email: jpmancera@up.edu.ph
Bio 125 Plant Morphology and Physiology
Bio 127 Medicinal Botany
Bio 128 Plant Systematics
Bio 133 Developmental Biology
- How characters, complex molecules, and citizen science can altogether help reconstruct the evolutionary tree of the poorly collected and understudied species of malatungaw, the princess flowers of the Philippines (Melastomataceae)
- How herbolarios select native plants as medicinal and whether this pattern informs or is in turn influenced by the species’ evolutionary history
- Rediscovery of the forgotten species of the Philippine Melastomataceae through targeted field works by an international team in the Visayas and Mindanao.
- Revitalizing the field of medicinal ethnobotany and strengthening the intricate connection between traditional botanical knowledge and complementary and alternative medicine in the country through community integrations in rural Luzon
Mancera JP, Almeda F, Penneys DS. Systematics of the Tribe Astronieae Based on Morphology: Prospects for Resurrecting Bamlera and Incorporating Tessmannianthus, pp. 197–217. In: Goldenberg, R., Michelangeli, F.A., Almeda, F. (eds) Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae. Springer Nature, Cham. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99742-7_8
Mancera JP, Javier LD. Anti-infective resources among the Philippine Melastomataceae: A scoping review of field studies with an integrated evolutionary and ethnobiological approach. Philippine Journal of Health Research and Development. 2021 Feb 10;25(1):66-92.
Mancera JP, Lapuz RS. Environmental Niche Models Reveal Receding Refugia for Philippine Endemic and Threatened Melastome Trees under Accelerated Climate Change. Phil j Sci. 2021. 150(S1): 911-111.
Cámara-Leret R, Frodin DG, Adema F, Anderson C, Appelhans MS, Argent G, Guerrero SA, Ashton P, Baker WJ, Barfod AS, Barrington D...Mancera J et al. New Guinea has the world’s richest island flora. Nature. 2020 Aug;584(7822):579-83.
Salazar LK, Mancera JP, Tadiosa ER, Yu GF, Balolong MP. AGARICS AND POLYPORE DIVERSITY SURVEY OF LA UNION’S MOLAVE FOREST AND THE α-AMYLASE AND α-GLUCOSIDASE. Journal of Nature Studies.;19(2):104-23.
Mancera JP, Penneys DS, Coritico FP. Revisiting Astrocalyx Merr.(Astronieae: Melastomataceae): New Morphological Observations on the Philippine Endemic, Enigmatic, Endangered and Monotypic Genus. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society. 2017 Jul 4;62(1).
Mancera JP, Ragragio EM, Su GL, Rubite RR. Plant Community Structure of a Secondary Forest at Barangay Camias, Porac, Pampanga, The Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science. 2013;142:135-43.