• First report of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in Costa Rica 

      Villalobos Muller, William; Hollis, David; Godoy Cabrera, Ivania Carolina; Rivera Herrero, Carmen (2005-09)
      The Asian psyllid was reported in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Costa Lima (1942) and by Catling (1970). In June 1998, the insect was detected in Florida and by September 2000 this pest had spread to 31 Florida counties ...
    • First report of naturalization of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. 1783 (Piperales: Saururaceae) in South America 

      Válka Alves, Ruy José; Medeiros, Débora; Loyola de Moura, Ricardo; Trinidade de Gusmao, Luiza Carla; Gonçalves da Silva, Nílber; Antunes, Kelly; Matozinhos, Carolina; Blanco Coto, Mario Alberto (2013)
      A relatively large and established population of Houttuynia cordata from Itatiaia National Park in Brazil represents the first record of naturalized Saururaceae in South America. Although the species is potentially invasive, ...
    • First Report of Tomato chlorosis virus Infecting Sweet Pepper in Costa Rica 

      Vargas Zamora, José A.; Hernández Jiménez, Eduardo José; Barboza Vargas, Natalia María; Mora Umaña, Floribeth; Ramírez Fonseca, Pilar; Hammond, Rosemarie W. (2011-11)
      In September 2008, a survey of whiteflies and whitefly-borne viruses was performed in 11 pepper-growing greenhouses in the province of Cartago, Costa Rica. During this survey, the vast majority of sweet pepper (Capsicum ...
    • First Report of Tomato chlorotic spot virus infecting Pepper and Common Bean in Cuba 

      González Alvarez, H.; Chang Sidorchuk, Lidia; Barboza Vargas, Natalia María; González Arias, G.; Martínez Zubiaur, Yamila (2017)
    • First Report of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in Tomato in Costa Rica 

      Barboza Vargas, Natalia María; Blanco Meneses, Mónica; Hallwass, M.; Moriones Alonso, Enrique; Inoue Nagata, Alice Kazuko (2014)
      One of the most important invasive and harmful members of the genus Begomovirus (family Geminiviridae) is the monopartite Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), which is widespread over the world associated with tomato ...
    • Flora costaricensis. Family #39 Orchidaceae: Tribe Cymbidieae: Subtribe Zygopetalinae 

      Pupulin, Franco (2010)
      Although they only represent a small portion (around four percent) of the Costa Rican orchid flora, species of Zygopetalinae are frequently grown (and often avidly collected) for horticultural purposes, and their study is ...
    • Flora del Sotobosque de la Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes 

      Barrantes Lobo, Teresa (Universidad de Costa Rica. Sede de Occidente, 2004, 2004)
      Se describe, mediante ilustraciones, las características de las hojas, tallos y flores de las plantas del Sotobosque de la Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes, ubicada en San Ramón, Alajuela. Contiene información acerca ...
    • Flora introduced and naturalized in Central America 

      Rojas Sandoval, Julissa; Ferrufino Acosta, Lilian; Flores Jiménez, Rodolfo; Galán, Pablo; López, Omar; MacVean, AnaLu; Rodríguez Delcid, Dagoberto; Ruiz, Yader; Chacón Madrigal, Eduardo (2022)
      Successful control and prevention of biological invasions depend on identifying the sources, vectors, and pathways that are more likely to originate new invasions. Within this context, updated local and regional checklists ...
    • Florae costaricensis subtribui Pleurothallidinis (Orchidaceae) prodromus II. Systematics of the Pleurothallis cardiothallis and P. phyllocardia Groups, and Other Related Groups of Pleurothallis with Large Vegetative Habit 

      Pupulin, Franco; Belfort Oconitrillo, Noelia; Díaz Morales, Melissa; Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo; Aguilar Velásquez, Jaime (2021)
      We discuss a group of Pleurothallis species mostly characterized by plants relatively tall for the genus, with stems more than 20 cm long and fasciculate inflorescences produced above the leaf from a spathaceous, sometimes ...
    • Florae costaricensis subtribui pleurothallidinis prodromus—Systematics of Echinosepala (Orchidaceae) 

      Pupulin, Franco; Belfort Oconitrillo, Noelia; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo (2020-12)
      We provide a general introduction to the prodromi to Flora Costaricensis, and an introduction to the precursors of subtribe Pleurothallidinae. We present a systematic revision of the genus Echinosepala for the flora of ...
    • Floral anatomy and evolution of pollination syndromes in Lepanthes and close relatives 

      Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo; Fernández Campos, Melania; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Pupulin, Franco; Smets, Erik; Gravendeel, Barbara (2019-07)
      Pleurothallidinae is the largest Neotropical orchid subtribe encompassing >5100 species that are mainly dipteran-pollinated. Various pollination syndromes, targeting hump-backed flies (Phoridae), fungal gnats (Sciaridae), ...
    • Floral elaiophores in Lockhartia Hook. (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae): their distribution, diversity and anatomy 

      Blanco Coto, Mario Alberto; Davies, Kevin L.; Stpiczynska, Malgorzata; Carlsward, Barbara; Ionta, Gretchen M.; Gerlach, Günter (2013)
      Background and Aims: A significant proportion of orchid species assigned to subtribe Oncidiinae produce floral oil as a food reward that attracts specialized bee pollinators. This oil is produced either by glabrous glands ...
    • Florecimientos de dinoflagelados nocivos en la costa Pacífica de Costa Rica 

      Vargas Montero, Maribelle; Freer Bustamante, Enrique; Guzmán, Jonathan C.; Vargas, Juan Carlos (Hidrobiológica. Vol. 18 No. 1 • 2008, 2008)
      Desde 1979 se han reportado florecimientos de especies de microalgas nocivas (FAN) en la costa Pacífica de Costa Rica, reconociéndose hasta el 2005 al menos 13 taxa de dinoflagelados. En años recientes estos fenómenos se ...
    • Flores y frutos de la Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes 

      Sánchez Porras, Ronald; Mora Chaves, Víctor (San Ramón, Alajuela, 2011)
      Representa una muestra representativa de la flora y frutos de la Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes y ha sido elaborada para personas que empiezan a incursionar en el campo científico y para aquellas aficionadas a las ...
    • Flower consumption, ambient temperature and rainfall modulate drinking behavior in a folivorous-frugivorous arboreal mammal 

      Chaves Badilla, Oscar Mauricio; Fortes, Vanessa B.; Hass, Gabriela P.; Azevedo, Renata B.; Stoner, Kathryn E; Bicca Marques, Julio César (2021)
      Water is vital for the survival of any species because of its key role in most physiological processes. However, little is known about the non-food-related water sources exploited by arboreal mammals, the seasonality of ...
    • Flowers, sex and lies - The scandalous pollination of Lepanthes 

      Blanco Coto, Mario Alberto (2005)
      El texto hace referencia a las orquídeas, para este caso toma en cuenta la especie de Lepanthes, se centra en tres aspectos importantes: la reproducción, las mentiras y la polinización de esta planta.
    • Foraminifera 

      Mora Baumgartner, Claudia; Nielsen Muñoz, Vanessa; Cortés Núñez, Jorge (I.S. Wehrtmann, J. Cortés (eds.) Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer., 2009)
      Eighty-four species of benthic and one species of planktonic Foraminifera, classified under 40 genera and 34 families reported for Costa Rica are listed in this paper. These lists are based on literature data and ongoing ...
    • Forest in a changing world 

      Markham, John; Fernández Otárola, Mauricio (2016)
      Forest ecosystems have been used for human populations over millennia. Even today, forests provide a large amount of resources and environmental services for modern human populations, but disturbance caused by human ...
    • Four new species of Lockhartia (Orchidaceae, Oncidiinae) 

      Blanco Coto, Mario Alberto (2014)
      Four new species of Lockhartia are described and illustrated: L. compacta from Bolivia, L. endresiana from Costa Rica, L. rugosifolia from Ecuador and Peru, and L. tenuiflora from Ecuador and Colombia. Comments are given ...
    • Four new species of Pleurothallis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from the Valle del Cauca Department in Colombia 

      Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Rodríguez Martínez, Lizeth; Rincón Useche, Cristian (2017)
      Pleurothallis indecora, P. juvenilis, P. lueriana and P. queremalensis are described from material collected in the municipality of Dagua, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The four species were found during field ...