Latitude: Subtropical

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Latitude Subtropical 26 N Temperature Cool
mo 26 C Hot mo 33 C Substrate Oolitic
limestone Rainfall Wet mo 230 mm Dry mo
33 mm
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Welcome to the John C. Gifford ArboretumUniversit
y of Miamiwww.bio.miami.edu/arboretum
Bignoniaceae

• Founded in 1947, the John C. Gifford Arboretum
  is a living collection of tropical trees.
• Family and Order Exhibits
• each is a lineage of trees with shared evolved
  characteristics
• Gymnosperms Basal Angiosperms
• several distinct lineages that retain ancient
  characteristics
• South Florida Natives
• What is a Tree?
• Maya Cocoa Garden
• Locate the exhibits on the map to the right and
  wander the trails to view the plants.
• You will discover an amazing array of forms,
  textures and scents leaves, trunks, flowers,
  fruits and chemistry, providing food, fiber,
  medicine, perfume and more, not to mention wood.
  Enjoy!

Fabaceae
Sapotaceae other Ericales
Myrtales
Moraceae other Rosales
Basal Angiosperms
Gymnosperms
Sapindales
Malvales
Euphorbiaceae other Malpighiales
What is a Tree?
South Florida Natives
Arecaceae
A PHYLOGENETIC TREE portrays evolutionary
relationships of groups of species. Groups on
nearby branches are more closely related. This
one was adapted from the Angiosperm Phylogeny
Website of the Missouri Botanical Garden (2007)
to show you how the groups of plants in the John
C. Gifford Arboretum are related.
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Maya Cocoa Garden

• RENOVATION March
  2008
• Master Plan by Geomantic Designs
• Exhibits planned and designed by John Cozza
• Funding provided by
• Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Friends of the Gifford Arboretum
• University of Miami

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Institute for Theoretical and Mathematical
Ecology University of Miami Coral Gables, FL USA

Mathematics Steve Cantrell Chris Cosner Shigui
Ruan Biology Don De Angelis Carol
Horvitz Marine Science Jerry Ault Don Olson
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Current lab group

• David Matlaga (PhD expected 2008)
• Demographic and experimental comparative ecology
  of clonal propagules vs. seedlings of a
  neotropical herb
• Carlos Garcia-Robledo (PhD expected 2009)
• Demographic, ecological and evolutionary response
  of specialist and generalist rolled-leaf
  herbivores to novel exotic host plants in the
  Zingiberales field and lab experiments
• Lucero Sevillano (PhD expected 2009)
• Demographic impact of two insects (biocontrol
  agents) on an invasive exotic tree in the
  Everglades
• John Cozza (PhD expected 2008)
• Gender plasticity and optimality in a
  neotroprical Begonia effects of light, minerals
  and developmental constraints
• Robert McElderry (PhD expected 2013)
• Not yet defined something to do with demography,
  herbivory and rarity in a tropical or subtropical
  plant

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Lab alumni

• Graduate degrees
• Kathleen Lemon (M.S. Dec. 1989)
• Ricardo Calvo (Ph.D. 1990)
• Josiane LeCorff (Ph.D. 1992)
• John Pascarella (Ph.D. 1995)
• Andrea Freedman (M.S. Dec. 1995)
• Matthew Slocum (Ph.D. 1997)
• G. Rob Burgess (M.S. Dec 2002)
• Rachel King (Ph.D. 2003)
• Derek Johnson (Ph.D. 2003)
• Tony Koop (Ph.D. 2003)
• Douglas Scofield (Ph.D. 2004)

Visiting scholars Luciano Lopes, Brazil,
Spring 2007 Eduardo Mendoza, Mexico,
2004-2005 Marco Aurelio Pizo, Brazil, Fall
1997 H. B. Vasistha, India, 1997-1998