Barbara Gravendeel
Associate professor guest
- Name
- Dr. B. Gravendeel
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- b.gravendeel@umail.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6508-0895
Barbara Gravendeel is interested in the genomic and developmental basis of evolutionary changes (evo-devo) in plants.
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Former PhD candidates
Barbara Gravendeel is interested in the genomic and developmental basis of evolutionary changes (evo-devo) in plants.
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Fundamental research
Orchids are the most successful flowering plant group on earth with over 20,000 species known worldwide and still many awaiting discovery. This plant group possibly evolved into so many species because their flowers became highly specialized over the past 100 million years. As a consequence, pollen is only deposited on or removed from a very specific body part of a pollinator, ensuring a high degree of reproductive isolation among different orchid species. Using the emergent orchid model system Erycina pusilla, we study the role of developmental gene duplication and subfunctionalisation in the generation of highly specialized organs of orchid flowers and fruits. A unique combination of MADX box genes was recently shown to determine the differentiation of the median petal and stamens into the orchid lip (Gravendeel & Dirks-Mulder, 2015) and steilidia (Dirks-Mulder et al. 2017). By carrying out directional crosses and transcriptome analyses on recombinant inbred lines of Erycina pusilla, the genetic basis of other evolutionary novelties of orchids that evolved over the past million years is being studied.
Associate professor guest
- Science
- Instituut Biologie Leiden
- IBL Algemeen
- He X., Pelt D.M., Gao J.R., Gravendeel B., Zhu P.Q., Chen S.Y., Qiu J. & Lens F.P. (2024), Machine learning-based wood anatomy identification: towards anatomical feature recognition, IAWA Journal : 1-19.
- He X., Gao H., Gravendeel B., Zhu P., Chen S., Qiu J. & Lens F. (2024), Machine learning-based wood anatomy identification: towards anatomical feature recognition, IAWA Journal 45(4): 457-475.
- Li C., Polling M., Cao L., Gravendeel B. & Verbeek F.J. (2023), Analysis of automatic image classification methods for Urticaceae pollen classification, Neurocomputing 522: 181-193.
- Ciftci O., Wagemaker C.A.M., Mertens A., Bodegom P.M. van, Pirovano W. & Gravendeel B. (2023), Genotyping by sequencing for estimating relative abundances of diatom taxa in mock communities, BMC Ecology and Evolution 23(1): 4.
- Jahanbanifard M., Price E., González Benito A., Raggi L.A., Javanmardi S., Lens F., Gravendeel B., Espinoza E. & Verbeek F.J. (2023), A novel method to analyse DART TOFMS spectra based on Convolutional Neural Networks: a case study on methanol extracts of wool fibres from endangered camelids, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 489: 117050.
- Pramanik D., Spaans M., Kranenburg T., Bogarin Chaves D.G., Heijungs R., Lens F.P., Smets E.F. & Gravendeel B. (2022), Inflorescence lignification of natural species and horticultural hybrids of Phalaenopsis orchids, Scientia Horticulturae 295: 110845.
- Claessens J., Aguiar A.F., Karsholt O., Bacallado J.J., Heijungs R. & Gravendeel B. (2022), Pollination strategy of Gennaria diphylla (Orchidaceae) on the Canary Islands and on Madeira, Mediterranean Botany 43: e73718.
- Masters S., Anthoons B., Madesis P., Saroja S.G., Schermer M., Gerritsen W., Karahan A., Verdoes R., Schwallier R., Andel T.R. van, Boer H. de & Gravendeel B. (2022), Quantifying an online wildlife trade using a web crawler, Biodiversity and Conservation 31(3): 855-869.
- Ciftci O., Alverson A.J., Bodegom P.M. van, Roberts W.R., Mertens A., Vijver B. van de, Trobajo R., Mann D.G., Pirovano W., Eijk I. van & Gravendeel B. (2022), Phylotranscriptomics reveals the reticulate evolutionary history of a widespread diatom species complex, Journal of Phycology 58(5): 643-656.
- Hiemstra A.F., Rambonnet L., Gravendeel B. & Schilthuizen M. (2021), The effects of COVID-19 litter on animal life, Animal Biology 71(2): 215.
- Polling M., Li C., Cao L., Verbeek F.J., Weger L.A. de, Belmonte J., De Linares C., Willemse J.J., Boer H. de & Gravendeel B. (2021), Neural networks for increased accuracy of allergenic pollen monitoring, Scientific Reports 11: 11357.
- Wati R.K., Graaf E.F. de, Bogarin D., Heijungs R., Vugt R. van, Smets E.F. & Gravendeel B. (2021), Antimicrobial activity of necklace orchids is phylogenetically clustered and can be predicted with a biological response method, Frontiers in Pharmacology 11: 586345.
- Veldman S., Ju Y., Otieno J.N., Abihudi S., Posthouwer C., Gravendeel B., Andel T.R. van & Boer H.J. de (2020), DNA barcoding augments conventional methods for identification of medicinal plant species traded at Tanzanian markets, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 250: 112495.
- Masters S., Andel T.R. van, Boer H.J. de, Heijungs R. & Gravendeel B. (2020), Patent analysis as a novel method for exploring commercial interest in wild harvested species, Biological Conservation 243: 108454.
- Jahanbanifard M., Beckers V.M.H., Koch G., Beeckman H., Gravendeel B., Verbeek F.J., Baas P., Priester C. & Lens F.P. (2020), Description and evolution of wood anatomical characters in the ebony wood genus Diospyros and its close relatives (Ebenaceae): a first step towards combatting illegal logging, IAWA Journal 41(4): 577-619.
- Pramanik D., Dorst N., Meesters N., Spaans M., Smets E.F., Welten M. & Gravendeel B. (2020), Evolution and development of three highly specialized floral structures of bee-pollinated Phalaenopsis species, EvoDevo 11: 16.
- Heiduk A., Pramanik D., Spaans M., Gast L., Dorst N., Heuven B.J. van & Gravendeel B. (2020), Pitfall flower development and organ identity of Ceropegia sandersonii (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae), Plants 9(12): 1767.
- Dirks-Mulder A., Ahmed I., Broek M. uit het, Krol L., Menger N., Snier J., Winzum A. van, Wolf A. de, Wout M. van 't, Zeegers J.J., Butot R., Heijungs R., Heuven B.J., Kruizinga J., Langelaan R., Smets E.F., Star W., Bemer M. & Gravendeel B. (2019), Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Orchid Fruit Development, Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 137.
- Viruel J., Conejero M., Hidalgo O., Pokorny L., Powell R.F., Forest F., Kantar M.B., Soto Gomez M., Graham S.W., Gravendeel B., Wilkin P. & Leitch I.J. (2019), A target capture-based method to estimate ploidy from herbarium specimens, Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 937.
- Claessens J., Bacallado J.J., Bogarin D., Dedroog L., Heijungs R., Langelaan R., Nieukerken E.J. van, Berg K. van den & Gravendeel B. (2019), Pollination of Habenaria tridactylites on the Canary Islands, Nordic Journal of Botany 37(8): e02401.
- Bogarín D.G., Pérez-Escobar O.A., Karremans A.P., Fernández M., Kruizinga J., Pupulin F., Smets E.F. & Gravendeel B. (2019), Phylogenetic comparative methods improve the selection of characters for generic delimitations in a hyperdiverse Neotropical orchid clade, Scientific Reports 9: 15098.
- Jahanbanifard M., Gravendeel B., Lens F.P., Verbeek F.J. & (2019), Ebony wood identification to battle illegal trade. Hogeweg L. & Pieterse S. (Eds.), Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. Biodiversity Next 2019 20 October 2019 - 25 October 2019. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards no. 3: Pensoft Publishers. e37084.
- Bogarin Chaves D.G., Perez-Escobar O.A., Groenenberg D., Holland S.D., Karremans A.P., Lemmon E.M., Lemmon A.R., Pupulin F., Smets E.F. & Gravendeel B. (2018), Anchored hybrid enrichment generated nuclear, plastid and mitochondrial markers resolve the Lepanthes horrida (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) species complex, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 129: 27-47.
- Bogarin Chaves D.G., Fernandez M., Borkent A., Heemskerk A., Pupulin F., Ramirez S., Smets E.F. & Gravendeel B. (2018), Pollination of Trichosalpinx (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) by biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 186(4): 510-543.
- Veldman S., Kim S.J., Andel T.R. van, Font M.B., Bone R.E., Bytebier B., Chuba D., Gravendeel B., Martos F., Mpatwa G., Ngugi G., Vinya R., Wightman N., Yokoya K. & Boer H.J. de (2018), Trade in Zambian Edible Orchids - DNA Barcoding Reveals the Use of Unexpected Orchid Taxa for Chikanda, Genes 9(12): 595.
- Kusuma Wati R., Vugt R.R. van & Gravendeel B. (2018), A Linnaeus NG interactive key to the species of Glomera (Orchidaceae, Coelogyninae) from Southeast Asia, PhytoKeys 110: 9-22.
- Lee Y.I., Yap J.W., Shairul I., Leitch I.J., Fay M.F., Lee Y.C., Hidalgo O., Dodsworth S., Smulders M.J.M., Gravendeel B. & Leitch A.R. (2018), Satellite DNA in Paphiopedilum subgenus Parvisepalum as revealed by high-throughput sequencing and fluorescent in situ hybridization, BMC Genomics 19: 578.
- Naive M.A. & Gravendeel B. (2018), First wild record of Dendrochilum warrenii (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) confirms a Philippine provenance, Lankesteriana 18(3): 207-210.
- Langeveld B.W., Mol D., Zazula G.D., Gravendeel B., Eurlings M., McMichael C.N.H., Groenenberg D., Reenen G.B.A. van, Palmeira M., Vogel J. & Geel B. van (2018), A multidisciplinary study of a late Pleistocene arctic ground squirrel (Urocitellus parryii) midden from Yukon, Canada, Quaternary Research 89(1): 333-351.
- Dirks-Mulder A., Butot R., Schaik P. van, Wijnands J.W.P.M., Berg R. van den, Krol L., Doebar S., Kooperen K. van, Boer H. de, Kramer E.M., Smets E.F., Vos R.A., Vrijdaghs A. & Gravendeel B. (2017), Exploring the evolutionary origin of floral organs of Erycina pusilla, an emerging orchid model system, BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 89.
- Schiebold J.M.I., Bidartondo M.I., Karasch P., Gravendeel B. & Gebauer G. (2017), You are what you get from your fungi: nitrogen stable isotope patterns in Epipactis species, Annals of Botany 119(7): 1085-1095.
- Ghorbani A., Gravendeel B., Selliah S., Zarre S. & Boer H. de (2017), DNA barcoding of tuberous Orchidoideae: a resource for identification of orchids used in Salep, Molecular Ecology Resources 17(2): 342-352.
- Schwallier R., Gravendeel B., Boer H. de, Heuven B.J. van, Sieder A., Sumail S., Vugt R. van, Nylinder S. & Lens F. (2017), Evolution of wood anatomical characters in Nepenthes and close relatives of Caryophyllales, Annals of Botany 119(7): 1179-1193.
- Scopece G., Gravendeel B. & Cozzolino S. (2017), The effect of different chiral morphs on visitation rates and fruit set in the orchid Spiranthes spiralis, Plant Ecology and Diversity 10(2-3): 97-104.
- Veldman S., Gravendeel B., Otieno J.N., Lammers Y., Duijm E., Nieman A., Bytebier B., Ngugi G., Martos F., Andel T.R. van & Boer H.J. de (2017), High-throughput sequencing of African chikanda cake highlights conservation challenges in orchids, Biodiversity and Conservation 26(9): 2029-2046.
- Karremans Adam P., Albertazzi Federico J., Baker Freek T., Bogarin Diego, Eurlings Marcel C.M., Pridgeon Alec, Pupulin Franco & Gravendeel Barbara (2016), Phylogenetic reassessment of Specklinia and its allied genera in the Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae), Phytotaxa 272(1): 1-36.
- Schilthuizen M., Santos Pimenta L.P., Lammers Y., Steenbergen P.J., Flohil M., Beveridge N.G., Duijn P.T. van, Meulblok M.M., Sosef N., Ven R. van de, Werring R., Beentjes K.K., Meijer K., Vos R.A., Vrieling K., Gravendeel B., Choi Y.H., Verpoorte R., Smit C. & Beukeboom L.W. (2016), Incorporation of an invasive plant into a native insect herbivore food web, PeerJ 4: e1954.
- Karremans A.P., Bogarin Chaves D.G. & Gravendeel B. (2015), Specklinia lugduno-batavae (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae), a new species in the S-digitalis group, Blumea 59(3): 180-184.
- Karremans A.P., Bogarin D.G., Pupulin F., Luer C.A. & Gravendeel B. (2015), The glandulous Specklinia: morphological convergence versus phylogenetic divergence, Phytotaxa 218(2): 101-127.
- Karremans A.P., Pupulin F., Grimaldi D., Beentjes K.K., Butot R., Fazzi G.E., Kaspers K., Kruizinga J., Roessingh P., Smets E.F. & Gravendeel B. (2015), Pollination of Specklinia by nectar-feeding Drosophila: the first reported case of a deceptive syndrome employing aggregation pheromones in Orchidaceae, Annals of Botany 116(3): 437-455.
- Bogarin D.G., Karremans A.P., Rincon R. & Gravendeel B. (2013), A new Specklinia (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Costa Rica and Panama, Phytotaxa 115(2): 31-41.
- Subedi A., Kunwar B., Choi Y.H., Dai Y., Andel T.R. van, Chaudhary R.P., Boer H.J. de & Gravendeel B. (2013), Collection and trade of wild-harvested orchids in Nepal, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9(1): 64.
- Eurlings M.C.M., Lens F.P., Pakusza C., Peelen T., Wieringa J.J. & Gravendeel B. (2013), Forensic identification of indian snakeroot (Rauvolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz) using DNA barcoding, Journal of Forensic Sciences 58(3): 822-830.
- Sirichamorn Y., Adema F.A.C.B., Gravendeel B. & Welzen P.C. van (2012), Phylogeny of Palaeotropic Derris-like Taxa (Fabaceae) based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences shows reorganization of (infra)generic classifications is needed, American Journal of Botany 99(11): 1793-1808.
- Przybylowicz T., Roessigh P., Groot A.T., Biesmeijer J.G.B., Oostermeijer G., Chittka L. & Gravendeel B. (2012), Possible chemical mimicry of the European lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus), Contributions to Zoology 81(2): 103-110.
- Pupulin F., Karremans A.P. & Gravendeel B. (2012), A reconsideration of the empusellous species of Specklinia (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) in Costa Rica, Phytotaxa 63(1): 1-20.
- Schilthuizne M. & Gravendeel B. (2012), Left-right asymmetry in plants and animals: a gold mine for research, Contributions to Zoology 81: 75-78.
- Subedi A., Chaudary R.P., Vermeulen J.J. & Gravendeel B. (2011), Panisea panchaseensis sp. nov. (Orchidaceae) from central Nepal, Nordic Journal of Botany 29: 361-365.
- Geel B. van, Fisher D.C., Rountrey A.N., Arkel J. van, Duivenvoorden J.F., Nieman A.M., Reenen G.B.A., Tikhonov A.N., Buigues B. & Gravendeel B. (2011), Palaeo-environmental and dietary analysis of intestinal contents of a mammoth calf (Yamal Peninsula, northwest Siberia), Quaternary Science Reviews 30: 3935-3946.
- Doorduin L.J., Gravendeel B., Lammers Y., Ariyurek Y., Chin-A-Woeng T. & Vrieling K. (2011), The Complete Chloroplast Genome of 17 individuals of Pest Species Jacobaea vulgaris: SKIPs, Microsatellites and Barcoding Markers for Population and Phylogenetic Studies, DNA Research 18(2): 93-105.
- Doorduin L.J., Gravendeel B., Lammers Y., Ariyurek Y., Chin-A-Woeng T. & Vrieling K. (2011), The Complete Chloroplast Genome of 17 Individuals of Pest Species Jacobaea vulgaris: SNPs, Microsatellites and Barcoding Markers for Population and Phylogenetic Studies, DNA Research 18: 93-105.
- Subedi A., Chaudhary R.P., Achterberg C., Heijerman T., Lens F., Dooren T.J.M. van & Gravendeel B. (2011), Pollination and protection against herbivory of Nepalese Coelogyninae (Orchidaceae), American Journal of Botany 98: 1095-1103 (IF 2010: 3, 052).
- Smidt E.C., Borba E.L., Gravendeel B., Fischer G.A. & Berg C. van den (2011), Molecular phylogeny of the Neotropical sections of Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae) using nuclear and plastid spacers, Taxon 60(4): 1050-1064.
- Gravendeel B. (2008), Fossiele bestuiver dateert orchideeënfamilie, Entomologische Berichten 68(2): 2-4.
- Geel B. van, Aptroot A., Baittinger C., Birks H.H., Bull I.D., Cross H.B., Evershed R.P., Gravendeel B., Kompanje E.J.O., Kuperus P., Mol D., Nierop K.G.J., Pals J.P., Tikhonov A.N., Reenen G. van & Tienderen P.H. van (2008), The ecological implications of a Yakutian mammoth’s last meal, Quaternary Research 69(3): 361-376.
- Claessens J., Gravendeel B. & Kleynen J. (2008), Cucullia umbratica L. as pollinator of Platanthera hybrida Bruegg. in South-Limburg (The Netherlands), J. Eur. Orch. 40(1): 73-84.
- Hof K. van den, Berg R.G. van den & Gravendeel B. (2008), Chalcone Synthase Gene Lineage Diversification Confirms Allopolyploid Evolutionary Relationships of European Rostrate Violets, Molecular Biology of Evolution 25(10): 2108-2108.
- Kocyan A., Vogel E.F. de, Conti E. & Gravendeel B. (2008), Molecular phylogeny of Aerides (Orchidaceae) based on one nuclear and two plastid markers: A step forward in understanding the evolution of the Aeridinae, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 422-443.
- Ramirez S.R., Gravendeel B., Singer R.B., Marshall C.R. & Pierce N.E. (2007), Dating the origin of the Orchidaceae from a fossil orchid with its pollinator, 448: 1042-1045.
- Fischer G.A., Gravendeel B., Sieder A., Adriantiana J., Heiselmayer P., Cribb P.J., Camargo Smidt E., Samuel R. & Kiehn M. (2007), Evolution of resupination in Malagasy species of Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 358-376.
- Gravendeel B., Baas P. & Smets E. (2007), Herbaria in Nederland - van blijvend belang voor het behoud van biodiversiteit, Gewina 30: 153-161.
- Goldman D. & Gravendeel B. (2006), Bringing Ex Situ Orchid Conservation to the Home Garden, Conservation Biology 20(6): 1829-1830.
- Gravendeel B., Schuiteman A. & Vogel E.F. de (2005), Molecular dating and vicariance analysis of Coelogyninae (Orchidaceae), Regnum Vegetabile 143: 131-148.
- Hsu S.C., Gravendeel B. & Vogel E.F. de (2005), Taxonomic revision of Geesinkorchis (Coelogyninae; Epidendroideae; Orchidaceae), Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 50: 505-517.
- Eurlings M.C.M. & Gravendeel B. (2005), TrnL-trnF sequence data imply paraphyly of Aquilaria and Gyrinops (Thymelaeaceae) and provide new perspectives for agarwood identification, Plant Systematics and Evolution 254(1-2): 1-12.
- Mols J.B., Gravendeel B., Chatrou L.W., Pirie M.D., Bygrave P.C., Chase M.W. & Keβler P.J.A. (2004), Identifying clades in Asian Annonaceae: monophyletic genera in the polyphyletic Miliuseae, American Journal of Botany 91: 590-600.
- Gravendeel B., Eurlings M.C.M., Berg C. van den & Cribb P.J. (2004), Phylogeny of Pleione (Orchidaceae) and parentage analysis of its wild hybrids based on plastid and nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences and morphological data, Systematic Botany 29: 50-63.
- Grob G.B.J., Gravendeel B. & Eurlings M.C.M. (2004), Potential phylogenetic utility of the nuclear FLORICAULA/LEAFY second intron: Comparison with three chloroplast DNA regions in Amorphophallus (Araceae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 13-23.
- Pelser P.B., Hof K. van den, Gravendeel B. & Meijden R. van der (2004), The systematic value of morphoogical characters in Senecio sect. Jacobaea (Asteraceae) as compared to DNA sequences, Systematic Botany 29: 790-805.
- Gravendeel B., Smithson A., Slik J.W.F. & Schuiteman A. (2004), Epiphytism and pollinator specialization: drivers for orchid diversity?, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London B 359: 1523-1535.
- Gravendeel B., Schuiteman A. & Vogel E.F. de (2004), Molecular dating of Coelogyninae (Orchidaceae), Regnum Vegetabile 65: 131-147.
- Bakker H.C., Gravendeel B. & Kuyper T.W. (2004), An ITS phylogeny of Leccinum and an analysis of the evolution of minisatellite-like sequences within ITS1, Mycologia 96: 102-118.
- Pelser P.B., Hof K. van den, Gravendeel B. & Meijden R. van der (2004), The systematic value of morphological characters in Senecio sect. Jacobaea (Asteraceae), Systematic Botany 29: 790-805.
- Pedersen H.A., Gravendeel B. & Mudiana D. (2004), Three new species of Dendrochilum (Orchidaceae) and their phylogenetic positions according to plastid and nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences, Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 49: 351-360.
- Pelser P.B., Gravendeel B. & Meijden R. van der (2003), Phylogeny reconstruction in the gap between too little and too much divergence: the closest relatives of Senecio jacobaea according to DNA sequences and AFLPs, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29: 613-628.
- Wilde W.J.J.O. de, Duyfjes B.E.E., Gravendeel B., Ham R.W.J.M. van der & Ho B.C. (2003), Callitriche nana (Callitrichaceae), a new species from Java, Indonesia, Floribunda 2(3): 57-66.
- Pelser P.B., Gravendeel B. & Meijden R. van der (2003), Phylogeny reconstruction in the gap between too little and too much divergence: the closest relatives of Senecio jacobaea (asteraceae) according to DNA sequences and AFLPs, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29: 613-628.
- Gravendeel Barbara (13 December 2000), Reorganising the orchid genus Coelogyne: a phylogenetic classification based on molecules and morphology (Dissertatie, Faculty of Science, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Baas P. & Bachmann K., Vogel E.F. de & Roos M.C.
- Gravendeel B. & Vogel E.F. de (1999), Revision of Coelogyne section Speciosae (Orchidaceae), Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 44: 253-320.
- Gravendeel B., Kessler P.J.A. & Kruijer J.D. (1999), Syllabus Tropical Plant families of Southeast-Asia 1999. onbekend: NHN.
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