Tanja Schuster Explained

Tanja Magdalena Schuster is a taxonomist from Austria,^[1] and the first Pauline Ladiges Plant Systematics Fellow, holding a joint position with the School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.^{[2] [3] [4]} Schuster also worked as curator of the Norton-Brown Herbarium at the University of Maryland, College Park.^[5]

In 2011, Schuster created the genus Duma for some species previously placed in Muehlenbeckia, but which were shown by molecular phylogenetic studies to form a distinct clade. The name is derived from the Latin for "thorn-bush."

Selected works

• 10.1086/605121. A Large-Scale Phylogeny of Polygonaceae Based on Molecular Data. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170. 8. 1044–1055. 2009. Sanchez. Adriana. Schuster. Tanja M.. Kron. Kathleen A.. 84694521.
• 10.1002/tax.601013. Taxonomy of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): A new tribal classification. Taxon. 60. 151–160. 2011. Sanchez. Adriana. Schuster. Tanja M.. Burke. Janelle M.. Kron. Kathleen A..
• 10.1002/tax.606010. Phylogeny of Polygoneae (Polygonaceae: Polygonoideae). Taxon. 60. 6. 1653–1666. 2011. Schuster. Tanja M.. Reveal. James L.. Kron. Kathleen A..
• 10.1086/661293. Phylogenetic Relationships of Muehlenbeckia, Fallopia, and Reynoutria (Polygonaceae) Investigated with Chloroplast and Nuclear Sequence Data. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 172. 8. 1053–1066. 2011. Schuster. Tanja M.. Wilson. Karen L.. Kron. Kathleen A.. 84015547.
• 10.1371/journal.pone.0061261. Age Estimates for the Buckwheat Family Polygonaceae Based on Sequence Data Calibrated by Fossils and with a Focus on the Amphi-Pacific Muehlenbeckia. PLOS ONE. 8. 4. e61261. 2013. Schuster. Tanja M.. Setaro. Sabrina D.. Kron. Kathleen A.. 23585884. 3621405. 2013PLoSO...861261S. free.

Taxa authored by Schuster

Schuster is listed in the International Plant Names Index as the author or co-author of 62 names, including:^[6]

• Duma T.M.Schust.
• Koenigia alaskana T.M.Schust. & Reveal (syn. Polygonum alpinum)
• Koenigia alpina T.M.Schust. & Reveal (syn. Aconogonon alpina)
• Koenigia campanulata (Hook.f.) T.M.Schust. & Reveal (syn. Persicaria campanulata)
• Koenigia davisiae T.M.Schust. & Reveal

Notes and References

1. https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/59/2017/04/2011.commencement.pdf
2. Web site: Herbarium welcomes inaugural Fellow . Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria . 5 May 2019 . 26 September 2013.
3. Web site: Tanja Schuster . Plant Systematics Research Group . 8 July 2016 . 5 May 2019.
4. News: Backhouse . Megan . Children's Wonderland . 5 May 2019 . . September 28, 2013 . 10 . The RBG has raised almost $1 million through private donations to the Pauline Ladiges Plant Systematics Research Fellowship, with taxonomist Tanja Schuster appointed inaugural fellow. Dr Schuster will work with the plant science and biodiversity team in the herbarium..
5. Gavin . Sara . Dried but Not Forgotten . College of Agriculture and Natural Resources . . 5 May 2019 . March 1, 2013.
6. Web site: Search for "T.M.Schust." . . 2019-05-02.