Carlo Morici lives since 1995 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital , second-most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the 21st largest city in Spain, with a population of 222,417 in 2009...

, Canary Islands

Canary Islands

The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...

 He is a biologist specialized in Palms

Arecaceae

Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...

 also known for his landscaping projects.

He develops his research within the Group of Island ecology

Island Ecology

Island ecology is the study of island organisms and their interactions with each other and the environment. Islands account for nearly 1/6 of earth’s total land area, yet the ecology of island ecosystems is vastly different from that of mainland communities. Their isolation and high availability...

, belonging to the Department of Ecology at the University of La Laguna

University of La Laguna

The University of San Fernando de La Laguna, also known as the ULL is situated in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the island of Tenerife. It is the oldest university in the Canary Islands, and has the highest student population of any university in these islands. It is also considered the most...

, in Tenerife

Tenerife

Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the...

. His working field spreads over various countries yet his research focuses on Phoenix canariensis and the palm

Arecaceae

Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...

 flora originating in the Caribbean Islands, with a special dedication to the genus Coccothrinax

Coccothrinax

Coccothrinax is a genus of palms in the Arecaceae family. There are more than 50 species described in the genus, plus many synonyms and sub-species. A new species has been described as recently as 2006. Many of the Coccothrinax have silver or thatch, or both, in their English common names...

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In 2006 Morici, described a new palm species native to SE Cuba, Coccothrinax torrida

Coccothrinax torrida

Coccothrinax torrida is a palm endemic to southeastern Cuba. It is known from a single isolated hill on the coast of the Guantánamo Province. The climate of the area is described as semi-desert with 9 or 10 dry months. Like other members of the genus, C. torrida is a fan palm...

http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1663%2F0007-196X%282006%2958%5B189%3ACTAANS%5D2.0.CO%3B2, together with the Cuban botanist Raúl Verdecia.

Morici also works as a landscape design

Landscape design

Landscape design is an independent profession and a design and art tradition, practised by landscape designers, combining nature and culture. In contemporary practice landscape design bridges between landscape architecture and garden design.-Design scope:...

er. Some of his best known projects are the Central Park of Arona

Central Park of Arona

The Parque Central de Arona is a public park of 42,000 square metres in Arona, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. It is made up of several squares and gardens in the tourist centre of Playa de las Americas....

 and the Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

The Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a botanical garden of 120.000 m2 specialized in palms . It is located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The park is divided in "biogeographical sections" and includes a large system of waterfalls, streams and ponds, an ethnographical museum...

. 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
http://webpages.ull.es/users/jmferpal/Palmeras%20e%20Islas%20Libro%20Cap.%2003.pdf

La Palmera Canaria: Phoenix canariensis, in Spanish, published in the Canarian magazine "Rincones del Atlántico", on the species in habitat http://www.rinconesdelatlantico.com/num3/16_phoenix.html

Article on Coccothrinax boschiana in the journal "Palms", in English http://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2002/boschiana.htm

Description of a new palm species in Brittonia, the journal of the New York Botanical Garden: Coccothrinax torrida http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1663%2F0007-196X%282006%2958%5B189%3ACTAANS%5D2.0.CO%3B2

File with pictures of Coccothrinax torrida, in PACSOA (Palms and Cycad Society of Australia) website. http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Coccothrinax/torrida.html