Presentation from Konstantina Koutroumpa, Forschungsgruppe Asterales am Botanischen Garten Berlin

Plant research, vital for biodiversity conservation, is pivotal in diversity hotspots such as the Mediterranean. Konstantina Koutroumpa, postdoctoral researcher at the Botanic Garden Berlin, shows how big data (morphological and genomic) and advanced methods can enhance our understanding of plant evolution and classification in the ever-growing plant Tree of Life. She gives insights into her research on Centaurea (knapweeds), Greece's most species-rich plant group, for which she is proposing an improved system to classify its diversity.