Daniel Atha

Research Associate and Associate Editor, Brittonia, The New York Botanical Garden

B. A., City University of New York
Expertise: Floristics, Plant Collections

Profile

My primary responsibility is to collect plant material for study and propogation at The New York Botanical Garden. During 2011, I will be collecting throughout the Northeastern United States. Past collection sites include Georgia (former Soviet Union), Vietnam and others. Complete plant inventories are underway at selected sites including the island of Cay Caulker, Belize; Chaa Creek Nature Preserve, Belize; Ice Pond Conservation Area, New York, USA; Lagodekhi National Park, Georgia.

Selected Publications

Atha, D. E. 2008. A new species of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae: Acalyphoideae: Acalypheae) from Belize and adjacent Mexico and Guatemala. Brittonia 60: 185-189.

Kikodze, D., M. Tavartkiladze, T. Svanidze, D.E. Atha (editor of English text). 2007. Plants of Georgia. Field Guide. Tsignis Sakhelosno, Tbilisi, Georgia. 224 pp.

Bridgewater, S.G.M., D.J. Harris, C. Whitefoord, A.K. Monro, M.G. Penn, D.A. Sutton, B. Sayer, B. Adams, M. Balick, D.E. Atha, J. Solomon, B. Holst. 2006. A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of the Chiquibul Forest, Belize. Edinb. J. Bot. 63: 269-321.

Atha, D. E., L. Romero & T. Forrest. 2005. Bark volume determination of Bursera simaruba in Belize. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41: 843-848.

Atha, D. E. 2004. Polygonaceae. Pp. 308-310 in N. Smith, S. A. Mori, A. Henderson, D. Stevenson and S. Heald (eds), Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

Atha, D. E. 2004. Phytolaccaceae. Pp. 292-294 in N. Smith, S. A. Mori, A. Henderson, D. Stevenson and S. Heald (eds), Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

Muñoz-Acuña, U., D. E. Atha, J. Ma, M. H. Nee & E. J. Kennelly. 2002. Antioxidant capacities of ten edible north American plants. Phytotherapy Research. 15: 1-3.

Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D. E. Atha. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.

Ford, L. J., R. J. Hawkins, D. E. Atha. 2009. A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Mexico's Copper Canyon region. The Donning Company Publishers, Virginia Beach. 160 pp.

Atha, D. E. & W. Carr. 2010. First Report of Persicaria hispida (Polygonaceae) from North America North of Mexico (Texas). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 4(2): 561–564.Publication Format

Reveal, J. L. & D. E. Atha. (2010). New combinations and typifications in Bistorta, Persicaria, Polygonum and Rumex (Polygonaceae). Brittonia 62: 243–263.Publication Format

Atha, D. E., M. H. Nee & R. F. C. Naczi. (in press). First Collections of Persicaria extremiorientalis (Worosch) Tzevelev (Polygonaceae) from North America. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society.Publication Format

Atha, D. E., J. D. Mitchell, S. K. Pell, F. R. Camacho. (in press). A new species of Comocladia from Belize and Guatemala. Brittonia 62.Publication Format

Reveal, J. L. & D. E. Atha. (in prep). 7. Persicaria (L.) Mill. Smartweed. in Cronquist et al. (eds), Intermountain Flora. The New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, NY.Publication Format