Francisco Ortega, F Javier

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

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ortegaj@fiu.edu

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selected publications

Article
- 2017
  
  David 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
- 2017
  
  Shifting 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.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1700054 PMID: 28515078 Web of Science: 000402016000013
- 2017
  
  Will 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
- 2016
  
  Genetic 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
- 2016
  
  Genetic 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
- 2016
  
  The 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
- 2015
  
  Conservation 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
- 2015
  
  Domingo 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
- 2015
  
  Phylogeny 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
- 2014
  
  A new phylogenetic analysis sheds new light on the relationships in the Calanthe alliance (Orchidaceae) in China. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 77:216-222.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.005 PMID: 24747128 Web of Science: 000337929800022
- 2014
  
  Botanical exploration of the Cape Verde Islands: From the pre-Linnaean records and collections to late 18th century floristic accounts and expeditions. TAXON. 63:625-640.
  Web of Science: 000338755600009
- 2014
  
  Conservation 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
- 2014
  
  Endemic 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
- 2014
  
  Genetic 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
- 2014
  
  Genetic 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
- 2014
  
  Plant 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
- 2014
  
  Plant 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
- 2014
  
  Plants, 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
- 2014
  
  The 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
- 2014
  
  Volatile 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
- 2013
  
  Cycad 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
- 2013
  
  Molecular 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
- 2013
  
  Molecular 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
- 2013
  
  Phylogeny 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.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct192 PMID: 23997230 Web of Science: 000326289900013
- 2013
  
  What 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
- 2012
  
  CACTUS, SUCCULENT, AND PACHYCAUL FLORA OF MONA ISLAND. HASELTONIA. 56-66.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2985/026.018.0108 Web of Science: 000208941400008
- 2012
  
  David 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
- 2012
  
  GALAPAGOS 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
- 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.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02607.x Web of Science: 000300665400003
- 2012
  
  Phylogenetic placement of the Dominican Republic endemic genus Sarcopilea (Urticaceae). TAXON. 61:592-600.
  Web of Science: 000305439100008
- 2012
  
  Phylogenetic position of Wenchengia (Lamiaceae): A taxonomically enigmatic and critically endangered genus. TAXON. 61:392-401.
  Web of Science: 000305357200010
- 2012
  
  Population Dynamics of the Endangered Plant, Phaedranassa tunguraguae, from the Tropical Andean Hotspot. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY. 103:557-569.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jhered/ess020 PMID: 22563126 Web of Science: 000306367000009
- 2012
  
  ZAMIA (CYCADALES: ZAMIACEAE) ON PUERTO RICO: ASYMMETRIC GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION AND THE HYPOTHESIS OF MULTIPLE INTRODUCTIONS. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 99:1828-1839.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200494 PMID: 23125434 Web of Science: 000311579700021
- 2011
  
  Late 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
- 2011
  
  MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS OF THE PALM SUBTRIBE PTYCHOSPERMATINAE (ARECACEAE). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 98:1716-1726.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100218 PMID: 21911453 Web of Science: 000295888800025
- 2011
  
  Sweet Drinks Are Made of This: Conservation Genetics of an Endemic Palm Species from the Dominican Republic. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY. 102:1-10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq118 PMID: 21172825 Web of Science: 000285419500001
- 2010
  
  EARLY 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
- 2010
  
  Endemic 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
- 2010
  
  Generic delimitation in the Antillean Adelieae (Euphorbiaceae) with description of the Hispaniolan endemic genus Garciadelia. TAXON. 59:1801-1814.
  Web of Science: 000285566000012
- 2010
  
  How 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
- 2010
  
  Microsatellite 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
- 2010
  
  Phylogenetic 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.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10265-009-0258-0 PMID: 19760138 Web of Science: 000272905000008
- 2010
  
  Seed 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
- 2010
  
  The Madeiran plants collected by Sir Hans Sloane in 1687, and his descriptions. TAXON. 59:598-612.
  Web of Science: 000276617400025
- 2009
  
  Eight 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
- 2009
  
  Evolution of petal epidermal micromorphology in Leguminosae and its use as a marker of petal identity. ANNALS OF BOTANY. 104:1099-1110.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp211 PMID: 19789174 Web of Science: 000271106700007
- 2009
  
  Phylogenetics 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
- 2008
  
  Caribbean 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
- 2008
  
  Conservation 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
- 2008
  
  How 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.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.002 PMID: 18424186 Web of Science: 000257128900029
- 2008
  
  Phylogeny 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
- 2008
  
  Plant 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
- 2007
  
  An 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
- 2007
  
  Differentiation 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
- 2007
  
  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.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01531.x Web of Science: 000243024000021
- 2007
  
  Molecular 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
- 2007
  
  Physiological evolution and association between physiology and growth form in Aeonium (Crassulaceae). TAXON. 56:453-464.
  Web of Science: 000247420000016
- 2005
  
  Isolation 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
- 2005
  
  Molecular phylogenetics of the Macaronesian-endemic genus Bystropogon (Lamiaceae): palaeo-islands, ecological shifts and interisland colonizations. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 14:1177-1189.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02487.x PMID: 15773944 Web of Science: 000227721900021
- 2005
  
  Molecular 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
- 2005
  
  Patterns 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
- 2005
  
  The 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
Biographical Item
- 2006
  
  Alan W. Meerow - Recipient of the 2005 Peter Raven Award. SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 5-7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1600/036364406775971750 Web of Science: 000236119500002
Editorial Material
- 2013
  
  Special 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
- 2008
  
  Plant 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
Review
- 2014
  
  Conserved genetic regions across angiosperms as tools to develop single-copy nuclear markers in gymnosperms: an example using cycads. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES. 831-845.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12228 PMID: 24444413 Web of Science: 000337611400017
- 2008
  
  Plant 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
- 2007
  
  Hybridization 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
- 2007
  
  Seed 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
- 2006
  
  Phylogenetic 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

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

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 activities

BSC2011-U01: General Biology II: Diversity of Life, Organismal Structure and Function Spring Term 2019
BSC3941-U22: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019

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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

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