Dr. Benjamin W. van Ee Smit

Ph.D. en Botánica, Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison

Oficina

  • B-052
  • Extensión 3914

Áreas de Interés/Especialidad

  • Taxonomía de Plantas (Evolución de Plantas, Filogenética, Taxonomía y Biogeografía)
  • Botánica

Cursos

  • BIOL 4335 (Evolución)
  • BIOL 4901 (Problemas Especiales en Biología I)
  • BIOL 4902 (Problemas Especiales en Biología II)
  • BIOL 6990 (Tesis)
  • BIOL 6991 (Estudios Especiales en Biología I)

Proyectos de investigación en progreso

  • Curación de especímenes de herbario

Publicaciones

  • Berry, P.E., K. Kainulainen, and B. van Ee. 2017. A nomenclator of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) in Madagascar, the Comoros Archipelago, and the Mascarene Islands. PhytoKeys 90: 1–87. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.90.20586.
  • Kainulainen, K., B. van Ee, H. Razafindraibe, and P.E. Berry. 2017. A revision of the Adenophorus Group and other glandular-leaved species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from northern Madagascar and Mayotte, including three new species. Candollea 72(2): 371–402.
  • Haber, E.A., K. Kainulainen, B. van Ee, B.O. Oyserman, and P.E. Berry. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships of a major diversification of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) in the Western Indian Ocean region. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 532–544. doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/box004.
  • Kainulainen, K., P.E. Berry, and B. van Ee. 2017. Rediscovery of two species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from littoral habitats of eastern Madagascar. Candollea 72(1): 35–44. dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2017v721a5.
  • Arévalo, R., B. van Ee, R. Riina, P.E. Berry, and A.C. Wiedenhoeft. 2017. Force of habit: trees, shrubs, and the evolution of diversity in wood anatomical traits. Annals of Botany. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcw243.
  • Berry, P.E., B. van Ee, K. Kainulainen, and L. Achtemeier. 2016. Croton cupreolepis (Euphorbiaceae), a New Coppery-lepidote Tree Species from Eastern Madagascar. Systematic Botany, 41(4): 977–982. doi: 10.1600/036364416X694099.
  • Kainulainen, K., B. van Ee, P. Antilahimena, H. Razafindraibe, and P.E. Berry. 2016. New species and species reports of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from the eastern forest corridor of Madagascar. Candollea 71(3): 327–356. dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2016v712aX.
  • Berry, P.E., B. van Ee, K. Kainulainen, and H. Razafindraibe. 2016. Croton aleuritoides P.E. Berry (Euphorbiaceae), a distinctive new tree species from Montagne des Français in northern Madagascar. Candollea 71(2): 181–188. dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2016v712a3.
  • Berry, P.E. and B. van Ee. 2016. Astraea. Pp. 205–206. In Levin, G.A. and L. Gillespie (eds.) Flora of North America: Volume 12: Magnoliophyta: Vitaceae to Garryaceae. ISBN: 978-0-19-064372-0.
  • Van Ee, B. and P.E. Berry. 2016. Croton. Pp. 206–224. In Levin, G.A. and L. Gillespie (eds.) Flora of North America: Volume 12: Magnoliophyta: Vitaceae to Garryaceae. ISBN: 978-0-19-064372-0.
  • Berry, P.E., R. Riina, and B. van Ee. 2016. Croton. In Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein, and M. Celis (eds.). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  • Furlan, C.M., K.P. Santos, M.D. Sedano, L. Barbosa Motta, D.Y.A.C. Santos, M.L. Faria Salatino, G. Negri, P.E. Berry, B. van Ee, and A. Salatino. 2015. Flavonoids and antioxidant potential of nine Argentinian species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae). Brazilian Journal of Botany 38(4) 693–702. doi: 10.1007/s40415-014-0115-9
  • Van Ee, B., P.I. Forster, and P.E. Berry. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships and a new sectional classification of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany, 28: 219–233.
  • Berry, P.E., R. Riina, and B. van Ee. 2014. Croton. Pp. 593–598. In Jørgensen, P.M. M.H. Nee, and S.G. Beck (eds.) Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Bolivia. St. Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
  • Berry, P.E. and B. van Ee. 2014. Astraea. P. 591. In Jørgensen, P.M. M.H. Nee, and S.G. Beck (eds.) Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Bolivia. St. Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
  • Givnish, T.J., M.H.J. Barfuss, B. van Ee, R. Riina, K. Schulte, R. Horres, P.A. Gonsiska, R.S. Jabaily, D.M. Crayn, J.A.C. Smith, K. Winter, G.K. Brown, T.M. Evans, B.K. Holst, H. Luther, W. Till, G. Zizka, P.E. Berry, and K.J. Sytsma. 2014. Adaptive radiation, correlated and contingent evolution, and net species diversification in Bromeliaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 55–78. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.10.010
  • Horn, J.W., B. van Ee, J.J. Morawetz, R. Riina, V.W. Steinmann, P.E. Berry, and K.J. Wurdack. 2012. Phylogenetics and the evolution of major structural characters in the giant genus Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(2): 305–326. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.02
  • Van Ee, B., K.N. Gandhi, and P.E. Berry. 2011. Nomenclature and taxonomy of Croton glabellus L. (Euphorbiaceae), a widespread Caribbean species. Taxon 60(5): 1489–1494.
  • Berry, P.E., B. van Ee, and E. Haber. 2011. Resolving the tangled identity of Croton chrysodaphne (Euphorbiaceae) in Madagascar. Candollea 66(1): 113–118.
  • Berry, P.E. and B. van Ee. 2011. Recognition of Croton multicostatus (Euphorbiaceae) as native to Madagascar. Candollea 66(1): 109–112.
  • Caruzo, M.B.R., B. van Ee, I. Cordeiro, P.E. Berry, and R. Riina. 2011. Evolutionary history of the “sacaca” group: molecular phylogenetics of Croton section Cleodora (Euphorbiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 60(2): 193–206.
  • Van Ee, B. 2011. The contribution of Johann Friedrich Klotzsch to the taxonomy of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) and associated genera. Willdenowia 41(1): 15–33. doi.org/10.3372/wi.41.41102
  • Van Ee, B., R. Riina, and P.E. Berry. 2011. A revised infrageneric classification and molecular phylogeny of New World Croton (Euphorbiaceae). Taxon 60(3): 791–823.
  • Givnish, T.J., M.H.J. Barfuss, B. van Ee, R. Riina, K. Schulte, R. Horres, P.A. Gonsiska, R.S. Jabaily, D.M. Crayn, J.A.C. Smith, K. Winter, G.K. Brown, T.M. Evans, B.K. Holst, H. Luther, W. Till, G. Zizka, P.E. Berry, and K.J. Sytsma. 2011. Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: insights from an eight-locus plastid phylogeny. American Journal of Botany 98(5): 872–895.
  • Van Ee, B. 2011. (2012) Proposal to reject the name Heptallon simplex (Euphorbiaceae). Taxon 60(2): 604.
  • Van Ee, B. and P.E. Berry. 2011. Croton section Pedicellati (Euphorbiaceae), a novel New World group, and a new subsectional classification of Croton section Lamprocroton. Systematic Botany 36(1): 88–98.
  • Christenhusz, M.J.M., W. Baker, M.W. Chase, M.F. Fay, S. Lehtonen, B. van Ee, M. von Konrat, T. Lumbsch, K.S. Renzaglia, J. Shaw, D.M. Williams, and Z.Q. Zhang. 2011. The first anniversary of Phytotaxa in the International Year of Biodiversity. Phytotaxa 15: 1–8.
  • Van Ee, B. 2010. (1980–1981) Proposals to conserve the name Croton arboreus Millsp. against C. arboreus Shecut and to reject the name C. citrifolius (Euphorbiaceae). Taxon 59(6): 1898–1899.
  • Riina, R., B. van Ee, A.C. Wiedenhoeft, A. Cardozo, and P.E. Berry. 2010. Sectional rearrangement of arborescent clades of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) in South America: Evolution of arillate seeds and a new species, Croton domatifer. Taxon 59(4): 1147–1160.
  • Van Ee, B. 2010. (1941–1942) Proposals to conserve the names Acidocroton and A. adelioides (Euphorbiaceae) with conserved types. Taxon 59(3): 980. [unanimously approved]
  • Van Ee, B. and P.E. Berry. 2010. Typification notes for Croton (Euphorbiaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 15(1): 73–84.
  • Van Ee, B. and P.E. Berry. 2010. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Croton section Heptallon (Euphorbiaceae). Systematic Botany 35(1): 151–167.
  • Riina, R., P.E. Berry, and B. van Ee. 2009. Molecular phylogenetics of the dragon’s blood Croton section Cyclostigma (Euphorbiaceae), a polyphyletic assemblage unraveled. Systematic Botany 34(2): 360–374.
  • Van Ee, B. and P.E. Berry. 2009. The circumscription of Croton section Crotonopsis (Euphorbiaceae), a North American endemic. Harvard Papers in Botany 14(1): 61–70.
  • Van Ee, B., P.E. Berry, and S. Ginzbarg. 2009. An assessment of the varieties of Croton glandulosus (Euphorbiaceae) in the United States. Harvard Papers in Botany 14(1): 45–59.
  • Van Ee, B. and P.E. Berry. 2009. A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of Croton (Euphorbiaceae s.s.) on Jamaica including the description of Croton jamaicensis, a new species of section Eluteria. Systematic Botany 34(1): 129–140.
  • Cordeiro, I., P.E. Berry, M.B.R. Caruzo, and B. van Ee. 2008. Croton laceratoglandulosus (Euphorbiaceae s.s.), a new glandular-stipitate species from Brazil and Bolivia, and its systematic position based on molecular analysis. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 493–498.