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Dr. Juan V. Pancho laid the foundation of one of the best herbaria not only in the Philippines but in the entire Malesian region. He published seven books and over a hundred scientific articles dealing with the systematics of vascular plants and world weeds in local and international journals.

Sex: Male

Education:

  • University of the Philippines, College, Laguna, B. S. Agriculture, 1951
  • University of the Philippines, College, Laguna, M. S. Botany, 1955

Field of Specialization:

Agricultural botany and cyto-taxonomy

Researches:

(S 1958) Jade-vine from the Philippines
Baileya: a journal of horticultural taxonomy Volume 6, No. 3

(S 1958) Notes on cultivated species of Ficus in the Philippines
Baileya: a journal of horticultural taxonomy Volume 6, No. 3

Juan V. Pancho, E. A. Bardenas, (S 1959) Bougainvillea in the Philippines
Baileya: a journal of horticultural taxonomy Volume 7, No. 3

Juan V. Pancho, Jose M. Capinpin, (N 1959) Cytotaxonomic study of the fiber-producing Musa in the Philippines. I. Chromosome numbers in the section Australimusa
Philippine Agriculturist Volume 43, No. 6

(O 1959) The dwarf coconut
Princeps (Journal of Palm Society of America) Volume 3, No. 4

(Je 1959) Notes on cultivated aroids in the Philippines
Baileya: a journal of horticultural taxonomy Volume 7, No. 2

Juan V. Pancho, Jose M. Capinpin, Eliseo A. Bardenas, (Je 1960) Chromosome number and fertility tests in Bougainvillea
Philippine Agriculturist Volume 44, No. 1

E. T. Floresca, Jose M. Capinpin, Juan V. Pancho, (N 1960) Cytogenetic study of bush sitao and its parental types
Philippine Agriculturist Volume 44, No. 6

(F 11, 1960) The "weeping" coconut
Coco News Volume 5

Juan V. Pancho, Jose M. Capinpin, (Ag 1961) Haploidy in Bougainvillea
Philippine Agriculturist Volume 45, No. 3

Jose M. Capinpin, Juan V. Pancho, (Mr 1961) Note: Wild species of rice in the Philippines
Philippine Agriculturist Volume 44, No. 10

Jose M. Capinpin, Juan V. Pancho, (O 1961) Regional distribution of wild species of Oryza
U. P. Research Digest Volume 1, No. 2

Juan V. Pancho, Eliseo A. Bardenas, Jose M. Capinpin, (Ag 1961) Vegetative characters as an aid to the identification of common weed seedlings in lowland rice fields
Philippine Agriculturist Volume 45, No. 3

(Ag 1961) Wild rice
Agricultural and Industrial Life Volume 23, No. 8

Juan V. Pancho, Martin M. Guantes, (D 1962) Seed identification of common weeds in lowland rice fields
Philippine Agriculturist Volume 46, No. 7

Juan V. Pancho, Francisco I. Hilario, Jr., (Ag-S 1963) Chromosome numbers and intraspecific hybridization in croton (Codiaeum variegatum Blume)
Philippine Agriculturist Volume 47, No. 3-4

Jose M. Capinpin, Mansur Lande, Juan V. Pancho, (Je 1963) Cytogenetics of interspecific hybrid between Solanum melongena Linn. and S. cumingii Dunal
Philippine Journal of Science Volume 92, No. 2

Tuguo Tateoka, Juan V. Pancho, (O 1963) A cytotaxonomic study of Oryza minuta and O. officinalis
Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) Volume 76, No. 904

(O 1963) Dwarfing ornamental plants with CCC
U. P. Research Digest Volume 2, No. 4

Juan V. Pancho, M. M. Guantes, F. I. Santos, (Mr 1963) Identification of common forage and pasture grasses by their vegetative characters
Philippine Agriculturist Volume 46, No. 10

(Jl-S 1963) Notes on two outstanding new cultivators of Bougainvillea in the Philippines
Lal-Baugh (Journal of the Mysore Horticultural Society, India) Volume 8, No. 3

Juan V. Pancho, Norma M. Orlido, (Ap 1964) Cyanophoric plants of the Philippines
U. P. Research Digest Volume 3, No. 2

(N-D 1964) Seed sizes and production capacities of common weed species in rice fields of the Philippines
Philippine Agriculturist Volume 48, No. 6-7

(1965) Chromosome numbers on sixty-five species of Philippine orchids
Taxon (Bulletin International Association Plant Taxonomy) Volume 14, No. 3

(1965) Chromosome numbers on fourteen species of Philippine orchids
Taxon (Bulletin International Association Plant Taxonomy) Volume 14, No. 4

(1966) Chromosome numbers on fifty-two species of Philippine Ficus
Taxon (Bulletin International Association Plant Taxonomy) Volume 15, No. 4

Juan V. Pancho, G. C. Lugod Perennials in the arboretum of the U.P. College of Agriculture and vicinity
University of the Philippines College of Agriculture, Experiment Station Circular no. 1

Awards:

  • Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Cornell University, New York, June 1956-Oct. 1958
  • John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Systematic Botany, Smithsonian Institution & Harvard University, Oct. 1965-Sept. 1966
  • Kew Herbarium, England and Rijksherbarium, Leyden, Oct. 1966-April 1967