Department ofBotany

Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield

Plant Community Structure, Fire Disturbance, and Recovery in Mangrove Swamps of the Waini Peninsula, Guyana. Tom Hollowell, 2009. Contributions to the Study of Biological Diversity. Volume 3: 1-166. (PDF format, size: 53 MB)

Front cover: Plant Community Structure, Fire Disturbance, and Recovery in Mangrove Swamps of the Waini Peninsula, Guyana.

UPDATE An update to the Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (2007), comprising more than 700 additions, corrections, and synonymies can be downloaded here.
Feuillet, C. 2009. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield, 1. An Update to the Angiosperms. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3(2): 799-814.
(PDF format, 174 KB)

Front cover: Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield

Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (VENEZUELA: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; GUYANA, SURINAM, FRENCH GUIANA). V. Funk, T. Hollowell, P. Berry, C. Kelloff, and S.N. Alexander. 2007. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Volume 55: 1-584 (PDF format, size: 7 MB)

Kaieteur Publications

Structure and diversity of a riparian forest at Kaieteur National Park, Guyana.
Carol Kelloff. 2008. J.Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2(1):521-545.

Phytogeography of the Kaieteur Falls,Potaro Plateau, Guyana: floral distributions and affinities.
Carol Kelloff and V.A. Funk. 2004. Journal of Biogeography 31: 501–513

The Use of Biodiversity Data in Developing Kaieteur National Park, Guyana.
Kelloff, C.L. 2003. Contributions to the Study of Biological Diversity 1: 1-44. University of Guyana.

Preliminary Checklist of the Plants of Kaieteur National Park, Guyana
Kelloff, C.L. and V.A. Funk. 1998. Biological Diversity of the Guianas Program, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

Biodiversity and Conservation Studies in Guyana: 1, 2, and 3. DaSilva, P., V. Funk & C. Kelloff (editors). December 2005. Contribution to the Study of Biological Diversity 2: 1-78. (PDF format)

This volume was published by the Centre for the Study of Biological Diversity in Guyana; the authors were several recent graduates of the University of Guyana.

Back cover of this volume, with description of CSBD.

Front cover, Biodiversity and Conservation Studies in Guyana: 1, 2, and 3

Preliminary Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana). Volume 1: Acanthaceae - Lythraceae

Web Checklists of Plants. A-Pl Families of Flowering Plants for the Guiana Shield; all others for the Guianas

Checklist of the Plants of Iwokrama, Guyana

Regional Plant Species Lists for Guyana