Pedro Acevedo

Curator, Botany

National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
NHB W512 MRC 166
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012


Email: acevedop at si.edu

Research Interests

Systematis of Sapindaceae; Caribbean Floristics; Lianas of the Neotropics.


Current Research Projects

Monocots of Puerto Rico; Vines and Climbing Plants of Puerto Rico; Plant Diversity of the mountain ecosystems of Hispaniola. Checklist of the phanerogam of the Greater Antilles; Phylogenetic relationship of the Paullinieae (Sapindaceae).


Recent Publications

Melicoccus and Talisia. Flora Neotropica Monograph. Vol. 78. New York Botanical Garden. (Jun 2003).

Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. (Sept 2003) Sheridan Press.


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