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Michael Stech

Michael Stech

I am interested in the evolution of land plants, especially bryophytes. A key issue of my research is to better understand bryophyte species and their evolutionary relationships, based on molecular and morphological characters. Improving species identification and knowledge of ecological characteristics like the ability to disperse to new habitats, allows to assess the role of bryophytes in diverse ecosystems, from tropical forests to polar tundras.       

Keywords

Biogeography, bryophytes, DNA barcoding, evolution, phylogenetics, systematics

Dr. M (Michael) Stech

Researcher
Understanding Evolution

michael.stech@naturalis.nl
+31 (0)71 751 9219

Research
interest

I use an integrative approach to study the evolution and diversity of bryophytes, and contribute to cross-taxon biodiversity assessments and genetic biomonitoring.

My research comprises four main topics: First, I study systematic relationships and character evolution, mainly in the two largest moss lineages, Dicranidae and Hypnales (each with c. 4000 species). Second, I aim to clarify species delimitations and improve species identification by DNA barcoding to assess and monitor biodiversity. Third, I contribute to species inventories and analyses of spatial biodiversity patterns and biogeographic connections, mainly on Atlantic islands. Finally, I develop genetic biomonitoring of airborne diaspores for research and human health applications. My geographic focus areas comprise the Netherlands and Europe, Macaronesia, tropical America and the Caribbean, and the polar regions.

Fieldwork in East Greenland
Arctic tundra bryophytes

Key
publications

  • Biersma E.M., Jackson J.A., Stech M., Griffiths H., Linse K., Convey P. 2018. Long-term in situ Antarctic Persistence within Antarctica’s Most Speciose Plant Genus, Schistidium. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6: 77.
  • Bonfim Santos M., Stech M. 2017. Testing hypotheses on suprageneric relationships and morphological evolution in the Leucobryaceae (Bryophyta). Plant Systematics and Evolution 303: 1383–1397.
  • Gama R., Aguirre-Gutiérrez J., Stech M. 2017. Ecological niche comparison and molecular phylogeny segregate the invasive moss species Campylopus introflexus (Leucobryaceae, Bryophyta) from its closest relatives. Ecology and Evolution 7: 8017–8031.
  • Lewis L.R., Ickert-Bond S.M., Biersma E.M., Convey P., Goffinet B., Hassel K., Kruijer J.D., La Farge C., Metzgar J., Stech M., Villarreal J.C., McDaniel S.F. 2017. Future directions and priorities for Arctic bryophyte research. Arctic Science 3: 475–497.
  • Sim-Sim M., Afonina O.M., Almeida T., Désamoré A., Laenen B., Garcia C.A., González-Mancebo J.M., Stech, M. 2017. Integrative taxonomy reveals too extensive lumping and a new species in the moss genus Amphidium (Bryophyta). Systematics and Biodiversity 15: 451–463.
  • Lang A., Bocksberger G., Stech M. 2015. Phylogeny and species delimitations in European Dicranum (Dicranaceae, Bryophyta). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92: 217–225.
  • Stech M., Veldman S., Larraín J., Muñoz J., Quandt D., Hassel K., Kruijer J.D. 2013. Molecular species delimitation in the Racomitrium canescens complex (Grimmiaceae) and implications for DNA barcoding of species complexes in mosses. PLoS ONE 8(1): e53134.

All publications

PhD
supervision

Naturalis aims to be a breeding ground for international scientific talent. Therefore, PhD's have a special position in our organisation.

    • Marina Bonfim Santos
    • Renato Gama
    • Eka Iskandar
    • Tamara Dantas (external)
    • Soraia Martins (external)
    • Daiane Valente (external)
    Campylopus griseus, a species included in the PhD project of R. Gama

    Teaching
    activities

    • Coordinator of B.Sc. first years course ‘Tree of Life, Biodiversity of Plants, Protists, Fungi’
    • B.Sc. first years course ‘Flora and Fauna’ (field excursions and determination practice of the Dutch flora)
    • B.Sc. third years Minor ‘Biodiversity’, Module ‘Scales of biodiversity’ (bryology week)
    • B.Sc. Honors class ‘Crises in Biology’ (lecture)
    • M.Sc. Field course ‘Tropical Biodiversity and Field Methods – Caribbean’ 
    • Supervising B.Sc., M.Sc. and HBO (Universities of Applied Sciences) students

    Publications

    2022

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Patiño J., Bisang I., Goffinet B., Hedenäs L., McDaniel S., Pressel S., Stech M., Ah-Peng C., Bergamini A., Caners R.T., Cargill C.D., Cronberg N., Duckett J., Eppley S., Fenton N.J., Fisher K., González-Mancebo J., Hasebe M., Heinrichs J., Hylander K., Ignatov M.S., Martínez-Abaigar J., Medina N.G., Medina R., Quandt D., Rensing S.A., Renzaglia K., Renner M., Ros R.M., Schäfer-Verwimp A., Villarreal J.C., Vanderpoorten A. 2022. Unveiling the nature of a miniature world: a horizon scan of fundamental questions in bryology.. Journal of Bryology 44 (1) : 1-34. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2022.2054615
    2021

    Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

    Câmara P.E.A.S., Carvalho-Silva M., Stech M. 2021. Antarctic bryophyte research—current state and future directions. Bryophyte Diversity & Evolution 43 (1) : 221-233. DOI https://doi.org/10.11646/BDE.43.1.16

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Bonfim Santos M., Fedosov V., Hartman T., Fedorova A., Siebel H., Stech, M. 2021. Phylogenetic inferences reveal deep polyphyly of Aongstroemiaceae and Dicranellaceae within the haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae, Bryophyta). Taxon 70 (2) : 246-262. DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12439
    Martins S., Sim-Sim M., Stech M. 2021. The Macaronesian endemic moss Andoa berthelotiana (Myuriaceae, Bryophyta): Phylogenetic relationships and cryptic speciation. Nova Hedwigia 112 (34) : 335-357. DOI https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2021/0629
    Fedosov V.E., Fedorova A.V., Larraín J., Bonfim Santos M., Stech M., Kučera J., Brinda J.C., Tubanova D.Y., Von Konrat M., Ignatova E.A., Ignatov M.S. 2021. Unity in diversity: phylogenetics and taxonomy of Rhabdoweisiaceae (Dicranales, Bryophyta). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 195 (4) : 545-567. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa087
    Faria A.L.A., Salino A., Carvalho-Silva M., Stech M., Amorim E.T. de, Câmara P.E.A.S. 2021. Cyathea Sm. (Cyatheaceae) on Trindade Island (Brazil): An integrative approach. Phytotaxa 487 (1) : 26-40. DOI https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.487.1.2
    2020

    Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

    Peralta D.F., Bordin J., Valente D.V., Câmara P.E.A.S., Stech M. 2020. First record of the family Gigaspermaceae (Bryophyta) in Brazil. Hoehnea 47: e102020. DOI https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-8906-10/2020

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Bijlsma R.J., Kruijer J.D., Stech M. 2020. Ptychostomum touwii, a new bryophyte species distinguished from Ptychostomum rubens by iterative morpho-molecular analysis, and a note on Bryum microerythrocarpum. Gorteria 42: 56-65.
    http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/record/714550
    Rosa L.H., Silva T.H. da, Ogaki M.B., Pinto O.H.B., Stech M., Convey P., Carvalho-Silva M., Rosa C.A., Câmara P.E.A.S. 2020. DNA metabarcoding uncovers fungal diversity in soils of protected and non-protected areas on Deception Island, Antarctica. Scientific Reports 10: 21986. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78934-7
    Rodrigues A.S.B., Martins A., Garcia C.A., Sérgio C., Porley R., Fontinha S., González-Mancebo J., Gabriel R., Phephu N., Rooy J. van, Dirkse G., Long D., Stech M., Patiño J., Sim-Sim M. 2020. Climate-driven vicariance and long-distance dispersal explain the Rand Flora pattern in the liverwort Exormotheca pustulosa (Marchantiophyta). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 130 (3) : 480-496. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa071
    2019

    Chapters in book

    Carvalho C.R., Santiago I.F., Coelho L.C., Câmara P.E.A.S., Carvalho-Silva M., Stech M., Rosa C.A., Rosa L.H. 2019. Fungi Associated with Plants and Lichens of Antarctica.: 165-199. ISBN 978-3-030-18366-0. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18367-7

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Enroth J., Olsson S., Huttunen S., Buchbender V., Tangney R., Stech M., Hedenäs L., Quandt D. 2019. Orthostichellaceae fam. nov. and other novelties in pleurocarpous mosses revealed by phylogenetic analyses. Bryologist 122 (2) : 219-245. DOI https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-122.2.219
    Koopman J., Kalinowski P., Stech M., Więcław H. 2019. Carex ×kneuckeri, a hybrid new for central Europe and neotypification of this name. Preslia 91 (2) : 161-177. DOI https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2019.161
    Valente D.V., Peralta D.F., Câmara P.E.A.S., Stech M. 2019. Molecular tools to identify tropical mosses: a case study of the Brazilian species of Schlotheimia Brid. (Bryophyta, Orthotrichaceae). Systematics and Biodiversity 17 (6) : 609-621. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2019.1655110
    Madden H., Andel T.R. van, Miller J., Stech M., Verdel K., Eggermont E. 2019. Vegetation associations and relative abundance of rodents on St. Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands. Global Ecology and Conservation 20: e00743. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00743
    Camara P.E.A.S., Valente D.V., Amorim E.T. de, Henriques D.K., Carvalho-Silva M., Convey P., Stech M. 2019. Integrated analysis of intraspecific diversity in the bipolar moss Roaldia revoluta (Mitt.) PEAS Camara & M. Carvalho-Silva (Bryophyta) in Antarctica. Polar Biology 42 (3) : 485-496. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2437-8
    Búcaro R.D., Sollman P., Stech M. 2019. Bryoflora Salvadorensis 3. An updated checklist and new records of Pottiaceae for El Salvador. Phytotaxa 424 (1) : 33-48. DOI https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.424.1.3
    Câmara P.E.A.S., Soares A.E.R., Henriques D.K., Peralta D.F., Bordin J., Carvalho-Silva M., Stech M. 2019. New insights into the species diversity of Bartramia Hedw. (Bryophyta) in Antarctica. Antarctic Science 31 (4) : 208-215. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102019000257
    2018

    Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

    Biersma E.M., Jackson J.A., Stech M., Griffiths H., Linse K., Convey P. 2018. Long-term in situ Antarctic persistence within Antarctica’s most speciose plant genus, Schistidium. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6: 11 p. 77. DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00077

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Câmara P.E.A.S., Carvalho-Silva M., Knop Henriques D., Guerra J., Gallego M.T., Rios Poveda D., Stech M. 2018. Pylaisiaceae Schimp. (Bryophyta) revisited. Journal of Bryology 40 (3) : 251-264. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2018.1472850
    2017

    Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

    Lewis L.R., Ickert-Bond S.M., Biersma E.M., Convey P., Goffinet B., Hassel K., Kruijer J.D., La Farge C., Metzgar J., Stech M., Villarreal J.C., McDaniel S.F. 2017. Future directions and priorities for Arctic bryophyte research. Arctic Science 3: 475-497. DOI https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0043

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Bonfim Santos M., Stech M. 2017. Tackling relationships and species circumscriptions of Octoblepharum, an enigmatic genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae, Bryophyta). Systematics and Biodiversity 15 (1) : 16-24. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2016.1213325
    Bonfim Santos M., Stech M. 2017. Testing hypotheses on suprageneric relationships and morphological evolution in the Leucobryaceae (Bryophyta). Plant Systematics and Evolution 303 (10) : 1383-1397. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-017-1459-y
    Sim-Sim M., Afonina O.M., Almeida T., Désamoré A., Laenen B., Garcia C.A., González-Mancebo J.M., Stech M. 2017. Integrative taxonomy reveals too extensive lumping and a new species in the moss genus Amphidium (Bryophyta). Systematics and Biodiversity 15 (5) : 451-463. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2016.1271059
    Gama R., Aguirre-Gutiérrez J., Stech M. 2017. Ecological niche comparison and molecular phylogeny segregate the invasive moss species Campylopus introflexus (Leucobryaceae, Bryophyta) from its closest relatives. Ecology and Evolution 7 (19) : 8017-8031. DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3301
    Carvalho-Silva M., Stech M., Soares-Silva L.H., Buck W.R., Wickett N.J., Liu Y., Câmara P.E.A.S. 2017. A molecular phylogeny of the Sematophyllaceae s.l. (Hypnales) based on plastid, mitochondrial and nuclear markers, and its taxonomic implications. Taxon 66 (4) : 811-831. DOI https://doi.org/10.12705/664.2
    Briscoe L.R.E., Wickett N.J., Zerega N.J.C., Lumbsch H.T., Stech M., Kraichak E., Konrat M.J. von, Engel J.J. 2017. A molecular, morphological and biogeographic perspective on the classification of Acrobolboideae (Acrobolbaceae, Marchantiophyta). Phytotaxa 319 (1) : 56-70. DOI https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.319.1.2
    2016

    Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Dirkse G.M., Losada-Lima A., Stech M. 2016. Riccia boumanii Dirkse, Losada & M.Stech sp. nov. (Ricciaceae, Marchantiophyta) in the Canary Islands, the first species of Riccia subgenus Ricca section Pilifer Volk outside South Africa. Journal of Bryology 38 (2) : 94-102. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2016.1145523
    Gama R., Faria A.L.A., Câmara P.E.A.S., Stech M. 2016. Identity and origin of the Campylopus (Leucobryaceae, Bryopsida) species from Trindade Island (Brazil). Cryptogamie Bryologie 37 (3) : 241-250. DOI https://doi.org/10.7872/cryb/v37.iss3.2016.241
    Yahaya N.H., Michael Stech, Zonneveld B.J.M., Hovenkamp P.H. 2016. What is Nephrolepis ‘bostoniensis’?: Unravelling the origin of Nephrolepis hybrids and cultivars with molecular data. Scientia Horticulturae 204: 8 p. 153-160. Elsevier.
    2015

    Chapters in book

    Kruijer H., Stech M. 2015. 7. De vegetatie. In: Postma E., Verheul E. (ed.) (eds.) Met de Zr. Ms. Zeeland op expeditie naar Jan Mayen. In: Hacquebord L., Postma E., Verheul E. (ed.). Met de Zr. Ms. Zeeland op expeditie naar Jan Mayen: 46-51. Barkhuis, Groningen. ISBN 9789491431869.

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Sim-Sim M., Lopes T., Ruas S., Stech M. 2015. Does altitude shape molecular diversity and richness of bryophytes in Madeira's natural forest? A case study with four bryophyte species at two altitudinal levels. Plant Ecology and Evolution 148 (2) : 171-180. DOI https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2015.1041
    Merckx V.S.F.T., Hendriks K.P., Beentjes K.K., Mennes C.B., Becking L.E., Peijnenburg K.T.C.A., Afendy A., Arumugam N., de Boer H., Biun A., Buang M.M., Chen P.-P., Chung A.Y.C., Dow R., Feijen F.A.A., Feijen H., Feijen-van Soest C, Geml J., Geurts R., Gravendeel B., Hovenkamp P., Imbun P., Ipor I., Janssens S.B., Jocqué M. Kappes H., Khoo E., Koomen P., Lens F., Majapun R.J., Morgado L.N., Neupane S., Nieser N., Pereira J.T., Rahman H., Sabran S., Sawang A., Schwallier R.M., Shim P.-S., Smit H., Sol N., Spait M., Stech M., Stokvis F., Sugau J.B., Suleiman M., Sumail S., Thomas D.C., van Tol J., Tuh F.Y.Y., Yahya B.E., Nais J., Repin R., Lakim M. & Schilthuizen M. 2015. Evolution of endemism on a young tropical mountain. Nature 524 (7565) : 347-350. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14949
    Lang A.S., Bocksberger G., Stech M. 2015. Phylogeny and species delimitations in European Dicranum (Dicranaceae, Bryophyta) inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92: 217-225. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.06.019
    Draper I., Hedenäs L., Stech M., Patiño J., Werner O., González-Mancebo J.M., Sim-Sim M., Lopes T., Ros R.M. 2015. How many species of Isothecium (Lembophyllaceae, Bryophyta) are there in Macaronesia? A survey using integrative taxonomy. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 177 (3) : 418-438. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12250
    Lopes T., Stech M., Fontinha S., Sim-Sim M. 2015. Molecular circumscription and intraspecific variation in Porella canariensis (F.Weber) Underw. (Porellaceae, Marchantiophyta). Journal of Bryology 37 (3) : 241-244. DOI https://doi.org/10.1179/1743282014Y.0000000136
    2014

    Chapters in book

    Stech M. 2014. East Greenland bryophytes – biodiversity and importance as herbivore diet (BRYOGREEN).: 94-95. Aarhus University, DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, Aarhus. ISBN 978-87-93129-22-1.

    Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

    Delia Búcaro R., Touw A., Stech M. 2014. Epiphytic mosses from the understory of a forest in El Zancudo (“Los Bolsones”), La Paz, Honduras. Bryophyte Diversity & Evolution 36 (1) : 45-50.

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Lang A.S., Kruijer J.D., Stech M. 2014. DNA barcoding of Arctic bryophytes: an example from the moss genus Dicranum (Dicranaceae, Bryophyta). Polar Biology 37 (8) : 1157-1169. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1509-7
    Hedenäs L., Désamoré A., Laenen B., Papp B., Quandt D., González-Mancebo J.M., Patiño J., Vanderpoorten A., Stech M. 2014. Three species for the price of one within the moss Homalothecium sericeum s.l. Taxon 63 (2) : 249−257. DOI https://doi.org/10.12705/632.16
    Lang A., Stech M. 2014. What's in a Name? Disentangling the Dicranum scoparium Species Complex (Dicranaceae, Bryophyta). Systematic Botany 39 (2) : 369-379. DOI https://doi.org/10.1600/036364414X680735
    2013

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Stech M., Veldman S., Larraín J., Muñoz J., Quandt D., Hassel K., Kruijer H. 2013. Molecular species delimitation in the Racomitrium canescens complex (Grimmiaceae) and implications for DNA barcoding of species complexes in mosses. PLOS ONE 8 (1) : e53134. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053134
    Larrain J., Quandt D., Stech M., Munoz J. 2013. Lumping or splitting? The case of Racomitrium (Bryophytina: Grimmiaceae). Taxon 62 (6) : 1117-1132.
    Heinrichs J., Dong S., Schaefer-Verwimp A., Pocs T., Feldberg K., Czumaj A., Schmidt A.R., Reitner J., Renner M.A.M., Hentschel J., Stech M., Schneider H. 2013. Molecular phylogeny of the leafy liverwort Lejeunea (Porellales): evidence for a Neotropical origin, uneven distribution of sexual systems and insufficient taxonomy. PLOS ONE 8 (12) : e82547. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082547
    2012

    Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

    Hesse C., Jalink L., Stech M., Kruijer J.D. 2012. Contributions to the moss flora of Edgeøya and Barentsøya, Svalbard (Norway). Polish Botanical Journal 57: 167-179.
    Búcaro R.D., Touw A., Stech M. 2012. Bryoflora Salvadorensis. I. Introduction and contributions to the moss flora of El Salvador. Tropical Bryology 34: 1-11.

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Désamoré A., Laenen B., Stech M., Papp B., Hedenäs L., Mateo R.G., Vanderpoorten A. 2012. How do temperate bryophytes face the challenge of a changing environment? Lessons from the past and predictions for the future. Global Change Biology 18 (9) : 2915-2924. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02752.x
    Huttunen S., Bell N., Bobrova V.K., Buchbender V., Buck W.R., Cox C.J., Goffinet B., Hedenäs L., Ho B.-C., Ignatov M.S., Krug M., Kuznetsova O., Milyutina I.A., Newton A., Olsson S., Pokorny L., Shaw J.A., Stech M., Troitsky A., Vanderpoorten A., Quandt D. 2012. Disentangling knots of rapid evolution: origin and diversification of the moss order Hypnales. Journal of Bryology 34 (3) : 187-211. DOI https://doi.org/10.1179/1743282012Y.0000000013
    Stech M., McDaniel S.F., Hernández-Maqueda R., Ros R.M., Werner O., Muñoz J., Quandt D. 2012. Phylogeny of haplolepideous mosses - challenges and perspectives. Journal of Bryology 34 (3) : 173-186. DOI https://doi.org/10.1179/1743282012Y.0000000014
    2011

    Books as editor

    Sim-Sim M., Stech M., Fontinha S. (eds.) 2011. Os briófitos das zonas costeiras da Madeira. Guia de algumas species.: 102 p. ISBN 9789899549777.

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Lobo C., Sim-Sim M., Luís L., Stech M. 2011. Chorological data and threat status evaluation of Fissidens species (Fissidentaceae, Bryophyta) on Madeira Archipelago. Nova Hedwigia 92 (12) : 121-131. DOI https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2011/0092-0121
    Stech M., Werner O., Maria González-Mancebo J., Patiño J., Sim-Sim M., Fontinha S., Hildebrandt I., Ros R.M. 2011. Phylogenetic inference in Leucodon Schwägr. subg. Leucodon (Leucodontaceae, Bryophyta) in the North Atlantic region. Taxon 60 (1) : 79-88.
    Stech M., Kolvoort E., Loonen M.J.J.E., Vrieling K., Kruijer J.D. 2011. Bryophyte DNA sequences from faeces of an arctic herbivore, barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis). Molecular Ecology Resources 11 (2) : 404-408. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02938.x
    Sukkharak P., Gradstein S.R., Stech M. 2011. Phylogeny, taxon circumscriptions, and character evolution in the core Ptychanthoideae (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta). Taxon 60 (6) : 1607-1622.
    Sim-Sim M., Bergamini A., Luís L., Fontinha S., Martins S., Lobo C., Stech M. 2011. Epiphytic bryophyte diversity on Madeira Island: Effects of tree species on bryophyte species richness and composition. Bryologist 114 (1) : 142-154. DOI https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-114.1.142
    2010

    Books as editor

    Quandt D., León-Vargas Y., Stech M. (eds.) 2010. Special Issue dedicated to: Jan-Peter Frahm: A career in the service of bryology. Tropical Bryology. 31: 174 p.

    Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

    Sukkharak P., Gradstein S.R., Stech M. 2010. Towards a monograph of the genus Thysananthus (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae): progress and challenges. Scripta Botanica Belgica 48: 91.
    Tangney R., Huttunen S., Stech M., Quandt D. 2010. A review of the systematic position of the pleurocarpous moss genus Acrocladium Mitten. Tropical Bryology 31: 164-170.
    Stech M., Sim-Sim M., Kruijer J. D. 2010. Campylopus Brid. (Leucobryaceae) in Macaronesia revisited. Tropical Bryology 31: 154-163.

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Kruijer H.J.D, Raes N., Stech M. 2010. Modelling the distribution of the moss species Hypopterygium tamarisci (Hypopterygiaceae, Bryophyta) in Central and South America. Nova Hedwigia 91 (34) : 399-420. DOI https://doi.org/10.1127/0029.5035/2010/0091.0399
    Stech M., Sim-Sim M., Esquível M.G., Luís L., Fontinha S., Lobo C., Garcia C., Martins S., Vieira C., Barroso J., Pedro L.G., Figueiredo A.C.S. 2010. Molecular, phytochemical and morphological characterization of the liverwort genus Radula in Portugal (mainland, Madeira, Azores). Systematics and Biodiversity 8 (2) : 257-268. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14772001003723579
    Sim-Sim M., Fontinha S., Luís L., Lobo C., Stech M. 2010. The Selvagens Islands bryoflora and its relation with islands of the Madeira and Canary Islands Archipelagos. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 138: 187-199.
    Ellis L.T., Dickson J.H., Eckstein J., Fontinha S., Hedenäs L., Horton D., Hugonnot V., Kirmaci M., Kučera J., Lobo C., Luís L., Sim-Sim M., Singh H., Sahu V., Husain T., Asthana A.K., Stech M., Kruijer J.D., Sotiaux A., Suárez G.M., Schiavone M.M., Vanderpoorten A. 2010. New national and regional bryophyte records, 24. Journal of Bryology 32 (3) : 232-237. DOI https://doi.org/10.1179/037366810X12735735155895
    Frey W., Pfeiffer T., Stech M. 2010. Geomolecular divergence patterns of Gondwanan and Palaeoaustral bryophytes - An overview. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 34. Nova Hedwigia 91 (34) : 317-348. DOI https://doi.org/10.1127/0029.5035/2010/0091.0317
    2009

    Chapters in book

    Frey W., Stech M. 2009. Marchantiophyta, Bryophyta, Anthocerotophyta. Syllabus of Plant Families. 13th ed Schweizerbart, Stuttgart. ISBN 9783443010638.

    Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

    Sim-Sim M., Martins S., Luís L., Stech, M. 2009. New data on Cheilolejeunea cedercreutzii on Madeira Island. Portugaliae Acta Biologica 23: 239-240.

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Quandt D., Huttunen S., Tangney R., Stech M. 2009. Back to the future? Molecules take us back to the 1925 classification of the Lembophyllaceae (Bryopsida). Systematic Botany 34 (3) : 443-454. DOI https://doi.org/10.1600/036364409789271128
    Blockeel T.L., Bednarek-Ochyra H., Ochyra R., Cykowska B., Esquível M.G., Lebouvier M., Luís L., Martins S., Müller F., Nemeth C., Papp B., Plášek V., Pócs T., Sabovljević M., Sérgio C., Sim-Sim M., Stech M., Váňa J., Yayintaş Ö.T. 2009. New national and regional bryophyte records, 21. Journal of Bryology 31: 132-139. DOI https://doi.org/10.1179/174328209X431213
    Stech M. 2009. Bryophyte molecular systematics - current state of affairs with examples from the European bryoflora. Gorteria: Tijdschrift voor de Floristiek 34 (12) : 41-52.
    Figueiredo A.C., Sim-Sim M., Barroso J.G., Pedro L.G., Esquível M.G., Fontinha S., Luís L., Martins S., Lobo C., Stech M. 2009. Liverwort Radula species from Portugal: chemotaxonomical evaluation of volatiles composition. Flavour and Fragrance Journal 24 (6) : 316-325. DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1943
    2008

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Stech M., Pfeiffer T., Frey W. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships within Dendroligotrichum and Polytrichadelphus (Polytrichaceae, Polytrichopsida) in the Palaeoaustral region. Studies in austral temperate rainforest bryophytes 32. Australian Systematic Botany 21 (1) : 39-49. DOI https://doi.org/10.1071/SB07005
    Stech M., Sim-Sim M., Esquível M.G., Fontinha S., Tangney R., Lobo C., Gabriel R., Quandt D. 2008. Explaining the 'anomalous' distribution of Echinodium (Bryopsida: Echinodiaceae): Independent evolution in Macaronesia and Australasia. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 8 (4) : 282-292. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2008.02.001
    Sim-Sim M., Luís L., Garcia C., Fontinha S., Lobo C., Martins S., Stech M. 2008. New data on the status of threatened bryophytes of Madeira Island. Journal of Bryology 30: 226-228. DOI https://doi.org/10.1179/174328208X322260
    2007

    Books as editor

    Kürschner H., Pfeiffer T., Stech M. (eds.) 2007. A Festschrift to Wolfgang Frey – a scientist´s life between deserts and rain forests. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte. 131: 277 p. J. Cramer, Stuttgart. ISBN 9783443510534.

    Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

    Kürschner H., Stech M., Sim-Sim M., Fontinha S., Frey W. 2007. Life form and life strategy analyses of the epiphytic bryophyte communities of Madeira's laurel and ericaceous forests. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 127: 151-164.

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Quandt D., Bell N., Stech M. 2007. Unravelling the knot: the Pulchrinodaceae fam. nov (Bryales). Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 131: 21-39.
    Kürschner H., Stech M., Fontinha S., Sim-Sim M., Frey W. 2007. Epiphytic bryophyte communities of the Madeiran laurel and ericaceous forests - a phytosociological analysis. Nova Hedwigia 84 (34) : 333-362. DOI https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2007/0084-0333
    Stech M., Sim-Sim M., Frahm J.-P. 2007. Campylopus (Leucobryaceae, Bryopsida) on Madeira Island - Molecular relationships and biogeographic affinities. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 131: 91-100.
    2006

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Stech M., Osman S., Sim-Sim M., Frey W. 2006. Molecular systematics and biogeography of the liverwort genus Tylimanthus (Acrobolbaceae). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 33. Nova Hedwigia 83 (12) : 17-30. DOI https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2006/0083-0017
    Stech M., Pfeiffer T., Frey W. 2006. Molecular relationships and divergence of palaeoaustral Dicranoloma species (Dicranaceae, Bryopsida). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 31. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 100: 451-464.
    Qiu Y.-L., Li L., Wang B., Chen Z., Knoop V., Groth-Malonek M., Dombrovska O., Lee J., Kent L., Rest J., Estabrook G.F., Hendry T.A., Taylor D.W., Testa C.M., Ambros M., Crandall-Stotler B., Duff R.J., Stech M., Frey W., Quandt D., Davis C.C. 2006. The deepest divergences in land plants inferred from phylogenomic evidence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103 (42) : 15511-15516. DOI https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0603335103
    Pfeiffer T., Fritz S., Stech M., Frey W. 2006. Vegetative reproduction and clonal diversity in Rhytidium rugosum (Rhytidiaceae, Bryopsida) inferred by morpho-anatomical and molecular analyses. Journal of Plant Research 119 (2) : 125-135. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-005-0255-x
    Frahm J.-P., Stech M. 2006. The taxonomic status of intermediate forms of Campylopus introflexus (Hedw.) Brid. and C. pilifer Brid. (Dicranaceae, Bryopsida) newly discovered in Europe. Cryptogamie Bryologie 27 (2) : 213-223.
    Stech M., Sim-Sim M. 2006. Molecular variation in Plagiomnium undulatum (Hedw.) T. J. Kop. and the status of P. undulatum var. madeirense T. J. Kop. & Sérgio. Journal of Bryology 28 (1) : 63-64. DOI https://doi.org/10.1179/174328206X104561
    Stech M., Pfeiffer T. 2006. Molecular identity of Hypopterygium populations (Hypopterygiaceae: Bryopsida) from three European botanical gardens. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 30. Journal of Bryology 28 (2) : 83-87. DOI https://doi.org/10.1179/174328206X105344
    2005

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Wagner D., Stech M., Kürschner H. 2005. The taxonomic status of the neotropical Platyhypnidium aquaticum (A. Jaeger) M. Fleisch. (Brachytheciaceae, Bryopsida) based on ITS sequence data. Nova Hedwigia 80 (34) : 519-526.
    Sim-Sim M., Esquivel M.G., Fontinha S., Stech M. 2005. The genus Plagiochila (Dumort.) Dumort. (Plagiochilaceae, Hepaticophytina) in Madeira Archipelago - Molecular relationships, ecology, and biogeographic affinities. Nova Hedwigia 81 (34) : 449-461. DOI https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2005/0081-0449
    Schaumann F., Frey W., Pfeiffer T., Stech M. 2005. Molecular circumscription, intrafamilial relationships and biogeography of the Gondwanan liverwort family Pallaviciniaceae (Hepaticophytina, Bryophyta). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 27. Plant Systematics and Evolution 252 (12) : 27-48. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-004-0279-z
    Sim-Sim M., Stech M., Esquível M.G., Figueiredo A.C., Costa M.M., Barroso J.G., Pedro L.G., Fontinha S., Lobo C. 2005. Plagiochila spinulosa (Dicks.) Dumort. (Plagiochilaceae, Hepaticophytina) in Madeira Island - Morphological, phytochemical, and molecular evidence. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 98: 131-147.
    Stech M., Wagner D. 2005. Molecular relationships, biogeography, and evolution of Gondwanan Campylopus species (Dicranaceae, Bryopsida). Taxon 54 (2) : 377-382.
    2004

    Chapters in book

    Quandt D., Müller K., Stech M., Frahm J.-P., Frey W., Hilu K.W., Borsch T. 2004. Molecular evolution of the chloroplast trnL-F region in land plants. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden: 13-37. Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, Missouri. ISBN 1930723385.
    Stech M., Dohrmann J. 2004. Molecular relationships and biogeography of two Gondwanan Campylopus species, C. pilifer and C. introflexus (Dicranaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden: 415-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, Missouri. ISBN 1930723385.

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Stech M. 2004. Supraspecific circumscription and classification of Campylopus (Dicranaceae, Bryopsida) based on inferences from sequence data. Systematic Botany 29 (4) : 817-824.
    Stech M., Frey W. 2004. Molecular circumscription and relationships of selected Gondwanan species of Haplomitrium (Calobryales, Haplomitriopsida, Hepaticophytina). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 24. Nova Hedwigia 78 (12) : 57-70. DOI https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2004/0078-0057
    2003

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Stech M., Quandt D., Frey W. 2003. Molecular circumscription of the hornworts (Anthocerotophyta) based on the chloroplast DNA trnL-trnF region. Journal of Plant Research 116 (5) : 389-398. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/S10265-003-0118-2
    Stech M., Quandt D., Lindlar A., Frahm J.-P. 2003. The systematic position of Pulchrinodus inflatus (Pterobryaceae, Bryopsida) based on molecular data. Studies in austral temperate rainforest bryophytes 21. Australian Systematic Botany 16 (5) : 561-568. DOI https://doi.org/10.1071/SB02022
    2002

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Stech M., Konstantinova N.A., Frey W. 2002. Molecular divergence between Treubia Goebel and Apotreubia S. Hatt. & Mizut., the two genera of the archaic liverwort class Treubiopsida (Hepaticophytina). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 19. Nova Hedwigia 75 (12) : 91-100. DOI https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2002/0075-0091
    Stech M., Pfeiffer T., Frey W. 2002. Molecular generic classification of the Hypopterygiaceae (Bryopsida), with the description of a new genus, Arbusculohypopterygium gen. nov. Studies in austral temperature rain forest bryophytes 10. New Zealand Journal of Botany 40 (2) : 207-221. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2002.9512784
    Pfeiffer T., Frey W., Stech M. 2002. A new species of Treubia (Treubiaceae, Hepaticophytina) from New Zealand based on molecular evidence. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 20. Nova Hedwigia 75 (12) : 241-253. DOI https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2002/0075-0241
    2001

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Stech M., Frahm J.-P. 2001. Palustriella pluristratosa spec. nov. (Amblystegiaceae, Bryopsida), a new aquatic moss species with pluristratose lamina from Switzerland. Botanica Helvetica 111 (2) : 139-150.
    Stech M., Ros R.M., Werner O. 2001. The taxonomic status of Thamnobryum maderense (Kindb.) Hedenäs (Bryopsida) as inferred from molecular data. Nova Hedwigia 72 (12) : 251-257.
    Stech M, Frey W. 2001. CpDNA-relationship and classification of the liverworts (Hepaticophytina, Bryophyta). Nova Hedwigia 72 (12) : 45-58.
    Stech M., Frahm J.-P. 2001. The systematic position of Ochyraea tatrensis (Hypnobartlettiaceae, Bryopsida) based on molecular data. Bryologist 104 (2) : 199-203.
    2000

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Stech M., Frahm J.-P., Hilger H.H., Frey W. 2000. Molecular relationship of Treubia Goebel (Treubiaceae, Treubiopsida) and high taxonomic level classification of the Hepaticophytina. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 6. Nova Hedwigia 71 (12) : 195-208.
    Frahm J.P., Müller K., Stech M. 2000. The taxonomic status of Eurhynchium crassinervium from river banks based on ITS sequence data. Journal of Bryology 22: 291-292.
    Pfeiffer T., Kruijer H., Frey W., Stech M. 2000. Systematics of the Hypopterygium tamarisci complex (Hypopterygiaceae, Bryopsida): Implications of molecular and morphological data. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 9. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 89: 55-70.
    1999

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Stech M. 1999. Dichodontium palustre (Dicks.) Stech comb. nov., a new name for Dicranella palustris (Dicks.) Crundw. ex Warb. (Dicranaceae, Bryopsida). Nova Hedwigia 69 (12) : 237-240.
    Stech M., Frahm J.-P. 1999. The status of Platyhypnidium mutatum Ochyra & Vanderpoorten and the systematic value of the Donrichardsiaceae based on molecular data. Journal of Bryology 21: 191-195.
    Stech M. 1999. A molecular systematic contribution to the position of Amphidium Schimp. (Rhabdoweisiaceae, Bryopsida). Nova Hedwigia 68 (34) : 291-300.
    Frey W., Stech M., Meissner K. 1999. Chloroplast DNA-relationship in palaeoaustral Lopidium concinnum (Hypopterygiaceae, Musci). An example of stenoevolution in mosses - Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 2. Plant Systematics and Evolution 218 (12) : 67-75.
    1998

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Meissner K., Frahm J.-P., Stech M., Frey W. 1998. Molecular divergence patterns and infrageneric relationship of Monoclea (Monocleales, Hepaticae). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 1. Nova Hedwigia 67 (34) : 289-302.
    1997

    Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

    Capesius I., Stech M. 1997. Molecular relationships within mosses based on 18S rRNA gene sequences. Nova Hedwigia 64 (34) : 525-533.