Acevedo, Pedro
Research Botanist and Curator of Botany (Sapindaceae and Caribbean plants)
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
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., University of Puerto Rico
- Ph.D., City University of New York
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
- Medeiros, Herison, Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, de Carvalho Lopes, Jenifer, and Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini. 2025. "Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships of Thinouia (Sapindaceae), a neotropical genus." PhytoKeys, 252 207–273. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.252.129621. 2025
- Sperotto, Patrícia, Roque, Nádia, Acevedo‐Rodríguez, Pedro, and Vasconcelos, Thaís. 2023. "Climbing mechanisms and the diversification of neotropical climbing plants across time and space." New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19093. 2023
- Cunha Neto,Israel, L., Rizzieri, Yanã C., Cabanillas, Pablo A., Martins, Fabiano M., Marques, Natália F., Somner, Genise V., Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, and Onyenedum, Joyce G. 2023. "Molecular phylogeny of Urvillea (Paullinieae, Sapindaceae) and its implications in stem vascular diversity." Annals of Botany, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad093. 2023
- 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, 524, (3) 212–215. 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. Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, editor. 50–66. W: 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. Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, editor. 17–49. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. 2015
- Ferrucci, M. S. and Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2014. "Sapindacea." In Catalogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Jørgensen, Peter Møller, Nee, M. H., and Beck, S. G., editors. 1181–1192. St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press. 2014
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2014. "Sapindaceae." In Flora de la Republica de Cuba. Greuter, V. and Rankin, R., editors. 1–132. Königstein, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books. In Plantas Vasculares, A. 2014
- Peterson, Paul M., Smith, S. F., Strong, Mark T., Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, and Soreng, Robert J. 2012. "Poaceae." In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. 714–766. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 98. (https://doi.org/10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1) 2012
- 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. Kubitzki, Klaus, editor. 357–407. Springer. 10 in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. 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). Funk, Vicki Ann, Hollowell, Thomas H., Berry, P. E., Kelloff, Carol L., and Alexander, Sara N., editors. 511–515. Washington, DC: Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History. In Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, v.55. 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 Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.p2g6p. 2017
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Webpage
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Canteiro, C., Lucas, E., Carrington, C. M. S., Krupnick, Gary A., and Acevedo-Rodriguez, P. 2018. Myrcia antillana
. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. 2018
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Canteiro, C., Lucas, E., Carrington, C. M. S., Krupnick, Gary A., and Acevedo-Rodriguez, P. 2018. Myrcia antillana
Editor Of
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Book
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Strong, Mark T., and Pace, Marcelo R., editors. 2025. Families and Genera of Climbing Plants in the Neotropics. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.30675224. 2025
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2015. Agustin Stahl’s Estudios para la flora de Puerto Rico, Illustrated facsimile of the first edition. 3 volums, Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, editor. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. 2015
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro and Strong, Mark T., editors. 2012. Catalogue of Seed Plants of the West Indies. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 98. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1. 2012
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- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
