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Discovering new plant species!
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July 1, 2026
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2:24Now PlayingDid you know that herbaria contain species unknown to science? NYBG scientist Dr. Fabián Michelangeli shows us how he uses herbarium collections to discover new species!
Check out some of his papers based on this work:
Fernandez-Hilario, Robin, et al. "Revealing the hidden biodiversity of the Andes: Eleven new species of Axinaea (Melastomataceae, Merianieae)." Phytotaxa 762.3 (2026): 201-245.
Goldenberg, Renato, Robin Fernandez-Hilario, and Fabián A. Michelangeli. "When Henriettella/Henriettea meets Loreya/Bellucia: two new species of Henriettea from Northern Peru with pedunculate inflorescences." Botany Letters 173.1 (2026): 126-139.
Luján, Manuel, et al. "Trials and tribulations of Neotropical plant taxonomy: Pace of tree species description." Plants, People, Planet 6.2 (2024): 515-527.
Michelangeli, Fabian A., and Renato Goldenberg. "A revision of the florbella group of Miconia (Melastomataceae, Miconieae) with description of three new species." Brittonia 73.1 (2021): 85-105.
Michelangeli, Fabián A., Darin S. Penneys, and Alfredo F. Fuentes. "A new species of Chalybea (Melastomataceae: Pyxidantheae) for Bolivia and comments on the ocurrence of Meriania franciscana (Melastomataceae: Merianieae)." Brittonia 77.1 (2025): 58-66.
Murillo-Serna, Jhon S., and Fabián A. Michelangeli. "Quipuanthus calcaratus (Melastomataceae, Cyphostyleae), a second species for the genus and a new genus for the Colombian flora: MURILLO-SERNA & MICHELANGELI: QUIPUANTHUS CALCARATUS." Brittonia (2025): 1-8.
Samra, Kate E., Fabián A. Michelangeli, and Eve J. Lucas. "Triolena anisophylla (Melastomataceae), a new and threatened species endemic to Panama." Kew Bulletin 79.4 (2024).
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