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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.
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)

An update 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)
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


Georeferencing Plants of the Guiana Shield: US Types. Type specimens in the U.S. National Herbarium from the Guiana Shield region have been georeferenced and a Google Map display and Google Earth placemarks are provided. A discussion of the methodology for determining coordinates for older specimens is presented.

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 the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Boggan et al., 1997



Checklist of the Plants of Kaieteur National Park, Guyana

Checklist of the Plants of Iwokrama, Guyana

Regional Plant Species Lists for Guyana


Paullinia pinnata L. (Sapindaceae) photo by Tom Hollowell


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