Alan Meerow

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Alan W. Meerow is an American botanist, born in New York City in 1952. He specializes in the taxonomy of the family Amaryllidaceae and the horticulture of palms and tropical ornamental plants. He also works on the population genetics and molecular systematics of cycads and palms.

He studied at the Bronx High School of Science and then at the University of New York. Dropping out after a year, aged 19, he moved to Santa Cruz, California. After living on a farm for four years he decided to resume his studies in botany and horticulture at the University of California.

Initially his interest in botany was focused on trees, working for three years in the arboretum of the University. He graduated in December 1978 and continued his postgraduate study at the University of Florida, after working for two years at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida, where his interest in Amaryllidaceae was stimulated. His master's thesis, in 1983, was on the taxonomy of the genus Eucharis. He continued with the same subject in his doctoral studies, producing his thesis entitled "A Monograph of Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae)" in 1986.

He then moved to the University of Florida's Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center where he was a palm and tropical ornamental specialist. As well as carrying out research on the phylogeny and taxonomy of the Amaryllidaceae, he bred Hippeastrum and other ornamental species. In 1998 the [http://www.bulbsociety.org International Bulb Society] awarded him the Herbert Medal in recognition of his contributions to the knowledge of bulbous plants.{{Citation |last=International Bulb Society |title=1998 Herbert Medalist Alan W. Meerow |url=http://www.bulbsociety.org/ABOUT_IBS/Awards/HERBERT_MEDAL/Meerow/meerow.html |access-date=2011-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919080124/http://www.bulbsociety.org/ABOUT_IBS/Awards/HERBERT_MEDAL/Meerow/meerow.html |archive-date=2008-09-19 |url-status=dead }}

From October 1999 until July 2019, he was located at the National Germplasm Repository of the United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), based in Miami, working on the conservation, genetics, systematics, characterization, and breeding of species of subtropical and tropical ornamentals.[http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=3788 US Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service][http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/AlanMeerow Pacific Bulb Society: Alan Meerow] In 2005, the [http://www.aspt.net American Society of Plant Taxonomists] awarded him the Peter Raven Award for Scientific Outreach.{{Citation |last=Francisco-Ortega |first=Javier |year=2006 |title=Alan W. Meerow—Recipient of the 2005 Peter Raven Award |journal=Systematic Botany |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=5–7 |doi=10.1600/036364406775971750 |s2cid=86156521 }} In 2017, he was awarded the [https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2017/ars-genetics-researcher-in-miami-is-named-fairchild-medal-recipient/ David Fairchild Medal for Plant Exploration] by the National Tropical Botanical Garden. Upon retirement from USDA, Meerow became a Research Fellow of the [http://www.montgomerybotanical.org/ Montgomery Botanical Center] in Coral Gables, FL, and is an adjunct professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University.

Selected publications

Meerow has published over 250 scientific papers, numerous magazine and university extension articles, and is the author or co-author of three popular books on palms.

{{cite book|last1=Meerow|first1=Alan W|author-link=Alan Meerow|title=A monograph of Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae)|date=1986|publisher=University of Florida|url=http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00004867/00001/1j|format=Ph. D. Thesis}}
{{cite book|last1=Meerow|first1=AW|title=Flowering Plants · Monocotyledons|last2=Snijman|first2=DA|chapter=Amaryllidaceae |author-link1=Alan Meerow|pages=83–110|doi=10.1007/978-3-662-03533-7_11|year=1998|isbn=978-3-642-08377-8|s2cid=240114483 }}, in {{harvtxt|Kubitzki|1998}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=FyPVYzL76sMC&pg=PA85 (additional excerpts)]
{{cite book| last1 =Meerow| first1 =Alan W.|last2=Fay|first2= Michael F.|last3 = Chase|first3=Mark W.|last4 = Guy|first4=Charles L.|last5 = Li|first5 = Qin-Bao|last6 = Snijman|first6 = Deirdre|last7= Yang|first7 = Si-Lin |pages =372–386 | title= Phylogeny of Amaryllidaceae: Molecules and morphology | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YzQBUQqLS0YC&pg=PA372|access-date=25 January 2015| date=2000| publisher =Csiro|isbn =9780643099296|ref={{harvid|Meerow et al.|2000a}}}}, in {{Harvtxt|Wilson|Morrison|2000}}
{{cite journal|last1=García|first1=Nicolás|last2=Meerow|first2=Alan W.|last3=Soltis|first3=Douglas E.|last4=Soltis|first4=Pamela S.|author-link4 = Pamela S. Soltis|author-link2=Alan Meerow|title=Testing Deep Reticulate Evolution in Amaryllidaceae Tribe Hippeastreae (Asparagales) with ITS and Chloroplast Sequence Data|journal=Systematic Botany|date=1 March 2014|volume=39|issue=1|pages=75–89|doi=10.1600/036364414X678099|s2cid=86117335|ref={{harvid|Garcia et al|2014}}}}
{{cite journal | last1 = Meerow | first1 = A.W. | last2 = Fay | first2 = M.F. | last3 = Guy | first3 = C.L. | last4 = Li | first4 = Q.-B. | last5 = Zaman | first5 = F.Q. | last6 = Chase | first6 = M.W. | author-link1=Alan Meerow|author-link2=Michael F Fay|author-link6=Mark W Chase|title = Systematics of Amaryllidaceae based on cladistic analysis of plastid rbcL and trnL-F sequence data | journal = Am. J. Bot. |year = 1999 | volume = 86 | issue = 9 | pages = 1325–1345 | doi = 10.2307/2656780|ref={{harvid|Meerow et al.|1999}} | pmid=10487820 | jstor=2656780}}
{{cite journal | last1 = Meerow | first1 = A.W. | last2 = Guy | first2 = C.L. | last3 = Li | first3 = Q.-B. | last4 = Yang | first4 = S.-L. | author-link1 = Alan Meerow | title = Phylogeny of the American Amaryllidaceae Based on nrDNA ITS Sequences | journal = Systematic Botany | year = 2000 | volume = 25 | issue = 4 | pages = 708–726 | doi = 10.2307/2666729 | url = http://www.bulbsociety.org/meerow/Meerow%20et%20al-American.pdf | access-date = 25 January 2015 | ref = {{harvid|Meerow et al.|2000b}} | jstor = 2666729 | s2cid = 20392462 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195144/http://www.bulbsociety.org/meerow/Meerow%20et%20al-American.pdf | archive-date = 23 September 2015 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}
{{cite journal|last1=Meerow|first1=Alan W.|last2=Snijman|first2=Deirdre A.|s2cid=28891491|author-link1=Alan Meerow|title=Phylogeny of Amaryllidaceae Tribe Amaryllideae Based on nrDNA ITS Sequences and Morphology|journal=American Journal of Botany|date=December 2001|volume=88|issue=12|pages=2321–2330|doi=10.2307/3558392|jstor=3558392|pmid=21669663}}
{{cite journal|last1=Meerow|first1=Alan W.|last2=Guy|first2=Charles L.|last3=Li|first3=Qin-Bao|last4=Clayton|first4=Jason R.|author-link1=Alan Meerow|title=Phylogeny of the Tribe Hymenocallideae (Amaryllidaceae) Based on Morphology and Molecular Characters|journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden|date=2002|volume=89|issue=3|pages=400–413|doi=10.2307/3298600|jstor=3298600|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/16386|url-access=|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=}}
{{cite journal|last1=Meerow|first1=Alan W.|last2=van der Werff|first2=Henk|author-link1=Alan Meerow|title=Pucara (Amaryllidaceae) Reduced to Synonymy with Stenomesson on the Basis of Nuclear and Plastid DNA Spacer Sequences, and a New Related Species of Stenomesson|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266271150|journal=Systematic Botany|date=1 July 2004|volume=29|issue=3|pages=511–517|doi=10.1600/0363644041744400|s2cid=85742067|ref={{harvid|Meerow et al|2004}}}}
{{cite journal|last1=Meerow|first1=AW|last2=Francisco-Ortega|first2=J|last3=Schnell|first3=RJ|author-link1=Alan Meerow|title=Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography within the Eurasian clade of Amaryllidaceae based on plastid ndhF and nrDNA ITS sequences: lineage sorting in a reticulate area?|journal=Systematic Botany|date=2006|volume=31|pages=42–60|doi=10.1600/036364406775971787|jstor=25064128|issue=1|s2cid=85953035|ref={{harvid|Meerow et al|2006a}}|url=https://naldc-legacy.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=1438&content=PDF|access-date=2018-04-29|url-access=subscription}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160215232834/http://www.bulbsociety.org/meerow/Meerow%20et%20al.%20Eurasian%20clade.pdf Full text ]
{{cite journal|last1=Meerow|first1=Alan W.|last2=Snijman|first2=Deirdre A.|author-link1=Alan Meerow|title=The never-ending story: multigene approaches to the phylogeny of Amaryllidaceae|journal=Aliso|date=2006|volume=22|pages=355–366|url=http://naldc-legacy.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=2425&content=PDF|access-date=25 January 2015|doi=10.5642/aliso.20062201.29|doi-access=free}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{cite journal|last1=Meerow|first1=Alan W.|last2=Reveal|first2=James L.|last3=Snijman|first3=Deirdre A.|last4=Dutilh|first4=Julie H.|author-link1=Alan Meerow|title=(1793) Proposal to conserve the name Amaryllidaceae against Alliaceae, a "superconservation" proposal|journal=Taxon|date=November 2007|volume=56|issue=4|pages=1299–1300|ref={{harvid|Meerow et al.|2007}}|doi=10.2307/25065925|jstor=25065925}}
{{cite book|last1=Meerow|first1=Alan|author-link=Alan Meerow|title=Towards a phylogeny of the Amaryllidaceae|pages=169–179}}, in {{harvtxt|Rudall|Cribb|Cutler|Humphries|1995 }}

{{cite journal | last1 = Meerow | first1 = A.W. | last2 = Jost | first2 = L. | last3 = Oleas | first3 = N. | year = 2015 | title = Two new species of endemic Ecuadorean Amaryllidaceae (Asparagales, Amaryllidaceae, Amarylloideae, Eucharideae) | journal = PhytoKeys | issue = 48| pages = 1–9 | doi = 10.3897/phytokeys.48.4399 | pmid = 25931969 | pmc = 4408727 | doi-access = free }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Roncal | first1 = J. | last2 = Couderc | first2 = M. | last3 = Baby | first3 = P. | last4 = Kahn | first4 = F. | last5 = Millán | first5 = B. | last6 = Meerow | first6 = A. W. | last7 = Pintaud | first7 = J-C. | year = 2015 | title = Palm diversification in two geologically contrasting regions of western Amazonia | journal = Journal of Biogeography | volume = 42 | issue = 8| pages = 1503–1513 | doi = 10.1111/jbi.12518 | s2cid = 83703325 }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Jestrow | first1 = B. | last2 = Peguero | first2 = B. | last3 = Jiménez | first3 = F. | last4 = Cinea | first4 = W. | last5 = Hass | first5 = M. | last6 = Reeve | first6 = A. | last7 = Meerow | first7 = A.W. | last8 = Griffith | first8 = M.P. | last9 = Maunder | first9 = M. | last10 = Francisco-Ortega | first10 = J. | year = 2016 | title = Genetic diversity and differentiation of the Critically Endangered Hispaniolan palm Coccothrinax jimenezii MM Mejía & RG García based on novel SSR markers | journal = Biochemical Systematics and Ecology | volume = 66 | pages = 216–223 | doi = 10.1016/j.bse.2016.04.013 }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Leiva | first1 = S. | last2 = Meerow | first2 = A.W. | year = 2016 | title = A new species of Clinanthus from northern Peru (Asparagales, Amaryllidaceae, Amarylloideae, Clinantheae) | journal = PhytoKeys | issue = 63| pages = 99–106 | doi = 10.3897/phytokeys.63.8895 | pmid = 27489481 | pmc = 4956931 | doi-access = free }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Meerow | first1 = A.W. | last2 = Ayala-Silva | first2 = T. | last3 = Irish | first3 = B.M. | year = 2015 | title = Lagerstroemia speciosa 'Big Pink': An Improved Pink-flowered Queen's Crape Myrtle | journal = HortScience | volume = 50 | issue = 10| pages = 1593–1594 | doi = 10.21273/hortsci.50.10.1593 | doi-access = free }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Noblick | first1 = L. R. | last2 = Meerow | first2 = A.W. | year = 2015 | title = The transfer of the genus Lytocaryum to Syagrus | journal = Palms | volume = 59 | pages = 57–62 }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Richardson | first1 = J. E. | last2 = Whitlock | first2 = B. A. | last3 = Meerow | first3 = A. W. | last4 = Madriñán | first4 = S. | year = 2015 | title = The Age of Chocolate: a biogeographic history of Theobroma and Malvaceae | journal = Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | volume = 3 | page = 120 | doi = 10.3389/fevo.2015.00120 | doi-access = free }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Yeng | first1 = W. S. | last2 = Meerow | first2 = A. W. | last3 = Croat | first3 = T. B. | year = 2016 | title = Resurrection and new species of the Neotropical genus Adelonema (Araceae: Philodendron Clade) | url = http://ir.unimas.my/11356/1/Resurrection%20and%20New%20Species%20of%20the%20Neotropical%20Genus%20Adelonema%20%28abstract%29.pdf| journal = Systematic Botany | volume = 41 | pages = 32–48 | doi = 10.1600/036364416x690732 | s2cid = 87392060 }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Oleas | first1 = N. | last2 = Meerow | first2 = A. W. | last3 = Francisco-Ortega | first3 = J. | year = 2016 | title = Genetic structure of the threatened Phaedranassa schizantha (Amaryllidaceae) | journal = Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 182 | pages = 169–179 | doi = 10.1111/boj.12444 | doi-access = free }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Freitas | first1 = C. | last2 = Meerow | first2 = A. W. | last3 = Pintaud | first3 = J-C. | last4 = Henderson | first4 = A. | last5 = Noblick | first5 = L. | last6 = Costa | first6 = F. R. C. | last7 = Barbosa | first7 = C. E. | last8 = Barrington | first8 = D. | year = 2016 | title = Phylogenetic analysis of Attalea (Arecaceae): insights into the historical biogeography of a recently diversified Neotropical plant group | journal = Bot. J. Linn. Soc. | volume = 182| issue = 2| pages = 287–302| doi = 10.1111/boj.12466 | doi-access = free }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Meerow | first1 = A. W. | last2 = Salas-Leiva | first2 = D. | last3 = Francisco-Ortega | first3 = J. | last4 = Griffith | first4 = P. | last5 = Calonje | first5 = M. | last6 = Stevenson | first6 = D. | last7 = Nakamura | first7 = K. | year = 2017 | title = Phylogeography and conservation genetics of the Caribbean Zamia clade: an integrated systematic approach with SSRs and single copy nuclear genes | journal = Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden | volume = 32| pages = 309–322| doi = 10.1111/1442-1984.12158 }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Meerow | first1 = A. W. | last2 = Gideon | first2 = M. | last3 = Nakamura | first3 = K. | year = 2017 | title = Hybridization between ecotypes in a phenotypically and ecologically heterogeneous population of Iris savannarum (Iridaceae) in Florida | journal = Plant Species Biology | volume = 32 | issue = 4| pages = 309–322 | doi = 10.1111/1442-1984.12158 }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Campos-Rocha | first1 = A. | last2 = Meerow | first2 = A.W. | last3 = Lopes | first3 = E.F.M. | last4 = Semir | first4 = J. | last5 = Mayer | first5 = J.L.S. | last6 = Dutilh | first6 = J.H.A. | year = 2017 | title = Eithea lagopaivae, a new critically endangered species in the previously monotypic genus Eithea Ravenna (Amaryllidaceae) | journal = PhytoKeys | issue = 85| pages = 45–58 | doi = 10.3897/phytokeys.58.13369 | pmid = 29033659 | pmc = 5624176 | doi-access = free }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Campos-Rocha | first1 = A. | last2 = Meerow | first2 = A.W. | last3 = Semir | first3 = J. | last4 = Dutilh | first4 = J.H.A. | year = 2017 | title = A new species of Griffinia (Amaryllidaceae) from Espírito Santo state, Brazil, and reassessment of Griffinia concinna | journal = Phytotaxa | volume = 327 | issue = 2| pages = 175–183 | doi = 10.11646/phytotaxa.327.2.6 }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Griffith | first1 = M.P. | last2 = Calonje | first2 = M. | last3 = Meerow | first3 = A.W. | last4 = Francisco-Ortega | first4 = J. | last5 = Knowles | first5 = L. | last6 = Aguilar | first6 = R. | last7 = Tut | first7 = F. | last8 = Sánchez | first8 = V. | last9 = Meyer | first9 = A. | last10 = Noblick | first10 = L.R. | last11 = Magellan | first11 = T.M. | year = 2017 | title = Will the same ex situ protocols give similar results for closely related species? | journal = Biodiversity and Conservation | volume = 26 | issue = 12| pages = 2951–2966 | doi = 10.1007/s10531-017-1400-2 | doi-access = free }}
{{cite journal | last1 = Iglesias-Andreu | first1 = L.G. | last2 = Octavio-Aguilar | first2 = P. | last3 = Vovides | first3 = A.P. | last4 = Meerow | first4 = A.W. | last5 = de Cáceres-González | first5 = F.N. | last6 = Galván-Hernández | first6 = D.M. | year = 2017 | title = Extinction risk of Zamia inermis (Zamiaceae): a genetic approach for the conservation of its single natural population | journal = International Journal of Plant Sciences | volume = 178 | issue = 9| pages = 715–723 | doi = 10.1086/694080 | s2cid = 90842769 }}
Jestrow, B., Peguero, B., Jiménez, F., Verdecia, R., González-Oliva, L., Moya, C.E., Cinea, W., Griffith, M.P., Meerow, A.W., Maunder, M. and Francisco-Ortega, J., 2017. A conservation framework for the Critically Endangered endemic species of the Caribbean palm Coccothrinax. Oryx, pp. 1–12. doi:10.1017/S0030605317000588..
Meerow, A.W., Reed, S.T., Dunn, C. and Schnell, E., 2017. Fragrance analysis of two scented Hippeastrum species. HortScience 52: 1853–1860.
{{cite journal | last1 = Salas-Leiva | first1 = D. E. | last2 = Meerow | first2 = A. W. | last3 = Calonje | first3 = M. | last4 = Francisco-Ortega | first4 = J. | last5 = Griffith | first5 = M. P. | last6 = Nakamura | first6 = K. | last7 = Sánchez | first7 = V. | last8 = Knowles | first8 = L. | last9 = Knowles | first9 = D. | year = 2017 | title = Shifting Quaternary migration patterns in the Bahamian archipelago: evidence from the Zamia pumila complex at the northern limits of the Caribbean island biodiversity hotspot | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 104 | issue = 5| pages = 757–771 | doi = 10.3732/ajb.1700054 | pmid = 28515078 | doi-access = free }}
Campos-Rocha, A., A. W. Meerow & J. H. A. Dutilh. 2018. Two new critically endangered species of Hippeastrum (Amaryllidaceae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Phytotaxa 360: 91–102.
de Lima, N.E., Carvalho, A. A., Meerow, A. W. and Manfrin, M. H. 2018. A review of the palm genus Acrocomia: Neotropical green gold. Organism Diversity and Evolution 18: 151–161.

References

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