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Preliminary checklist of the Orthoptera (Saltatoria) of Hispaniola
(2001)
This work summarizes the preliminary taxonomic information available on the Orthoptera fauna of Hispaniola. Valid names, synonyms used in pertinent references, data on type specimens and species distributions are included. ...
Arrecifes en peligro en el Caribe
(2005)
"Arrecifes en peligro en el Caribe" es parte integrante de la labor del World Resources Institute (WRI), la Red Internacional de Acción en Defensa de los Arrecifes de Coral (International Coral Reef Action Network, ICRAN) ...
Uso del nombre Consolea microcarpa versus Consolea picardae (Cactaceae), para una especie endémica de la Española
(2018)
Existe la duda sobre el uso del nombre correcto de una especie endémica de La Española, Consolea microcarpa (K. Schum.) E.F. Anderson. La mayoría de las más recientes publicaciones usan el sinónimo, C. picardae (Urb.) ...
The 1932 expedition of David Fairchild to the Caribbean on board Utowana : botanizing in Beata, Saona, Trinidad, Tobago, and Tortola islands
(2022)
[English] Research conducted in the Archive and Library of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the U.S. National Archives, and the U.S. National Herbarium allowed us to reconstruct field work performed by David Fairchild ...
Revision of the Lima clade (Miconia sect. Lima, Miconieae, Melastomataceae) of the Greater Antilles
(2016)
Miconia sect. Lima is an entirely Greater Antillean clade that consists of 19 known species of shrubs and small trees, which were previously recognized under the polyphyletic genera Leandra and Ossaea. The highest species ...
Pleistocene aridification underlies the evolutionary history of the Caribbean endemic, insular, giant Consolea (Opuntioideae)
(2021)
Premise: The Caribbean islands are in the top five biodiversity hotspots on the planet; however, the biogeographic history of the seasonally dry tropical forest (SDTF) there is poorly studied. Consolea consists of nine ...
Erechthis katydids (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) in the Caribbean : new species from The Bahamas and Hispaniola
(2016)
Two new species of Caribbean conocephaline katydids (Agraeciini) are described for the previously monotypic genus Erechthis: one from the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, one from Hispaniola. The first-named species ...
Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). XIII. Systematics of Miconia subcompressa, a Hispaniolan endemic comprised of three eco-geographic subspecies
(2015)
The pattern of morphological variation in Miconia subcompressa, a species endemic to the mountains of southern Hispaniola, is assessed by a consideration of numerous herbarium specimens (many collected by the authors) and ...
A new species of Choranthus from Hispaniola (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
(1990)
Choranthus maria is described from a single female reared from a larva found feeding on the leaves of a young Sabal palm. The type locality is a tropical hardwood forest near Sosua, on the northern coast of the Dominican ...
Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). XIV. Species of Miconia section Sagraea that occur in the Greater Antilles and additionally in the Lesser Antilles and/or continental regions
(2018)
The systematics of three species of Miconia sect. Sagraea from the Greater Antilles, which also occur in the Lesser Antilles and/or continental regions, is investigated. These taxa, representing lineages of likely independent ...