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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
Welcome to the John C. Gifford Arboretum
University of Miami
Bignoniaceae
www.bio.miami.edu/arboretum
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!
Gymnosperms &
Basal Angiosperms:
Arecaceae:
the palm family
bearers of cones
and ancient flowers
Fabaceae
Sapotaceae &
other Ericales
Myrtales
Moraceae &
other Rosales
Myrtales:
the guava, tropical almond,
henna, and princess flower order
Basal
Angiosperms
Euphorbiaceae
& other Malpighiales:
the spurge family, a part of the
passion flower, willow and
and fried egg tree order
Gymnosperms
Fabaceae:
the bean, mimosa,
and poinciana family
eurosids I
eurosids II
Malvales:
Euphorbiaceae
& other
Malpighiales
the hibiscus, kapok, cocoa,
baobab, and dipterocarp order
rosids
What is a
Tree?
Sapindales:
the lychee, mahogany, mango,
citrus, and gumbo limbo order
eudicots
Sapotaceae
& other Ericales:
asterids
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.
Sapindales
Moraceae
& other Rosales:
the fig family, a part of the
rose, hemp, and elm order
monocots
Malvales
South Florida
Natives
Arecaceae
the sapodilla family, a part of the
ebony, brazil nut, and tea order
euasterids I
Bignoniaceae:
the trumpet tree
and jacaranda family
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
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
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
connection
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