Leptocereus velozianus

Leptocereus velozianus Clase, Y.Encarn., Peguero & Majure (2021)

🌵 Author(s)	Brígido Peguero Lucas C. Majure Teodoro Clase Yuley Encarnación
🌵 Published in	PhytoKeys 172: 23 (2021)

Etymology

Named for Dominican botanist Alberto Veloz, “who is the Head and Curator of the Herbarium JBSD of the “Dr. Rafael M. Moscoso” National Botanical Garden of Dominican Republic. For 27 years, Veloz has dedicated his life to the study of the Hispaniolan flora and has conducted extensive fieldwork across the island, with many collections from the Sierra de Bahoruco, where this new species was found. Together with other botanists he has collected over 10,000 specimens and has published several papers on the flora in national and international journals. His publications have included different approaches, such as floristics, taxonomy, ecology and conservation. Veloz has also contributed to the formation of young botanists by involving students as part of the staff in the herbarium JBSD and through fieldwork.”