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| Zdenek Kaplan, PhD |
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Plant Taxonomist
Deputy Head of Department of Taxonomy and Biosystematics,
Institute of Botany, Průhonice |
Office address:
Institute of Botany
Academy of Sciences
CZ-252 43 Průhonice
Czech Republic
E-mail: 
Fax: +420 267 750 031
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EDUCATION
| PhD, Taxonomy and biosystematics of Potamogeton, Charles University, Prague, 2002 |
| MSc, Taxonomy, ecology and chorology of linear-leaved Potamogeton species in the Czech Republic, Palacký University, Olomouc, 1995 |
| BSc, Landscape Ecology, Palacký University, Olomouc, 1993 |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Plant taxonomy, biosystematics, microevolution, breeding behaviour, phytogeography, nomenclature, floristics |
MAJOR RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
| ‘Worldwide monograph of taxonomy and phylogeny of Potamogetonaceae’ (project leader, 2009-2013) |
| ‘Taxonomic mysteries in Potamogetonaceae: a monograph of little-known taxonomic groups’ (project leader, 2006-2008) |
| ‘A role of hybrids and hybridization in natural populations of Potamogeton’ (project leader, 2003-2005) |
| ‘Taxonomy and phylogeny of Potamogeton’ (project leader, 2002-2004) |
| ‘Evolution within hybridogenous population of Tragopogon: does Czech population differ from those ones in US?’ (research participant, project leader F. Krahulec, 2002-2004) |
| ‘Tropical plant diversity in Czech herbaria - National heritage of world importance: collections of Th. Haenke, K. B. Presl and K. Domin’ (research participant, project leader J. Štěpánek, 2001-2003) |
| ‘Genetic fruit polymorphism and karyology of Southeast Asian Valerianella’ (research leader, 1998-2002) |
| ‘Key to the flora of the Czech Republic’ (one of editors and authors, 1999-2002) |
| ‘Sources of variation and taxonomic structure within Potamogeton’ (project leader, 1998-2000) |
| ‘A monograph of the family Juncaceae, within a framework of Species Plantarum - Flora of the World’ (research participant, project leader J. Kirschner, 1997-1999) |
| ‘A worldwide treatment on the taxonomy of the genus Potamogeton L. (Potamogetonaceae)’ (together with G. Wiegleb, 1996-1998) |
| ‘Inter-population differentiation in island-like areas of serpentine: Variation in higher plants in a severe environment’ (research participant, project leader J. Štěpánková, 1995-1997) |
| ‘Flora of the Czech Republic’, Vols 6-9 (research participant since 1995, since 2002 also volume editor of vols 8 & 9, editors B. Slavík & J. Štěpánková) |
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TRAVELS AND STAYS ABROAD
| Fieldwork: travels throughout Europe, a few visits to Asia, Africa and North America. Expeditions to Turkey 1992, Siberia 1993, Ukraine 1996, Iran 1997, Mediterranean 1998, Scandinavia 1998, Morocco 2002, Balkan Peninsula 2008, Siberia 2009. |
| Selected short research stays at foreign institutions: Wien (W and WU), Austria, 1997 and 2006; Göttingen (GOET), Berlin (B) and München (M), Germany, 1999; St. Petersburg (LE), Russia, 2000; Stockholm (S) and Uppsala (UPS), Sweden, 2001; London (BM) and Kew (K), Great Britain, 2002, 2004 and 2006; Zürich (Z and ZT), Switzerland, 2003; Utrecht (U), Netherlands, 2003; Brussels (BR and BRVU), Belgium, 2003; Paris (P), France, 2003; Genève (G), Switzerland, 2004; Copenhagen (C), Denmark, 2004; Lund (LD), Sweden, 2004; Budapest (BP), Hungary, 2005; Frankfurt (FR), Germany, 2006; Edinburgh (E), Great Britain, 2006; Leiden (L) and Wageningen (WAG), Netherlands, 2007; Helsinki (H), Finland, 2007 and 2009; Irkutsk (IRKU), Russia, 2009, etc. |
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| PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (see Abstracts)
| Kaplan Z., Fehrer J. & Hellquist C. B. (2009): New hybrid combinations revealed by molecular analysis: The unknown side of North American pondweed diversity (Potamogeton). – Syst. Bot. 34: 625–642. [PDF] [Supplemental material] |
| Kaplan Z. & Fehrer J. (2009): An orphaned clone of Potamogeton ×schreberi in the Czech Republic. – Preslia 81: 387–397. [PDF] |
| Zalewska-Gałosz J., Ronikier M. & Kaplan Z. (2009): The first European record of Potamogeton ×subobtusus identified using ITS and cpDNA sequence data. – Preslia 81: 281–292. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. (2008): A taxonomic revision of Stuckenia (Potamogetonaceae) in Asia, with notes on the diversity and variation of the genus on a worldwide scale. – Folia Geobot. 43: 159–234. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. & Fehrer J. (2007): Molecular evidence for a natural primary triple hybrid in plants revealed from direct sequencing. – Ann. Bot. 99: 1213–1222. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. (2007): First record of Potamogeton × salicifolius for Italy, with isozyme evidence for plants collected in Italy and Sweden. – Pl. Biosystems 141: 344–351. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. & Fehrer J. (2006): Comparison of natural and artificial hybridization in Potamogeton. – Preslia 78: 303–316. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. (2005): Potamogeton schweinfurthii A. Benn., a new species for Europe. – Preslia 77: 419–431. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. (2005): Neotypification of Potamogeton ×fluitans Roth and the distribution of this hybrid. – Taxon 54: 822–826. [PDF] |
| Krahulec F., Kaplan Z. & Novák J. (2005): Tragopogon porrifolius × T. pratensis: the present state of an old hybrid population in Central Bohemia, the Czech Republic. – Preslia 77: 297–306. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. & Symoens J.-J. (2005): Taxonomy, distribution and nomenclature of three confused broad-leaved Potamogeton species occurring in Africa and on surrounding islands. – Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 148: 329–357. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. & Zalewska-Gałosz J. (2004): Potamogeton taxa proposed by J. F. Wolfgang and his collaborators. – Taxon 53: 1033–1041. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. & Fehrer J. (2004): Evidence for the hybrid origin of Potamogeton ×cooperi (Potamogetonaceae): traditional morphology-based taxonomy and molecular techniques in concert. – Folia Geobot. 39: 431–453. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. & Symoens J.-J. (2004): (1638) Proposal to conserve the name Potamogeton schweinfurthii A. Benn. (Potamogetonaceae) with a conserved type. – Taxon 53: 837–838. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. & Wolff P. (2004): A morphological, anatomical and isozyme study of Potamogeton ×schreberi: confirmation of its recent occurrence in Germany and first documented record in France. – Preslia 76: 141–161. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. & Štěpánek J. (2003): Genetic variation within and between populations of Potamogeton pusillus agg. – Plant Syst. Evol. 239: 95-112. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. (2003): Linear-leaved species of Potamogeton in the Czech Republic V. P. pectinatus. – Preslia 75: 165–181. |
| Kaplan Z. (2002): Luzula subg. Pterodes. – In: Kirschner J. (ed.) et al., Juncaceae 1: Rostkovia to Luzula, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6: 164–186 & 224–228, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. |
| Kirschner J. & Kaplan Z. (2002): Taxonomic monographs in relation to global Red Lists. – Taxon 51: 155–158. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. (2002): Linear-leaved species of Potamogeton in the Czech Republic IV. P. pusillus s.l. and P. trichoides. – Preslia 74: 345–371. |
| Kaplan Z., Plačková I. & Štěpánek J. (2002): Potamogeton ×fluitans (P. natans × P. lucens) in the Czech Republic. II. Isozyme analysis. – Preslia 74: 187–195. [PDF] |
| Kubát K., Hrouda L., Chrtek jun. J., Kaplan Z., Kirschner J. & Štěpánek J. (eds) (2002): Klíč ke květeně České republiky. [Key to the Flora of the Czech Republic.] – 928 p., Academia, Praha. |
| Kaplan Z. (2002): Phenotypic plasticity in Potamogeton (Potamogetonaceae). – Folia Geobot. 37: 141–170. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. (2002): Main sources of taxonomic difficulties in Potamogeton. – Zprávy Čes. Bot. Společ. (Praha) 37: 43–46. |
| Kaplan Z. (2002): Linear-leaved species of Potamogeton in the Czech Republic III. P. obtusifolius and P. friesii. – Preslia 74: 267–280. |
| Kaplan Z. (2001): Potamogeton ×fluitans (P. natans × P. lucens) in the Czech Republic. I. Morphology and anatomy. – Preslia 73: 333–340. |
| Kirschner J. & Kaplan Z. (2001): Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Luzula and Juncus (Juncaceae). – Taxon 50: 1107–1113. [PDF] |
| Kirschner J. & Kaplan Z. (2001): (1502–1507) Proposals to reject the names Juncus cymosus, J. radicans, Luzula capillaris, L. hyperborea, L. interrupta, and Rostkovia brevifolia (Juncaceae). – Taxon 50: 1193–1197. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. (2001): Linear-leaved species of Potamogeton in the Czech Republic: II. P. compressus and P. acutifolius. – Preslia 73: 127–139. |
| Kubát K. & Kaplan Z. (2001): Arnoseris minima Schweigg. et Koerte in the Czech Republic. – Severočes. Přír. (Litoměřice) 32("2000"): 29–36. |
| Kaplan Z. (2001): Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Luzula subg. Pterodes (Juncaceae). – Preslia 73(1): 59–71. |
| Kaplan Z. (2000): Linear-leaved species of Potamogeton in the Czech Republic: I. Introduction and key to determination. – Preslia 72: 457–467. |
| Kaplan Z. (2000): Lemna turionifera – a new species for the Czech Republic. – Zprávy Čes. Bot. Společ. (Praha) 34("1999"): 135–141. |
| Kirschner J., Novara L. J., Novikov V. S., Snogerup S. & Kaplan Z. (1999): Supraspecific division of the genus Juncus (Juncaceae). – Folia Geobot. 34: 377–390. [PDF] |
| Wiegleb G. & Kaplan Z. (1998): An account of the species of Potamogeton L. (Potamogetonaceae). – Folia Geobot. 33: 241–316. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. & Řehořek V. (1998): Galium parisiense - a new alien species for the Czech Republic. – Preslia 70: 51–56. |
| Kaplan Z. (1998): Relict serpentine populations of Knautia arvensis s. l. (Dipsacaceae) in the Czech Republic and an adjacent area of Germany. – Preslia 70: 21–31. |
| Kaplan Z. (1998): (1364) Proposal to conserve the name Potamogeton maackianus (Potamogetonaceae) against P. serrulatus. – Taxon 47: 735–736. [PDF] |
| Kaplan Z. (1997): Names of Potamogeton (Potamogetonaceae) proposed by Bohemian botanists in the period 1819–1902. – Preslia 69: 193–239. |
| Krahulec F. & Kaplan Z. (1995): Diversity of Potamogeton species during 21 years of succession in a new water reservoir. – Preslia 66: 237–241. |
| Kaplan Z. (1995): Genus Potamogeton on the Svjatoj Nos isthmus and in the Barguzinskaja valley, Lake Baikal. – Siber. Nat. (Praha) 1: 73–89. |
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last update: 20/12/2009 by Zdenek Kaplan
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