Researchers at MO
	Peter Møller Jørgensen, Ph.D., Curator Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA - Adjunct Associate Professor and Research Associate Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis - Associated Investigator ad honorem, Catholic University, Quito, Ecuador office phone: + 1-314-577-9411 fax: +1-314-577-0820 email: peter.jorgensen@mobot.org Ph.D., Aarhus University (Denmark), 1993 M.S., Aarhus University (Denmark), 1985 Research Interests and Emphases
	Neotropical floristics and conservation Passifloraceae, Olacaceae and Santalaceae Catalogue of Bolivian Vascular Plants Botanical Inventory of the Madidi Region Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador Selected Publications Jørgensen, P.M., M.J. Macía, T.J. Killeen & S.G. Beck. 2005 [2006]. Estudios botánicos de la región Madidi, Ecología en Bolivia, Edición especial, 40(3): i–iii, 1-452. Sklenar, P., J. Luteyn, C. Ulloa Ulloa, P.M. Jørgensen & M. Dillon (eds.) 2005. Flora Genérica de los Páramos — Guía Ilustrada de las Plantas vasculares. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 92: i-xiii, 1-499. Ulloa Ulloa, C., S. Álvarez Molina, P.M. Jørgensen & D. Minga. 2004 [2005]. Cien plantas silvestres del  páramo / One hundred wild plants from the páramo — Parque Nacional Cajas, Azuay Ecuador. Spanish/ English edition. Pp. 1–236. ETAPA, Cuenca. Rodríguez-Mahecha, J.V., P. Salaman, P. Jørgensen, T. Consiglio, L. Suárez, F. Arjona, & R. Bensted-Smith. 2004. Tropical Andes. Pp. 73–79. In: R.A. Mittermeier, P. Robles-Gil, M. Hoffmann, J.D. Pilgrim, T.M. Brooks, C.G. Mittermeier, & G. Fonseca. Hotspots Revisited: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Ecoregions. Second Edition. Cemex, Mexico. Rodríguez-Mahecha, J.V., P. Salaman, P. Jørgensen, T. Consiglio, E. Forno, A. Telesca, L. Suárez, F. Arjona, F. Rojas, R. Bensted-Smith, & V.H. Inchausty. 2004. Tumbez–Chóco–Magdalena. P.p. 80–84. In: R.A. Mittermeier, P. Robles-Gil, M. Hoffmann, J.D. Pilgrim, T.M. Brooks, C.G. Mittermeier, & G. Fonseca. Hotspots Revisited: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Ecoregions. Second Edition. Cemex, Mexico. P.M. Jørgensen. 2004 [2005]. Three new species of Passiflora subgenus Decaloba (Passifloraceae) from Ecuador. Nord. J. Bot. 23(1): 11–19. Vargas, J.H., T. Consiglio, P.M. Jørgensen & T.B. Croat. 2004. Modeling distribution patterns in a species-rich plant genus Anthurium (Araceae), in Ecuador. Diversity and Distributions 10: 211-216. Jørgensen, P.M. & M. Weigend. 2004. Passiflora inca a New Species of Passifloraceae from Peru and Bolivia. Novon 14(1): 79-83. Pitman, N.C.A & P.M. Jørgensen. 2002. Estimating the Size of the World's Threatened Flora. - Science 298: 989. Jørgensen, P.M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 2002. 30B. Olacaceae. In: G. Harling & L. Andersson, (eds.) Flora of Ecuador. 69: 59-104. Ulloa Ulloa, C. & P.M. Jørgensen. 2002. 31. Santalaceae. In: G. Harling & L. Andersson, (eds.) Flora of Ecuador. 69: 105-118. Pitman, N.C.A., P.M. Jørgensen, R.S.R. Williams, S. León-Yánez & R. Valencia. 2002. Extinction-Rate Estimates for a modern Neotropical Flora. Conservation Biology 16(5): 1427-1431. Ulloa Ulloa, C., P.M. Jørgensen & M.O. Dillon. 2002. Arnaldoa argentea (Barnadesioideae: Asteraceae), a New Species and a New Generic Record for Ecuador. Novon 12(3): 415-419. Ulloa Ulloa, C. & P.M. Jørgensen 2002. Sobre la presencia del género Arnaldoa (Asteraceae) en el Ecuador, pp. 305-309 In: Z. Aguirre M., J. E. Madsen, E. Cotton & H. Balslev (eds.), Botánica Austroecuatoriana - Estudios sobre los recursos vegetales en las provincias de El Oro, Loja y Zamora-Chinchipe. Ediciones Abya Yala, Quito. Picker, T. & P.M. Jørgensen 2001. Epiphyte diversity in Ecuador - a Geographical Information System (GIS) project. In: J. Nieder & W. Barthlott (eds.) Epiphytes and Canopy Fauna of the Otonga Rain Forest (Ecuador). J. Nieder & W. Barthlott. Bonn. Valencia, R., N. Pitman, S. León-Yánez & P.M. Jørgensen 2000. Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador 2000. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Quito. Jørgensen, P.M. & S. León (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the Vascular plants of Ecuador. Monograph. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i-vii, 1-1181. Sklenar, P. & P.M. Jørgensen. 1999. Distribution of páramo plants in Ecuador. Journal of Biogeography. 26(4): 681-691. P.M. Jørgensen & J. M. MacDougal. 1997. Three new species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) from Ecuador and notes on Passiflora viridecens. Novon 7: 379-386. Jørgensen, P.M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa, R. Valencia R., & J.E. Madsen. 1995. A Floristic Analysis of the High Andes of Ecuador. Pp. 221-237 in S.P. Churchill, H. Balslev, E. Forero & J.L. Luteyn (editors), Biodiversity and Conservation of the Neotropical Montane Forests. The New York Botanical Garden, New York. Jørgensen, P.M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador - a checklist. AAU Rep. 34: 1-460. Ulloa Ulloa, C. & P.M. Jørgensen, 1993. Arboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador. AAU Rep. 30: 1-264. (also available in a second edition through Abya-Yala, Quito). Jørgensen, P.M. & C. Ulloa U. (eds.), 1989. Estudios Botánicos del la Reserva ENDESA, Pichincha -Ecuador. AAU Rep. 22: 1-138. Holm-Nielsen, L.B., P.M. Jørgensen, & J.E. Lawesson, 1988. 126. Passifloraceae. In G. Harling & L. Andersson (editors), Flora of Ecuador 31: 1-130. This page was revised 05/07/09.