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Fred Stauffer

Curator (PhD)

CJB

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques
Ch. de l'Impératrice 1
CP 60 CH-1292 Chambésy, Genève
Switzerland
Tél. (+41) 22 418 51 78
Fax (+41) 22 418 51 01

Research area and scientific interest

Floral structure and systematics in selected groups of the palm
(Arecaceae) family
Palm Flora of Venezuela: a floristic and systematic approach
Botanical History
Latin American type collections deposited in the Geneva Herbarium
(Project LAPI)

Ongoing research

Development and structure in the flowers of Nypa (Arecaceae:
Nypoideae). Project in collaboration with Dr. Anders Barfod (University
of Aarhus) and Dr. Paula Rudall(Jodrell Lab., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Development and structure in the flowers of Licuala peltata (Arecaceae:
Coryphoideae). Project in collaboration with Dr. Anders Barfod
(University of Aarhus).
Evolution of sexual expression in South American Palms. Project in>
collaboration with Dr. Anders Barfod (University of Aarhus).
Floral structure and systematics in Rhapis (subject of a
Master thesis by Anne Giddey) and in the complex
Chelyocarpus/Itaya/Cryosophila (subject of a Master
thesis by Felipe Castaño)

Selected publications

BISE, B., F. W. STAUFFER & P. MATTILLE. 2006. Palms at the Botanical Garden of Geneva, Switzerland. Palms 50: 39-48.

STAUFFER, F.W., R. DUNO, L. DORR, F. JACQUEMOUD y N. FUMEAUX. 2006. Contribución del Dr. José María Vargas a las ciencias botánicas en Venezuela. Acta Bot. Venez. 29: 135-164.

STAUFFER, F.W. y J. FARIÑAS. 2006. The identity of Attalea macrolepis (Burret) Wess. Boer (Arecaceae). Candollea 61(1): 83-88.

STAUFFER, F.W., L. Pappaterra-STAUFFER, R. DUNO DE STEFANO, R. RIINA, G. ORSINI y O. HUBER (in press.). Tipos de Monocotyledonae depositados en el Herbario Nacional de Venezuela (VEN). Acta Bot. Venez.

NIÑO, M., L. DORR y F.W. STAUFFER. 2005. Una nueva especie de Aiphanes (Arecaceae) de la Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela. Sida 21: 1599-1606.

STAUFFER, F. W., W. J. BAKER, J. DRANSFIELD, and P. K. ENDRESS. 2004. Comparative floral structure and systematics of Pelagodoxa and Sommieria (Arecaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 146: 27-39.

STAUFFER, F.W., C. ASMUSSEN, A. HENDERSON and P. K. ENDRESS 2003. A revision of Asterogyne (Arecaceae). Brittonia 55: 326-356.

STAUFFER, F. W., and P.K. ENDRESS. 2003. Comparative morphology of female flowers and systematics in Geonomeae (Arecaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 242: 271-203