F Javier Francisco Ortega
- Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

Publications
selected publications
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2017David Fairchild's Expedition to Jamaica on Board Utowana. JOURNAL OF THE TORREY BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 144:139-152.Full Text via DOI: 10.3159/TORREY-D-16-00010 Web of Science: 000404657900003
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2017Shifting Quaternary migration patterns in the Bahamian archipelago: Evidence from the Zamia pumila complex at the northern limits of the Caribbean island biodiversity hotspot. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 104:757-771.
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2017Will the same ex situ protocols give similar results for closely related species?. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION. 26:2951-2966.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10531-017-1400-2 Web of Science: 000412437200011
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2016Genetic diversity and differentiation of the Critically Endangered Hispaniolan palm Coccothrinax jimenezii MM Mejia & RG Garcia based on novel SSR markers. BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY. 66:216-223.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2016.04.013 Web of Science: 000379281300031
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2016Genetic structure of the threatened Phaedranassa schizantha (Amaryllidaceae). BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 182:169-179.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/boj.12444 Web of Science: 000382936500008
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2016The last plant hunting expedition of David Fairchild: Venezuela and Colombia (March-April 1948). BRITTONIA. 68:170-186.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12228-015-9406-0 Web of Science: 000377431100008
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2015Conservation and taxonomic updates for the Jamaican endemic genus Dendrocousinsia (Euphorbiaceae). BRITTONIA. 67:87-95.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12228-014-9357-x Web of Science: 000354393200001
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2015Domingo Bello y Espinosa (1817-1884) and the new taxa published in his Apuntes para la flora de Puerto-Rico. TAXON. 64:323-349.Full Text via DOI: 10.12705/642.9 Web of Science: 000354372300009
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2015Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cocosoid palms (Arecaceae, Arecoideae, Cocoseae) inferred from sequences of six WRKY gene family loci. CLADISTICS. 31:509-534.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/cla.12100 Web of Science: 000362842500004
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2014A new phylogenetic analysis sheds new light on the relationships in the Calanthe alliance (Orchidaceae) in China. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 77:216-222.
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2014Conservation and genetics of two Critically Endangered Hispaniolan palms: genetic erosion of Pseudophoenix lediniana in contrast to P-ekmanii. PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION. 300:2019-2027.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00606-014-1028-6 Web of Science: 000344175100007
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2014Endemic Seed Plants in the Bahamian Archipelago. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 80:204-230.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-014-9137-z Web of Science: 000343165400006
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2014Genetic diversity and conservation of Ipomoea microdactyla (Convolvulaceae): an endemic vine from the Bahamas, Cuba, and southeastern Florida. PLANT SPECIES BIOLOGY. 29:2-15.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2012.00381.x Web of Science: 000328822800002
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2014Genetic diversity and differentiation of Pseudophoenix (Arecaceae) in Hispaniola. BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 176:469-485.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/boj.12223 Web of Science: 000345318500003
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2014Plant Conservation Challenges in the Bahama Archipelago. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 80:265-282.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-014-9140-4 Web of Science: 000343165400010
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2014Plant Hunting Expeditions of David Fairchild to The Bahamas. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 80:164-183.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-014-9139-x Web of Science: 000343165400004
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2014Plants, Research, Conservation, and Education in the Bahama Archipelago. The Emerging Picture. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 80:148-151.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-014-9138-y Web of Science: 000343165400002
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2014The Bahamian Flora: Plant Exploration, Living Collections, and DNA - A Journey Started in 1963. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 80:231-244.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-014-9136-0 Web of Science: 000343165400007
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2014Volatile constituents of five species of Portlandia (Rubiaceae). JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH. 26:125-129.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2013.851039 Web of Science: 000331360700009
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2013Cycad biodiversity in the Bahamas Archipelago and conservation genetics of the threatened Zamia lucayana (Zamiaceae). ORYX. 47:190-198.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0030605312000129 Web of Science: 000319247100010
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2013Molecular Markers and Conservation of Plant Species in the Latin-America: The Case of Phaedranassa viridiflora (Amaryllidaceae). BOTANICAL REVIEW. 79:507-527.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-013-9125-8 Web of Science: 000328077700005
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2013Molecular Systematics of Threatened Seed Plant Species Endemic in the Caribbean Islands. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 79:528-541.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-013-9130-y Web of Science: 000328077700006
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2013Phylogeny of the cycads based on multiple single-copy nuclear genes: congruence of concatenated parsimony, likelihood and species tree inference methods. ANNALS OF BOTANY. 112:1263-1278.
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2013What is the Conservation Value of a Plant in a Botanic Garden? Using Indicators to Improve Management of Ex Situ Collections. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 79:559-577.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-013-9120-0 Web of Science: 000328077700008
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2012CACTUS, SUCCULENT, AND PACHYCAUL FLORA OF MONA ISLAND. HASELTONIA. 56-66.Full Text via DOI: 10.2985/026.018.0108 Web of Science: 000208941400008
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2012David Fairchild expeditions to the Canary Islands: Plant collections and research outcomes. BRITTONIA. 64:421-437.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12228-012-9257-x Web of Science: 000314265000011
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2012GALAPAGOS AND COCOS ISLANDS: GEOGRAPHICALLY CLOSE, BOTANICALLY DISTANT. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES. 173:36-53.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/662657 Web of Science: 000299022300005
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2012Islands 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.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02607.x Web of Science: 000300665400003
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2012Phylogenetic placement of the Dominican Republic endemic genus Sarcopilea (Urticaceae). TAXON. 61:592-600.Web of Science: 000305439100008
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2012Phylogenetic position of Wenchengia (Lamiaceae): A taxonomically enigmatic and critically endangered genus. TAXON. 61:392-401.Web of Science: 000305357200010
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2012Population Dynamics of the Endangered Plant, Phaedranassa tunguraguae, from the Tropical Andean Hotspot. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY. 103:557-569.
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2012ZAMIA (CYCADALES: ZAMIACEAE) ON PUERTO RICO: ASYMMETRIC GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION AND THE HYPOTHESIS OF MULTIPLE INTRODUCTIONS. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 99:1828-1839.
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2011Late 17th century herbarium collections from the Canary Islands: The plants collected by James Cuninghame in La Palma. TAXON. 60:1734-1753.Web of Science: 000298451900017
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2011MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS OF THE PALM SUBTRIBE PTYCHOSPERMATINAE (ARECACEAE). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 98:1716-1726.
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2011Sweet Drinks Are Made of This: Conservation Genetics of an Endemic Palm Species from the Dominican Republic. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY. 102:1-10.
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2010EARLY BRITISH COLLECTORS AND OBSERVERS OF THE MACARONESIAN FLORA From Sloane to Darwin. BEYOND CLADISTICS: THE BRANCHING OF A PARADIGM. 3:125-144.Web of Science: 000295933100010
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2010Endemic Seed Plant Species from Hainan Island: A Checklist. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 76:295-345.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-010-9054-8 Web of Science: 000280948000001
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2010Generic delimitation in the Antillean Adelieae (Euphorbiaceae) with description of the Hispaniolan endemic genus Garciadelia. TAXON. 59:1801-1814.Web of Science: 000285566000012
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2010How well does a botanical garden collection of a rare palm capture the genetic variation in a wild population?. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 143:1110-1117.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.02.004 Web of Science: 000278427700011
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2010Microsatellite markers developed for the Caribbean palm Pseudophoenix sargentii: two PCR-based methods. CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES. 2:85-87.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12686-009-9168-7 Web of Science: 000290409000019
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2010Phylogenetic analyses of nucleotide sequences confirm a unique plant intercontinental disjunction between tropical Africa, the Caribbean, and the Hawaiian Islands. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH. 123:57-65.
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2010Seed Plant Endemism on Hainan Island: A Framework for Conservation Actions. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 76:346-376.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-010-9055-7 Web of Science: 000280948000002
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2010The Madeiran plants collected by Sir Hans Sloane in 1687, and his descriptions. TAXON. 59:598-612.Web of Science: 000276617400025
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2009Eight microsatellite loci in Phaedranassa schizantha Baker (Amaryllidaceae) and cross-amplification in other Phaedranassa species. CONSERVATION GENETICS. 10:1887-1889.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9846-8 Web of Science: 000272374100039
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2009Evolution of petal epidermal micromorphology in Leguminosae and its use as a marker of petal identity. ANNALS OF BOTANY. 104:1099-1110.
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2009Phylogenetics of Darwiniothamnus (Asteraceae: Astereae) - molecular evidence for multiple origins in the endemic flora of the Galapagos Islands. JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY. 36:1055-1069.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02064.x Web of Science: 000266242800007
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2008Caribbean Island Asteraceae: Systematics, molecules, and conservation on a biodiversity hotspot. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 74:112-131.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-008-9008-6 Web of Science: 000256032700007
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2008Conservation genetics of Jacquemontia reclinata (convolvulaceae), an endangered species from Southern Florida: Implications for restoration management. BIOTROPICA. 40:507-514.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00399.x Web of Science: 000257717500016
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2008How well do we understand the overall backbone of cycad phylogeny? New insights from a large, multigene plastid data set. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 47:1232-1237.
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2008Phylogeny and systematic position of Feddea (Asteraceae : Feddeeae): a taxonomically enigmatic and critically endangered genus endemic to Cuba. SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 33:193-202.Full Text via DOI: 10.1600/036364408783887348 Web of Science: 000253510900021
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2008Plant conservation in the Caribbean Island biodiversity hotspot. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 74:197-207.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-008-9007-7 Web of Science: 000256032700011
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2007An evaluation of the taxonomic distinctness of two Geonoma macrostachys (Arecaceae) varieties based on intersimple sequence repeat (ISSR) variation. BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 153:381-392.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00619.x Web of Science: 000245505300001
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2007Differentiation among insular and continental populations of Coccothrinax argentata (Arecaceae): evidence from DNA markers and a common garden experiment. TAXON. 56:103-111.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/25065740 Web of Science: 000244825300011
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2007Isolation, 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.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01531.x Web of Science: 000243024000021
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2007Molecular evidence for phylogenetic relationships of Jacquemontia reclinata House (Convolvulaceae) - a critically endangered species from south Florida. BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 154:443-454.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00687.x Web of Science: 000248958500001
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2007Physiological evolution and association between physiology and growth form in Aeonium (Crassulaceae). TAXON. 56:453-464.Web of Science: 000247420000016
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2005Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci from Phaedranassa tunguraguae (Amaryllidaceae). MOLECULAR ECOLOGY NOTES. 5:791-793.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.01064.x Web of Science: 000234051200023
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2005Molecular phylogenetics of the Macaronesian-endemic genus Bystropogon (Lamiaceae): palaeo-islands, ecological shifts and interisland colonizations. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 14:1177-1189.
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2005Molecular phylogenetics of tribe geonomeae (Arecaceae) using nuclear DNA sequences of phosphoribulokinase and RNA polymerase II. SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 30:275-283.Full Text via DOI: 10.1600/0363644054223620 Web of Science: 000230019000005
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2005Patterns of genetic diversity in the critically endangered Florida key endemic Consolea corallicola small (Cactaceae): Evidence from inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSRs) DNA polymorphisms. CARIBBEAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 41:225-233.Web of Science: 000231325600004
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2005The monophyly of island radiations: an evaluation of niche pre-emption and some alternative explanations. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 93:653-657.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01038.x Web of Science: 000230337900002
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Biographical Item
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2006Alan W. Meerow - Recipient of the 2005 Peter Raven Award. SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 5-7.Full Text via DOI: 10.1600/036364406775971750 Web of Science: 000236119500002
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Editorial Material
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2013Special Issue on Genetics and Plant Conservation in Latin America. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 447-448.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-013-9122-y Web of Science: 000328077700001
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2008Plant evolution and biodiversity in the Caribbean Islands - Perspectives from molecular markers. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 1-4.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12229-008-9001-0 Web of Science: 000256032700001
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2014Conserved genetic regions across angiosperms as tools to develop single-copy nuclear markers in gymnosperms: an example using cycads. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES. 831-845.
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2008Plant hunting in Macaronesia by Francis Masson: the plants sent to Linnaeus and Linnaeus filius. BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 393-428.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00822.x Web of Science: 000257717600002
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2007Hybridization in Macaronesian Sideritis (Lamiaceae): evidence from incongruence of multiple independent nuclear and chloroplast sequence datasets. TAXON. 74-88.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/25065737 Web of Science: 000244825300008
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2007Seed plant genera endemic to the Caribbean island Biodiversity hotspot: A review and a molecular phylogenetic perspective. BOTANICAL REVIEW. 183-234.Full Text via DOI: 10.1663/0006-8101(2007)73[183:SPGETT]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000249975200001
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2006Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography within the Eurasian clade of Amaryllidaceae based on plastid ndhF and nrDNA ITS sequences: Lineage sorting in a reticulate area?. SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 42-60.Full Text via DOI: 10.1600/036364406775971787 Web of Science: 000236119500006
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chaired theses and dissertations
- Oleas, Nora, Landscape Genetics of Phaedranassa Herb. (Amaryllidaceae) in Ecuador 2011
- Jestrow, Brett, Phylogenetics, Conservation, and Historical Biogeography of the West Indian Members of the Adelieae (Euphorbiaceae) 2010
- Carrara, Susan, Genetic variation among cultivated selections of mamey sapote (Pouteria spp. [Sapotaceae]) 2004
- Andrus, Nicole Genet, The origin, phylogenetics and natural history of darwiniothamnus (Asteraceae: Astereae), an endemic shrub of the Galapagos Islands 2002
Research
principal investigator on
- Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of The Caribbean Zamia Clade: An Integrated Systematic Approach with SSRs and Single Copy Nuclear Genes awarded by Montgomery Botanical Center 2014 - 2019
- DNA fingerprinting of the Haitian Palm ATTALEA CRASSISPATHA awarded by Les Cayes Botanic Garden 2016 - 2018
- The Fairchild Challenge for Middle and High Schools at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden awarded by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden 2015 - 2018
- SYSTEMATICS OF THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND ENDEMIC GENUS BONANIA (EUPHORBIACEAE) awarded by Natural History Museum London 2016 - 2017
- Conservation Action Plan for Haiti awarded by Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation 2016
- Cocothrinax Jimenezii Conservation Biology awarded by Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation 2014 - 2015
- Managing the Fairchild Challenge Program awarded by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden 2010 - 2015
- Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of The Caribbean Zamia Clade: An Integrated Systematic Approach With SSRs and Single Copy Nuclear awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2015
- Conservation of Pseudophoenix Lediniana awarded by Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation 2012 - 2014
- Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of The Caribbean Zamia Clade: An Integrated Systematic Approach with SSRs and Single Copy Nuclear - Salary Support for Dr. Dayana Salas-Leiva awarded by Montgomery Botanical Center 2013 - 2014
- Conservation action plan and taxonomy of a new critical endangered species of palm (Pseudophoenix sp. nova) from the Dominican Republic awarded by Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation 2013 - 2014
- Conservation Action Plan for Zamia lucayana, the only species of cycad endemic to the Bahamian archipeligo (Caribbean Island Biodiversity Hotspot) awarded by Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation 2009 - 2011
- Using Molecular Markers to Establish Management Criteria in a Botanical Garden. awarded by National Science Foundation 2002 - 2009
- UMEB: Envrionmental Biology and Evolution of the Carribean Basin awarded by National Science Foundation 2002 - 2007
Teaching
teaching activities
Contact
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- F Javier Francisco Ortega
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publication subject areas
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Biodiversity & Conservation
- Chemistry
- Environmental Sciences & Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Food Science & Technology
- Genetics & Heredity
- Physical Geography
- Plant Sciences