Julie F. Barcelona is a Filipina botanist and taxonomist working as Research Associate at

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

( Christchurch, New Zealand). She is mostly known for her research on the Philippine members of the genus '' Rafflesia''. Barcelona worked on ''Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines'', a website dedicated to the great Philippine botanist

Leonard Co Leonardo Legaspi Co (December 29, 1953 in Manila – November 15, 2010 in Kananga, Leyte) was a Filipino botanist and plant taxonomist who was considered the "foremost authority in ethnobotany in the Philippines" during his lifetime. Education a ...

.Pelser, P.B., J.F. Barcelona & D.L. Nickrent (eds.). 2016. ww.philippineplants.org Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines/ref> Barcelona is married to

Pieter B. Pelser Pieter B. Pelser (born 12 January 1976) is a lecturer in Plant Systematics and the curator of the herbarium at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. One research interest is the evolutionary history of the tribe Senecioneae ...

, with which she wrote most of her work. The pitcher plant species '' Nepenthes barcelonae'' was named after her.Cheek, M., D.N. Tandang & P.B. Pelser 2015. ''Nepenthes barcelonae'' (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Luzon, Philippines. ''Phytotaxa'' 222(2): 145–150.

Publications

* Barcelona, J.F.,

& M.O. Cajano. 2007. ''Rafflesia banahaw'' (Rafflesiaceae), a new species from Luzon, Philippines. Blumea 52: 345–350. * Barcelona, J.F., P.B. Pelser, E.M. Cabutaje & N.A. Bartolome. 2008. Another new species of ''Rafflesia'' (Rafflesiaceae) from Luzon, Philippines: ''R. leonardi''. Blumea 53: 223–228. * Barcelona, J.F., P.B. Pelser,

Danilo S. Balete Danilo S. Balete (1960 in the Bicol Region of the Philippines – July 1, 2017), also known as Danny Balete, was a Filipino zoologist and biologist. His is known for his work on the Philippines' endemic mammal species. He pursued the question of w ...

. 2009. Taxonomy, ecology, and conservation status of Philippine ''Rafflesia'' (Rafflesiaceae). Blumea 54: 77–93. * Balete, D.S., P.B. Pelser,

Daniel Lee Nickrent Daniel Lee Nickrent is an American botanist, working in plant evolutionary biology, including the subdisciplines of genomics, phylogenetics, systematics, population genetics, and taxonomy. A major focus has been parasitic flowering plants, p ...

& J.F. Barcelona. 2010. ''Rafflesia verrucosa'' (Rafflesiaceae), a new species of small-flowered ''Rafflesia'' from eastern Mindanao, Philippines. Phytotaxa 10: 49–57. * Barcelona, J.F., E.S. Fernando, D.L. Nickrent, D.S. Balete & P.B. Pelser. 2011. An amended description of ''Rafflesia leonardi'' and a revised key to Philippine ''Rafflesia'' (Rafflesiaceae). Phytotaxa 24: 11–18. * * Pelser, P.B., D.L. Nickrent, J.R.C. Callado & J.F. Barcelona. 2013. Mt. Banahaw reveals: The resurrection and neotypification of the name ''Rafflesia lagascae'' (Rafflesiaceae) and clues to the dispersal of ''Rafflesia'' seeds Phytotaxa 131: 35–40.
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* * Pelser, P.B., D.N. Tandang & J.F. Barcelona. 2014. ''Balanophora coralliformis'' (Balanophoraceae), a new species from Mt. Mingan, Luzon, Philippines. Phytotaxa 170: 291–295.

References

External links

Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines
* http://juliebarcelona.blogspot.com/ * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barcelona, Julie F. Women botanists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century Filipino botanists 20th-century Filipino women scientists Miami University alumni Academic staff of the University of Canterbury