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
- A new species of Thinouia (Paullinieae, Sapindaceae) from the Amazon and its phylogenetic placement. PhytoKeys. 165:115-126. 2020
- Modifications during Early Plant Development Promote the Evolution of Nature's Most Complex Woods. Current Biology. 30:237-244. 2020
- Towards a Standardization of Terminology of the Climbing Habit in Plants. Botanical Review. 2020
- Wood anatomy of the neotropical liana lineage Paullinia L. (Sapindaceae). IAWA Journal. 1-23. 2020
- Clarifying the Identity of the Enigmatic Mistletoe Cladocolea biflora (Loranthaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany. 24:119-120. 2019
- First report of laticifers in lianas of Malpighiaceae and their phylogenetic implications. Am.J.Bot.. 106:1156-1172. 2019
- New combinations and new names in Myrcia for West Indian species previously included in Calyptranthes (Myrtaceae). Phytotaxa. 406:143-156. 2019
- Phylogeny of Paullinia L. (Paullinieae: Sapindaceae), a diverse genus of lianas with dynamic fruit evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 140:Article 106577. 2019
- New species of Paullinia (Sapindaceae) from continental tropical America. Phytokeys. 95-113. 2018
- Ontogeny, structure and occurrence of Interxylary Cambia in Malpighiaceae. Flora. 241:46-60. 2018
- Structure and ontogeny of successive cambia in Tetrastigma (Vitaceae), the host plants of Rafflesiaceae. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 56:394-400. 2018
- An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas. Science. 358:1614- . 2017
- Contributions to the floristic and vegetation knowledge of Espinhaço Septentrional, Bahia, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Botany. 40:427-437. 2017
- Generic Relationships and Classification of Tribe Paullinieae (Sapindaceae) with a New Concept of Supertribe Paulliniodae. Systematic Botany. 42:96-114. 2017
- Herbarium-Based Preliminary Conservation Assessments of Lesser Antillean Endemic Seed Plants Reveal a Flora at Risk. Botanical Review. 83:107-151. 2017
- Invasive plant species in the West Indies: geographical, ecological, and floristic insights. Ecology and Evolution. 7:4522-4533. 2017
- Plant diversity patterns in neotropical dry forests and their conservation implications. Science. 353:1383-1387. 2016
- Spathelia belizensis, a new species and first record for the genus in Central America (tribe Spathelieae, Rutaceae). Phytokeys. 145-151. 2016
- Wild relatives of Guaraná (Paullinia cupana; Sapindaceae) show high diversity in Western Brazilian Amazon. Systematic Botany. 41:202-228. 2016
- Naturalization and invasion of alien plants in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Biological Invasions. 17:149-163. 2015
- Proposal to conserve Paullinia thalictrifolia against P. bipinnata (Sapindaceae). Taxon. 64:1330-1331. 2015
- The utility of the morphological variation of pollen for resolving the evolutionary history of Billia (subfam. Hippocastanoideae, Sapindaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 53:228-238. 2015
- 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. 99:199-205. 2013
- Alatococcus, a new genus of Sapindaceae from Espirito Santo, Brazil. Phytokeys. 10:1-5. 2012
- Addressing target two of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation by rapidly identifying plants at risk. Biodiversity Conservation. 21:1877-1887. 2012
- Allophylastrum: a new genus of Sapindaceae from northern South America. Phytokeys. 5:39-43. 2011
- Four new species of Sapindaceae from the Guianas. Phytokeys. 7:11-20. 2011
- Plastid and nuclear DNA markers reveal intricate relationships at subfamilial and tribal levels in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51:238-258. 2009
- Floristic richness and affinities in the West Indies. Botanical Review. 74:5-36. 2008
- Plant conservation in the Caribbean Island biodiversity hotspot. Botanical Review. 74:197-207. 2008
- The extant botanical collections and nomenclatural types of Agustin Stahl, Puerto Rican botanist. Caribbean Journal of Science. 43:189-199. 2007
- Demarco: Structure, Evolution and Phylogenetic Importance. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11.
- Laticifers in Sapindaceae: Structure, Evolution and Phylogenetic Importance (vol 11, 612985, 2021). Frontiers in Plant Science. 12.
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book
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chapter
- Stahl and the botany of Puerto Rico. 50-66. 2015
- Stahl y la botanica en Puerto Rico. 17-49. 2015
- Sapindacea. 1181-1192. 2014
- Sapindaceae. 1-132. 2014
- Poaceae. 714-766. 2012
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Boraginaceae
. 157-174. 2012 - Malvaceae. 496-529. 2012
- Passifloraceae. 157-174. 2012
- Sapindaceae. 357-407. 2011
- Sapindaceae. 511-515. 2007
Affiliation
member of
Other
Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
