Frank Almeda

Frank Almeda (born 1946), U.S: botanist specialized in Melastomataceae.

California Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, Department of Botany, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118-4503, United States of America (in 2018, 2022)

IPNI standard form: Almeda

Taxon names authored

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18 taxon names authored by Frank Almeda

Publications

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Berry, P.E., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Morley, T., Michelangeli, F.A., Luckana, N.G., Almeda, F., Renner, S.S., Freire-Fierro, A., Robinson, O.R. & Yatskievych, K. 2001. Melastomataceae. Pp. 263–528 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6, Liliaceae–Myrsinaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-81-9. Reference page.
Almeda, F. 2001. Melastomataceae Juss. Pp. 1339–1419 in Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, Vol. 2, Angiospermas (Fabaceae–Oxalidaceae). (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online Reference page.
Almeda, F., Berry, P.E., Freire-Fierro, A., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Luckana, N.G., Michelangeli, F.A., Morley, T., Penney, D., Renner, S.S., Robinson, O.R., Wurdack, J.J. (†) & Yatskievych, K. 2007. Melastomataceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 397–417. BHL Reference page.
Almeda, F. 2007. Melastomataceae. Pp. 394–574 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VI, Dicotiledóneas (Haloragaceae–Phytolaccaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-60-3. Reference page.
Almeda, F. 2009. 180. Melastomataceae. Pp. 164–338 in Davidse, G., Sousa S., M., Knapp, S. & Chiang, F. (eds.), Flora Mesoamericana, Vol. 4, Parte 1, Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis; The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-607-02-0901-7. Online Reference page.
Penneys, D.S., Michelangeli, F.A., Judd, W.S. & Almeda, F. 2010. Henrietteeae (Melastomataceae): a new neotropical berry-fruited tribe. Systematic Botany 35(4): 783-800. DOI: 10.1600/036364410X539862 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Ocampo, G. & Almeda, F. 2013. Seed diversity in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae): morphological characterization and phenetic relationships. Phytotaxa 80(1): 1–129. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.80.1.1 Reference page.
Grimm, D. & Almeda, F. 2013. Systematics, phylogeny, and biogeography of Chaetolepis (Melastomataceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 7(1): 217–263. JSTOR BHL Reference page.
Michelangeli, F.A., Goldenberg, R., Almeda, F., Judd, W.S., Bécquer, E.R., Ocampo, G., Ionta, G.M., Skean, J.D., Jr., Majure, L.C. & Penneys, D.S., 2019[2018]. Nomenclatural novelties in Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae). Brittonia 71(1): 82–121. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-018-9546-0 ResearchGate Reference page.
Bochorny, T., Michelangeli, F.A., Almeda, F. & Goldenberg, R. 2019. Phylogenetics, morphology and circumscription of Cambessedesieae: a new Neotropical tribe of Melastomataceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 190(3): 281-302. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boz018 . Reference page.
Penneys, D.S., Almeda, F., Michelangeli, F.A., Goldenberg, R., Martins, A.B. & Fritsch, P.W. 2020. Lithobieae and Eriocnemeae: two new Neotropical tribes of Melastomataceae. Phytotaxa 453(3): 157-178. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.453.3.1 Reference page.
Bartholomew, B. & Almeda, F. 2023. Nomenclator botanicus of Fagaceae in Latin America. Phytotaxa 580(1): 1–97. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.580.1.1 . Reference page.