Browsing by Author "Namoff, Sandra"

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    • Sweet drinks are made of this : conservation genetics of an endemic palm species from the Dominican Republic 

      Namoff, Sandra; Veloz, Alberto; Jiménez, Francisco; Rodríguez-Peña, Rosa A.; Peguero, Brígido; Lewis, Carl; Moynihan, Jeremy; Abdo, Melissa; Maunder, Mike; von Wettberg, Eric; Meerow, Alan W.; Griffith, M. Patrick; Francisco-Ortega, Javier (2011)
      Pseudophoenix ekmanii is a threatened palm species endemic to the Dominican Republic. Sap from trees is extracted to make a local drink; once they are tapped the individual usually dies. Plants are also illegally harvested ...