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Caribbean women’s health and transnational ethnobotany
(2022)
Immigrants from the Dominican Republic (DR) and Haiti are among the top foreign–born communities in New York City (NYC). As people migrate to new countries, they bring their ethnomedical beliefs and practices, and adapt ...
Endemic Juniperus gracilior varieties of the Hispaniola island, tree taxa of environmental and economic relevance and a valuable phytochemical source
(2021)
[English] This review aims to compile the known information on the usage, bioactivity and chemical composition of the Hispaniolian J. gracilior varieties and their phylogenetically proximal taxa (J. gracilior var. saxicola, ...
Podocarpus in the palaeogeographically complex island of Hispaniola : a stepping-stone colonization and conservation recommendations
(2022)
Hispaniola is the second largest island in the Caribbean and a hot spot of biodiversity. The island was formed by the fusion of a northern and southern palaeoislands during the mid-Miocene (15 Ma). The historical split of ...
Studies in neotropical polypores 11 : Antrodia aurantia, a new species from the Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles
(2001)
Antrodia aurantia Lodge, Ryvarden & Perdomo-Sanchez is described as new. It has bright orange resupinate basidiomes that lack rhizomorphs and has pores that are deep, soft, large, and angular to sinuous; it is associated ...
Plantscapes of dwelling : Precolonial household mounds, phytocultural dynamics and the ensuing human ecosystems at El Flaco and El Carril (cal. AD 990–1450), northern Dominican Republic
(2020)
Caribbean Amerindian societies had sophisticated regional socio-political and economic systems linked to important crops by the late 15th century when Spanish conquerors initiated the invasion of the Americas. These systems ...
Virola dominicana sp. nov.(Myristicaceae) from Dominican amber
(2013)
[English] The Myristicaceae is a member of the early diverging angiosperm order Magnoliales; however, the family is poorly represented by fossil collections. We describe Virola dominicana sp. nov. (Myristicaceae), the first ...
El padre Julio Cicero, yucateco, gran botánico de la República Dominicana
(2018)
Julio Cicero MacKinney nació el 12 de enero de 1921 en Mérida, Yucatán y murió el 25 de enero de 2012 en San Cristóbal, República Dominicana, Fue sacerdote jesuita, biólogo, horticultor y profesor impulsor de la historia ...
Plantas preferidas para leña en la zona de bosque seco de Pedro Santana y Bánica, República Dominicana. Aspectos etnobotánicos y de manejo sustentable
(2013)
Resumen: En la zona fronteriza de la República Dominicana con Haití, la leña se usa como combustible doméstico y para pequeñas industrias como panaderías. Habitantes dela zona mencionaron ocho árboles y arbustos como ...
Phylogenetics of Leptocereus (Cactaceae) on Hispaniola: clarifying species limits in the L. weingartianus complex and a new species from the Sierra de Bahoruco
(2021)
The Antillean genus Leptocereus represents an in-situ radiation among the Greater and Lesser Antilles of 19 currently recognized species. Extensive fieldwork carried out in the Dominican Republic over recent years has ...
La vegetación asociada a los ambientes acuáticos en República Dominicana
(2018)
El tema de la vegetación asociada a los ecosistemas acuáticos en República Dominicana presenta importantes vacíos de información. Sin embargo, con la experiencia de los trabajos de campo realizados por diferentes profesionales ...