Aranda, Jorge
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute staff
Selected Publications
Article
Aranda, Jorge, Campos-Pineda, Ernesto G., Sumich, Joana S., Virgo, Aurelio, García, Milton, Winter, Klaus, Luján, Manuel, and Hammel, Barry. 2025. "Tidying up the small-leaved Clusia taxonomy: description of Clusia nanophylla (Clusiaceae), a new tree species from Panama and comments on its previously used names." Kew Bulletin , https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-025-10287-8 .
2025
Leverett, Alistair, Hartzell, Samantha, Winter, Klaus, Garcia, Milton, Aranda, Jorge, Virgo, Aurelio, Smith, Abigail, Focht, Paulina, Rasmussen‐Arda, Adam, Willats, William G. T., Cowan‐Turner, Daniel, and Borland, Anne M. 2023. "Dissecting succulence: Crassulacean acid metabolism and hydraulic capacitance are independent adaptations in Clusia leaves ." Plant, Cell & Environment , 46, (5) 1472–1488. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14539 .
2023
Slot, Martijn, Cala, Daniela, Aranda, Jorge, Virgo, Aurelio, Michaletz, Sean T., and Winter, Klaus. 2021. "Leaf heat tolerance of 147 tropical forest species varies with elevation and leaf functional traits, but not with phylogeny ." Plant Cell and Environment , https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14060 .
2021
Winter, Klaus, Virgo, Aurelio, Garcia, Milton, Aranda, Jorge, and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2020. "Constitutive and facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in Cuban oregano, Coleus amboinicus (Lamiaceae) ." Functional Plant Biology , https://doi.org/10.1071/FP20127 .
2020
Palma, Ana C., Winter, Klaus, Aranda, Jorge, Dalling, James W., Cheesman, Alexander W., Turner, Benjamin L., and Cernusak, Lucas A. 2020. "Why are tropical conifers disadvantaged in fertile soils? Comparison of Podocarpus guatemalensis with an angiosperm pioneer, Ficus insipida ." Tree physiology , 40, (6) 810–821. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa027 .
2020
Luján, Manuel, Aranda, Jorge, Virgo, Aurelio, and Winter, Klaus. 2018. "Clusia guabalensis (Clusiaceae), a new hemiepiphyte species with floral resins from the Atlantic wet forest in Panama ." Brittonia , 70, (4) 412–417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-018-9538-0 .
2018
Reef, Ruth, Slot, Martijn, Motro, Uzi, Motro, Michal, Motro, Yoav, Adame, Maria F., Garcia, Milton, Aranda, Jorge, Lovelock, Catherine E., and Winter, Klaus. 2016. "The effects of CO2 and nutrient fertilisation on the growth and temperature response of the mangrove Avicennia germinans ." Photosynthesis Research , 129, (2) 159–170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-016-0278-2 .
2016
Dalling, James W., Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, Aranda, Jorge, Garcia, Milton N., Virgo, Aurelio, Cheesman, Alexander W., Baresch, Andres, Jaramillo, Carlos A., and Turner, Benjamin L. 2016. "Two tropical conifers show strong growth and water-use efficiency responses to altered CO2 concentration ." Annals of Botany , 1113–1125. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw162 .
2016
Krause, G. H., Winter, Klaus, Matsubara, Shizue, Krause, Barbara, Jahns, Peter, Virgo, Aurelio, Aranda, Jorge, and Garcia, Milton N. 2012. "Photosynthesis, photoprotection, and growth of shade-tolerant tropical tree seedlings under full sunlight ." Photosynthesis Research , 113, (1-3) 273–285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-012-9731-z .
2012
Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, Martinez, Carlos, Correa, Edwin, Aranda, Jorge, Garcia, Milton N., Jaramillo, Carlos A., and Turner, Benjamin L. 2011. "Responses of legume versus non-legume tropical tree seedlings to elevated [CO2] ." Plant Physiology , 157, (1) 372–385. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.111.182436 .
2011
Krause, G. H., Winter, Klaus, Krause, Barbara, Jahns, Peter, Garcia, Milton N., Aranda, Jorge, and Virgo, Aurelio. 2010. "High-temperature tolerance of a tropical tree, Ficus insipida: Methodological reassessment and climate change considerations ." Functional Plant Biology , 37, (9) 890–900. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP10034 .
2010
Matsubara, Shizue, Krause, G. Heinrich, Aranda, Jorge E., Virgo, Aurelio, Beisel, Kim G., Jahns, Peter, and Winter, Klaus. 2009. "Sun-shade patterns of leaf carotenoid composition in 86 species of neotropical forest plants ." Functional Plant Biology , 36, (1) 20–36. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP08214 .
2009
Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, Aranda, Jorge E., Virgo, Aurelio, and Garcia, Milton N. 2009. "Transpiration efficiency over an annual cycle, leaf gas exchange and wood carbon isotope ratio of three tropical tree species ." Tree Physiology , 29, (9) 1153–1161. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpp052 .
2009
Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, Aranda, Jorge E., and Turner, Benjamin L. 2008. "Conifers, angiosperm trees and lianas: growth, whole-plant water and nitrogen use efficiency, and stable isotope composition (d13C and d18O) of seedlings grown in a tropical environment1 [W][OA] ." Plant Physiology , 148, (1) 642–659. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.108.123521 .
2008
Mcculloch, M., Winter, Klaus, Meinzer, Frederick C., Garcia, Milton N., Aranda, Jorge E., and Lachenbrunch, B. 2007. "A comparison of daily water use estimates derived from constant-heat sap-flow probe values and gravimetric measurements in pot-grown saplings ." Tree Physiology , 27, (9) 1355–1360. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/27.9.1355 .
2007
Krause, G. Heinrich, Jahns, Peter, Virgo, Aurelio, Garcia, Milton N., Aranda, Jorge E., Wellmann, Eckard, and Winter, Klaus. 2007. "Photoprotection, Photosynthesis and Growth of Tropical Tree Seedlings Under Near-Ambient and Strongly Reduced Solar Ultraviolet-B Radiation ." Journal of Plant Physiology , 164, (10) 1311–1322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2006.09.004 .
2007
Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, Aranda, Jorge E., Turner, Benjamin L., and Marshall, John D. 2007. "Transpiration efficiency of a tropical pioneer tree (Ficus insipida) in relation to soil fertility ." Journal of Experimental Botany , 58, (13) 3549–3566. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erm201 .
2007