Christenhusz, Maarten Joost Maria (1976-)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Maarten Joost Maria
Last name
Christenhusz
Initials
M.J.M.
Life Dates
1976 -
Collecting Dates
2000 -
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
AAU, AMAZ, B, BBS, BM, BR, CAY, DUKE, E, FBG, FTG, GOET, GUAD, H, HAL, IJ, K, M, MAPR, MBM, NY, P, QCA, S, SP, TAIF, TI, TUR, TURA, U, UC, UPC, UPCB, UPR, UPRRP, USM
Countries
Europe: Belgium, Gibraltar, Spain, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, GermanyBrazilian region: BrazilTemperate South America: ChilePacific region: French PolynesiaCentral American Continent: Guatemala, MexicoChinese region: Hong KongTropical Africa: KenyaCaribbean region: Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, DominicaTropical South America: Peru, Suriname, French GuianaMalesian region: PhilippinesIndo-China: Thailand, Vietnam, CambodiaNorth Africa: TunisiaWestern Asia: Turkey
Associate(s)
Bollendorff, Sarah Marie (1971-) (co-collector)
Chase, Mark W. (1951-) (co-collector)
Fay, M. (fl. 2009) (co-collector)
Jimenes-Barrios, J. (fl. 2009) (co-collector)
Katzer, F. (fl. 2005) (co-collector)
Maas, Paulus Johannes Maria (1939-) (co-collector)
Maas-van de Kamer, Hillegonda (Hiltje) (1941-) (co-collector)
Paajanen, M. (fl. 2003) (co-collector)
Pérez C., A. (fl. 2002-2003) (co-collector)
Tuomisto, Hanna Marjaana (1965-) (co-author)
Vorontsova, M. (fl. 2008-2009)
Biography
Dutch botanist specialising in taxonomy, pteridology and phytogeography. Maarten Christenhusz was born at Enschende in the Netherlands and studied biology at Utrecht University from 1995-2001. He took his PhD (2002-2007) at Turku University in Finland, completing the thesis "Evolutionary history and Taxonomy of Neotropical marattioid ferns: studies of an ancient lineage of plants". Following this he was employed for two years at the Natural History Museum in London as an assistant researcher working on Flora Mesoamericana, before returning to Finland to take up a post at the Museum of Natural History in Helsinki.

Christenhusz has collected plants in some 30 different countries since 2000 and has described a number of new species. His research has often focused on ferns, though not exclusively, and on island endemics and invasive species. On the latter subject, for example, he co-authored the 2008 paper "Giants invading the tropics: the oriental vessel fern, Angiopteris evecta (Marattiaceae)" (in Biological Invasions). In 2009 Christenhusz launched the plant taxonomy journal Phytotaxa. He is also an associate editor (pteridophytes) of the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.

Sources:
Personal communication, September 2009.
Christenhusz, Maarten Joost Maria (1976-)
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