CHECKLIST OF
THE PLANTS OF THE GUIANAS
(Guyana,
Surinam, French Guiana)
2nd
Edition
J.
Boggan, V. Funk, C. Kelloff
Biological
Diversity of the Guianas
Department of
Botany
National Museum of
Natural History
Smithsonian
Institution
Washington, D.C.
20560 U.S.A.
and
M.
Hoff, G. Cremers, C. Feuillet
Herbarium, ORSTOM
97323 Cayenne Cedex
French Guiana,
FRANCE
1997
Prepared under the
auspices of the Centre for the Study of Biological Diversity
University
of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana
CHECKLIST OF THE PLANTS
OF GUIANA
(Guyana, Surinam,
French Guiana)
2nd
Edition
1st
Edition: December 1992
2nd
Edition: February 1997
Published
by the Biological Diversity of the Guianas Program, Department of
Botany,
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington,
D.C. 20560 U.S.A. This is publication number 30 in the
Smithsonian's
Biological Diversity of the Guianas Program publication series.
Copies
available at no charge while supplies last.
Printed
in the U.S.A.
This
publication has been printed on acid free paper
Cover illustration:
Phenakospermum
guyannense (L.C. Rich.) Endl. ex
Miq. (Strelitziaceae),
drawn by Alice Tangerini, Smithsonian Institution.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
Geology 2
Vegetation types 2
Some current programs and projects in the Guianas 5
Explanation of checklist and editorial notes 5
Acknowledgements 7
References 8
CHECKLIST 9
Chlorophyta-Characeae (stoneworts) 9
Hepatophyta (liverworts) 9
Anthocerophyta (hornworts) 15
Bryophyta (mosses) 15
Psilotophyta (psilopsids) 22
Lycophyta (lycophytes) 22
Pterophyta (ferns) 24
Spermatophyta (seed plants) 40
INDEX 211
APPENDIX A. Contributors and Reviewers 229
APPENDIX B. Contributors and reviewers for the revised edition 237
Source: http://botany.si.edu/bdg/pdf/guilist2nd.pdf
Source: http://botany.si.edu/bdg/pdf/guilist2nd.pdf
