Research Projects
of NYBG Staff and Affiliates
This is a list of selected research projects currently underway at
the NYBG. Click on the name of the researcher to see their online resume
(if available).
Amna I. Ahmad, Graduate Studies Program
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Molecular and morphological systematics and biogeography of Hymenocallis
(Amaryllidaceae).
Aida Alvarez , Graduate Studies Program
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Systematics of Gomphichis and phylogeny of the Prescottiinae (Orchidaceae)
Javier Arce, Graduate Studies Program
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Studies in small-holder farms in Brazil
Alberto Areces-Mallea, Graduate Studies Program
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Systematics and biogeography of endemic general of Cactaceae in the West
Indies
Michael J. Balick,
Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Research & Training and Director
& Philecology Curator, Institute of Economic Botany
Amy Berkov, Cullman Research Fellow, American Museum of Natural History
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Interaction between Longicorn Beetles and members of the Lecythidaceae
Nat Bletter, Graduate Studies Program
Eric Brenner, Ph.D.
William R. Buck,
Ph.D., Senior Curator
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Moss flora of the West Indies
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Moss flora of Paraguay
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Phylogeny of mosses at the familial and ordinal levels
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Flora of the Greater Antilles
Kenneth Cameron,
Ph.D., Assistant Curator
Lisa M. Campbell, Graduate Studies Program
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Systematics and anatomy of Xyridaceae and the Commelinales
Marina Campos, Graduate Studies Program
Flor Chavez, Graduate Studies Program
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Morphology and anatomy of palm (Arecaceae) seedlings
Eugene Richard Chung, Graduate Studies Program
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Mayan ethnobotany and Western systematic botany of Capsicum
(Solanaceae), and the relationship between the evolution of plant diversity
and the evolution of language family diversity
Nyree Conard Zerega,
Graduate Studies Program
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Phylogeny of the genus Artocarpus (Moraceae), with a focus on the
systematics, genetics, conservation, and biogeography of breadfruit
Rocio Cortes, Graduate Studies Program
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Systematics and biogeography of Retiniphyllum (Rubiaceae)
Annemarie Costello, Graduate Studies Program
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Systematics of Araliaceae
Karen Crawley, Graduate Studies Program
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Reproductive health and medicinal plants used by neotropical women
Hugh Cross, Graduate Studies Program
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Evolution and diversity of the vegetable crop chayote (Sechium:
Cucurbitaceae) and its relatives
Douglas Daly,
Ph.D., B.A. Krukoff Curator of Amazonian Botany
Jose Della Torre, Graduate Studies Program
Piero G. Delprete,
Ph.D., Assistant Curator
Christiane Ehringhaus, Graduate Studies Program
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Tropical forest ecology and management
Bronson Griscom, Graduate Studies Program
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Bamboo control of forest stand dynamics in lowland terra firme rainforests
in southeastern Peru
Roy E. Halling,
Ph.D., Curator
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Floristic studies on Costa Rican Agaricales
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Boletes of Colombia and Costa Rica
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Monographic studies on New World species of Collybia,
Marasmius,
and Marasmiellus
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Macrofungi of Costa Rica
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Taxonomy and phylogeny of Boletaceae
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Bolete flora of eastern North America
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Monographic studies on Collybia for the agaric flora of California
Scott Vinson Heald, Graduate Studies Program
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Systematics of Hevea (Euphorbiaceae), the source of natural rubber
Vanessa Hequet, Graduate Studies Program
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Neotropical bat pollination
Andrew Henderson,
Ph.D., Curator
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Floristics of New World palms
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Monographic revision of Geonoma (Palmae)
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Multivariate analysis of neotropical palms
Noel H. Holmgren,
Ph.D., Mary Flagler Cary Curator of Botany
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Intermountain Flora, volume 2
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Treatment of Scrophulariaceae for various tropical floras
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Revision of Penstemon for Flora of North America
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Index Herbariorum
Patricia K.
Holmgren, Ph.D., Director Emerita of the Herbarium and Honorary Senior
Curator
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Intermountain Flora, volume 2, with N. Holmgren
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Index Herbariorum
Valerie Imbruce, Graduate Studies Program
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Ecological and social dimensions of agrodiversity in urban markets
John
P. Janovec, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate
Jacquelyn A.
Kallunki, Ph.D., Associate Director and Curator of the Herbarium
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Revision of genera of Cuspariinae (Rutaceae)
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Treatment of Rutaceae for Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana
Richard Karty, Graduate Studies Program
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Ethnobotany, ecology, and policy
Sarah Khan, Graduate Studies Program
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South Asian and Chinese healing traditions as they related to food, nutrition,
and disease
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Khan, S. and M.J. Balick. 2001. Therapeutic Plants of Ayurveda: A Review
of Selected Clinical and Other Studies for 166 Species. The Journal of
Alternative and Complementary Medicine 7(5): 405-515. Download
as pdf file (3.79 MB). Please view file with Internet Explorer.
Tatyana A. Lobova, Ph.D., Research Assistant
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Atlas of seeds dispersed by bats in French Guiana
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Bat/plant
interactions
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Fruit/seed morphology and anatomy
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Application of seed morphology and anatomy in systematics
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Evolution of seed morphological and anatomical features
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Using molecular data for seed identification
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Seed diversity, dispersal, and evolution
Rosalind Lowen, Ph.D., Honorary Research Associate
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Monographs of Nectriella and Pronectria (Ascomycetes, Hypocreales)
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Systematics and life-histories of lichenicolous fungi
James L. Luteyn,
Ph.D., Mary Flagler Cary Curator of Botany
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Taxonomy and phylogeny of
neotropical Ericaceae
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Treatments of Ericaceae for various neotropical floras
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Revision of the neotropical genera Macleania, Psammisia,
and Mycerinus
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Illustrated generic flora of the páramos
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Checklist of páramo plants, annotated bibliography of páramo
vegetation, and a gazetteer of páramo localities
Piers Majestyk, Graduate Studies Program
Cesar Marin, Graduate Studies Program
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Colombian medicinal plants
Nora Martinez, Graduate Studies Program
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Systematics of Burseraceae and Arecaceae
Claudio Mazzatenta, Graduate Studies Program
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Psychoactive properties of Calycophyllum and Capirona (Rubiaceae)
in the Ayahuasca mixture
John T. Mickel,
Ph.D., Senior Curator
John Mitchell, Honorary Curator
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Treatment of Anacardiaceae for Flora of the Guianas
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Revision of Spondias
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Flora of area surrounding Saül, French Guiana
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Treatment of Anacardiaceae for Flora of Nicaragua
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Treatment of Anacardiaceae Genera for Kubitzki's Families and Genera
of Vascular Plants
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Treatment of Anacardiaceae for Flora of Reserva Ducke, Amazonas,
Brazil
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Phylogeny of Rhus and allies (Anacardiaceae)
Robbin C. Moran,
Ph.D., Associate Curator
Scott A. Mori,
Ph.D., Nathaniel Lord Britton Curator of Botany
Timothy J. Motley,
Ph.D., Assistant Curator
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Phylogetics and biogeography of the Pacific genera Labordia and
Geniostoma
(Loganiaceae) based on matk sequence data
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Spatial distribution and annual growth rates of Haleakala silversword
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Cladistic analysis of Geniostomaceae, formerly in the Loganiaceae
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Natural hybridization between an endemic and a naturalized prickly poppy
(Argemone) in Hawaii
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Coastal vegetation of the Vavau island group, Tonga
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The New York Plant Genomics Consortium
Michael Nee,
Ph.D., Associate Curator
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Checklist of Bolivia
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Flora of Veracruz, Mexico
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Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae of Bolivia
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Flora Jardín Botánico de Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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Flora of Amboro National Park, Bolivia
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Flora of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments, Brazilian Amazon
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Monographic studies of Solanum
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Flora of Belize
Amanda K. Neill,
Graduate Studies Program
Gabriela Ocampo, Graduate Studies Program
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Systematics of Cactaceae in the Caribbean Islands
Olga L.
Orozco, Graduate Studies Program
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Ethnobotany of poisonous plants in Peru
Andreana Ososki, Graduate Studies Program
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Medicinal plants and women's healthcare in the Dominican Republic
Christine Padoch,
Ph.D., The Matthew Calbraith Perry Curator
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Study of traditional management of forests and forest-gardens by Tara'n
Dayaks in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Study of use management of floodplain resources by rural populations in
the estuarine zone of the Brazilian Amazon
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"Agrodiversity" of Smallholder Production in the Tropics
Alexandra Paul, Graduate Studies Program
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Theoretical ethnobotany, Haitian ethnobotany and conservation, and the
origins of the Haitian ethnopharmacopoeia
Heather Corey Peckham, Graduate Studies Program
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The role of frugivorous bats in the regeneration of Neotropical forests
Paola Pedraza, Graduate Studies Program
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Systematics of Andean Ericaceae
Charles Peters,
Ph.D., The Kate E. Tode Curator of Botany
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Ecology, use, and conservation of native fruits in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Ecology and management of community forests in the Sanggau district of
West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holly A. Porter Morgan, Graduate Studies Program
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Reproductive biology, including phenology and pollination, of several species
of the palm genus Chamaedorea (Arecaceae) in northern Guatemala
Sir Ghillean T. Prance, Ph.D., Honorary Senior Curator
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Monographic Studies of Chrysobalanaceae
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Amazon Conservation
Lauren Raz, Graduate Studies Program
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Systematics and biogeography of West Indian Dioscoreaceae
Robin Sears, Graduate
Studies Program
Chelsea D. Specht,
Graduate Studies Program
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Phylogenetics and evolution of floral morphology in the Costaceae
Dennis Wm.
Stevenson, Ph.D., Vice President for Botanical Science, Director of
the Institute of Systematic Botany, and Senior Curator, Plant Research
Laboratories
Armen Takhtajan, Ph.D., Honorary Senior Curator
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Revision of system of classification of fossil vascular plants
Barbara M. Thiers,
Ph.D., Director of the Herbarium
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Lejeuneaceae of Australia
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Monographic studies on Lejeuneaceae subfamily Lejeuneoideae (Melanesia-Polynesia;
South America)
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Hepaticae of California and southwestern North America
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Lejeuneaceae and Cephalozia in North America
Wm. Wayt Thomas,
Ph.D., Elizabeth G. Britton Curator of Botany
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Monographic studies of neotropical Simaroubaceae for Flora Neotropica
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Treatment of Simaroubaceae for Flora of the Guianas, Flora Vascular
de la Isla Española, and Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana
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Collaborator on Cyperaceae for Flora of the Guianas
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Monographic studies of Rhynchospora for Flora Neotropica
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Floristic studies
of the Atlantic Coastal forest of Bahia, Brazil
Camille V. Tipton-Allaband, Graduate Studies Program
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Huaorani (a recently-contacted tribe of the Ecuadorian Amazon) use of medicinal
plants to treat introduced disease
John Tuxill, Graduate Studies Program
Pamela J. White, Graduate Studies Program
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Cladistic analysis of Cocculus (Menispermaceae) using morphological and
molecular characters
Thomas A. Zanoni, Ph.D., Senior Curatorial Assistant
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Bromeliaceae of the Greater Antilles
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Flora of the Greater Antilles