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    • A conservation framework for the critically endangered endemic species of the Caribbean palm Coccothrinax 

      Jestrow, Brett; Peguero, Brígido; Jiménez, Francisco; Verecia, Raúl; González-Oliva, Lisbet; Moya, Celio E.; Cinea, William; Griffith, M. Patrick; Meerow, Alan W.; Maunder, Mike; Francisco-Ortega, Javier (2018)
      With 30 threatened species (14 categorized as Critically Endangered and 16 as Endangered, sensu IUCN), Coccothrinax (c. 54 species) is the flagship palm genus for conservation in the Caribbean Island Biodiversity Hotspot. ...
    • Coccothrinax jimenezii : a critically endangered palm from Hispaniola 

      Peguero, Brígido; Jiménez, Francisco; Joseph, Pierre Angelo; Cinea, William; Griffith, M. Patrick; Francisco-Ortega, Javier; Jestrow, Brett (2015)
      Coccothrinax jimenezii is assigned the IUCN's Critically Endangered conservation category. This paper focuses on the distribution range and conservation issues of C. jimenezii as a distinct species without discussing ...
    • Genetic diversity and differentiation of Pseudophoenix (Arecaceae) in Hispaniola 

      Rodríguez-Peña, Rosa A.; Jestrow, Brett; Meerow, Alan W.; Clase, Teodoro; Jiménez-Rodríguez, Francisco; Griffith, M. Patrick; Santiago-Valentín, Eugenio; Sustache-Sustache, José A.; Francisco-Ortega, Javier (2014)
      Pseudophoenix ekmanii, P. lediniana and P. vinifera (Arecaceae) are endemic to Hispaniola. The more wide-ranging P. sargentii also occurs on the island. Population genetic diversity and structure of Pseudophoenix was ...
    • Genetic diversity and differentiation of the critically endangered Hispaniolan palm Coccothrinax jimenezii M.M. Mejía & R.G. García based on novel SSR markers 

      Jestrow, Brett; Peguero, Brígido; Jiménez, Francisco; Cinea, William; Hass, Michael; Reeve, Andrew; Meerow, Alan W.; Griffith, M. Patrick; Maunder, Michael; Francisco-Ortega, Javier (2016)
      Coccothrinax jimenezii M.M. Mejía & R.G. García is a Critically Endangered palm species restricted to Haiti (one population near the city of Gonaïves with 43 individuals) and the Dominican Republic (one population on the ...