New species of lichens discovered in El Yunque

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Scientists have discovered two new genus and 12 species of lichens at El Yunque National Forest.

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UPR team creates a website about the flora in El Yunque

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Graduate student Fabiola Areces created a website to document the flora at El Yunque. The project Flora Virtual El Verde was lead by James Ackerman and Elvia Meléndez at the University of Puerto Rico- Río Piedras Campus and funded by Fondo Institucional para la Investigación (FIPI) , Biological Research Collections at NSF and Centro de Ecología Tropical Aplicada y Conservación (CATEC).

http://floraelverde.catec.upr.edu/