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2020 Jard Ín Bo Tá Ni Co Nacio Nal INSTRUCCIONES a LOS AUTORES 2020 Dr. Rafael María Moscoso Puello: una vida dedicada al cultivo de las ciencias 1. Milcíades Mejía y Lourdes Tapia Benoit Lista de la Flora Vascular del Área Protegida, Santuario de Juego y Sitio Ramsar del Río Masón, Jamaica 13. Keron C. St. E. Campbell, Judeen Meikle, Tracy Commock, Lori-Ann Harris & George R. Proctor Licófitos y helechos (Lycophyta-Monilophyta) de la subprovincia fitogeográfica Cuba Oriental 40. Manuel G. Caluff & Gustavo Shelton Serrano La flora de musgos en las áreas secas de la provincia de Camagüey, Cuba 87. Ángel Motito Marín y Yoira Rivera Queralta Opuntia repens en República Dominicana y notas sobre la taxonomía del complejo Curassavica 105. Lucas C. Majure & Teodoro Clase Utilidad de cuatro especies de palmas en las provincias Azua, Barahona, Pedernales y Peravia, República Dominicana 114. Brígido Peguero, Alberto Veloz, Teodoro Clase & Ricardo García Notas sobre una especie de hongo venenoso en República Dominicana: Chlorophyllum molybdites (G. Meyer: Fr.) Mass (Agaricaceae) 142. Claudio Angelini Nuevos reportes para la flora de La Española 151. Lucas C. Majure, Teodoro Clase, Weston Testo, William Cinea, Brígido Peguero Concentración y acumulación diferencial de macro y micronutrientes en suelos bajo pinares y bosques de árboles latifoliados en la ladera Norte de la Cordillera Central Dominicana 162. Thomas May & Marco Heredia La vegetación natural de República Dominicana. Adiciones a la clasificación de Häger & Zanoni (1993) 177. Brígido Peguero & Francisco Jiménez Vol. 20 pp. 1-192 Vol. jardín Botánico Nacional INSTRUCCIONES A LOS AUTORES MOSCOSOA es una publicación anual del Jardín Botánico Nacional “Dr. Rafael M. Moscoso” de la República Dominicana, especializada en temas relacionados principalmente con la flora de Cen- troamérica y El Caribe. En ella se publican artículos originales sobre taxonomía, florística, ecología, MOSCOSOA No. 20 etnobotánica, fitoquímica, y otros aspectos. Los artículos deben estar preferiblemente escritos en español, aunque también se aceptan en francés e inglés. Manuscritos: Deberán enviarse por correo electrónico a botá[email protected]. El documento debe estar en forma- to Microsoft Word, escrito a dos espacios, y un máximo de 20 páginas. El mismo debe contener las EDITOR siguientes divisiones: un resumen español y otro en inglés que no exceda las 250 palabras cada uno, Brígido Peguero y que incluya su dirección electrónica personal o institucional, introducción, metodología, resulta- [email protected] dos, discusión, conclusiones y literatura citada. Los símbolos y unidades deben estar de acuerdo con las normativas internacionales. COMITÉ EDITORIAL Ricardo García Literatura citada: Milcíades Mejía - Las fotografías, graficasrecer las fuentes mencionadas en el texto, organizadas en orden alfabéti- Francisco Jiménez co, y para un mismo autor deberán aparecer en orden cronológico. Alberto Veloz - Para abreviar los nombres de las revistas se recomienda Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum. Javier Francisco Ortega Ejemplos de “Literatura Citada” - Liogier, H.A. 1994. A new name of Antillean Marcgravia. Moscosoa 8: 45-52. DIAGRAMACIÓN - García, R.; M. Mejía & F. Jiménez. 1997. Importancia de las plantas nativas y endémicas en la Yris Cuevas reforestación. Jardín Botánico Nacional. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. 86 pp. Ilustraciones: IMPRESIÓN - Las fotografías, gráficos, tablas y demás figuras deberan estar incluidas dentro del texto, numera- Amigo del Hogar das y acompañadas de un encabezado o pie. También podrán ser enviadas en un archivo indivi- dual. Deberán tener una resolución óptima. Impreso en la República Dominicana Nota del editor Printed in the Dominican Republic Es competencia del editor de “Moscosoa” aceptar o rechazar cualquier artículo, tomando en consi- deración la cantidad y calidad de la información. Los artículos serán revisados por tres miembros de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana Comité Editorial de esta revista y por colaboradores especialistas en diferentes áreas de la Botánica. Comité Editorial Moscosoa Jardín Botánico Nacional, Apartado Postal 21-9 Santo Domingo, República Dominicana Tel. (809) 385-2611 ext. 229 Foto de portada: Cacheíto, Pseudophoenix ekmanii Burret Correo electrónico: [email protected], [email protected] Fotografía: Jardín Botánico Nacional Moscosoa 20, 2020, pp. 1-7 1 Dr. Rafael María Moscoso Puello: una vida dedicada al cultivo de las ciencias Dr. Rafael María Moscoso Puello: a life dedicated to the cultivation of science MILCÍADES MEJÍA y LOURDES TAPIA BENOIT Los editores de la revista Moscosoa, órgano de difusión científica del Departamento de Botánica del Jardín Botánico Nacional, con motivo de cumplirse en el 2019, el 145 aniversario de su nacimiento y el 68 aniversario de su fallecimiento, así como del 43 aniversario de esta revista le hacen una especial dedicatoria del volumen 20 al Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, insigne botánico dominicano, pionero en realizar estudios y publicar valiosas obras sobre la flora dominicana. Para la elaboración de este trabajo se utilizó como fuente principal la biografía escrita por el Dr. José de Jesús Jiménez Almonte publicada el 24 de noviembre del 1952, en los Anales de la Universidad de Santo Domingo, págs. 353-377 y repro- ducida in extenso en el primer volumen de la Revista Moscosoa del Jardín Botánico Nacional. Sin embargo, no se trata de una reproducción fiel de este material. Esta semblanza es el resultado de un arduo proceso investigativo que incluyó la consulta de 20 fuentes de diferente naturaleza; así como también algunas entrevistas para la verificación de datos y la inclusión de nuevas informaciones. Datos biográficos En la Cruz de Regina, en la calle Padre Billini No. 48, de Santo Domingo de Guzmán, el 15 de febrero de 1874 nace el Dr. Rafael María Moscoso, hijo del ma- trimonio de los señores Juan Elías Moscoso Rodríguez y Sinforosa Puello, quienes además procrearon otros 5 vástagos. Sus padres se esforzaron en proporcionarles una esmerada educación, como resultado de este esfuerzo, lograron entregar a la sociedad prominentes ciudadanos y connotados profesionales en diversas ramas del saber humano. 2 Moscosoa 20, 2020 El niño Moscoso, en 1884, con 10 años de edad, fue inscrito en la “Escuela Pre- paratoria” y dos años más tarde ingresó a la “Escuela Normal” dirigida por el sabio educador Don Eugenio María de Hostos, donde recibió una educación fundamentada en el desarrollo de la razón en base a la realidad, la verdad, el desarrollo de la moral y la virtud, como lo expresara el propio Hostos al celebrarse la primera graduación de este Centro en 1884. Se graduó de “Maestro Normalista” en 1989, con apenas 15 años de edad, reci- biendo el certificado un año después al cumplir los 16, edad reglamentaria en el país en ese tiempo, para poder obtener el certificado de Maestro Normal. Cuando ingresó a la Escuela Normal ya se había perfilado en él su inclinación por las ciencias naturales, la Física y la Química, en especial por la Botánica. Al percatarse de las destrezas que tenía el joven Rafael Ma. Moscoso, el Maestro Eu- genio María de Hostos lo escogió para que condujera los experimentos de química Busto del Dr. Rafael María Moscoso, en el Jardín Botánico Nacional. Moscosoa 20, 2020 3 en los cursos prácticos de la Escuela. También, en las clases de botánica fue quién enseñaba a sus compañeros la morfología vegetal, ya que al parecer, su profesor no distinguía bien los órganos vegetales. Una anécdota tomada de su ficha del Museo de Historia Natural de New York, revela que era un niño extremadamente precoz que una vez vio a un compañero de clase con un libro de imágenes de plantas y resolvió comprárselo, y así comenzó una vida dedicada al estudio de la botánica. Recolectando plantas desde que tenía 13 años. Las dotes, la figura y el prestigio del Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso trascendieron más allá de los intereses de los distintos gobiernos dominicanos que se sucedieron durante su existencia. Pocos dominicanos pueden ostentar el haber ocupado 16 posiciones en diferentes instituciones estatales de manera sucesiva durante los gobiernos de cinco presidentes distintos, incluyendo el mandato de la Ocupación Norteamericana. Desempeñó funciones durante la gestión de Juan Isidro Jimenes (1914-1916); Ulises Hereaux, Lilís (1887-1889); Ramón Cáceres (1906-1911), durante la Ocupación Norteamericana (1916-1924); Horacio Vásquez (1924-1930); así como durante la dictadura de Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (1930-1960). Más destacable aún es la versatilidad de este prominente hombre de ciencia, seis de sus puestos fueron en el área educativa, tres relacionados con la botánica y la agricultura, cuatro en el área administrativa, uno en comisiones oficiales y dos como redactor en prestigiosos periódicos. Como complemento a todos estos destacados talentos, en 1920, recibió el Exe- quátur que le otorgó la Licencia de Farmacéutico, ejerciendo esta profesión tanto en un negocio de su propiedad como en otros de particulares. Sus colecciones botánicas, sus escritos, la multiplicidad de funciones administra- tivas que desempeñó y su legado, en el marco del momento histórico en que trans- currió su vida, testifican que el Dr. Rafael María Moscoso fue un ser extraordinario, de notable inteligencia y un verdadero conocedor de la labor del científico. Al hurgar sobre su existencia, resulta evidente que su vida profesional y personal estuvo impregnada de las enseñanzas del Maestro Hostos, a quien profesaba una gratitud tal, que le dedicó una especie botánica, la Bidens hostosianus (Asteraceae)
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