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.