Mathieu Perret

Dr ès Sci
Conservateur
Responsable du PhyloLab
Systématique et Médiation

T +41 22 418 51 95
  mathieu.perret (at)ville-ge.ch
Adresse

Identifiants web
ORCID profile
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mathieu-Perret-2
 

Biographie

Reserch interests: 

  • Flowering plant evolution with emphasis on molecular systematics;
  • Historical biogeography;
  • Plant-pollinator interactions.

I am particularly interested in developing genomics and phylogenetic-based approaches in the fields of comparative biology to better understand plants evolution and the causes of their diversification. My work is focused on both Swiss and tropical group of plants (e.g., Gesneriaceae and palms).

Diplômes et Comités

Diplômes

  • Doctorat, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Genève, 2002.
  • Master of Science in Biology, Université de Neuchâtel, 1996.

Comités

Programmes / Projets au sein des CJBG

Projets

Projets 

Enseignement UniGE

Biogéographie - 14B007 (Chargé de cours)

Biodiversité: origine et évolution - 14B005 (Chargé de cours)

Publications et Ouvrages

Publications

Ranasinghe, S.W., K. Nishii, M. Möller, H. J. Atkins, J. L. Clark, M. Perret, A. Kartonegoro, L.-M. Gao, D. J. Middleton, R.I. Milne. 2024. Biogeographic history of the pantropical family Gesneriaceae with a focus on the Deccan Plate and diversification through the Old World. Frontiers of Biogeography. In press.

Ferreira, G.E., J.L. Clark, L. Clavijo, A. Zuluaga, A. Chautems, M.J.G. Hopkins, A.O. Araujo, M. Perret. 2024. Phylogenetics, character evolution, and historical biogeography of the Neotropical genus Besleria (Gesneriaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society (https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae007)

Christe, C., C. G. Boluda, A. Randriarisoa, T. Kiedaisch, Z. Toprak, F. Stauffer, Y. Naciri & M. Perret. 2024. The genomic uses of a 200 year-old herbarium – Pitfalls and potentials. Bauhinia 29: 115-116 (https://doi.org/10.12685/bauhinia.1360).

Chautems, A., M. Perret. 2023. (2975) Proposal to conserve the name Sinningia against Paliavana (Gesneriaceae). Taxon 72 (4): 936-937 (https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13009)

Španiel, S., P. Juillerat, K. Kaplan, M. Bovio, B. Bäumler, M. Perret, L. Martonfiova & J. Zozomova-Lihova 2022. Out of the Balkans and Anatolia to the Western Alps? Surprising phylogenetic implications for two endemic Alyssum (Brassicaceae) species: A. cognense sp. nov. and A. rossetii. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 201(3): 286–308 (https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boac041)

Chautems, A., D.B.O.S. Cardoso & M. Perret. 2022. Two new species of Sinningia (Gesneriaceae) endemic to Bahia, Brazil. Candollea 77: 137–144 (https://doi.org/10.15553/c2022v772a1)

Cano, A., F. W. Stauffer, T. Andermann, I. M. Liberal, C. D. Bacon, H. Lorenzi, M. Töpel, C. Christe, M. Perret* & A. Antonelli*. 2022. Recent and local diversification of Central American understory palms. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31(8): 1513-1525 (https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13521). * share last authorship.

Ogutcen, E., C. Christe, K. Nishii, N. Salamin, M. Moller,  M. Perret. 2021. Phylogenomics of Gesneriaceae using targeted capture of nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 157:107068 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107068)

Clark, J. L., F. Tobar, L. Clavijo, M. Perret, C. H. Graham. 2021. Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67–82 (https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016)

Chatelain, C., M. Chambouleyron, M. Charrier,J.-F. Léger. M. Perret. 2021. Révision du genre Ammodaucus (Apiaceae) en Afrique du Nord. Candollea 76(2) :191-200 (https://doi.org/10.15553/c2021v762a2)

Ogutcen E., K.  Durand, M. Wolowski, L. Clavijo, C. Graham, G. Glauser, M. Perret. 2020. Chemical basis of floral color signals in Gesneriaceae: the effect of alternative anthocyanin pathways. Frontiers in Plant Science 11:604389 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.604389)

Serrano-Serrano M. L., A. Marcionetti, M. Perret and N. Salamin. 2019. Convergent changes in gene expression associated with repeated transitions between hummingbird and bee pollinated flowers. bioRxiv (https://doi.org/10.1101/706127)

Loiseau O., I. Olivares, M. Paris, M. de La Harpe, A. Weigand, D. Koubínová, J. Rolland, C. D. Bacon, H. Balslev, F. Borchsenius, A. Cano, T. L. P. Couvreur, C. Delnatte, F. Fardin, M. Gayot, F. Mejía, T. M. Machado, M. Perret, J. Roncal, M. J. Sanin, F. Stauffer, C. Lexer, M. Kessler and N. Salamin. 2019. Targeted capture of hundreds of nuclear genes unravels phylogenetic relationships of the diverse Neotropical palm tribe Geonomateae. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10:864 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00864)

Chautems A., V. F. Dutra, A. P. Fontana, M. Peixoto, M. Perret, and J. Rossini. 2019. Three new species of Sinningia (Gesneriaceae) endemic to Espírito Santo, Brazil. Candollea 74(1): 33–42. (https://doi.org/10.15553/c2019v741a5)

Cano A., C. D. Bacon, F. W. Stauffer, A. Antonelli, M. L. Serrano-Serrano, and M. Perret. 2018. The roles of dispersal and mass extinction in shaping palm diversity across the Caribbean. Journal of Biogeography 45:1432-1443. (https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13225)

Chautems A. and M. Perret. 2017. Description and phylogenetic position of a new species of Nematanthus (Gesneriaceae) from Bahia, Brazil. Candollea 72(2): 351-359 (https://doi.org/10.15553/c2017v722a13)

Serrano-Serrano M. L., A. Marcionetti, M. Perret, and N. Salamin. 2017. Transcriptomic resources for an endemic Neotropical plant lineage (Gesneriaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences 5(4): 1600135 (https://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1600135)

Serrano-Serrano M. L., J. Rolland, J. L. Clark, N. Salamin and M. Perret. 2017. Hummingbird pollination and the diversification of angiosperms: an old and successful association in Gesneriaceae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20162816 (https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2816)

Araujo A. O., A. Chautems, P. Cardoso-Gustavson, V. C. Souza, and M. Perret. 2016. Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic position of the Brazilian endemic genus Sphaerorrhiza (Sphaerorrhizineae, Gesneriaceae) including two new species. Systematic Botany 41: 651-664 (https://doi.org/10.1600/036364416X692352)

Ferreira G. F., A. Chautems, M. J. G. Hopkins, and M. Perret. 2016. Independent evolution of pouched flowers in the Amazon is supported by the discovery of a new species of Lesia (Gesneriaceae) from Serra do Aracá tepui in Brazil. Plant Systematics and Evolution 302: 1109–1119 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-016-1320-8)

Serrano-Serrano M. L., M. Perret, M. Guignard, A. Chautems, D. Silvestro, and N. Salamin. 2015. Decoupled evolution of floral traits and climatic preferences in a clade of Neotropical Gesneriaceae. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 247 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0527-6)

Chautems A., M. Perret. 2013. Redefinition of the Neotropical genera Codonanthe (Mart.) Hanst. and Codonanthopsis Mansf. (Gesneriaceae). Selbyana 31(2): 143-156 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/24894286)

Cano, A., M. Perret, and F. Stauffer. 2013. A revision of the genus Trithrinax (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae). Phytotaxa 136 (1): 1-53 (https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.136.1.1)

Cailliau A., D. Long, M. J. Price, and M. Perret. 2013. Phylogeny and systematic position of Mesoptychia (Lindb.) A. Evans. Plant Systematics and Evolution 299: 1243-1251 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-013-0792-z)

Perret M., A. Chautems, Araujo A. O., and N. Salamin.  2013. Temporal and spatial origin of Gesneriaceae in the New World inferred from plastid DNA sequences. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 171:61-79 (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01303.x)

Araujo A. O., V. C. Souza and M. Perret. 2010. Chautemsia calcicola, a new genus and species of Gloxinieae (Gesneriaceae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Taxon 59 (1): 203-208 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/27757063)

Perret M., A. Chautems, R. Spichiger, T. G. Barraclough, and V. Savolainen. 2007. The geographical pattern of speciation and floral diversification in the Neotropics : the tribe Sinningieae (Gesneriaceae) as a case study. Evolution 61 (7): 1641-1660 (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00136.x)

Perret M., A. Chautems, and R. Spichiger. 2006. Dispersal-vicariance analyses in the tribe Sinningieae (Gesneriaceae): a clue to understanding biogeographical history of the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 93 (2): 340-358. (https://www.jstor.org/stable/40035730)

Perret, M., A. Chautems, R. Spichiger, G. Kite, and V. Savolainen. 2003. Systematics and evolution of tribe Sinningieae (Gesneriaceae): evidence from phylogenetic analyses of six plastid DNA regions and nuclear ncpGS. American Journal of Botany 90: 445-460 (https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.90.3.445)

Perret, M., A. Chautems, R. Spichiger, M. Peixoto, and V. Savolainen . 2001. Nectar sugar composition in relation to pollination syndromes in Sinningieae (Gesneriaceae). Annals of Botany 87: 267-273 (https://doi.org/10.1006/anbo.2000.1331)


Field guides

Perret M., J. L. Clark, C. Graham and F. Tobar. 2021. Gesneriaceae of the Pichincha Province in Ecuador. Field guide 1323. Field Museum, Chicago, USA. 

Perret M., A. Chautems, G. E. Ferreira, L. Clavijo and A. Zuluaga. 2017. Gesneriaceae of the Rio Anchicayá basin Parque Nacional Natural Los Farallones de Cali (Valle del Cauca–Colombia). Field guide 922. Field Museum, Chicago, USA. 


Popular science articles / Exhibition catalogues

Chautems, A., M. Perret, A. Weber.  2021. Blüten- und Bestäubungsvielfalt bei Sinningia (Gesneriaceae). Der Palmengarten. 85, 1/2, 109–118 (https://doi.org/10.21248/palmengarten.578).

Perret M. , E. Ogutcen. 2021. Les multiples recettes chimiques des fleurs rouges. La Feuille verte N°51, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Genève.

Perret M., C. Christe, R. Dewaele, Y. Naciri. 2020. Le séquençage massif de l’ADN et son impact sur l’étude de la biodiversité. La Feuille verte N°50, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Genève.

Perret M. 2019. Pigments & génétique : aux origines de la couleur florale. La Feuille verte N°49, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Genève.

Stauffer F. W., D. J. Roguet, C. Christe, Y. Naciri, M. Perret, D. N. Ouattara. 2018. A multidisciplinary study of the doum palms (Hyphaene Gaertn.): origin of the project, current advances and future perspectives. Saussurea – Journal de la Société botanique de Genève 47: 83-101.

Perret M., Y. Naciri. 2017. Du séquençage manuel au big data : 26 ans de décryptage de l’ADN végétal. La Feuille verte N°47 – Célébration du bicentenaire 1817-2017, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Genève.

Chautems A., M. Perret, D. Aeschimann. 2016. Tropicales de salon : Origine & diversité des Gesnériacées. Série documentaire n°40 des Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève. 


Ouvrages

Spichiger, R., P. Clerc, M. Figeat, L. Gautier, D. Jeanmonod, P.-A. Loizeau, Y. Naciri, M. Perret, M. Price. 2016. Botanique Systématique, avec une introduction aux grands groupes de champignons. Presses Polytechnique et Universitaires Romandes.