Researchers at MO Rosa del C. Ortiz Curatorial Assistant Colombia Program Coordinator Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA office phone: + 1-314-577-5171 fax: +1-314-577-0820 email: rosa.ortiz-gentry@mobot.org Ph.D. Candidate. University of Missouri-St. Louis M.S., University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2000 B.S., National University of the Peruvian Amazon, 1986 General Research Interests Systematics and phylogeny of Menispermaceae Research Emphases Systematics of Menispermaceae including species level taxonomy, tribal and generic delimitation, and phylogenetic relationships Current Projects Menispermaceae flora treatments for Flora Mesoamericana, Flora of Colombia, and Flora of Peru Co-editor and contributor for the Checklist of Vascular Plants of the Antioquia Department, Colombia Morphological diversity, biogeography, and phylogenetic affinities of Menispermaceae Selected Publications Ortiz, R. 2006 (2007). Menispermaceae endémicas del Perú. En: Leon, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano (eds.). El Libro rojo de las plantas endémicas del Perú. Rev. Per. Biol. 13(2): 454s. Ortiz, R. 2005. Menispermaceae. In: Flórula de Amacayacu (Amazonía, Colombia). Ortiz, R. 2001. Menispermaceae In: Flora de Nicaragua. Missouri Bot. Gard. Systematic Botany Monographs 85: 1432-1442. Ortiz, R. 1997b. Menispermaceae. In: Flórula de las Reservas Biológicas de Iquitos. Missouri Bot. Gard. Systematic Botany Monographs 63: 457-500. Ortiz, R. 1997a. Iquitos Region. Peru and Colombia. In: Davis, S.D., V.H. Heywood, O. Herrera-MacBride, J. Villa-Lobos & A.C. Hamilton (eds.). Centres of Plant Diversity. A guide and strategy for their conservation. Vol. 3. The Americas. The World Wide Fund for Nature and IUCN-The world Conservation Unit. Pp. 349-354. Ortiz, R. 1993. Patrones de composición florística en la Amazonía Peruana. In: Kalliola, R., M. Puhakka & W. Danjoy (eds.). PAUT & ONERN, Jyväskylä. Finland. Pp. 155-166. [with A.H. Gentry]. Ortiz, R. 1992. A new species of Aptandra (Olacaceae) from Amazonian Peru. Novon 2: 153-154 [with A.H. Gentry]. See also: Tropical America: Common Genera of Menispermaceae This page was revised 06/18/07