A5082123864- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Botanical Research and Applications
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and soil sciences
- Bryophyte Studies and Records
- Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Plant and animal studies
- Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
University of Caldas
2010-2025
Universidad del Rosario
2025
Jardín Botánico de Bogotá José Celestino Mutis
2023
Real Jardín Botánico
2023
Field Museum of Natural History
2018
Significance Macrolichens are considered to be well known, including the tropical montane basidiolichen fungus Dictyonema glabratum , also known as Cora pavonia an important component of threatened paramo ecosystems, where it acts a biological fertilizer due its ability fix atmospheric nitrogen. This lichen was long believed represent single species, but after revising this number 16 in two genera ( and Corella ), here we show that at least 126 phylogenetically morphologically distinct...
As part of a larger systematic and taxonomic revision the genus Sticta in northern Andes, several species were discovered forming green algal cyanobacterial photosymbiodemes, seven which are new to science described here—S. lobarioides Moncada & Coca, S. macrothallina neopulmonarioides phyllidiokunthii Lücking, pseudolobaria pulmonarioides tatamana Coca. All discussed illustrated, key with Lobaria pulmonaria gross morphology is given.
We provide a phylogenetic revision of the Pseudocyphellaria crocata complex in Americas. Specimens traditionally identified as P. crocata, based on their cyanobacterial photobiont, yellow pseudocyphellae, at least partially white medulla, and soralia or soralia-like structures, are shown to represent 13 distinct species, forming monophyletic group divided into four large clades, three comprising one species each containing eight plus two taxa for which no molecular data available. Seven...
Manuela Dal-Forno*a, Robert Lückingb, Frank Bungartzc, Alba Yánez-Ayabacad, Marcelo P. Marcellie, Adriano A. Spielmannf, Luis Fernando Cocag, José Chavesh, Andre Aptrooti, Harrie J. M. Sipmanj, Masoumeh Sikaroodi, Patrick Gilleveta & James D. Lawreyka Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444b Education, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Königin-Luise-Straße...
Abstract As part of a phylogenetic and taxonomic revision the lichenized genus Sticta in Colombia, six new species with apotheciate thalli but lacking vegetative propagules are described: atroandensis Moncada & Lücking sp. nov., S. brevior lumbschiana macrocyphellata Coca parahumboldtii pseudohumboldtii nov. The last two related to humboldtii phylogenetically distinct differ details cyphellae morphology spot reactions. is similar andensis has dark lower tomentum, whereas belongs kunthii...
A new species of passion flower from the Cordillera Central Colombian Andes is here described; Passiflora kumandayi M.A. Buitrago A. & Coca (subgenus Decaloba, supersection Auriculata). This species, along with five other closely related Andean comprise a monophyletic group characterized by paired branched inflorescences and small flowers short or absent androgynophores. provisional key to in newly described section Apodae presented. illustrated its affinities are discussed based on...
Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region is well-established as universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi. Here we examined the utility of barcoding delimiting species in lichenized Basidiomycota from Colombia, focusing on genus Sulzbacheromyces (Lepidostromatales). The topology best-scoring maximum likelihood tree based ITS data shows eight separate, well-supported lineages within Sulzbacheromyces, including six already known S. caatingae Brazil, miomboensis De Kesel & Ertz...
Twelve species of Coccocarpia are now recognized with distribution in Colombia (C. dissecta Swinsc. & Krog, C. domingensis Vain., epiphylla (Fée) Kremp., erythroxyli (Spreng.) filiformis L. Arvidss., glaucina imbricascens Nyl., palmicola Arvidss. D. Gall., pellita (Ach.) Müll. Arg., prostrata Lücking, Aptroot Sipman, stellata Tuck. and tenuissima Arg.), four which new records for the country. Anatomical morphological descriptions provided each species, together results from chemical tests K,...
We describe and illustrate Zamia imbricata Z. sinuensis, two new species (Zamiaceae, Cycadales) from the Magdalena-Urabá moist forests ecoregion of northern Colombia. The appear to belong manicata clade, an assemblage strongly supported by recent molecular phylogenetic analyses which shares a set morphological characters such as hypogeous semi-hypogeous stems, distinctly toothed leaflets, long peduncles, megasporophylls with relatively flat shields, diminutive pollen cones containing...
As a result of botanical and lichenological expeditions in the Colombian Andean-Amazonian Piedmont, Brazilian Amazon, Veracruz, Mexico, new species Sulzbacheromyces was discovered is here described based on morphological, anatomical, molecular characters. S. leucodontium differs from other neotropical genus by having white basidiomata colonial algae thallus represents with widest distribution Americas, Mexico to Brazil. In addition, most complete phylogenetic reconstruction date presented as...
Coccocarpia Pers. currently comprises 28 mostly broadly distributed tropical species of fungi lichenized with cyanobacteria. Three these taxa, C. erythroxyli, palmicola, and pellita, are presumably pantropical to subcosmopolitan, broad morphological variation across their range. This study aimed at presenting a first global phylogeny the genus, test current concepts inferred distribution patterns, based on samples from Colombia, Puerto Rico, Gabon, Kenya, Thailand, Fiji, Hawaii. We also...
En Colombia, Melastomataceae es altamente diversa y juega un importante papel ecológico en sus ecosistemas. Debido a su alta diversidad la importancia de varias especies el remanente boscoso conocido como "Los Bosques La Esmeralda o del Embalse San Francisco", se realizó inventario, descripción clave taxonómica las presentes esta zona. Se registran 12 especies, distribuidas seis géneros. Los géneros que predominaron fueron Miconia (6) Clidemia (3). El hábito predominó fue arbustivo (50%),...