NRU / Researcher

Rodrigo Duno de Stefano

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Education

• Biology. 1988.Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). Venezuela
• Master of Science in Pure and Applied Fungal Taxonomy. 1992
• Ph D in Plant Science.Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Spain 2002

Main research interest

• Systematic of the families Icacinaceae, leguminosae and Droseraceae

Actual research

• Phylogeny of the alliance Pithecellobium based on morphological and molecular characters

Recent Publications

• Torres Colín, R., R. Duno de Stefano y L. Lorena Can. 2009. El género Bauhinia (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae, Cercideae) en la Península de Yucatán (México, Belice y Guatemala). Revista Mex. Biodivers. 80: 293-301.
•  Carnevali Fernádez-Concha, R. Duno de Stefano, G. A. Romero-González, R. Balam, W. Cetzal Ix, J. L. Tapia-Muñoz & Ivón M. Ramírez. 2009. A reappraisal of the turtle-orchids, genus Chelyorchis (Oncidiinae: Orchidaceae): Molecular, phylogenetic, and morphometric approaches. J. Torrey Bot. Society 136(2): 164–185.
•  Carnevali Fernández-Concha, G., R. Duno de Stefano, J. L. Tapia Muñoz & I. M. Ramírez. 2009. Notes on the Flora of the Yucatan Peninsula IX: A reappraisal of the genus Wimmeria (Celastraceae) in the area, including the new species, Wimmeria lundelliana. Novon 19(2):150-155.
•  Duno de Stefano, R. 2008 El género Discophora Miers (Stemonuraceae) en el Neotrópico. Candollea 63(2): 177-187.
•  Carnevali Fernández-Concha, G., R. Duno de Stefano, J. L. Tapia, G. Romero & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2008. Notes on the flora of the Yucatan Peninsula X: restoration of Casearia subsessiliflora Lundell (Salicaceae), an endemic species of the Yucatan Peninsula. Candollea 63(1): 85-91.