Dorr, Laurence
Research Botanist and Curator of Botany (Malvaceae)
Systematic Biology: Systematics of Malvales, especially tropical taxa formerly ascribed to Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae; systematics of Ericaceae, focusing on tropical African and Malagasy taxa. Biocomplexity: Flora of the northern Andes, including the preparation of a manual of the vascular flora of the Parque Nacional Guaramacal, Venezuela; floristic accounts of Malvales and Ericaceae for neotropical and paleotropical flora projects. History of Science: Botanical exploration of Madagascar and neighboring islands in the Indian Ocean; 19th-century natural history in the United States.
Background And Education
awards and honors
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2018
Research And Grants
co-principal investigator on
Publications
selected publications
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article
- A new species of Eriotheca (Malvaceae, Bombacoideae) from coastal areas in northeastern Brazil 2020
- Indo-Asian Eriolaena expanded to include two Malagasy genera, and other generic realignments based on molecular phylogenetics of Dombeyoideae (Malvaceae) 2020
- Two new species of Dendrophthora (Viscaceae) from the Venezuelan Andes 2020
- Mary and William Pool and their (mostly her) Malagasy lichen and plant collections 2019
- The problematic history of the name Carex elata All. (Cyperaceae) and its neotypification 2019
- Una nueva especie de Hedyosmum (Chloranthaceae) para los Andes de Venezuela 2019
- "You'll Hear the Music in the Bell" - Stanwyn Gerald Shetler (1933-2017) 2018
- (2643) Proposal to conserve the name Grewia asiatica (Malvaceae : Grewioideae) with a conserved type 2018
- (2644) Proposal to conserve the name Grewia tiliifolia against G. damine (Malvaceae: Grewioideae) 2018
- (2665) Proposal to conserve the name Apeiba tibourbou (Malvaceae: Grewioideae) with a conserved type 2018
- A new disjunct species of Eriolaena (Malvaceae, Dombeyoideae) from Continental Africa 2018
- A new large-flowered species of Andeimalva (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) from Peru 2018
- Dos Nuevas Especies de Piper (Piperaceae) de los Andes de Venezuela 2018
- The Identity and Typification of Valliera Triplinervis (Salicaceae) 2018
- The quinquín sedges: Taxonomy of the Carex phleoides group (Cyperaceae) 2018
- (55) Request for a binding decision on whether Briquetastrum Robyns & Lebrun (Lamiaceae) and Briquetiastrum Bovini (Malvaceae) are sufficiently alike to be confused 2017
- A new combination and taxonomic notes in Pseudobombax Dugand (Malvaceae) 2017
- Albert Mocquerys in Venezuela (1893-1894): A commercial collector of plants, birds, and insects 2017
- Applications of deep convolutional neural networks to digitized natural history collections 2017
- The time has come for Natural History Collections to claim co-authorship of research articles 2017
- Two innovations in Mexican Malvaceae 2017
- A new species of Puya (Bromeliaceae) from the Venezuelan Andes 2015
- Collections-based systematics: opportunities and outlook for 2050 2015
- Flowering plants of the Western Ghats 2015
- On the Identity of Sterculia Laxiflora Rusby (Malvaceae: Sterculioideae) 2015
- Flora of Guaramacal (Venezuela): Monocotyledons 2014
- Four new species of Andean Pilea (Urticaceae), with additional notes on the genus in Venezuela 2014
- The correct author citation of the combination Eriolaena quinquelocularis (Malvaceae: Dombeyoideae) and typification of its basionym 2014
- Towards a revision of Pseudobombax Dugand (Malvaceae- Bombacoideae): typification of names published by E. Hassler and R. Chodat in the related genus Bombax L 2014
- A synopsis of Harperocallis (Tofieldiaceae, Alismatales) with ten new combinations 2013
- Does Pseudobombax have prickles? Assessing the enigmatic species Pseudobombax endecaphyllum (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae) 2013
- The future of botanical monography: Report from an international workshop, 12-16 March 2012, Smolenice, Slovak Republic 2013
- Apeiba trombetensis (Malvaceae: Grewioideae), a new species from northern Brazil 2012
- Diospyros foliosa: the correct name for D. elliptica, and new combinations in Fijian and Samoan Diospyros (Ebenaceae) 2012
- A new combination in Chusquea (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) 2012
- Bonpland and Humboldt specimens, field notes, and herbaria; new insights from a study of the monocotyledons collected in Venezuela 2012
- Lectotypification of Maximilianea triphylla S.F. Blake (Bixaceae) 2012
- The identity and typification of Pimia Seem. (Sterculiaceae) 2012
- (2041) Proposal to conserve the name Hibiscus simplex (Firmiana simplex) (Malvaceae) with a conserved type 2011
- Nesogordonia tricarpellata (Dombeyaceae), a new species from Madagascar that compels modification of the morphological circumscription of the genus 2011
- Trichospermum lessertianum comb. n., the correct name for the Cuban species of Trichospermum (Malvaceae, Grewioideae) also found in Mexico and Central America 2011
- Dombeya gautieri (Dombeyaceae), a remarkable new species from Madagascar 2010
- In Memoriam Armand Rakotozafy (1932-2009): Malagasy Botanist and Herbarium Curator 2010
- Names of American vascular plants published in Loefling's Iter Hispanicum (1758) and its German translation (1766) 2010
- Proposals to reject twelve names emanating from Loefling's Iter Hispanicum (1758), Ayenia sidiformis (Malvaceae), Cofer (Symplocaceae), Cruzeta and C. hispanica (Amaranthaceae), Edechia inermis and E. spinosa (Rubiaceae), Justicia putata (Acanthaceae), Menais and M. topiaria (? Boraginaceae), Muco (Capparaceae), Samyda parviflora (Salicaceae), and Spermacoce suffruticosa (Rubiaceae) 2010
- Typification of names of American species of vascular plants proposed by Linnaeus and based on Loefling's Iter Hispanicum (1758) 2010
- [Review of]: Malagasy nature: Journal International sur l’histoire naturelle de Madagascar et des îles voisines (Mascareignes, Seychelles et Comores) 2010
- “Muy poco se sabe de los resultados”: Francis E. Bond’s expedition to the Paria Peninsula and Delta of the Orinoco, Venezuela (1911) 2010
- (045-047) Proposals regarding epithets derived from acronyms 2009
- A new species of Schefflera (Araliaceae) from the Venezuelan Andes 2009
- Review of: City of trees: the complete field guide to the trees of Washington, D.C., by Melanie Choukas-Bradley 2009
- The South American genera of Hemerocallidaceae (Eccremis and Pasithea): two introductions to the New World 2009
- The transfer of types from the Escuela Agrícola Panamericana to the U.S. National Herbarium in 1956 by Louis O. Williams 2009
- Two journeys: Six years in Siberia and ten hours in Alaska. Review of: Sea Cows, Shamans, and Scurvy: Alaska’s First Naturalist: Georg Wilhelm Steller, by Ann Arnold 2009
- x Chiranthomontodendron: the correct nothogeneric name for the artificial hybrid Chiranthodendron x Fremontodendron (Malvaceae: Malvoideae) 2009
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book
- Taxonomic Literature, Ed. 2. A selected guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Supplement VIII: Fres-G 2009
- Taxonomic literature, Ed. 2. A selected guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Supplement VII: F-Frer 2008
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chapter
- Malvaceae 2016
- Ayenia 2015
- Firmiana 2015
- Malvaceae 2014
- Malvaceae 2012
- Malvaceae 2011
- Muntingiaceae 2011
- Chimaphila, Orthilia, and Pyrola (Ericaceae) 2009
- Xylococcus (Ericaceae) 2009
- Zenobia (Ericaceae) 2009
- Balsaminaceae 2008
- Malvaceae 2008
- Muntingiaceae 2008
- Tiliaceae 2008
- Begoniaceae 2007
- Bombacaceae 2007
- Bombacaceae 2007
- Bombacaceae 2007
- Elaeocarpaceae 2007
- Malvaceae 2007
- Malvaceae 2007
- Sterculiaceae 2007
- Sterculiaceae 2007
- Sterculiaceae 2007
- Tiliaceae 2007
- Tiliaceae 2007
- Tiliaceae 2007
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dataset
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review
- Toward the open waters: Exploration of the Ungava Peninsula 2015
- A pride of Panamanian guide books, review. 2011
- Austin Paul Smith: the life of a natural history collector and horticulturist 2011
- TL2/TL2S done!: 15 volumes 1976-2009, 11,227 pages, about 37,600 entries 2009
- Contributions to the history of herpetology 2008
Affiliation
head of
- NMNH - Dept. of Botany Chair
member of
Other
Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
