Curriculum vitae

10/2009 – 09/2012
Universität Hannover, Deutschland; Bachelor of Science in Biologie

10/2012 – 03/2015
Universität Göttingen, Deutschland; Master of Science in Biodiversität, Ökologie und Evolution

05/2015 – 07/2023
Universität Leipzig, Deutschland; Promotion (Dr. rer. nat.)

05/2015 – 08/2023
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin in Forschung und Lehre am Institut für Biologie, Universität Leipzig, Deutschland

09/2023 – 08/2025
Postdoktorandin, DIADE (Diversität, Anpassung und Entwicklung) am IRD – Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, Frankreich

seit 11/2025
Postdoktorandin und Dozentin, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Universität Göttingen, Deutschland

Publications

N. X. Vy, L. Holzmeyer, J. Papenbrock. 2013. New record of the seagrass species Halophila major (Zoll.) Miquel in Vietnam: evidence from leaf morphology and ITS analysis. Botanica Marina 56, 313–321. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2012-0188

L. Holzmeyer, M. Duretto, D. Crayn, E. Hörandl, M. Heslewood, J. Jayanthan, M.S. Appelhans. 2015. Phylogeny of Acronychia (Rutaceae) and First Insights into Its Historical Biogeography and the Evolution of Fruit Characters. PLOS ONE 10(8): e0136296. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136296.

L. Holzmeyer, A.-K. Hartig, K. Franke, W. Brandt, A.N. Muellner-Riehl, L.A.Wessjohann, J.   Schnitzler. 2020. Evaluation of plant sources for anti-infective lead compound discovery by correlating phylogenetic, spatial, and bioactivity data. PNAS 117(22): 12444-12451.https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1915277117.

L. Holzmeyer, F. Hauenschild, D.J. Mabberley, A.N. Muellner-Riehl. 2021. Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum Blume ex Raspail (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species. TAXON 70(6): 1248-1272. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12591.

L. Holzmeyer, F. Hauenschild, A.N. Muellner-Riehl. 2023. Sunda-Sahul floristic exchange and pathways into the Southwest Pacific: new insights from wet tropical forest trees. Journal of Biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 50(7): 1257-1270. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14606.

Sunda-Sahul floristic exchange and pathways into the Southwest Pacific: New insights from wet tropical forest trees. 2023. Holzmeyer, L. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rfj6q57f8.

F. J. Nge, D. M. Johnson, N. A. Murray, L. Holzmeyer, K. Floyd, G. Stull, V. Soule, P. Sepulchre, D. Tardif, C. Rodrigues-Vaz, T. L. P. Couvreur. 2026. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. Synchronous Miocene radiations and geographic-dependent diversification of pantropical Xylopia (Annonaceae). doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.21.655441.

A.E. Ortiz-Rodriguez, L. Holzmeyer, L. Hurtado-Reveles, F.J. Nge, Y. Licona-Vera, T.L.P. Couvreur, 2026. Herbarium-based phylogenomics sheds light on the evolutionary history of Mesoamerican tropical forests: Annonaceae as a case study. Bot. Sci. 104, S1–S21. https://doi.org/10.17129/botsci.3916

Holzmeyer, L., Nge, F. J., Arias Guerrero, S., Armstrong, K. E., Bazante, M. L., Bijmoer, R., Borosova, R., Bruy, D. D., Bunchalee, P., Chaowasku, T., Chatrou, L. W., Chen, J., Dagallier, L.-P. M. J., Damthongdee, A., Erkens, R. H. J., Fabriani, F., Fonseca, L. H. M., Gaudeul, M., Hoekstra, P. H., Johnson, D. M., Lautenschläger, T., Leeratiwong, C., Liu, M.-F., Lobão, A. A. Q., Lopes, J. C., Mariac, C., Martínez-Velarde, M. F., Mercier, K. P., Michelangeli, F. A., Montúfar, R., Munzinger, J. J., Murray, N. A., Ortiz-Rodriguez, A. E., Pérez, Á. J., Pirie, M. D., Rainer, H., Rakotoarinivo, M., Rodrigues-Vaz, C., Rouhan, G., Sauquet, H., Sonké, B., Soulé, V. R. C., Stévart, T., Streiff, S. J. R., Strijk, J. S., Tardif, D., Thomas, D. C., Towe Patipe, A., Wieringa, J. J., Zapata, J. N., Sepulchre, P., Condamine, F. L. & Couvreur, T. L. P. (2026). Macroevolutionary dynamics and predictors of tropical rain forest plant diversity. Science Advances, 12(40), eaee4197. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aee4197

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