Andrus, N., Trusty, J.L., Santos-Guerra, A., Jansen, R.K., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2004. Using molecular phylogenies to test phytogeographical links between East/South Africa-Southern Arabia and the Macaronesian islands - a review, and the case of Vierea and Pulicaria section Vieraeopsis (Asteracae). Taxon 53: 333-346.

Andrus, N., Tye, A., Nesom, G., Bogler, D., Lewis, C.E., Noyes, R., Jaramillo, P., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2009. Phylogenetics of Darwiniothamnus (Asteraceae: Astereae) – Molecular evidence for multiple origins in the endemic flora of the Galápagos Islands. Journal of Biogeography 36: 1055-1069.

Campbell, R.J., El-Sawa, S., Wasielewski, J., Ledesma, N. 2004. Breeding and selection of jackfruit for South Florida. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 117: 193-194.

Carrara, S., Wasielewski, J., Ledesma, N., Campbell, R.J. 2003. Morphological diversity of mamey sapote at Fairchild Tropical Garden, Florida, USA. Proceedings of the Interamerican Society Tropical Horticulture 46: 32-34.

Carrara, S., Campbell, R.J., Schnell, R. 2004. Genetic variation among cultivated selections of mamey sapote (Pouteria spp. [Sapotaceae]). Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 117: 195-200.

*Davis, A.; Lewis, C.E., Francisco-Ortega, J., Zona, S. 2007. Differentiation among insular and continental populations of Coccothrinax argentata (Arecaeae): evidence from ISSR data and a common garden experiment. Taxon 56: 103-111.

Downing, J., Liu, H. 2012. Friend or foe? Impacts of the introduced tropical oil bee Centris nitida on a threatened and specialized native mutualism in Southern Florida. Biological Invasions 14: 2175–2185.

Feeley K.J. and Rehm E. 2012. Amazon's vulnerability to climate change heightened by deforestation and man-made dispersal barriers. Global Change Biology 18: 3606-3614.

Feeley K.J., Rehm E.M., Machovina B. 2012. The responses of tropical forest species to global climate change: acclimate, adapt, migrate, or go extinct? Frontiers in Biogeography 4 :69-82.

Geiger, J., Meerow, A.W., Lewis, C., Oviedo, R., Francisco-Ortega, J. In press. Genetic diversity and conservation of Ipomoea microdactyla (Convolvulaceae) – An endemic vine from the Bahamas, Cuba, and Southeastern Florida. Plant Species Biology.

Guala, G.; Bogler, D.J.; Sadle, J., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2000. Molecular evidence for polyphyly in the genus Apoclada (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Bamboo Science and Culture 14: 15-20.

Jestrow, B., Proctor, G., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2008. Lasiocroton trelawniensis (Euphorbiaceae), a Critically Endangered species from the Cockpit Country of Jamaica, belongs to Bernardia (Euphorbiaceae). Botanical Review 74: 166-177.

Jestrow, B., Jimenez, F., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2010. Generic delimitations in the Antillean Adelieae (Euphorbiaceae) with the description of the Hispaniolan endemic genus, Garciadelia. Taxon 59: 1801-1814.

Jestrow, B., Gutierrez, J., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2012. Islands within islands; a molecular phylogenetic study of the Leucocroton alliance (Euphorbiaceae) across the Caribbean Islands and within the serpentinite archipelago of Cuba. Journal of Biogeography 39: 452-464.

Laubengayer K., S. Zona, E. Santiago-Valentín, C. Husby, J. Francisco-Ortega. 2012. Morphometric analysis of Aiphanes minima (Arecaceae) across the Antilles. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 299–305.

Ledesma, N., Campbell, R. J., El-Sawa, S., Wasielewski, J., Ayala-Silva, T. 2005. Selección de jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) para América Tropical. Proceedings of the Interamerican Society for Tropical Horticulture 48: 51-52.

Liu, H., Trusty, J, Oviedo, R., Anderberg, A., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2004. Molecular phylogenetics of the Caribbean genera Rhodogeron and Sachsia (Asteraceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 165: 209-217.

Maschinski, J., Lewis, S., Walters, D., Possley, J., Wright, S.J., Roncal, J., Lewis, C. 2009. Connect to Protect Network: botanic gardens working to restore habitats and conserve rare species. BGjournal 6: 6-9.

Maschinski, J., Wright, S.J., Koptur, S. and  Pinto-Torres, E. 2013. When is local the best paradigm? Breeding history influences conservation reintroduction survival and trajectories in times of extreme climate events. Biological Conservation 159:277-284.

Maschinski, J., Possley, J., Fellows, M.Q.N., Lane, C., Muir, A., Wendelberger, K., Wright, S.J., Thornton, H. 2005. Using thinning as a fire surrogate to improve native plant diversity in a South Florida pine rockland habitat. Ecological Restoration23:2.

Meerow, A.W., Stevenson, D., Moynihan, J., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2007. Unlocking the coontie conundrum: the potential of microsatellite DNA studies in the Caribbean Zamia pumila complex (Zamiaceae). Botanical Memoirs of New York Botanical Garden 98: 484-518.

Moynihan, J., Meerow, A.W., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2006. Isolation, characterization and cross-species amplification of microsatellite loci in the cycad genus Dioon (Zamiaceae). Potential utilization in population genetics studies of Dioon edule. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 72-74.

Moynihan, J., Stevenson, D.W., Lewis, C.E., Vovides, A.P., Caputo, P., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2012. A phylogenetic study of Dioon Lind. (Zamiaceae, Cycadales), based on morphology, nuclear ribosomal DNA, a low copy nuclear gene and plastid RFLPs. Memoirs of New York Botanical Garden 106: 448-479.

Moynihan, J., Gonzalez-Astorga, J.J., Vovides, A.P.,Francisco-Ortega, J. 2012. Population genetic diversity in the Dioon edule Lindl. species complex (Zamiaceae, Cycadales): evidence from microsatellite data. Memoirs of New York Botanical Garden 106: 224-249..

*Namoff, S., Thornton, H.E.B., Lewis, C.E., Oviedo, R., Barber, J.C., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2007. Molecular evidence for taxonomic relationships of Jacquemontia reclinata (Convolvulaceae): A critically endangered species from coastal strand of Florida. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 443-454.

Namoff, S., Veloz, A., Jimenez, F., Rodriguez-Pena, R.A., Peguero, B., Lewis, C., Moynihan, J., Abdo, M., Maunder, M., Von Wettberg, E., Meerow, A.W., Griffith, M.P. , Francisco-Ortega, J. 2011. Sweet drinks are made of this: conservation genetics of an endemic palm species from the Dominican Republic. Journal of Heredity 102: 1-10.

Oleas, N.H., Meerow, A.W., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2012. Population dynamics of the endangered plant, Phaedranassa tunguraguae, from the Tropical Andean hotspot. Journal of Heredity 103: 557-569.

Oleas, N.H., Jestrow, B., Calonje, M., Peguero, B., Jimenez, F., Rodriguez-Peña, R., Oviedo, R., Santiago-Valentin, E., Meerow, A.W., Abdo, M., Maunder, M., Griffith, P., Francisco-Ortega, J. In press. Molecular systematics of threatened seed plant species endemic in the Caribbean Islands. Botanical Review.

Oleas, N.H., Meerow, A.W., Francisco-Ortega, J. In press. Molecular markers and conservation of plant species in the Latin-America: the case of Phaedranassa viridiflora (Amaryllidaceae). Botanical Review.

Pinto-Torres, E.,  Koptur, S. 2009. Hanging by a coastal strand: breeding system of a federally endangered morning-glory of the south-eastern Florida coast, Jacquemontia reclinata. Annals of Botany 104: 1301-1311.

Rojas Alvarado A.F., Trusty, J.L. 2004. Diversidad pteridofítica de la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Brenesia 62: 1-14.

Roncal, J., Zona, S., Lewis, C.E. 2005. Calyptrogyne plumeriana: A new name for a familiar palm. Palms49: 149-150.

Roncal, J., Asmussen, C.B., Francisco-Ortega, J., Lewis, C.E. 2005. Molecular phylogenetics of tribe Geonomeae (Palmae) using nuclear DNA sequences of phosphoribulokinase and RNA polymerase II. Systematic Botany 30: 275-283.

Roncal, J. 2006.Habitat differentiation of sympatric Geonoma macrostachys (Arecaceae) varieties in Peruvian lowland forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22: 483-486.

Roncal, J., Fisher, J., Wright, S.J., Frances, A., Griffin, K., Maschinski, J., Fidelibus, M.W. 2006. Propagation protocol for the endangered Jacquemontia reclinata House from South Florida. Native Plants Journal7:301-306.

Roncal, J., Francisco-Ortega, J., Lewis, C.E. 2007. An evaluation of taxonomic distinctness of two Geonoma macrostachys (Arecaceae) varieties based on inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) variation. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 381-392.

Roncal, J., Zona, S., Lewis, C.E. 2008. Molecular phylogenetic studies of Caribbean palms (Arecaceae) and their relationships to biogeography and conservation.Botanical Review 74: 78-102.

Thornton, H.E.B, Roncal, J., Lewis, C.E, Maschinski, J., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2008. Conservation genetics of Jacquemontia reclinata (Convolvulaceae), an endangered species from Southern Florida: Implications for restoration management. Biotropica 40: 507-514.

Trusty, J.L., Blanco, M.A. 2005. Las orquídeas de la Isla del Coco. Epidendrum 27: 10-15.

Trusty, J.L., Blanco, M.A. 2006. The orchids of Isla del Coco. Orchids (November Issue): 826-831.

Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C., Haug, G. 2006. The vascular flora of Isla del Coco. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 57: 247-355.

Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C., Rodriguez, J., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2011. Conservation status of endemic plants on Isla del Coco, Costa Rica: Applying IUCN Red List criteria on a small island. In The biology of island floras. D. Bramwell, J. Caujapé-Castells (eds.). Cambridge University Press, London. Pp. 452-473.

Trusty, J.L., Olmstead, R.G., Bogler, D.J., Santos-Guerra, A., Francisco-Ortega. J. 2004. Using molecular phylogenies from nuclear and chloroplast genes to test a connection of the Macaronesian genus Bystropogon (Lamiaceae) to the New World and to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships within the Menthae tribe. Systematic Botany 32: 702-715.

Trusty, J.L., Olmstead, R.G., Santos-Guerra, A., Sa-Fontinha, S., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2005. Molecular phylogenetics of the Macaronesian endemic genus Bystropogon (Lamiaceae): paleo-islands, ecological shifts, and inter-island colonizations. Molecular Ecology 14: 1177-1189.

Trusty, J.L., Tye, A., Collins, T.M., Michelangeli, F.A., Madriz, P., Francisco-Ortega, J. 2012. Galapagos and Cocos: geographycally close, botanically distant. International Journal of Plant Sciences 173: 36-53.

* = Undergraduate student

Updated: November 13, 2012