Carlos Rafael Vazquez Yanes, Venezuelan-born Mexican plant ecologist and physiologist (Maracaibo 23 August 1945 – Mexico 11 November 1999)

Authored over 70 papers, 26 book chapters and 2 books

Authored classic papers on ecophysiology of tropical forests seeds

Authored the first works on plants and atmosphere relationship in tropical lands

Discovered the first arboreal plant with CAM photosynthetic metabolism

Designed instrumentation for measuring environmental parameters