Gloria Amparo Galeano Garcés (April 22, 1958 – March 23, 2016) was a Colombian

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specializing in the palm family. Galeano was a faculty member at the

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, and was the director of the Institute of Natural Sciences from 2003 to 2006. She received her

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from the

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in 1997. Galeano authored

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descriptions of 58 species, subspecies and varieties of plants, especially in the palm family. She published 17 books, 68 scientific papers, and 15 book chapters, mostly on palm and its taxonomy,

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, uses, traditional knowledge, ecology, conservation and harvest impacts of Colombian plants and Neotropical palms. She also co-authored a field guide to the palms of the

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. In 1996 she won the science prize from Fundación Alejandro Angel Escobar for the ''Field guide to American palms'' (co-authored by Andrew Henderson &

Rodrigo Bernal Rodrigo Bernal González (born June 6, 1959 in Medellín) is a Colombian botanist who specialises in the palm family. Bernal was a faculty member at the Institute of Natural Sciences, National University of Colombia until 2007. He received his ...

). The palm species ''Geonoma'' ''galeanoae'' is named after her.

New species of plants discovered

Arecaceae

* '' Aiphanes acaulis'' – Principes 29(1): 20. 1985 * '' Aiphanes graminifolia'' – Caldasia 24(2): 277 (-280; fig. 1). 2002 * '' Astrocaryum triandrum'' – Candollea 43(1): 279 (1988) * '' Bactris rostrata'' – Caldasia 24(2): 280 (-283; fig. 2). 2002 * ''

Ceroxylon amazonicum ''Ceroxylon amazonicum'' is a species of palm tree. It is endemic to Ecuador. There are only four known populations. The species is threatened by deforestation Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a fores ...

'' – Caldasia 17: 398 fig. 1995 * ''

Ceroxylon echinulatum ''Ceroxylon echinulatum'', also known as the Pumbo wax palm is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests in the Andes. It is th ...

'' – Caldasia 17: 399-402 fig. 1995 * '' Ceroxylon parvum'' – Caldasia 17: 403 1995 * '' Ceroxylon peruvianum'' – Revista Peru. Biol. 15(Supl. 1): 65 (-67; figs. 1-3). 2008 * '' Ceroxylon sasaimae'' – Caldasia 17: 404-405 fig. 1995 * '' Chamaedorea murriensis'' – Principes 31: 143 1987 * '' Chamaedorea ricardoi'' – Palms 48(1): 27 (-29; fig. 1). 2004 * '' Geonoma chlamydostachys'' – Principes 30: 71 1986 * '' Geonoma santanderensis'' – Caldasia 24(2): 282 (-284; fig. 3). 2002 * '' Geonoma wilsonii'' – Caldasia 24(2):284 (-290; figs. 4-5). 2002 * '' Oenocarpus makeru'' – Brittonia 43(3): 158 (1991) * '' Oenocarpus simplex'' – Brittonia 43(3): 154 (1991) * ''

Sabinaria ''Sabinaria magnifica'' is a species of palm tree and the only member of the genus ''Sabinaria''. Native to the Darién Gap on the border between Colombia and Panama, it grows from tall with large, deeply-divided leaf blades. It has been descr ...

'' – Phytotaxa 144: 28. 2013 * '' Sabinaria magnifica'' – Phytotaxa 144: 34 * ''

Wettinia oxycarpa ''Wettinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the palm family Arecaceae. The genus, established in 1837, contains some 20 species, but more seem to await discovery considering that 4 species - '' W. aequatorialis'', '' W. lanata'', '' W. minima' ...

'' – Caldasia 13(65): 695 (1983)

Cyclanthaceae

* '' Asplundia harlingiana'' – Caldasia 14: 27 (-28). 1984 * '' Asplundia sanctae-ritae'' – Caldasia 14: 28 (-29). 1984 * '' Asplundia sarmentosa'' – Caldasia 14: 29 (-30). 1984 * '' Dicranopygium fissile'' – Caldasia 14: 31, figs. 1984 * '' Dicranopygium scoparum'' – Caldasia 14: 32, figs. 1984

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External links

Faculty web page
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