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(2013)

Graeber, K., Büttner-Mainik, A., Sperber, K., Mummenhoff, K., Leubner-Metzger, G. (2013) Spatio-temporal Seed Development Analysis Provide Insight into Primary Dormancy Induction and Evolution of the Lepidium DELAY OF GERMINATION 1 Genes. Plant Physiology 161: 1903-1917

(2012)

Mandakova, T., Mummenhof, K., Al-Shehbaz, I.A., Mucina, L., Mühlhausen, A., Lysak, M. (2012) Whole-genome triplication and species radiation in the southern African tribe Heliophileae (Brassicaceae). Taxon 61 989–1000.

Koch, M.A., Kiefer, M., German, D. A., Al-Shehbaz, I.A., Franzke, A., Mummenhoff, K., Schmickl, R. (2012) BrassiBase: Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae – version 1.1. Taxon 61: 1001-1009.

Mühlhausen, A., Lenser, T., Mummenhoff, K., Theißen, G. (2012) Evidence that a transition from dehiscent to indehiscent fruits in Lepidium (Brassicaceae) was caused by a change upstream of ALCATRAZ, INDEHISCENT and SHATTERPOOF in the developmental cascade leading to fruit valve margin identity. Under review

Busch, A., Horn, S., Mühlhausen, A., Mummenhoff, K., Zachgo, S. (2012) Corolla monosymmetry, the evolution of a morphological novelty in the Brassicaceae family. Mol. Biol. Evol. doi:10.1093/molbev/msr297

Geeta, R., Dávalos, L.M., Levy, A., Bohs, Lavin, M., Mummenhoff, K., Sinha, N., Wojciechowski, M.F. (2012) Keeping it simple: Flowering plants tend to retain, and revert to, simple leaves. New Phytologist 193: 481–493.

(2010-2011)

Al-Shehbaz, I.A., Mummenhoff, K. (2011) Stubendorffia and Winklera belong to the expanded Lepidium (Brassicaceae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 68: 165-171.

Warren, B.H., Bakker, F., T., Bellstedt, D.U.,  Bytebier, B.R., Claßen-Bockhoff, R., Dreyer, L.L., Edwards, D., Forest, F., Galley, C., Hardy, C.R., Linder, H.P., Muasya, A.M., Mummenhoff, K., Oberlander, K.C, Quint, M., Richardson, J.E., Savolainen, V., van der Niet, T., Verboom, G.A., Yesson, C.,  Hawkins, J.A. (2011) Consistent phenological shifts in the making of a biodiversity hotspot: the Cape flora. BMC Evolutionary Biology (2011) 11:39

Franzke, A., Lysak, MA, Al-Shehbaz, I.A, Koch, M.A., Mummenhoff, K. (2011) Cabbage family affairs: The evolutionary history of Brassicaceae. Trends Plant Sci. 16: 108-116.

Couvreur, T., Franzke, A.,Al-Shehbaz, I.A.,Bakker, F.T., Koch, M.A.,  Mummenhoff, K. (2010) Molecular Phylogenetics, Temporal Diversification, and Principles of Evolution in the Mustard Family (Brassicaceae). Mol. Biol. Evol. 27:55-71.

Moazzeni, H., Zarre, S., Al-Shehbaz, I.A., Mummenhoff, K. (2010) Phylogeny of Iranian Isatis (Brassicaceae) and allied genera based on ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA and morphological characters. Flora 205: 337–343.

Parolly, G., Nordt, B., Bleeker, W., Mummenhoff, K. (2010) Heldreichia Boiss. (Brassicaceae) revisited  a morphological and molecular study. Taxon 59: 187-202.

Warwick, S.I., Mummenhoff, K., Sauder, C.A., Koch, M.A., Al-Shehbaz, I.A. (2010) Closing the gaps: phylogenetic relationships in the Brassicaceae based on DNA sequence data of nuclear ribosomal ITS region. Plant Syst. Evol. doi:10.1007/s00606-010-0271-8

Mühlhausen A, Polster A, Theißen G, Mummenhoff K. (2010) Evolution of fruit dehiscence in Brassicaceae – Examples from Aethionema and Lepidium. In: Hansen M (ed.). Proceedings of the Vth. International Symposium on Brassicas & XVIth. Crucifer Genetics Worshop, Lillehammer. Acta Horticulturae Vol 867, International Society for Horticultural Science, Leuven, pp. 207-219.

Mandakova, T., Joly,S. Krzywinski, M. Mummenhoff, K.  Lysak, M. A. (2010) Fast diploidization in close mesopolyploid relatives of Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 22: 2277–2290

Hasan, A., Mummenhoff, K.,  Quiros, C., Tay, C., Bailey, D. (2010) Polymorphic  chloroplast microsatellite markers in the octoploid Lepidium meyenii (Brassicaceae) and cross-species amplification in Lepidium. Am. J. Bot.: e85–e88.

(2008-2009)

Franzke, A., German, D., Al-Shehbaz, I. A., Mummenhoff, K. (2009) Arabidopsis family ties: Molecular phylogeny and age estimates in the Brassicaceae. Taxon 58: 425-437.

Verboom, G.A., Archibald, J.K., Bakker, F.T., Bellstedt, D.U., Conrad, F., Dreyer, L.L., Forest, F., Galley, C., Goldblatt, P., Henning, J.F., Mummenhoff, K., Linder, H.P., Muasya, A.M., Oberlander, K.C., Savolainen, V., Snijman, D.A., Niet, T.V., Nowell, T.L. (2009) Origin and diversification of the Greater Cape flora: Ancient species repository, hot-bed of recent radiation, or both? Mol. Phyl. Evol. 51: 44-53: doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.037  

Khosravi, A. R., Mohsenzadeh, S., Menke, M., Mummenhoff., K. (2009) A new phylogenetic position and taxonomic classification for Aethionema trinervium (DC.) Boiss. (Brassicaceae): a morphologically variable subshrub from southwestern Asia. Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 96: 564–574.

Khosravi, A. R., Mohsenzadeh, S., Mummenhoff, K. (2009) Phylogenetic relationships of Old World Brassicaceae from Iran based on nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences. Biochem. Syst. Ecol 37: 106–115.

Hischemöller, A. Nordmann, J., Ptacek, P., Mummenhoff, K., Haase, M. (2009) In-Vivo Imaging of the Uptake of Upconversion Nanoparticles by living Plants. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology 5: 1–7.

Mummenhoff, K., Polster, A., Mühlhausen, A., Theißen, G. (2009) Lepidium as a model system for studying the evolution of fruit development in Brassicaceae. J.  Exper. Bot. 60: 1503-1513; doi:10.1093/jxb/ern304

Dierschke, T., Mandáková, T., Lysak, M. Mummenhoff, K. (2009) A bicontinental origin of polyploid Australian/New Zealand Lepidium species (Brassicaceae): evidence from genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). Ann. Bot. 104: 681-688. 

Khosravi, A. R., Mohsenzadeh, S., Mummenhoff, K. (2008) Phylogenetic position of Brossardia papyracea (Brassicaceae) based on sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Feddes Rep. 119: 13-23.

Khosravi, A. R., Mohsenzadeh, S., Mummenhoff, K. (2008) Analysis of the phylogenetic position of Acanthocardamum erinaceum (Brassicaceae) based on ITS-sequences shows that it should be transferred to Aethionema as A. erinaceum (Boiss.) Khosravi & Mummenhoff. Nordic J. Bot. 26: 25-30; doi: 10.1111/j.2008.0107-055X.00205.x.

(2006-2007)

Ehrich, D., Gaudeul, M., Assefa, A., Koch, M., Mummenhoff, K., Nemomissa, S., INTRABIODIV Consortium, Brochmann, C.  (2007) Genetic consequences of Pleistocene range shifts: Contrast between the Arctic, the Alps and the East African mountains. Mol. Ecol. 16: 2542–2559.

Mummenhoff, K., Franzke, A. (2007) Gone with the bird, Late Tertiary and Quaternary intercontinental long-distance dispersal and allopolyploidization in plants. Systematics and Biodiversity 5: 255–260.

Moazzeni, H., Zarre, S., Al-Shehbaz, I.A., Mummenhoff, K. (2007) Seed-coat microsculpturing and its systematic application in Isatis (Brassicaceae) and allied genera in Iran. Flora. 202:  447–454.

Koch, M., Kiefer, C., Ehrich, D., Vogel, J., Brochmann, C., Mummenhoff, K. (2006) Phylogeography of Arabis alpina L. (Brassiaceae) – Three times out of Asia –the phylogeography of Arabis alpina L. (Brassicaceae). Mol. Ecol. 15: 825-839.

Koch, M. A., Mummenhoff, K. (2006) Editorial, Evolution and phylogeny of the Brassicaceae, in: Koch, M. A., Mummenhoff, K. (Eds.) Evolution and Phylogeny of the Brassicaceae. Plant Syst. Evol. Special Vol. 259, pp. 1-83.

Koch, M. A., Mummenhoff, K., eds., (2006) Evolution and Phylogeny of the Brassicaceae. Plant Syst. Evol. Special Vol. 259, pp. 81-258.

Mummenhoff, K., Linder, P., Friesen, N., Bowman, J.L., Franzke, A. (2006) African species of Lepidium (Brassicaceae) contributed via hybridization to the origin of Australian / New Zealand species, in: Ghanzanfar S.A., Beentje H. (Eds.). Taxonomy and ecology of African plants, their conservation and sustainable use. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, pp. 291-308.

Bailey, C.D.,  Marcus A. Koch, M. A., Mayer, M , Mummenhoff, K. , O’Kane, Jr., S. L.,  Warwick S. I., Windham, M. D., Al-Shehbaz, I. A. (2006) Towards a global nrDNA ITS phylogeny of the Brassicaceae. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23, 2142-2160.

(2004-2005)

Al-Shehbaz, I. A.,Mummenhoff, K. (2005) Transfer of the South African genera Brachycarpaea, Cycloptychis, Schlechteria, Silicularia, and Thlaspeocarpa to Heliophila (Brassicaceae). Novon 15: 385-389.

Mummenhoff, K., Al-Shehbaz, I., Linder, P., Bakker, F.,Mühlhausen, A. (2005) Phylogeny, morphological evolution, and speciation of endemic Brassicaceae genera in the Cape flora, southern Africa. Annals of the Missouri Bot. Gard. 92: 400-424.

Mummenhoff, K., Bowman, J.L.. Linder, P, Friesen, N., Franzke, A. (2004) Molecular evidence for bicontinental hybridogenous genomic constitution in Lepidium sensu stricto (Brassicaceae) species from Australia and New Zealand. Am. J. Bot. 91: 252-259.

Warwick, S.I., Al-Shehbaz, I.A., Sauder, C.A., Murray, D.F., Mummenhoff, K. (2004) Phylogeny of Smelowskia and related genera (Brassicaceae) based on nuclear ITS DNA and chloroplast trnL intron DNA sequence. Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 91: 99-123.

Franzke, A., Hurka, H., Janssen, D., Neuffer, B., Friesen, N., Markov, M., Mummenhoff, K. (2004) Quaternary genome and areal splits of Eurasian steppe plants. Mol. Ecol. 13: 2789-2795.

(2000-2004)

Koch, M., Al-Shehbaz, I. A. Mummenhoff, K. (2003) Molecular systematics, evolution and population biology of the mustard family Brassicaceae. Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 90: 151-171.

Al-Shehbaz, I. A., Mummenhoff, K., Appel, O. (2002) Cardaria, Coronopus, and Stroganowia are united with Lepidium (Brassicaceae). Novon 12: 5-11.

Lee, J.-Y., Mummenhoff, K., Bowman, J.L. (2002) Allopolyploidizations and evolution of species with reduced floral structures in Lepidium L. (Brassicaceae). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 99: 16835-16840.

Koch, M., Al-Shehbaz, I. A. Mummenhoff, K. (2002) Molecular systematics, evolution and population biology of the mustard family Brassicaceae. Annals of the Missouri Bot. Gard. 90: 151-171.

Eschmann-Grupe, G., Neuffer, B., Paetsch, M., Mummenhoff, K., Hurka, H. (2001) Speciation, breeding system and genetic variation in colonising Diplotaxis species. In:  Kowarik, I., Starfinger, U. (Hrsg.) Biological Invasions in Germany – a challenge to act. BfN-Skripten 32: 71-72.

Koch, M. &. Mummenhoff, K.(2001)Thlaspi s.str. (Brassicaceae) versus Thlaspi s.l.: morphological and anatomical characters in the light of ITS nrDNA sequence data. Plant Syst. Evol 227: 209-225.

Mummenhoff, K., Coja, U., Brüggemann, H. (2001) Pachyphragma (Brassicaceae) revisited: molecular data indicate close relationship to Thlaspi s.str. Folia Geobot. 36: 293-302

Mummenhoff, K. Brüggemann, H., Bowman, J. (2001) Chloroplast DNA phylogeny and biogeography of Lepidium (Brassicaceae). Am. J. Bot. 88: 2051-2063.

(1995-1999)

Franzke, A., Mummenhoff, K. (1999) Recent hybrid speciation in Cardamine (Brassicaceae). Conversion of nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences in statu nascendi. Theor. Appl. Genet 98: 831-834.

Koch, M., Mummenhoff, K., Hurka, H. (1999): Molecular phylogenetics of Cochlearia L. and allied genera based on nuclear ribosomal ITS DNA sequence analysis contradict traditional concepts of evolutionary relationships. Plant Syst. Evol. 216: 207-230.

Zunk, K., Mummenhoff, K., Hurka, H. (1999) Phylogenetic relationships in tribe Lepidieae (Brassicaceae) based on chloroplast DNA restriction site variation. Can. J. Bot. 77: 1504-1512.

Bowman, J., Brüggemann, H., Lee, J.-Y., Mummenhoff, K. (1999) Evolutionary changes in floral architecture within the genus Lepidium (Brassicaceae). Int. J. Plant Sci. 160: 917-929.

Koch, M., Hurka, H., Mummenhoff, K. (1998) Molecular biogeography and evolution of the Microthlaspi perfoliatum s.l. polyploid complex (Brassicaceae): chloroplast DNA and nuclear ribosomal DNA restriction site variation. Can. J. Bot. 76: 382-396.

Urbanska, K., Hurka, H., Landolt, E., Neuffer, B., Mummenhoff, K. (1997) Hybridization and evolution in Cardamine (Brassicaceae) at Urnerboden, Central Switzerland: biosystematic and molecular evidence. Plant Syst. Evol. 204: 233-256.

Mummenhoff, K., Franzke, A., Koch, M. (1997) Molecular phylogenetics of Thlaspi (Brassicaceae) based on chloroplast DNA restriction site variation and sequences of the internal transcribed spacers of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Can. J. Bot. 75: 469-482.

Mummenhoff, K., Franzke, A., Koch, M. (1997) Molecular data reveal convergence in fruit characters used in the classification of Thlaspi s.l. (Brassicaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 125: 183-199.

Zunk, K., Mummenhoff, K., Koch, M., Hurka, H. (1996) Phylogenetic relationships of Thlaspi s.l. (subtribe Thlaspidinae, Lepidieae) and allied genera based on chloroplast DNA restriction site variation. Theor. Appl. Genet. 92: 375-381.

Koch, M., Hurka, H., Mummenhoff, K. (1996) Chloroplast DNA restriction site variation and RAPD-analyses in Cochlearia (Brassicaceae): Biosystematics and speciation. Nord. J. Bot. 16: 585-603.

Mummenhoff, K. (1995): Should Cardaria (L.) Desv. be classified within the genus Lepidium L. (Brassicaceae)? Evidence from subunit polypeptide composition of Rubisco. Feddes Repert. 106: 25-28.

Mummenhoff, K., Kuhnt, E., Koch, M., Zunk, K. (1995) Systematic implications of chloroplast DNA variation in Lepidium sections Cardamon, Lepiocardamon and Lepia (Brassicaceae). Plant Syst. Evol. 196: 75-88.

Mummenhoff, K., Hurka, H. (1995) Allopolyploid origin of Arabidopsis suecica (Fries) Norrlin: Evidence from chloroplast and nuclear genome markers. Botanica Acta 108: 449-456.

(1986-1994)

Mummenhoff, K. (1994) Subunit polypeptide composition of Rubisco as a taxonomic tool in separating critical Lepidium species. Phytochemistry 35: 683-684.

Mummenhoff, K., Jentzsch, M. (1994) Isoelectric focusing analysis of Rubisco in the genus Erysimum L. Eucarpia Cruciferae Newsletter 16: 16-17.

Mummenhoff, K. & Hurka, H. (1994) Subunit polypeptide composition of Rubisco and the origin of allopolyploid Arabidopsis suecica (Brassicaceae). Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 22: 807-812.

Mummenhoff, K., Koch, M. (1994: Chloroplast DNA restriction site variation and phylogenetic relationships in the genus Thlaspi sensu lato (Brassicaceae). Syst. Bot. 19: 73-88.

Koch, M., Mummenhoff, K., Zunk, K. (1993) Isoelektrische Fokussierung der Untereinheiten der Rubisco in Thlaspi (Brassicaceae): Weitere Hinweise auf eine Formengattung. Feddes Repert. 104: 371-381.

Koch, M., Plantholt, U., Zunk, K., Mummenhoff, K., Hurka, H. (1993) Chloroplasten-DNA als Marker zur Sippendifferenzierung. In K.-G. Bernhardt, H. Hurka & P. Poschlod (Hrsg.), Biologie semiaquatischer Lebensräume - Aspekte der Populationsbiologie, 85-100. Verlag Natur und Wissenschaften, Solingen.

Mummenhoff, K., Eschmann-Grupe, G., Zunk, K. (1993): Subunit polypeptide composition of Rubisco indicates Diplotaxis viminea as maternal parent species of amphiploid Diplotaxis muralis. Phytochemistry 34: 429-431.

Zunk, K., Mummenhoff, K., Hurka, H. (1993) Chloroplast DNA restriction site variation in the Brassicaceae tribe Lepidieae. Plant Mol. Evol. Newsl. 3: 40-44.

Hurka, H., Mummenhoff, K., Schoppmann, C. (1992) Chromosome numbers in the genus Lepidium (Brassicaceae): IOPB Newsletter 18/19: 8-9.

Mummenhoff, K., Hurka, H., Bandelt, H.-J. (1992) Systematics of Australian Lepidium species (Brassicaceae) and implications for their origin: evidence from IEF analysis of Rubisco. Plant Syst. Evol. 183: 99-112.

Mummenhoff, K., Hurka, H. (1991) IEF analysis of Rubisco in Lepidium (Brassicaceae), sections Lepia, Lepiocardamon and Cardamon. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 19: 47-52.

Mummenhoff, K., Zunk, K. (1991) Should Thlaspi (Brassicaceae) be split? Preliminary evidence from isoelectric focusing analysis of Rubisco. Taxon 40: 427-434.

Mummenhoff, K., Hurka, H. (1990) Evolution of the tetraploid Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae): isoelectric focusing analysis of Rubisco. Plant Syst. Evol. 172: 205-213.

Mummenhoff, K., Hurka, H. (1986) Rubisco as a taxonomic tool: Introducing a simple electrophoretic technique for separating the holoenzyme: Plant Syst. Evol. 153: 281-285.