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.
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 Botanyhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16932021
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.2020.6129852021
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.2021.6695852021
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
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.406.3.12019
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.2018.02.0042018
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.123032018
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.aao03982017
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-y2017
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/s12229-017-9182-52017
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/ece3.29842017
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.75.100152016
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/10.1600/036364416X6906062016
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/s10530-014-0712-32015
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2015. "Proposal to conserve Paullinia thalictrifolia against P. bipinnata (Sapindaceae)." Taxon 64 (6):1330-1331. https://doi.org/10.12705/646.292015
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.121302015
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/10.3417/20111212013
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/s12229-008-9000-12008
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/s12229-008-9007-72008
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
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_172011
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
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