Rafael Acuña Castillo
University of Costa Rica
13 Papers
20 Citations
Rafael Acuña Castillo is an academic researcher from University of Costa Rica. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Genus. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 6 publications. Previous affiliations of Rafael Acuña Castillo include University of Bonn.
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Papers
Major lineages of Loasaceae subfam. Loasoideae diversified during the Andean uplift.
Rafael Acuña Castillo,Rafael Acuña Castillo,Federico Luebert,Federico Luebert,Tilo Henning,Maximilian Weigend +5 more
TL;DR: The results presented here suggest that the historical biogeography of the continental scale radiation of Loasoideae, follows the sequence and timing of the development of temperate and mid to high-elevation habitats across South America during the Tertiary.
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Comparative anatomy of leaflets of Zamia acuminata and Z. pseudomonticola (Zamiaceae) in Costa Rica
TL;DR: It is found that both Zamia acuminata and Z pseudomonticola are very similar to each other and to Z fairchildiana, and that they share several unusual traits with other species of the genus, such as the parenchyma morphology, the spatial distribution of tissues between the veins and the stomata morphology.
A new striking and critically endangered species of Nasa (Loasaceae, Cornales) from North Peru.
Tilo Henning,Rafael Acuña Castillo,Eric F. Rodríguez Rodríguez,Luis Felipe García Llatas,Maximilian Weigend +4 more
TL;DR: Molecular and morphological data show that the new species belongs to the Nasatriphylla group, which shows a unique leaf morphology in the family Loasaceae, and faces imminent extinction.
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Leaflet anatomy of zamia disodon d.w. stev. & sabato and z. restrepoi (d.w. stev.) a. lindstr.
TL;DR: It is found that both Zamia disodon and Z. restrepoi share several unusual traits with each other and with other species of the genus, such as the parenchyma morphology, the distribution of tissues between the veins and the stomata morphology.
When the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence: Nasa (Loasaceae) rediscoveries from Peru and Ecuador, and the contribution of community science networks
Tilo Henning,Rafael Acuña Castillo,Xavier Cornejo,Paúl Gonzáles,Akira Armando Wong Sato,Maximilian Weigend +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the rediscovery of six species of Nasa (Loasaceae) from Peru and Ecuador primarily via the platform iNaturalist, is reported, which is very important from a conservation perspective.