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bambrose@nybg.org | |
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plant genomics, morphology and development | |
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mbalick@nybg.org | |
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Arecaeae (Palm family) | |
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Belize, Micronesia, neotropics | |
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Ethnobotany, poisonous plants | |
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bboom@nybg.org | |
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Neotropical systematic and economic botany; Rubiaceae; forest inventories | |
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neotropics | |
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ebrenner@nybg.org | |
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Gymnosperm genomics | |
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bbuck@nybg.org | |
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Pleurocarpus mosses | |
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worldwide | |
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lcampbell@nybg,org | |
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Systematics; Anatomy of Xyridaceae | |
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North America; Venezuela, particularly the Guayana region | |
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Poales | |
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ddaly@nybg.org | |
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Burseraceae (frankincense family) | |
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Neotropics (especially Amazonian Brazil), Mexico, Madagascar, New Guinea, Vietnam | |
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leaf architecture, tree identification, floristics of Amazonia, economic botany, certification of managed tropical forests | |
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rhalling@nybg.org | |
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Agaricales and Boletales (mushrooms, puffballs and related groups) | |
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Worldwide | |
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poisonous fungi | |
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ahenderson@nybg.org | |
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Arecaeae (Palm family) | |
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South Asia, Central America, Caribbean, South America | |
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nholmgren@nybg.org | |
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Intermountain Flora | |
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North America, Venezuela | |
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Scrophulariaceae (Beard Tongue family) | |
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pholmgren@nybg.org | |
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Intermountain Flora | |
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North America | |
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jkallunki@nybg.org | |
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Rutaceae (Orange family) | |
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neotropics | |
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kkarol@nybg.org | |
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Green Algal Systematics and Evolution (Charales) | |
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Worldwide | |
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Organellar Genome Evolution | |
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lkelly@nybg.org | |
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Aristolochiaceae (Birthwort family), Symplocaceae (Sweetleaf family), Saurauia (Actinidiaceae; Kiwi family) | |
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neotropics, worldwide | |
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alitt@nybg.org | |
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plant genomics; floral morphology and development | |
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Vochysiaceae | |
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dlittle@nybg.org | |
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Gymnosperms and Bioinformatics | |
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North America, worldwide | |
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fabian@nybg.org | |
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Melastomataceae | |
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neotropics | |
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ant-plant interactions | |
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jmickel@nybg.org | |
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Pteridophytes (Ferns and related groups) | |
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Mexico, North America | |
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jmiller@nybg.org | |
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Systematics of Boraginaceae, Flora of Madagascar | |
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Latin America, Africa, Madagascar | |
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Natural products research | |
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rmoran@nybg.org | |
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Pteridophytes (Ferns and related groups) | |
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Costa Rica, neotropics, North America | |
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smori@nybg.org | |
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Lecythidaceae (Brazil nut family); floristics of the Neotropics but, especially in Amazonia, Guayana, French Guiana, Saba in the Netherlands Antilles, and the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. | |
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Neotropics, especially Amazonia and Guayana and in the following countries: Costa Rica, French Guiana, and Saba in the Netherlands Antilles. | |
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Ecology of lowland rain forest trees. |
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rnaczi@nybg.org | |
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Floristics of eastern North America, Systematics and ecology of Cyperaceae, Systematics and ecology of Sarraceniaceae | |
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Western Hemisphere | |
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mnee@nybg.org | |
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Solanaceae (Tomato family) | |
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Bolivia, Brazil, neotropics | |
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Cucurbitaceae (Squash family) | |
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cpadoch@nybg.org | |
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Smallholder resource management in tropics | |
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Amazonia, Southeast Asia | |
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ppedraza at nybg.org; paola.pedraza at gmail.com | |
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Systematics of Ericaceae | |
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Central and South America | |
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Andean flora, especially floristics and diversity in paramos and cloud forests. | |
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cpeters@nybg.org | |
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Tropical forestry and ecology | |
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Amazonia, Mexico, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, SW China | |
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dws@nybg.org | |
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Cycadaceae (Cycad family) | |
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neotropics, worldwide | |
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bthiers@nybg.org | |
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Hepaticae (Liverworts) | |
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neotropics, worldwide | |
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wthomas@nybg.org | |
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Cyperaceae (Sedge family), Simaroubaceae (Tree of Heaven family, and Picramniaceae (Bitter-bush Family) | |
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Brazil (especially the Atlantic coastal forest), neotropics, worldwide | |
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Executive Director, Organization for Flora Neotropica | |
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btorke@nybg.org | |
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Leguminosae (bean family); floristics and species diversity in Amazonia | |
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neotropics, especially Brazil | |
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tzanoni@nybg.org | |
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Gymnosperms | |
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West Indies | |
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datha@nybg.org | |
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Plants of Belize, the Republic of Georgia and the Northeastern United States; Acalypha subgenus Linostachys | |
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acibrian@nybg.org | |
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Population Genetics | |
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Mexico, Central America, Micronesia | |
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Palms & Cycads, Conservation Genetics, Genomics, and Systematics | |
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tcouvreur@nybg.org | |
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Molecular phylogenetics, biogeography, character evolution, tropical botany, taxonomy of palms and Annonaceae | |
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Neotropics, Africa | |
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GIS, databasing | |
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jhall@nybg.org | |
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Evolution and systematics of green algae | |
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Global, emphasis on North America | |
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rharris@nybg.org | |
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Lichens | |
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North America, West Indies | |
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lichens worldwide | |
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wlaw@nybg.org | |
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Ethnobotany; Ecology | |
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Micronesia | |
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jmitchell@nybg.org | |
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Anacardiaceae | |
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neotropics, worldwide | |
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amohamed@nybg.org | |
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Molecular mechanisms underlying flower and fruit development | |
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hpmorgan@nybg.org | |
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Conservation Biology; Geographic Information Systems; Species Distribution Modeling | |
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Neotropics; Worldwide | |
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Pollination Ecology, Chamaedorea (Arecaceae) | |
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cschulz@nybg.org | |
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Systematic and evolution of gymnosperms | |
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msewell@nybg.org | |
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hstevens@nybg.org | |
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Conservation Biology |
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Amazonia; worldwide |
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ivandebroek@nybg.org | |
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Ethnobotany of Neotropical medicinal plants | |
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Bolivia, Dominican Republic | |
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Community outreach and extension activities | |
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aahmad@nybg.org | |
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Molecular and morphological systematics of Hymenocallis (Amaryllidaceae) | |
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selenaceae@gmail.com | |
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Biocultural diversity |
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Mountains of Southwest China |
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Tea (section Thea of Camellia) |
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nbletter@yahoo.com | |
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Quantitative Cross-Cultural Medical Ethnobotany of Peru and Mali | |
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Peru, Mali, Guatemala, Northeastern US | |
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Chocolate/Cacao, Invasive plants | |
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marina.campos@yale.edu | |
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Amazonian ethnobotany | |
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kcoffey@nybg.org | |
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Plant genetic resource patterns in human-dominated landscapes in Thailand | |
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icole@nybg.org | |
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Plant phytochemistry | |
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Tissue culture | |
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kcrawley@nybg.org | |
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Reproductive health and medicinal plants used by Neotropical women | |
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jdegezelle@nybg.org | |
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Medical Ethnobotany | |
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Belize, neotropics | |
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Maya ethnomedicine, reproductive health | |
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vdoyle@nybg.org | |
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endophytic fungi | |
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cgeiselman@nybg.org | |
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Biology of bat-pollinated plants | |
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jeffgordon@nybg.org | |
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Genomics of viral resistance in Tomato | |
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iona.hawken@yale.edu | |
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Forest products and land use in Amazonia | |
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yhuang@nybg.org | |
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Phylogenetic relationships in the Lecythidaceae | |
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rhuish@nybg.org | |
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Population ecology/genetics, conservation biology, ethnobotany | |
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South Pacific (Fiji and Tonga) | |
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Santalum yasi (Santalaceae) | |
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mjeanson@nybg.org | |
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Arecaceae (Palm family) | |
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Malaysia-Indochina-Indonesia | |
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ckitalong@nybg.org | |
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Ethnobotany | |
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rkriebel@nybg.org | |
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Systematics of Melastomataceae | |
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jlendemer@nybg.org | |
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Lichens and lichenicolous fungi; especially Lepraria | |
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North America, Chile. |
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Dichanthelium dichotomum group (Poaceae). | |
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dmcclelland@nybg.org | |
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Systematics of Solanum | |
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mmm2196@columbia.edu | |
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Ecology of Brazilian Atlantic Coastal forests | |
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rmeyer@nybg.org | |
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Ethnobotany and Systematics of eggplant | |
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loffringa@nybg.org | |
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Ethnobotany | |
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tosmundson@nybg.org | |
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Fungi (Agaricales) | |
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npabon-mora@nybg.org | |
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Floral development, systematics | |
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Neotropics | |
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wperez@nybg.org | |
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Systematics of green algae | |
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daniel.piotto@yale.edu | |
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Forest dynamics in the tropics, restoration ecology, rural development | |
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Atlantic Coastal Forest of Southern Bahia, Brazil | |
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lputzel@nybg.org | |
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Global timber markets and forest management | |
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Peruvian Amazon, China | |
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Conflict resolution | |
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aroberts@nybg.org | |
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Natural resource management by small farmers; landscape history | |
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Cambodia | |
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msundue@nybg.org | |
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Systematics of ferns and lycophytes | |
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Tropical montane forests of the Americas | |
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ctipton@nybg.org | |
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Huaorani (a recently-contacted tribe of the Ecuadorian Amazon) use of medicinal plants to treat introduced disease | |
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avasco@nybg.org | |
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Systematics of the fern genus Elaphoglossum (Dryopteridaceae) | |
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Cloud Forests and Páramos of the Neotropics | |
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Systematics of Neotropical Ferns and Lycophytes | |
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