Rafael Arévalo, PhD
Botanist - Collections Manager
jorge.arevaloburbano@usda.gov
Treesearch Publications
- Jeimy Blanco-Flórez, Rafael Arévalo, Joshua M. Limbaugh, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft. 2026. Edge-notched cards for the identification of 30 woods traded in Colombia
- Kyatt G. Spessert, Frank C. Owens, Adriana Costa, Rafael Arévalo, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft. 2025. Democratizing essential wood identification information for Central American timber markets with an ergonomically designed, interactive, bilingual smartphone app
- Rafael Arévalo, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft. 2022. Identification of Central American, Mexican, and Caribbean Woods
- Rafael Arévalo, Esperanza N. Pulido R., Juan F. Solórzano G., Richard Soares, Flavio Ruffinatto, Prabu Ravindran, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft. 2021. Imaged based identification of Colombian timbers using the XyloTron: A proof of concept international partnership
- Rafael Arévalo, Emmanuel Ebanyenle, Alberta Asi Ebeheakey, Kofi Abban Bonsu, Ophilious Lambog, Richard Soares, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft. 2020. Field identification manual for Ghanaian timbers
- Rafael Arévalo, Benjamin W. van Ee, Ricarda Riina, Paul E. Berry, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft. 2017. Force of habit: shrubs, trees and contingent evolution of wood anatomical diversity using Croton (Euphorbiaceae) as a model system
- Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, Rafael Arévalo, Craig Ledbetter, Joseph Jakes. 2016. Structure–property characterization of the crinkle-leaf peach wood phenotype: a future model system for wood properties research?
- University of Wisconsin–Madison, Ph.D., Botany, 2014
- Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, M.Sc., Botany, 2007
- Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, B.Sc., Biology, 2003
Last updated June 30, 2026