People

Our team consists mostly of the researchers and supporting staff from the Department of Evolution and Systematics, we also have collaborators from the Department of Biodiversity and Ecology and Department of Microbial and Plant Interactions as well as from other research institutions.


Denisa Bročková
Care for herbarium specimens (drying of fresh plants; freezing, mounting, searching, sorting of herbarium items) for the monographic series Flora of Slovakia and other research projects

RNDr. Kornélia Goliašová, CSc.
Author of the genera Ascalea, Bidens, Cirsium, Eupatorium, Liatris, Lophiolepis, Ratibida (tribe Bahieae), and Rubus for the Flora of Slovakia

RNDr. Iva Hodálová, CSc.
Expert in taxonomy and evolution of native and non-native plant species.
Author of the genera Carlina, Echinops, Galinsoga, Podospermum, Scorzonera, and Tragopogon for the Flora of Slovakia

RNDr. Ivan Jarolímek, CSc.
Co-administrator of the Slovak Flora project on the iNaturalist platform

Mgr. Adam Kantor, PhD.
Specialist in the evolution and taxonomy of vascular plants, floristics, and citizen science.
Author of the genera Echinops and Silphium for the Flora of Slovakia
Coordinator and data manager of the PLADIAS.SK database project, responsible for presentation and dataset sharing (including with the international GBIF platform [https://www.gbif.org/what-is-gbif]), and administrator of the taxon list in PLADIAS.SK
Co-administrator of the Slovak Flora project on the iNaturalist platform

Mgr. Simona Klačanová
Data processing and population of the PLADIAS.SK database

Zlata Komárová
Author of illustrations for the monographic series Flora of Slovakia

Mgr. Martina Kosorínová
Data processing, revision, and population of the PLADIAS.SK database

Ing. Jaromír Kučera, PhD.
Author of the genera Coreopsis, Dahlia, Euphrosyne, Klasea, and Serratula; Rubus for the Flora of Slovakia

Mgr. Peter Kučera, PhD.
Author of the genus Quercus for the monograph Small Flora of Slovakia.
Data processing, revision, and population of the PLADIAS.SK database.

RNDr. Mgr. Dominik Roman Letz, PhD.
Expert on the diversity, taxonomy, and nomenclature of vascular plants
Author of the genera Carlina, Carpesium, Echinops, Saussurea, Xanthium; Cicerbita, Lactuca, Mycelis, Prenanthes, and Sonchus for the Flora of Slovakia
Editor of the monograph Small Flora of Slovakia
Administrator of the databases SlovPlantList and Slovak Botanical Nomenclature – Vascular Plants
Collaborator of PLADIAS.SK
Co-administrator of the Slovak Flora project on the iNaturalist platform

prof. RNDr. Karol Marhold, DrSc.
Head of the Laboratory of Biodiversity Informatics and Flora of Slovakia.
Scientific consultant of the Flora of Slovakia for nomenclature.
Leader and guarantor of the PLADIAS.SK database project.

RNDr. Jana Májeková, PhD.
Expert on non-native plants, synanthropic flora, and vegetation
Author of the genera Ageratum, Echinops, Zinnia; Arctotheca, Arnoseris, and Gazania for the Flora of Slovakia

RNDr. Pavol Mereďa, PhD.
Expert in systematics and floristics of vascular plants of Central Europe
Author of the genera Arctium, Gaillardia, Guizotia, Helianthus, Heliopsis, Pulicaria, and Tagetes; Podospermum, Scorzonera, and Tragopogon for the Flora of Slovakia

Mgr. Tatiana Miháliková
Author of the genera Buphthalmum, Cosmos, Helenium, Inula, Madia, and Pentanema; Cichorium, and Tolpis for the Flora of Slovakia
Data processing and population of the PLADIAS.SK database and data revision

RNDr. Eleonóra Michalková, CSc.
Author of the genera Onopordum, Telekia; Catananche, and Lapsana for the Flora of Slovakia

Viera Polakovičová
Data processing for the monographic series Flora of Slovakia and PLADIAS.SK: extraction of literary, manuscript, and herbarium data, chorological and chronological sorting of data, and georeferencing for distribution maps

Mgr. Katarína Pribulová
Care for cultivated plants in the greenhouse, processing of herbarium specimens for research projects.
Responsible for the inventory of toxic substances in the karyological laboratory

RNDr. Dušan Senko, PhD.
Administration and maintenance of the PLADIAS.SK platform

RNDr. Katarína Skokanová, PhD.
Author of the genera Amberboa, Colymbada, Cyanus, Mantisalca, Psephellus, and Rhaponticum for the Flora of Slovakia

Mgr. Marek Slovák, PhD.
Author of the genera Helminthotheca and Picris for the Flora of Slovakia

Mgr. Janka Smatanová
Data processing and population of the PLADIAS.SK database

RNDr. Barbora Šingliarová, PhD.
Author of the genera Colymbada and Pilosella for the Flora of Slovakia

RNDr. Stanislav Španiel, PhD.
Author of the genera Centaurea and Colymbada for the Flora of Slovakia, and of the genera Alyssum, Odontarrhena, Centaurea, and Colymbada for the Small Flora of Slovakia
Revision and import of data on the genera Alyssum, Odontarrhena, Centaurea, and Colymbada into the PLADIAS.SK database
Co-administrator of the Slovak Flora project on the iNaturalist platform

RNDr. Róbert Šuvada, PhD.
Development of a GIS layer delineating the refined boundaries of the units in Futák’s phytogeographical classification for the Flora of Slovakia
Data processing and population of the PLADIAS.SK database, processing of occurrence data from the KIMS database.

RNDr. Milan Valachovič, DrSc.
Scientific consultant of the Flora of Slovakia for phytocoenology

RNDr. Mária Zaliberová, CSc.
Author of the genus Bidens for the Flora of Slovakia

Scientific collaboration

Flóra Slovenska

prof. RNDr. Petr Bureš, PhD.
Masaryk University (Czech Republic), Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology

RNDr. Matej Dudáš, PhD.
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology and Ecology

doc. Ing. Pavol Eliáš Jr., PhD.
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of agrobiology and food resources, Institute of Plant and Environmental Sciences

Prof. Dr. Király Botond Gergely
University of Sopron (Hungary), Faculty of Forestry, Institute of Natural Resources and Forest Management

Mgr. Jindřich Chrtek, PhD.
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, p. r. i. (Czech Republic), Průhonice Research Division/Charles University (Czech Republic), Faculty of Science, Department of Botany

doc. RNDr. Jan Kirschner, CSc.
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, p. r. i. (Czech Republic), Průhonice Research Division

doc. RNDr. Judita Kochjarová, CSc.
Technical University in Zvolen, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Phytology

Mgr. Petr Koutecký, PhD.
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany

prof. RNDr. Pavol Mártonfi, CSc.
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology and Ecology/Botanical Garden

doc. Mgr. Patrik Mráz, PhD.
Charles University (Czech Republic), Faculty of Science, Department of Botany

RNDr. Jan Štěpánek, CSc.
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, p. r. i. (Czech Republic), Průhonice Research Division

doc. RNDr. Bohumil Trávníček, PhD.
Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany

doc. RNDr. Ingrid Turisová, PhD.
Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Biology and Environmental Studies

RNDr. Radim J. Vašut, PhD.
Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany

Administration of the Slovak Flora project on the iNaturalist platform

RNDr. Matej Dudáš, PhD.
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology and Ecology
cooperation in processing and importing data into the PLADIAS.SK database

doc. Ing. Pavol Eliáš, Jr., PhD.
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Institute of Plant and Environmental Sciences