Research Projects of NYBG Graduate Students

This is a list of students currently in the Graduate Studies Program at the NYBG. Click on the name of the student to see their homepage (if available).

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Amna I. Ahmad

• Molecular and morphological systematics and biogeography of Hymenocallis (Amaryllidaceae).

• Systematics of the Lichen genus Dermatocarpon of the Ozarks

• Systematics of Gomphichis and phylogeny of the Prescottiinae (Orchidaceae)

• Studies in small-holder farms in Brazil

• Systematics and biogeography of endemic genera of Cactaceae in the West Indies

• Quantitative cross-cultural medical ethnobotany

• Systematics and anatomy of Xyridaceae and the Commelinales

• Amazonian ethnobotany

• Morphology and anatomy of palm (Arecaceae) seedlings

• Mayan ethnobotany  and Western systematic botany of Capsicum (Solanaceae), and the relationship between the evolution of plant

diversity and the evolution of language family diversity

• Phylogeny of the genus Artocarpus (Moraceae), with a focus on the systematics, genetics, conservation, and biogeography of breadfruit

• Systematics and biogeography of Retiniphyllum (Rubiaceae)

• Systematics of Araliaceae

• Reproductive health and medicinal plants used by Neotropical women

• Evolution and diversity of the vegetable crop chayote (Sechium: Cucurbitaceae) and its relatives

• Molecular genetics of Lacandonia (Lacandoniaceae)

• Tropical forest ecology and management

• Bamboo control of forest stand dynamics in lowland terra firme rainforests in southeastern Peru

• Systematics of Hevea (Euphorbiaceae), the source of natural rubber

• Neotropical bat pollination

• Ecological and social dimensions of agrodiversity in urban markets

• Ethnobotany, ecology, and policy

• South Asian and Chinese healing traditions as they related to food, nutrition, and disease

• Moss systematics

• Colombian medicinal plants

• Systematics of Burseraceae and Arecaceae

• Psychoactive properties of Calycophyllum and Capirona (Rubiaceae) in the Ayahuasca mixture

• Systematics and biogeography of the Neotropical genus Gurania (Cucurbitaceae)

• Systematics of Cactaceae in the Caribbean Islands

• Ethnobotany of poisonous plants in Peru

• Medicinal plants and women's healthcare in the Dominican Republic

• Theoretical ethnobotany, Haitian ethnobotany and conservation, and the origins of the Haitian ethnopharmacopoeia

• The role of frugivorous bats in the regeneration of Neotropical forests

• Systematics of Andean Ericaceae

• Reproductive biology, including phenology and pollination, of several species of the palm genus Chamaedorea (Arecaceae) in northern Guatemala

• Systematics and biogeography of West Indian Dioscoreaceae

• Dynamism in small holder farming systems; agricultural ecology

• A cladistic analysis of subfamily Gomphrenoideae (Amaranthaceae) based on molecular and morphological data

• Forest ecology and management in the Amazonian varzea environment

• Phylogenetics and evolution of floral morphology in the Costaceae

• Small holder resource management in Amazonia

• Huaorani (a recently-contacted tribe of the Ecuadorian Amazon) use of medicinal plants to treat introduced disease

• Agroforestry in Panama

• Cladistic analysis of Cocculus (Menispermaceae) using morphological and molecular characters