Tanja Magdalena Schuster is a taxonomist from

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, and the first Pauline Ladiges Plant Systematics Fellow, holding a joint position with the School of Biosciences,

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

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, Australia, and the

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, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. Schuster also worked as curator of the Norton-Brown Herbarium at the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD i ...

. In 2011, Schuster created the genus ''

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'' for some species previously placed in ''

Muehlenbeckia ''Muehlenbeckia'' or maidenhair is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae. It is native to the borders of the Pacific, including South and North America, Papua New Guinea and Australasia. It has been introduced elsewhere, includin ...

'', but which were shown by

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

studies to form a distinct

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. The name is derived from the Latin for "thorn-bush."

Selected works

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Taxa authored by Schuster

Schuster is listed in the

International Plant Names Index The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes." Coverage of plant names is best at the rank of species and genus. It inclu ...

as the author or co-author of 62 names, including: * ''

'' T.M.Schust. *'' Koenigia alaskana'' T.M.Schust. & Reveal (syn. ''Polygonum alpinum'') *''

Koenigia alpina ''Koenigia alpina'' (synonym ''Aconogonon alpinum''), commonly known as alpine knotweed, is similar to '' Koenigia alaskana'', but differs in leaf size and achene An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenoc ...

'' T.M.Schust. & Reveal (syn. ''Aconogonon alpina'') *'' Koenigia campanulata'' ( Hook.f.) T.M.Schust. & Reveal (syn. ''Persicaria campanulata'') *'' Koenigia davisiae'' T.M.Schust. & Reveal

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schuster, Tanja Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of the University of Melbourne Wake Forest University alumni Lehman College alumni