Pedro AcevedoSmithsonian Institution · Department of Botany
Pedro Acevedo
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Pedro Acevedo (= P. Acevedo-Rodriguez) currently works at the Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. Pedro does research in floristics, biogeography, and Systematics of Sapindaceae and taxonomy of climbing plants . His projects include: 'A guide to the genera of lianas and climbers of the Neotropics; A monograph of the Neotropical genus Paullinia (Sapindaceae); Floristics of the West Indies and Botany of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
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The shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiver-sity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxo-nomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impedi...
This datasheet on Dichondra repens covers Identity, Overview, Distribution, Dispersal, Hosts/Species Affected, Diagnosis, Biology & Ecology, Environmental Requirements, Natural Enemies, Impacts, Uses, Further Information.
This datasheet on Pithecellobium dulce covers Identity, Overview, Distribution, Dispersal, Diagnosis, Biology & Ecology, Environmental Requirements, Natural Enemies, Impacts, Uses, Prevention/Control, Management, Genetics and Breeding, Economics, Further Information.
The shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiver-sity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxo-nomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impedi...
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The economically important, cosmopolitan soapberry family (Sapindaceae) comprises ca. 1900 species in 144 genera. Since the seminal work of Radlkofer, several authors have attempted to overcome challenges presented by the family's complex infra-familial classification. With the advent of molecular systematics, revisions of the various pro...
C. grandiflora is a highly invasive weed in semi-arid natural ecosystems, especially dry or monsoonal rainforest. It has the potential to spread much further, especially in Australia where it poses a threat to national parks. The historical evidence suggests that there is a significant lag period before the plant assumes an invasive status. Thus, t...
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.612985.].
The urge to organise the world around us is an essential part of human nature. Naming and categorising enable us to store and access information ef ciently. The need to name and categorise extends to the natural world and, in particular, to living organisms. The science underpinning this area of knowledge is called Taxonomy, and is as old as humani...
Laticifer occurrence and structure are poorly known in Sapindaceae. Occurrence is likely underestimated owing to the low production of latex in most species. We investigated 67 species from 23 genera of Sapindaceae to verify laticifer occurrence and their structural, developmental and chemical features, as well as their evolutionary history in the...
Dypsis lutescens is an ornamental palm very widespread in cultivation all over the tropics, found growing under a wide range of conditions. It has the potential to form thickets excluding native vegetation and spread in secondary forests and disturbed sites. Although this species has become naturalized after being introduced and extensively planted...
Cordia dentata is an evergreen tree native to the Americas, from Mexico to the north of South America, including a number of Caribbean islands. It is grown as an ornamental, and cultivated for fruit and wood. It has been introduced in Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. Because it can grow on poor soils it is used for refores...
Thinouia is a Neotropical genus of lianas with approximately 12 species and is the only genus in tribe Paullinieae with actinomorphic flowers. During a taxonomic revision of the genus and fieldwork in south-western Amazonia, we found a new species that appears similar to Thinouia trifoliata (ex Allosanthus ) because of its racemiform inflorescence....
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/gelsemiaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/erythropalaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/lamiaceae.pdf
A pantropical family of robust herbs with 29 genera and about 550 species. Marantaceae vines in the Neotropics are restricted to the genus Ischnosiphon where 8 species out of a total of 36 are scrambling herbs. They are predominantly found in humid forest understory in the Guianas and the Amazonian region in South America. Diagnostics: Typical mono...
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/oleaceae.pdf
The liana genus Paullinia L. is one of the most speciose in the neotropics and is unusual in its diversity of stem macromorphologies and cambial conformations. These so-called "vascular cambial variants" are morphologically disparate, evolu-tionarily labile, and are implicated in injury repair and flexibility. In this study, we explore at the finer...
In science, standardization of terminology is crucial to make information accessible and allow proper comparison of studies’ results. Climbing plants and the climbing habit have been described in numerous ways, frequently with imprecise and dubious terms. We propose a standardization of terms regarding the climbing habit, with special attention to...
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/boraginaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/calceolariaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/cannabaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/dichapetalaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/gnetaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/hernandiaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/dilleniaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/loganiaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/clusiaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/combretaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/aristolochiaceaedocx.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/begoniaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/caprifoliaceae.pdf
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/dioscoreaceae.pdf
Since its description almost 40 years ago, the mistletoe Cladocolea biflora (Loranthaceae) has been considered an extraordinary species due to its combinations of unique morphological characters, which made it difficult to confidently assign it to any of
the extant genera of Neotropical Loranthaceae. In this contribution, we propose that the specim...
Secondary growth is the developmental process by which woody plants grow radially. The most complex presentations of secondary growth are found in lianas (woody vines) as a result of the unique demand to maintain stems that can twist without breaking. The complex woody forms in lianas arise as non-circular stem outlines, aberrant tissue configurati...
Secondary growth is the developmental process by which woody plants grow radially. The most complex presentations of secondary growth are found in lianas (woody vines) as a result of their unique demand to maintain stems that can twist without breaking. The complex woody forms in lianas arise as non-circular stem outlines, aberrant tissue configura...
Paullinia L. is a genus of c. 220 mostly Neotropical forest-dwelling lianas that display a wide diversity of fruit morphologies. Paullinia resembles other members of the Paullinieae tribe in being a climber with stipulate compound leaves and paired inflorescence tendrils. However, it is distinct in having capsular fruits with woody, coriaceous, or...
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Laticifers have evolved multiple times in angiosperms and have been interpreted as a key innovation involved in plant defense mechanisms. In Malpighiaceae, laticifers were previously known from a single lineage of trees and shrubs, the Galphimia clade, but with detailed anatomical analyses here, we show that their distribution is broader...
Paullinia L. is a genus of c. 220 mostly Neotropical forest-dwelling lianas that displays a wide 20 diversity of fruit morphologies. Paullinia resembles other members of the Paullinieae in being a 21 climber with stipulate compound leaves and paired inflorescence tendrils. However, it is distinct 22 in having capsular fruits with woody, coriaceous,...
132 currently accepted names for West Indian region and continental American Calyptranthes species are here transferred to Myrcia. Geographic distributions are also documented for each species.
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was established by the Conference of Parties in 2002 to
decrease the loss of plant diversity, reduce poverty and contribute to sustainable development. To achieve this
overarching goal, the GSPC has established a series of targets, one of which is to ensure that plant diversity is
well understood, s...
Six new species are described in the large Neotropical genus Paullinia (Sapindaceae), P.cidii , P.decorticans , P.fruticosa , P.hondurensis ; P.martinellii and P.wurdackii . In addition, they are illustrated and contrasted to the morphologically most similar species currently known. The new species were discovered while working on a forthcoming rev...
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was established by the Conference of Parties in 2002 to decrease the loss of plant diversity, reduce poverty and contribute to sustainable development. To achieve this overarching goal, the GSPC has established a series of targets, one of which is to ensure that plant diversity is well understood, s...
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was established by the Conference of Parties in 2002 to
decrease the loss of plant diversity, reduce poverty and contribute to sustainable development. To achieve this
overarching goal, the GSPC has established a series of targets, one of which is to ensure that plant diversity is
well understood, s...
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was established by the Conference of Parties in 2002 to decrease the loss of plant diversity, reduce poverty and contribute to sustainable development. To achieve this overarching goal, the GSPC has established a series of targets, one of which is to ensure that plant diversity is well understood, s...
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was established by the Conference of Parties in 2002 to
decrease the loss of plant diversity, reduce poverty and contribute to sustainable development. To achieve this
overarching goal, the GSPC has established a series of targets, one of which is to ensure that plant diversity is
well understood, s...
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was established by the Conference of Parties in 2002 to decrease the loss of plant diversity, reduce poverty and contribute to sustainable development. To achieve this overarching goal, the GSPC has established a series of targets, one of which is to ensure that plant diversity is well understood, s...
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was established by the Conference of Parties in 2002 to decrease the loss of plant diversity, reduce poverty and contribute to sustainable development. To achieve this overarching goal, the GSPC has established a series of targets, one of which is to ensure that plant diversity is well understood, s...
Amorim, André M.A.; Amorim, Bruno S.; Amorim, Vivian O.; Andrade, Ivanilza M.; André, Thiago; Andreata, Regina H.P.; Andrino, Caroline O.; Angulo, María B.; Antar, Guilherme M.; Aona, Lidyanne Y.S.; Arana, Marcelo; Aranha Filho, João L.M.; Araújo, Andréa O.; Araújo, Camila C.; Araújo, Cintia A.T.; Araújo, Mário H.T.; Asprino, Renata C.; Assis, Fran...
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was established by the Conference of Parties in 2002 to decrease the loss of plant diversity, reduce poverty and contribute to sustainable development. To achieve this overarching goal, the GSPC has established a series of targets, one of which is to ensure that plant diversity is well understood, s...
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was established by the Conference of Parties in 2002 to decrease the loss of plant diversity, reduce poverty and contribute to sustainable development. To achieve this overarching goal, the GSPC has established a series of targets, one of which is to ensure that plant diversity is well understood, s...
A generic treatment to the genera of climbing Anacardiaceae in the Neotropics.
A generic treatment to climbing Sapindaceae in the Neotropics
Successive cambia in Vitaceae have been reported solely for Tetrastigma, a diverse genus of lianas found primarily in tropical Asia, extending into Australia. However, the structure and origin of these successive cambia have never been fully studied. Here we report the presence of this cambial variant in Tetrastigma retinervum and T. voinierianum,...
Amorim, André M.A.; Amorim, Bruno S.; Amorim, Vivian O.; Andrade, Ivanilza M.; André, Thiago; Andreata, Regina H.P.; Andrino, Caroline O.; Angulo, María B.; Antar, Guilherme M.; Aona, Lidyanne Y.S.; Arana, Marcelo; Aranha Filho, João L.M.; Araújo, Andréa O.; Araújo, Camila C.; Araújo, Cintia A.T.; Araújo, Mário H.T.; Asprino, Renata C.; Assis, Fran...
The vascular plants of the Americas
Botanical exploration in the Americas has a history that stretches back for half a millennium, with knowledge assembled in diverse regional floras and lists. Ulloa Ulloa et al. present a comprehensive and integrated compilation of all known native New World vascular plant species (see the Perspective by Givnish)....
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A generic treatment of climbing Connaraceae in the Neotropics
Conservation assessments present a formidable challenge for regions of the developing world such as the Lesser Antilles. Of the 2652 seed plant taxa recorded from this archipelago (Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong, 2012, 2016), only 150 taxa (including 14 endemics) are listed in the IUCN Red List. Using only herbarium data, we carried out a preliminary c...
The level of invasion (number or proportion of invasive species) in a given area depends on features of the invaded community, propagule pressure, and climate. In this study, we assess the invasive flora of nine islands in the West Indies to identify invasion patterns and evaluate whether invasive species diversity is related to geographical, ecolo...
The current study examines all genera of Sapindaceae tribe Paullinieae sensu Acevedo-Rodríguez et al. (2011). Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of trnL intron and ITS sequence data along with critical evaluation of morphology, supertribe Paulliniodae is newly recognized and morphologically characterized by zygomorphic flowers, thyrses with l...
The Espinhaço range is a mountain chain that extends from the municipality of Ouro Preto in Minas Gerais to the Chapada Diamantina region in Bahia, eastern Brazil. The Serra Geral of Licínio de Almeida (SGLA) is located in the Espinhaço Septentrional in southwestern Bahia, and its biodiversity is still poorly known. In order to contribute to a bett...
Spathelia L. as currently circumscribed is endemic to the western portion of the West Indies, and contains nine species, one endemic to the Bahamas, three endemic to Jamaica and five endemic to Cuba. The discovery of a new species in Belize brings the total number of species in Spathelia to ten and expands its known distribution beyond the West Ind...
Seasonally dry tropical forests are distributed across Latin America and the Caribbean and are highly threatened, with less than 10% of their original extent remaining in many countries. Using 835 inventories covering 4660 species of woody plants, we show marked floristic turnover among inventories and regions, which may be higher than in other neo...
Seasonally dry tropical forests are distributed across Latin America and the Caribbean and are highly threatened, with less than 10% of their original extent remaining in many countries. Using 835 inventories covering 4660 species of woody plants, we show marked floristic turnover among inventories and regions, whichmay be higher than in other neot...
Abstract— Paullinia species are generally laticiferous, woody climbers with a pair of watch-spring tendrils at the middle of the inflorescence, stipules, compound leaves with mostly pinnate organization, zygomorphic flowers with white corollas, septifragal capsules, and black or dark brown seeds with a white arillode. Paullinia is a Neotropical gen...
