Diplostephium is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Asteraceae.
Floscaldasia is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Paragynoxys is a genus of South American flowering plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.
Guarea caulobotrys is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Tessmannianthus quadridomius is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Jerzy Rzedowski Rotter was a Polish-born Mexican botanist, whose focus was on Mexican floristics, taxonomy, and ecology.
José Cuatrecasas (1903–1996) was a Spanish botanist. He was born on March 19, 1903, in Camprodon, Catalonia, Spain.
Alibertia patinoi, commonly known as borojó, is a small (2-5m), dioecious tropical rainforest tree, one of the few edible fruit bearing species in the Rubiaceae family. Borojó, native to the world's wettest lowlands, grows in the Chocó Department of northwestern Colombia and in the Esmeraldas Province of northwestern Ecuador.
Francis Raymond Fosberg was an American botanist. A prolific collector and author, he played a significant role in the development of coral reef and island studies.
Ascidiogyne is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Flosmutisia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Garcibarrigoa is a genus of South American flowering plants in the daisy family.
Arbelaezaster is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.
Sumapaz Páramo is a large páramo ecosystem located in the Altiplano Cundiboyacense mountain range, considered the largest páramo ecosystem in the world. It was declared a National Park of Colombia in 1977 because of its importance as a biodiversity hotspot and main source of water for the most densely populated area of the country, the Bogotá savanna.
Philip Barry Tomlinson is a British botanist specializing in tropical botany. He graduated in Biology BSc and Botany PhD from University of Leeds. He is the Edward C. Jeffrey Professor of Biology, Emeritus at Harvard Forest, Harvard University. He was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1999.
Walter S. Judd is an American botanist and taxonomist, and distinguished professor in the Department of Botany, University of Florida since 2009.
Mireya Dorotea Correa Arroyo was a Panamanian botanist and plant taxonomist known for her work with the flora of Panama.
Beryl B. Simpson is a professor emerita in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously she was an associate curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in the Department of Botany. She studies plant systematics and tropical botany, focusing on angiosperms found in the American Southwest, Mexico, and Central and South America. She was awarded the José Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany for her decades of work on the subject.
Ana Maria Giulietti Harley is a Brazilian biochemist, botanist, and educator known for researching Eriocaulaceae, as well as her work at the University of São Paulo, State University of Feira de Santana, and Vale Institute of Technology. She has described over 70 species and gathered over 300 specimens. She was the 2013 recipient of the José Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany. The standard author abbreviation Giul. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Jose Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany was initiated in 2001 by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, USA. It is named after José Cuatrecasas, a pioneering botanist and taxonomist who worked on the flora of tropical South America. It is awarded annually to a scientist who has made a very significant contribution to advancing the field of tropical botany. Nominations for the award can be made by all in the Botany Department at the museum.
