Birgitta Bremer (born 17 January 1950),

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and

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, is professor at

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, and director of the Bergius Botanic Garden.

Career

Professor Bremer obtained her doctorate in botany in 1980 from Stockholm University, with the thesis "Taxonomy of mosses of the genus Schistidium". In 1981 she was appointed

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at Stockholm University; 1983–1990 she was an instructor of systematics. Between 1990 and 2000 she was

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instructor; in 2000–2001 she served as

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of the department of systematics; 2000–2004 –

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of plant molecular systematics. Since 2002 she has been director of the Bergius Fund and director of Botanical Garden. Since 2004 she has been a professor of systematics at Stockholm University.

Personal life

She is married to

Kåre Bremer Kåre Bremer (born 17 January 1948) is a Swedish botanist and academic. He has also been Vice-Chancellor of Stockholm University. Career Professor Bremer received his doctorate in Botany from Stockholm University in 1976, where he worked as ...

, and they have two children.

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

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(''Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien'', KVA).

Bibliography

Articles

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Books

* . 1980. ''Taxonomy of Schistidium (

Grimmiaceae Grimmiaceae is a family of mosses in the order Grimmiales. Genera ''The Plant List'' and ''Tropicos'' list the following genera: * '' Aligrimmia'' * '' Bucklandiella'' * '' Codriophorus'' * '' Coscinodon'' * '' Coscinodontella'' * '' Drypt ...

, 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 The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules ...

(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.

References

External links

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