Dr Magdalena Szczepaniak
Assistant Professor
Research interests
- Phylogeny and systematics of the Elymus L. genus (Poaceae).
- Scope, frequency and conditions of natural interspecific and intergeneric hybridization between grass species.
- Phylogeography of grass species of coastal, forest and xerothermic habitats (Elymus L., Melica L.).
- Taxonomy and chorology of critical species complexes of European flora (Melica ciliata-Melica transsilvanica complex, Agropyron-Elymus complex).
- Genetic structure of protected, rare and endangered species in context of the protection of genetic diversity.
- Methodology of taxonomic studies – application of numerical and molecular methods in taxonomy.
Recent publications (selected)
Cieślak E., Ronikier M., Szczepaniak M. 2024. Glacial history of Saxifraga wahlenbergii (Saxifragaceae) in the context of refugial areas in the Western Carpathians. PhytoKeys 246: 295–314. DOI
Walusiak E., Cieślak E., Wilk-Woźniak E., Szczepaniak M., Herrmann A., Petrulaitis L., Rašomavičius V., Uogintas D., Krztoń W. 2024. A wide range of abiotic habitat factors and genetic diversity facilitate expansion of Trapa natans within its native range. Journal of Environmental Management 370: 122468. DOI
Walusiak E., Krztoń W., Cieślak E., Szczepaniak M., Wilk-Woźniak E. 2024. Native recovery or expansive threat? Past and predicted distribution of Trapa natans L. s. l. on northern limit of species' range – Handout for species management. Ecological Indicators 158: 111349. DOI
Castro S., Muratet A., Szczepaniak M., Nguefack J., Hardion L. 2023. RAD sequencing, morphometry and synecology clarify the taxonomy of the Melica ciliata (Poaceae) complex in France and Poland. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 61: 764–775. DOI
Castro S., Muratet A., Szczepaniak M., Nguefack J., Hardion L. 2023. RAD sequencing, morphometry and synecology clarify the taxonomy of the Melica ciliata (Poaceae) complex in France and Poland. Journal of Systematics and Evolution in press. DOI
Wilk Ł., Szczepaniak M., Nikel A. 2023. Stanowiska rzadkich, chronionych i interesujących gatunków flory okolic Krakowa. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Polonica 28: 179–184. DOI
Janik P., Szczepaniak M., Lado C., Ronikier A. 2021. Didymium pseudonivicola: A new myxomycete from the austral Andes emerges from broad-scale morphological and molecular analyses of D. nivicola collections. Mycologia 113: 1327–1342. DOI
Nikel A., Szczepaniak M. 2020. Flora i zbiorowiska roślinne użytku ekologicznego "Dolina Potoku Olszanickiego – Łąki Olszanickie" w Krakowie. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Polonica 27: 585–613. DOI
Szczepaniak M., Nikel A., Paul W., Musiał L., Nęcka B. 2020. Charakterystyka występowania i stan zagrożenia Gagea minima (Liliaceae) na terenie miasta Krakowa. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Polonica 27: 567–584. DOI
Angelov G., Szczepaniak M. 2018. Seed proteins variation and systematic affinities among four taxa of genus Elymus (Triticeae – Poaceae). Comptes rendus de l'Academie bulgare des Sciences 71: 345–350. DOI
Angelov G., Szczepaniak M. 2018. Isoenzyme variation and systematic affinities among four Elymus species (Triticeae – Poaceae) with different genomic constitution. Comptes rendus de l'Academie bulgare des Sciences 71: 483–490. DOI
Migdałek G., Nowak J., Saługa M., Cieślak E., Szczepaniak M., Ronikier M., Marcussen T., Słomka A., Kuta E. 2017. No evidence of contemporary interploidy gene flow between the closely related European woodland violets Viola reichenbachiana and V. riviniana (sect. Viola, Violaceae). Plant Biology 19: 542–551. DOI
Szczepaniak M., Kamiński R., Kuta E., Słomka A., Heise W., Cieślak E. 2016. Natural hybridization between Gladiolus palustris and G. imbricatus inferred from morphological, molecular and reproductive evidence. Preslia 88: 137–161. Link