Selected research projects of the NYBG organized by Location

This is a list of selected research projects currently underway at the NYBG, organized by location. Click on name of researcher to see online resume (if available).

Amazon

Palm flora of Amazon Basin (Andrew Henderson)
Lecythidaceae of Central Amazonia (Scott Mori)

Andes

Illustrated generic flora of the Páramos. (James L. Luteyn)
Checklist of Páramo plants (James L. Luteyn)

Belize

Checklist of the flora of Belize (Michael J. Balick)
Belize ethnobotany project (Michael J. Balick)
Ethnobotany of the prehistoric Maya (David L. Lentz)

Bolivia

Flora Jardín Botánico de Santa Cruz, Bolivia (Michael Nee)
Flora of Amboró National Park, Bolivia (Michael Nee)
Checklist of the flora of Bolivia (Michael Nee)

Brazil

Economic Botany of Babassu Palm - Maranhão, Brazil (Michael J. Balick)
Floristic study of Acre, Brazil (Douglas Daly)
Economic botany and ecology studies on extractive reserves in Brazil (Douglas Daly)
Flora of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Brazilian Amazon (Michael Nee)
Study of use and management of floodplain resources by rural populations in the estuarine zone of the Brazilian Amazon (Christine Padoch)
Floristic studies of the Atlantic Coastal Forest of Bahia, Brazil (Wm. Wayt Thomas)

Central America

Treatment of Palmae for Flora Mesoamericana (Andrew Henderson)

Guianas

Flora of the Guianas (Andrew Henderson; John Mitchell; William R. Buck; Scott A. Mori; Wm. Wayt Thomas;)
Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana (Scott A. Mori, coordinator)

Hispaniola

Fern flora of Hispaniola (John T. Mickel)

Indonesia

Study of traditional management of forests and forest-gardens by Tara'n Dayaks in West Kalimantan, Indonesia (Christine Padoch)
Ecology, management, and conservation of native fruits in West Kalimantan, Indonesia (Charles Peters)

Mexico

Fern flora of Mexico (John T. Mickel)

Neotropics

Domestication of the Orbignya palm, source of food and fuel from tropical America (Michael J. Balick)
Monographic revision of Euterpe and Prestoea (Palmae) for Flora Neotropica (Andrew Henderson)
Systematics of neotropical Rutaceae (Jacquelyn Kallunki)
Revisions of the tropical American species of Macleania and Psammisia (Ericaceae). (James L. Luteyn)
Origins of Vaccinieae (Ericaceae). (James L. Luteyn)
Systematics and biology of Lecythidaceae (Scott A. Mori)
Monograph of neotropical Zamiaceae (Dennis Wm. Stevenson)
Monograph of neotropical Gnetaceae (Dennis Wm. Stevenson)
Monographic studies of neotropical Simaroubaceae for Flora Neotropica (Wm. Wayt Thomas)
Organization for Flora Neotropica
Systematics of Myristicaceae (John Janovec)

Nicaragua

Treatment of Palmae for Flora of Nicaragua (Andrew Henderson)
Treatment of Simaroubaceae for Flora of Nicaragua (Wm. Wayt Thomas)
Treatment of Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) for Flora of Nicaragua (Wm. Wayt Thomas)
Treatment of Lecythidaceae for Flora of Nicaragua (Scott Mori)

North America

Revision of Penstemon for Flora of North America (Noel H. Holmgren)

Paraguay

Moss flora of Paraguay (William R. Buck)

Peru

Treatment of Palmae for Flora of Peru (Andrew Henderson)
Botany of the Los Amigos Conservation Area, Madre de Dios, Peru (John Janovec)

United States

Higher fungi of New York State (Roy E. Halling)
Lichen flora of New York State (Richard C. Harris)
Lichen flora of Florida (Richard C. Harris)
Intermountain Flora (Noel H. Holmgren; Patricia K. Holmgren)
Pteridophytes of New York State (John T. Mickel)

Venezuela

Treatment of Lecythidaceae for Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana (Scott Mori)
Treatment of Scrophulariaceae for Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana (Noel H. Holmgren)
Treatment of Rutaceae for Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana (Jacquelyn Kallunki)
Treatment of Simaroubaceae for Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana (Wm. Wayt Thomas)

West Indies

Moss flora of the West Indies (William R. Buck)
Flora of the Greater Antilles (William R. Buck; Richard C. Harris; Thomas Zanoni)

Western Hemisphere

Monographic studies on New World species of Collybia, Marasmius, and Marasmiellus (Roy E. Halling)

Worldwide

Phylogeny of mosses at the familial and ordinal levels (William R. Buck)
Chemical systematics of taxane-producing plants: survey of the Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae for taxol and related taxanes (Barbara Meurer-Grimes)
Evolutionary systematics of the Cycadales (Dennis Wm. Stevenson)
Phylogeny of the Lecythidaceae sensu lato (Scott Mori)
Systematics of the Myristicaceae (John Janovec)