Carlo Morici

Carlo Morici (born July 8, 1974 in Messina, Italy), lives since 1995 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands He is a biologist specialized in Palms also known for his landscaping projects.

He develops his research within the Group of Island ecology, belonging to the Department of Ecology at the University of La Laguna, in Tenerife. His working field spreads over various countries yet his research focuses on Phoenix canariensis and the palm flora originating in the Caribbean Islands, with a special dedication to the genus Coccothrinax.

In 2006 Morici, described a new palm species native to SE Cuba, Coccothrinax torrida , together with the Cuban botanist Raúl Verdecia.

Morici also works as a landscape designer. Some of his best known projects are the Central Park of Arona and the Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. He participated in the palmetum as a botanist during the earliest years (1996–1999). He later designed new sections, such as the areas dedicated to the floras of New Caledonia, Hawaii and North America, and the gardens of the southern sea-facing slopes.

Some Publications

Palmeras e Islas, in Spanish, on the biogeography of island palms

La Palmera Canaria: Phoenix canariensis, in Spanish, published in the Canarian magazine "Rincones del Atlántico", on the species in habitat

Article on Coccothrinax boschiana in the journal "Palms", in English

Description of a new palm species in Brittonia, the journal of the New York Botanical Garden: Coccothrinax torrida

File with pictures of Coccothrinax torrida, in PACSOA (Palms and Cycad Society of Australia) website.