E-mail: kravel@tk9480.spb.edu

1976 - graduated from the Faculty of Biology and Soil Science of the Leningrad State University.
1987 – defended the PhD (=Candidate of biological sciences) thesis “Seed structure of the  Orobanchaceae Vent. of the USSR flora”. Scientific advisor: Prof. E.S. Teryokhin
2005 – defended the DSc (= Doctor of biological sciences) thesis “Comparative carpology of the family Urticaceae Juss. in the connection of its systematics and phylogenetics”

 Main fields of interest: comparative and evolutionary morphology of fruits and seeds.

Current research: Analysis of the structural diversity of fruits and seeds within the order Urticales in the context of their taxonomy and phylogenetics.

Selected publications:
Kravtsova T.I., Friis I., Wilmot-Dear C.M. Morphology and anatomy of fruits in New World Boehmeria in relation to taxonomy // Kew Bull. 2000. Vol.55. N 1. P.43-62.
Kravtsova T.I., Friis I., Wilmot-Dear C.M. Morphology and anatomy of fruits in Pouzolzia (Urticaceae) in relation to taxonomy // Kew Bull. 2003. Vol.58. N 2. P.297-327.
Wilmot-Dear C.M., Friis I., Kravtsova T.I. A new species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae), B.burgeriana Wilmot-Dear, Friis & Kravtsova, endemic to Costa Rica // Kew Bull. 2003. Vol.58. N1. P.213-218.
 

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