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Martina Pöltl

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I was born in Graz, Austria, where I also graduated with a diploma in plant sciences at the Karl-Franzens-University. For three years I’ve been curating the bryophyte collection of the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz (GJO). In addition to my primary job, I’m also working on my doctoral thesis focusing on the morphology and genetics of European Riccia species.

I have been working with bryophytes for about six years now. At the beginning bryophytes aroused my interest only in the winter months, because there were hardly any interesting vascular plants to study or observe at my doorstep. But the more intensively I studied bryophytes, the more fascinated I became by this group of little organisms, and I turned my focus completely on them. Today, I not only conduct research in the field of bryology, but I also try to promote bryophytes in different ways in research and in society. I do this through different events like workshops, excursions and lectures where I try to arouse interest in bryophytes and I’m sure one day they will get the interest they have deserved for a long time.

List of publications

Pöltl M. & Berg C., (2022): Bericht vom 2. Steirischen Moos-Kartierungstreffen in den Wölzer Tauern vom 25. bis 29. August 2020. Joannea Botanik 18: 61-74.

Berg C., Pöltl M. & Callaghan D., (2021): On the occurrence of Riccia warnstorfii in Britain. Field Bryology 126: 30-34.

Dragi?evi? S., Pöltl M., Stabentheiner E. & Berg C., (2020): Riccia atromarginata (Ricciaceae, Marchantiophyta) new to the Western Balkans, with notes on its Morphology. Hacquetia 20 (1): 1-8. DOI: 10.2478/hacq-2020-0020

Berg C. & Pöltl M., (2020): Spore development during capsule maturation of three Riccia Species. Herzogia 33(1):179-187.

Pöltl M. & Berg C., (2020): Bericht vom 1. Steirischen Moos-Kartierungstreffen in der Oststeiermark vom 25.bis 29. September 2019. Joannea Botanik 17: 29-44.

Berg C. & Pöltl M., (2020): Comparison of different bleaching agents for bryophyte spores – the genus Riccia as an example. Herzogiella 7: 56-62.

Leonhartsberger S. & Pöltl M., (2019): Neues zur Grazer Bahnhof-Flora. Joannea Botanik 16: 31–46.

Berg C., Grill L., Pöltl M. & Schwager P, (2018): Bestimmungsprobleme bei Festuca norica. Joannea Botanik 15: 5-16.

Berg, C., Schwager, P., Pöltl, M., Dengler, J., (2016): Plot Sizes used for phytosoziological sampling of bryophyte and lichen micro-communities. Herzogia 29 (2): 654-667.