education and training
- B.A., University of Puerto Rico
- Ph.D., City University of New York
Acevedo, Pedro
Research Botanist and Curator of Botany (Sapindaceae and Caribbean plants)
Systematics and floristics of Sapindaceae, floristics of the West Indies, especially of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, diversity and evolution of Neotropical lianas and climbing plants.
Geographic Focus
- Caribbean Transnational Region
- Mexico Country
- Puerto Rico
- South America Continent
- central America Transnational Region
Background And Education
awards and honors
Research And Grants
investigator on
- Flora of Camp Santiago, Salina Puerto Rico awarded by USDA Forest Service
- Flora of Camp Santiago, Salina Puerto Rico awarded by USDA Forest Service
- Invasive Plant Species in the Caribbean West Indies FY15 awarded by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Invasive Plant Species in the West Indies awarded by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Invasive Plant Species in the West Indies awarded by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Invasive Plant Species in the West Indies awarded by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Invasive Plant Species in the West Indies 3 awarded by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Publications
selected publications
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article
- Buerki, Sven, Callmander, Martin W., Acevedo-Rodriguez, Pedro, Lowry,Porter P.,,II, Munzinger, Jerome, Bailey, Paul, Maurin, Olivier, Brewer, Grace E., Epitawalage, Niroshini, Baker, William J., and Forest, Felix. 2021. "An updated infra-familial classification of Sapindaceae based on targeted enrichment data." American Journal of Botany https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1693 2021
- Medina, Maria Camila, Sousa-Baena, Mariane S., Prado, Erika, Acevedo-Rodriguez, Pedro, Dias, Pedro, and Demarco, Diego. 2021. "Demarco: Structure, Evolution and Phylogenetic Importance." Frontiers in Plant Science 11:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.612985 2021
- Medina, Maria Camila, Sousa-Baena, Mariane S., Prado, Erika, Acevedo-Rodriguez, Pedro, Dias, Pedro, and Demarco, Diego. 2021. "Laticifers in Sapindaceae: Structure, Evolution and Phylogenetic Importance (vol 11, 612985, 2021)." Frontiers in Plant Science 12:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.669585 2021
- Acevedo-Rodriguez, Pedro. 2021. "Transfer of West Indian Marsdenia to Ruehssia (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)." Phytotaxa, 212–215. 524, (3), Auckland; New Zealand: Magnolia Press. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.524.3.7. 2021
- Medeiros, Herison, de Carvalho Lopes, Jenifer, Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, and Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini. 2020. "A new species of Thinouia (Paullinieae, Sapindaceae) from the Amazon and its phylogenetic placement." PhytoKeys 165:115-126. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.165.57341 2020
- Chery, Joyce G., Pace, Marcelo R., Acevedo-Rodriguez, Pedro, Specht, Chelsea D., and Rothfels, Carl J. 2020. "Modifications during Early Plant Development Promote the Evolution of Nature's Most Complex Woods." Current Biology 30 (2):237-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.003 2020
- Sperotto, Patricia, Acevedo-Rodriguez, Pedro, Vasconcelos, Thais N. C., and Roque, Nadia. 2020. "Towards a Standardization of Terminology of the Climbing Habit in Plants." The Botanical Review https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-020-09218-y 2020
- Chery, Joyce G., da Cunha Neto, Israel L., Pace, Marcelo R., Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Specht, Chelsea D., and Rothfels, Carl J. 2020. "Wood anatomy of the neotropical liana lineage Paullinia L. (Sapindaceae)." IAWA Journal 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-bja10027 2020
- Caraballo-Ortiz, Marcos and Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2019. "Clarifying the Identity of the Enigmatic Mistletoe Cladocolea biflora (Loranthaceae)." Harvard Papers in Botany 24 (2):119-120. https://doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v24iss2.2019.n5 2019
- Pace, Marcelo R., Neto, Israel L. Cunha, Santos-Silva, Leyde, Melo-de-Pinna, Gladys F. A., Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Almeida, Rafael F., Amorim, André M., and Angyalossy, Veronica. 2019. "First report of laticifers in lianas of Malpighiaceae and their phylogenetic implications." American Journal of Botany 106 (9):1156-1172. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1350 2019
- Campbell, Keron C. St E., Acevedo-Rodriguez, Pedro, Acosta, Zenia, Commock, Tracy, Lima Lourenco, Ana Raquel, Peguero, Brigido, Samra, Kate, and Lucas, Eve J. 2019. "New combinations and new names in Myrcia for West Indian species previously included in Calyptranthes (Myrtaceae)." Phytotaxa 406 (3):143-156. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.406.3.1 2019
- Chery, Joyce G., Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Rothfels, Carl J., and Specht, Chelsea D. 2019. "Phylogeny of Paullinia L. (Paullinieae: Sapindaceae), a diverse genus of lianas with dynamic fruit evolution." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 140:Article 106577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106577 2019
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro and Somner, Genise Vieira. 2018. "New species of Paullinia (Sapindaceae) from continental tropical America." Phytokeys (114): 95-113. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.114.29351 2018
- Pace, Marcelo R., Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Amorim, André M., and Angyalossy, Veronica. 2018. "Ontogeny, structure and occurrence of Interxylary Cambia in Malpighiaceae." Flora 241:46-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2018.02.004 2018
- Pace, Marcelo R., Angyalossy, Veronica, Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, and Wen, Jun. 2018. "Structure and ontogeny of successive cambia in Tetrastigma (Vitaceae), the host plants of Rafflesiaceae." Journal of Systematics and Evolution 56 (4):394-400. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12303 2018
- Ulloa, Carmen Ulloa, Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Beck, Stephan, Belgrano, Manuel J., Bernal, Rodrigo, Berry, Paul E., Brako, Lois, Celis, Marcela, Davidse, Gerrit, Forzza, Rafaela C., Gradstein, S. Robbert, Hokche, Omaira, Leon, Blanca, Leon-Yanez, Susana, Magill, Robert E., Neill, David A., Nee, Michael, Raven, Peter H., Stimmel, Heather, Strong, Mark T., Villasenor, Jose L., Zarucchi, James L., Zuloaga, Fernando O., and Jorgensen, Peter M. 2017. "An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas." Science 358 (6370):1614- . https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao0398 2017
- Campos, Lí, Guedes, Maria Lenise Silva, Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, and Roque, Ná. 2017. "Contributions to the floristic and vegetation knowledge of Espinhaço Septentrional, Bahia, Brazil." Brazilian Journal of Botany 40 (2):427-437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-016-0347-y 2017
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Wurdack, Kenneth J., Ferrucci, M. S., Johnson, Gabriel, Dias, Pedro, Coelho, Rubens G., Somner, Genise V., Steinmann, Victor W., Zimmer, Elizabeth Anne, and Strong, Mark T. 2017. "Generic Relationships and Classification of Tribe Paullinieae (Sapindaceae) with a New Concept of Supertribe Paulliniodae." Systematic Botany 42 (1):96-114. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364417X694926 2017
- Carrington, C. M. Sean, Krupnick, Gary A., and Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2017. "Herbarium-Based Preliminary Conservation Assessments of Lesser Antillean Endemic Seed Plants Reveal a Flora at Risk." Botanical review 83 (2):107-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-017-9182-5 2017
- Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa, Tremblay, Raymond L., Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, and Díaz-Soltero, Hilda. 2017. "Invasive plant species in the West Indies: geographical, ecological, and floristic insights." Ecology and Evolution 7 (13):4522-4533. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2984 2017
- DRYFLOR, Banda-R, Karina, Delgado-Salinas, Alfonso, Dexter, Kyle G., Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, Oliveira-Filho, Ary, Prado, Darién, Pullan, Martin, Quintana, Catalina, Riina, Ricarda, Rodríguez M, Gina M., Weintritt, Julia, Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Adarve, Juan, Álvarez, Esteban, Anairamiz, Aranguren B.,, Arteaga, Julián Camilo, Aymard, Gerardo, Castaño, Alejandro, Ceballos-Mago, Natalia, Cogollo, Álvaro, Cuadros, Hermes, Delgado, Freddy, Devia, Wilson, Dueñas, Hilda et al. 2016. "Plant diversity patterns in neotropical dry forests and their conservation implications." Science 353 (6306):1383-1387. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf5080 2016
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro and Brewer, Steven W. 2016. "Spathelia belizensis, a new species and first record for the genus in Central America (tribe Spathelieae, Rutaceae)." PhytoKeys (75): 145-151. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.75.10015 2016
- Medeiros, Herison, Forzza, R. C., and Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2016. "Wild relatives of Guaraná (Paullinia cupana; Sapindaceae) show high diversity in Western Brazilian Amazon." Systematic Botany 41:202-228. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364416X690606 2016
- Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa and Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2015. "Naturalization and invasion of alien plants in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands." Biological Invasions 17 (1):149-163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-014-0712-3 2015
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2015. "Proposal to conserve Paullinia thalictrifolia against P. bipinnata (Sapindaceae)." Taxon 64 (6):1330-1331. https://doi.org/10.12705/646.29 2015
- Harris, Aj, Lutz, Sue, Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, and Wen, Jun. 2015. "The utility of the morphological variation of pollen for resolving the evolutionary history of Billia (subfam. Hippocastanoideae, Sapindaceae)." Journal of Systematics and Evolution 53 (3):228-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12130 2015
- Miller, James S., Krupnick, Gary A., Stevens, Hannah, Porter-Morgan, Holly, Boom, Brian, Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Ackerman, James D., Kolterman, Duane, Santiago, Eugenio, Torres, Christian, and Velez, Jeanine. 2013. "Toward Target 2 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation: An Expert Analysis of the Puerto Rican Flora to Validate New Streamlined Methods for Assessing Conservation Status1." Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 99 (2):199-205. https://doi.org/10.3417/2011121 2013
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2012. "Alatococcus, a new genus of Sapindaceae from Espirito Santo, Brazil." PhytoKeys 10:1-5. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.10.2718 2012
- Miller, James S., Porter-Morgan, Holly A., Stevens, Hannah, Boom, Brian, Krupnick, Gary A., Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Fleming, James, and Gensler, Micah. 2012. "Addressing target two of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation by rapidly identifying plants at risk." Biodiversity and Conservation 21 (7):1877-1887. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-012-0285-3 2012
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2011. "Allophylastrum: a new genus of Sapindaceae from northern South America." PhytoKeys 5:39-43. 2011
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2011. "Four new species of Sapindaceae from the Guianas." PhytoKeys 7:11-20. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.7.1956 2011
- Buerki, Sven, Forest, Félix, Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Callmander, Martin W., Nylander, Johan A. A., Harrington, Mark, Sanmartín, Isabel, Küpfer, Philippe, and Alvarez, Nadir. 2009. "Plastid and nuclear DNA markers reveal intricate relationships at subfamilial and tribal levels in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 51 (2):238-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.01.012 2009
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro and Strong, Mark T. 2008. "Floristic richness and affinities in the West Indies." Botanical Review 74 (1):5-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-008-9000-1 2008
- Maunder, M., Leiva, A., Santiago-Valentin, E., Stevenson, D. W., Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Meerow, A. W., Mejia, M., Clubbe, C., and Francisco-Ortega, J. 2008. "Plant conservation in the Caribbean Island biodiversity hotspot." Botanical Review 74 (1):197-207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-008-9007-7 2008
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2007. "The extant botanical collections and nomenclatural types of Agustin Stahl, Puerto Rican botanist." Caribbean Journal of Science 43 (2):189-199. 2007
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book
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chapter
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2015. "Stahl and the botany of Puerto Rico." in Agustin Stahl’s Estudios para la flora de Puerto Rico, Illustrated facsimile of the first edition. 3 volums, edited by Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro., 50-66. Smithsonian Institution. 2015
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2015. "Stahl y la botanica en Puerto Rico." in Agustin Stahl’s Estudios para la flora de Puerto Rico, Illustrated facsimile of the first edition. 3 volums, edited by Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro., 17-49. Smithsonian Institution. 2015
- Ferrucci, M. S. and Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2014. "Sapindacea." in Catalogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, edited by Jørgensen, Peter Møller, Nee, M. H., and Beck, S. G., 1181-1192. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. 2014
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2014. "Sapindaceae." in Flora de la Republica de Cuba, edited by Greuter, V. and Rankin, R., 1-132. Koeltz Scientific Books. 2014
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Van Welzen, P. C., Adema, F., and Ham,R. W. J. M. van der. 2011. "Sapindaceae." in Flowering Plants.Eudicots: Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae, edited by Kubitzki, Klaus., 357-407. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14397-7_17 2011
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro and Beck, H. T. 2007. "Sapindaceae." in Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana), edited by Funk, Vicki Ann, Hollowell, Thomas H., Berry, P. E., Kelloff, Carol L., and Alexander, Sara N., 511-515. Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History. 2007
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dataset
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Wurdack, Kenneth J., Ferrucci, M. S., Johnson, Gabriel, Dias, Pedro, Coelho, Rubens G., Somner, Genise V., Steinmann, Victor W., Zimmer, Elizabeth Anne, and Strong, Mark T. 2017. [Dataset] "Generic Relationships and Classification of Tribe Paullinieae (Sapindaceae) with a New Concept of Supertribe Paulliniodae." Distributed by 2017
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