-nya-ledamoter-invalda-i-akademien . dead .