Library of Manuel H.

Dubón

Biographical Reference of Tropical Flora and Fauna

Updated: July 28, 2013
Index of Library Subtopics

Caribbean & Tropical Flora

Art Books of Tropical Flowers & Plants 9

Bromeliads – Puerto Rico, Caribbean, & World 16
Bamboos – Puerto Rico, Caribbean, & World 17
Ferns – of the Tropics 19
Grasses – Puerto Rico, Caribbean, & World: 17
Ground Covers – Puerto Rico, Caribbean, & World 17
Heliconias – Puerto Rico, Caribbean, & World 17
Herbal Plants & Vegetables – Puerto Rico, Caribbean & World 18
Fruit Trees – Puerto Rico, Caribbean, & World 19
Fungi – Puerto Rico, Caribbean, & World 17
Medicinal & Poisonous – Puerto Rico & Caribbean 7
Orchids– Puerto Rico, Caribbean, & World 18
Palms & Cycads – Puerto Rico, Caribbean & World 18
Passiflora – Puerto Rico, Caribbean & World 19
Vines and Climbers – Puerto Rico, Caribbean & World 19
Tropical &Temperate Climates Flora Encyclopedias 8
Tropical Flowers & Flowering Plants 9
Tropical Gardens & Design 20
Tropical Plants – Caribbean 10
Tropical Plants – Florida & Coastal Plain 13
Tropical Plants – Galápagos & Ecuador 13
Tropical Plants – Trinidad 14
Tropical Plants – Puerto Rico 11
Tropical Plants – Rest of the World 14
Tropical Plants – Virgin Islands 10
Tropical Plant Families – Puerto Rico, Caribbean & World 15
Tropical &Temperate Climates Flora - Encyclopedia 8
Tropical Trees - Rest of the World 19
Trees - Rest of the World 22

General Flora Topics

Botany & Flora Classification 4

Dictionaries and Latin for Flora Classification 5
Flora Field Guides 5
Flora of Europa 6
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Flora & Fauna of Puerto Rico Index to Wikipedia 6

General Flora & Gardening Encyclopedias 6
Geology & Climate – Puerto Rico 4
Medicinal & Poisonous – World 6
Plagues & Pesticides – Puerto Rico & Caribbean 7
Photography, Landscape, Flower and Plant Macro 5

Mediterranean and Dry Climate Flora

Cacti & Succulents – World 7

Medi & Dry Climate Flora 8

Ecology and Ecosystems:

Ecology & Ecosystems, Tropical 3
Ecology & Environment, Puerto Rico 3

Tropical Fauna
Birds Caribbean 22
Butterflies 22
Fauna – Puerto Rico & Caribbean 22
Spiders 23
Birds of Puerto Rico 23

Marine Life:

Conservation Biology 24
Coral Reefs 25
Marine Life 24
Marine Plants 26
Seashells 26

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Ecology and Ecosystems:

Ecology & Ecosystems - Tropical:

Bacon, Peter R., Flora & Fauna of the Caribbean, 1978 – An Introduction to the
Ecology of the West Indies, Key Caribbean Publications Ltd, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Carson, Walter P. & Schnitzer, Stefan A,, Tropical Forest Community Ecology
2008 , Wiley- Blackwell, Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, U.K.

Barlow, Virginia, The Nature of The Islands, Plants and Animals of the Eastern
Caribbean, Cruising Guide Publications, Dunedin, Fl.

Clewell, Andre F. & Aronson, James, Ecological Restoration, 2007, - Principles,

Values and Structure of an Emerging Profession, Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Dirzo, Rodolfo, Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest, 2011, - Ecology and Conservation,
Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Goodbody, Ivan and Thomas-Hope, Elizabeth, Natural Resource Management for
Sustainable Development in the Caribbean, 2002, Managing Nature as Resources,
Canoe Press, University of the West Indies, Kingston

Helmer, E. H., Ramos, O., Lopez, T. Del M., Quiñones, M., and Diaz, W., Mapping
the Forest Type and Land Cover of Puerto Rico, a Component of the Caribbean
Biodiversity Hotspot, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service,
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 38, No. 3-4, 165–183, 2002,
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagu¨ez, pdf

Honey, Martha, Ecotourism and Sustainable Development, 1999, - Who Owns

Paradise, Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Krichner, John, ANeotropical Companion, 1997, 2nd. Rev. Ed., - An Introduction to

the Animal, Plant & Ecosystems of the New World Tropics, Princeton University Press,
Princeton.

Laurance, William F., Bierregaard Jr., Richard O., Tropical Forest Remnants, 1997,
Ed., - Ecology, management, and conservation of fragmented communities, The
University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London

Lazell, James, Island, 2005, - Facts and Theory in Nature, The University of California
Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles & London

Ecology & Environment - Puerto Rico:

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Bush, David M., Webb, Richard M. T., Gonzalez, Jose, Liboy, Hyman, Lisbeth &
Neil, William, Living With The Puerto Rico Shore, 1996, Duke University Press,
Durham, N.C.

Cerame Vivas, Máximo J, Ecología – Puerto Rico, 2001 – Pensamiento Critico Para el
Nuevo Milenio, Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas Inc., Hato Rey

Domínguez, Carlos M., Panorama Histórico Forestal de Puerto, 2000, Editorial de la

Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.

Hill, Robert Thomas, Cuba and Porto Rico, with the other Islands of the West
Indies, 1898, US Geological Survey- Their Topography, Climate, Flora, Products,
Industries, Cities, People, Political Condition, etc. Shore, Reprinted 2010, BiblioLife,
Charleston, N.C.Duke University Press, Durham, N.C.

Joglar, Rafael L, Editor, Biodiversidad de Puerto Rico, 2005 – Vertebrados Terrestres

y Ecosistemas, Serie de Historia Natural, Publicaciones Editorial Instituto de Cultura
Purtorriqueña, San Juan

López Marrero, Tania Del Mar & Villanueva Colón, Tania, Atlas Ambiental de
Puerto Rico, 2006, Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan

Serranía Rocerro, Tomas, Ecología Siglo XXI – Puerto Rico y El Mundo, 2000, – A
Youth Book - Introduction to Ecology of Puerto Rico, Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas
Inc., Hato Rey

Geology & Climate – Puerto Rico:

Picó, Rafael, The Geographic Regions of Puerto Rico, 1950, Editorial de la

Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan

Colon Torres, José A., Climatología de Puerto Rico, 2009, Editorial de la Universidad
de Puerto Rico, San Juan

General Flora:

Botany & Flora Classification:

Baker, Nick, The Amateur Naturalist, 2004, - A look at a Classic Subject, Harper
Collins Publishers Ltd., London, UK, National Geographic Ed., Washington, DC

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Capon, Brian, Botany for Gardeners, 2010, 3rd Ed., - Introduction to the Science of
Plants, Timberland Press, Portland, Oregon

Epel, Thomas, J., Botany in a Day, 5th Ed. 2004, - The Patterns Method of Plant
Identification, HOPS Press, Pony, Montana

Franklin Janet, Mapping Species Distribution, 2009, 2011, 5th Rprnt., - Spatial
Infererence and Prediction, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge England
Fry, Carolyn, The Plant Hunters, 2009, - The Adventures of the World’s Greatest
Botanical Explorers, Carleton Publishing Group, London, UK

Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O., Flowering Plants
Families of the World 2007, Firefly Books (US) Ltd., New York

Howard, Catherine Herbert, Flora Mirabilis, 2008, - How plants Have Shaped the
World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beauty National Geographic Society,,
Washington, DC

Dictionaries and Latin for Flora Classification:

Park, Chris, Oxford Dictionary of Environment and Conservation, 2007, Oxford

University Press, Oxford, UK

Stearn, William T., Botanical Latin, 2007, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon

Photography, Landscape, Flower and Plant Macro:

Davis, Harold, Photographing Flowers, 2008, Exploring Macro Worlds with Harold
Davis, Focal Press, Elsevier, Oxford, U.K.

Detrick, Alan L., Macro Photography for Gardeners and Nature Lovers, 2008, 2nd.
Printing, 2010 -The Essential Guide to Digital Techniques, Timber Press, Portland,
Oregon

Shaw, John, Close-ups in Nature, 1987 -The Photographer’s Guide to Techniques in the
Field, AMPHOTO BOOKS, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York

Sheppard, Rob, The Magic of Digital Nature Photography, 2007 -The Photographer’s
Guide to Techniques in the Field, A Lark Photography Book, Lark Books, Sterling
Publishing Co. Inc., Ashville, N. C.

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General Flora Encyclopedias:

Brickell, Christopher, Ed., Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers, 1989, Rev. 2011, -
American Horticultural Society, DK Publishers, New York

Dirr, Micheael A., Dirr’s Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates,
2010, 4th Ed., Timberland Press, Portland, Oregon

Ellis, David J., Gilsenan, Leona, Pelczar, Rita & Rice, Graham, Eds., American
Horticultural Society - Encyclopedia of Gardening Techniques, 2013, - Guide to
Basic Skills , Mitchell Beazley, Octupus Publishing Group Ltd., London

Graf,D.Sc., Alfred Byrd, Hortica – Color Cyclopedia of Garden Flowers, 1992 1st
Ed., in all Climates- Worldwide – and Exotic Plants Indoors, Roehrs Company, East
Rutherford, New Jearsey

Hogan, Sean, Flora - A Gardeners Encyclopedia, 2004, 4th Ed., - A General Flora
Encyclopedias, Timberland Press, Portland, Oregon

Marinelli, Janet, Ed., Plant, 2005, - A General Plant Overview, DK Publishers, New
York

Rodd, Tony, Botanica, 1999 3rd Rev Ed., - Illustrated Encyclopedia of Over 10,000
Garden Plants and How to Cultivate Them, Barnes & Noble Books, New York

Walters, Martin, & Lavelle, Nick, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Wildflowers and
Flora of the Americas, 2007, Lorenz Books of L. Publishing Ltd., London

Flora Field Guides:

Alden, Peter et al., Field Guide to Florida, 1998, - A Field Guide to Florida l, Peterson
National Audubon Society Field Guides, Alfred A. Knopf, New York

Brandenburg, David M., Field Guide to Wildflowers of North America, 2010,

Peterson National Wildlife Federation, Sterling Publishing, New York

Flora of Europa:
Couplan, Francois & Doux, Yves, Reconoce Fácilmente Las Plantas Silvestre,
Descripción de la Naturaleza, Guías, 2006, - Lynx Edicions, Bellaterra, Barcelona

Schaur, Thomas & Caspari, Claus, Guía de las Flores de Europa, 1980, Ediciones
Omega, Casanova, Barcelona

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Flora & Fauna of Puerto Rico Index to Wekipedia Encyclopedias:

Hogan, Sean, Flora - A Gardeners Encyclopedia, 2010, Books, LLC

Medicinal & Poisonous – World:

Nelson, Lewis, Shih, Richard D. & Balich, Michael J., Handbook of Poisonous and
Injurious Plants 2007, 2nd Ed., New York Botanical Garden, New York

Nellis, David W., Poisonous Plants and Animals of Florida and the Caribbean, 1997,
Pineapple Press, Sarasota, Florida

Van Wyk, Ben-Erik & Wink Michel, Medicinal Plants of the World, 2004, - An
Illustrated Scientific Guide to Important Medicinal Plants and Their Use, Timber Press,
Portland, Oregon

Medicinal & Poisonous – Puerto Rico & Caribbean:

Liogier, Henri Alain, Plantas Medicinales de Puerto Rico y del Caribe. 1990,
Iberoamericana de Ediciones, San Juan.

Schnabel, Peter C., Folk Remedies on a Caribbean Island. 2007, Drukkerij Haarmans
Beverwijk, bv, Neatherlands

Nuñez Melendez, Esteban., Plantas Venenosas de Puerto Rico y Las Que Producen
Dermatitis. 1990, 1996, Reprint, Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.

Summers, Judith, The Natural History of Medicinal Plants. 2000, Timber Press,
Portland Oregon

Thomas, Toni, Traditional Medicinal Plants of St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John,
1997 Rev. Ed., - A Selection of 68 Plants, University of the Virgin Islands,
Cooperativeension Program, Agricultural and Natural Resource Program Department of
Agriculture, St Croix, V. I.

Plagues & Pesticides – Puerto Rico & Caribbean:

O’Farrill-Nieves, Hipólito 7 Medina Gau, Silverio, Manejo Integrado de Plagas en
el Jardín, 2011, - Guía para Reducir el Impacto de los Pesticidas en los Cuerpos de
Agua, Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, San Juan, P.R.

Mediterranean and Dry Climate Flora:

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Cacti & Succulents - World:

Anderson, Edward F., The Cactus Family, 2001, Timber Press, Portland

Baldwin, Debra Lee, Designing with Succulents, 2007, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon

Baldwin, Debra Lee, Succulent Container Gardens, 2010, Design Eye-Catching

Displays with 350 Easy-Care Plants, 2007, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon

Caixinhas, Maria Lisete, Cactus e Outras Plantas & Suculentas na Estufa Doce de
Lisboa,2002, Cacti & Other Succulents in the Temperate Greenhouse of Lisboa, Editorial
Verbo, Lisboa

Dortort, Fred, Succulent Plants of the World,2011, A Timber Press Guide – A

Comprehensive Reference to More than 2000 Species, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon

Hewitt, Terry, The Complete Book of Cacti & Succulents,1993, The Definitive
Practical Guide to Cultivation, Propagation and Display, DK Publishing, Dorling
Kindersley Limited, London

Kelaidis, Gwen Moore, Hardy Succulents, 2010, Tough Plants for Every Climate,
Storey Publishing, North Adams, Mass.

Mafham, Ken, 500 Cacti, - Species & Varieties in Cultivation, Firefly Books, 2007
Richmond Hill, Ontario

Scxhuster, Danny, The World of Cacti, 1990, - How to Select From and Care For Over
1,000 Species - Facts on File, New York

Medi & Dry Climate Flora:

Bennett, Jennifer, Dry Land Gardening, 1998, - A Xeriscaping Guide to Dry Summer,
Cold Winter, Firefly Books, Bookmakers Press, Buffalo, New York

Duffield, Mary Rose & Jones, Warren, Plants for Dry Climates, 2001, Rev. Ed., -
How to Select, Grow and Enjoy, De Capo Press, Perseus Book Group, Cambridge, Mass
Press, Buffalo, New York

Filippi, Olivier, The Dry Gardening Handbook. 2008, Plants and Practices for a
Changing Climate, Thames & Hudson, London

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Odgen, Lauren Springer & Odgen, Scott, Waterwise Plants for Sustainable
Gardens, 2011, - 200 Drought-Tolerant Choices for All Climates, Timber Press, Portland

Rix, Martin, Sub-Tropical and Dry Climate Plants, 2006, An The Definite Practical
Guide, Kew Book, Timber Press, Portland

Schuler, Carol, Low Water Use Plants, 1993, - For California and the Southwest,
Fisher Books, Tucson, Arizona

Weinstein, Gayle, Xeriscape Handbook, 1999, - A Guide to Natural, Resource-Wise

Gardening, Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado

Caribbean & Tropical Flora:

Tropical &Temperate Climates Flora Encyclopedia:

Courtright, Gordon, Tropical, 1988, Visual Dictionary of Tropical Plants, Timber

Press, Portland

Dirr, Michael A., Dirr’s Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates, 2002, Timber Press,
Portland, Oregon

Fayaz, Ahmed, Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants , 2011, Identification and Cultivation

of 3,000 Tropical Plants, Firefly Books, Buffalo, New York

Giles, Will, Encyclopedia of Exotic Plants for Temperate Climates, 2007, - A General
Flora Encyclopedias, Timberland Press, Portland

Harcourt, Caroline S. & Sayer, Jeffrey A., Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forest –
The Americas, 1996, - Issues and Country Studies, Simon & Shuster, New York

Art Books of Tropical Flowers & Plants:

Hall, Clarence E., Flowers of the Islands in the Sun, 1966, A.S. Barnes & Company,
New York &London

Pertchik, Bernhard & Harriet, Flowering Trees of the Caribbean, 1951, Rinehart &
Company, New York

Stahl, Agustín, Acuarelas de la Flora de Puerto Rico, 1995, Edición Conmemorativa

del 25to Aniversario de la Fundación, Fideicomiso de Conservación, San Juan,
Puerto Rico

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Tropical Flowers & Flowering Plants:

Bagget, Pam, Tropicalismo, 2008, - Spice up Your Graden with Cannas, Bananas, and
93 Other Eye-Catching Tropical Plants, Timber Press, Portland

Foggi, Bruno, Flowers of the Caribbean, 2005, Flowering Plants of the Caribbean,
Casa Editrice Bonechi, Florence

Geneve, Robert, A Book of Blue Flowers, 2000, Timber Press, Portland

Hyssayon, Dr. D. G., The Flowers Expert, 2006, 2009 Ed. Rev. Transworld
Publishers London.

Lennox, G. W. & Seddon, S.A., The Flowers of the Caribbean 1978, 1983, Macmillan
Education, London

McMullen, Conley K., Flowering Plants of the Galapagos, 1999, Arnold Arboretum,
Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press, Ithica, New York

McNary Wood, Katheleen, Flowers of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos, 2003,
Macmillan Education, London

Mellichamp, Larry & Gross, Paula, Bizarre Botanicals, 2010, - How to Grow String-
of-HEART, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Panda Ginger and Other Weird and Wonderful Plants,
Timber Press, Portland

Perrero, Laurie, 1976. The World of Tropical Flowers, 1976, Windward Publishing
Inc., Miami, Fl. USA

Spence, William, Garden Plants & Flowers Throughout tht Year, 2003, 2009 Ed.
Rev. - Royal Horticultural Society, DK Publishing London.

Teague, Graeme, Tropical & Garden Flower Identification – Florida, Bahamas,

Caribbean, Central America, 2006, Rabbit Press, Abel, Georgia

Warren, William, Tropical Flowers, 2004, - Thames & Hudson Ltd., London.

Tropical Flora – Caribbean:

Burton, Frederick J., Threatened Plants of the Cayman Islands – The Red List, 2008,
Key Publishing, Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, U.K.

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Carrinton, Sean, Wild Plants of Barbados, 2007, 2nd Ed. - Flowering Plants, both
native and naturalized, found in the Eastern Caribbean, McMillan Education Ltd.,
London

Carrinton, Sean, Wild Plants of the Caribbean, 1998, - Flowering Plants, both native
and naturalized, found in the Eastern Caribbean, McMillan Education Ltd., London

Carrinton, Sean, Wild Plants of the Caribbean, 1998, - Flowering Plants, both native
and naturalized, found in the Eastern Caribbean, McMillan Education Ltd., London

Honychurch, Penelope N., Caribbean Wild Plants and their Uses, 1980, McMillan
Education Ltd., London

Howard, Richard D., Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Vols. 1 to 6, 1988, Arnold
Arboretum, Harvard University, Mass.

Kingsbury, John M., 200 Tropical Plant of the Caribbean, 1988, - Conspicuous,
Unusual or Economically Important, Bullbrier Press, Ithica, New York

Leiva, Angela, Flowers of Cuba 2007, MacMillan Publishers, London

McNary Wood, Kathleen, The Flowers of the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos, 2000, -
MacMillan Caribbean Natural History, MacMillan Education Ltd., London

Nellis, David W., Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean, 1994, - A
Guide To Knowing and Growing Salt Tolerant Plants, Pineapple Press, Sarasota

Proctor, George R, Ferns of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1989, Memoires of the
NYBg, Vol.53 The New York Botanical Garden, New York

Questel, Adrian, The Flora of St-Bartholomew (French West Indies) and Its Origin,
1941, Imprimerie Catholique, Basse-Terre, Guadalupe

Rauch, Fred D. & Weissich, Paul R., Small Trees for Tropical Landscape. 2009,
University of Hawaiii Press, Honolulu

Seddon, S.A. & Lennox, G.W. , The Flowers of the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos,
2000, - MacMillan Caribbean Natural History, MacMillan Education Ltd., London

Seddon, S.A. & Lennox, G.W. , The Trees of the Caribbean, 1980, - MacMillan
Education, MacMillan Education Ltd., London

Silva Lee, Alfonso, Natural Cuba, 1997, PANGAEAE

Smith, Morl, Henderson, Stevenson & Heald, Flowering Plants of the Neotropics,
2004, - Princeton University Press, New York

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Tropical Plants – Virgin Islands:

Acevedo-Rodriguez, Pedro, Flora of St John – US Virgin Islands, 1996, The New

York Botanical Garden, New York

Britton, Lord Nathaniel, Flora of the American Virgin Islands, 1918, The Brooklyn
Botanic Garden Memoirs, Vol. I, 1918, New York

Eggers, Heinrich Franz Alexander, The Flora of Saint Croix and the Virgin Islands,
1879, Government Printing Office, Washington, Forgotten Books [.org] Reprint 2012

Grissbach, A.H.R., Flora of the British West Indian Islands, 1864, 1963 Rept.,
Historiae Naturalis Classica, J. Kramer, Hafner Publishing, New York

Hooker,Joseph Dalton, Student’s Flora of the British Islands, 1878, 2nd Ed., Historiae
Naturalis Classica, J. Kramer, Hafner Publishing, New York

Proctor, George R, Ferns of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1989, Memoires of the
NYBg, Vol.53, The New York Botanical Garden, New York

Tropical Plants – Puerto Rico:

Acevedo-Rodriguez, Pedro, Angell, Bobbi, Ilustrs, Bejucos y Plantas Trepadoras de

Puerto Rico e Islas Virgenes, 2003, Puerto Rico Smithonian Institution, Washinton,
D.C.

Britton, N. L., An Undescribed Cactus of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, 1933, Cactus
and Succulent Society of America, Vol. 5:469

Britton, N.L., Wilson, Percy & Maxon, William R., Scientific Study of Puerto Rico
& The Virgin Islands, 1926, Botany of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, New York
Academy of Science, New York, N.Y.

Craig, Robert M., Plants for Coastal Dunes, Of the Gulf, South Atlantic Coast and
Puerto Rico, Agricultural Information Bulletin 460, Soil Conservation Service, US
Department of Agriculture

Cardenas, Juan & Coulston, L.E., Weeds of Puerto Rico, 1967, a List of common and
scientific names, OSU/ AID Mimeo 67-10, Farm Crops Department, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, Oregon

Liogier, Henri Alain., Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands, 1985,
2000, Spermatophyta. Vol. I, Casuarinaceae to Connaraceae, Editorial de la Universidad
de Puerto Rico, San Juan.

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Liogier, Henri Alain., Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands, 1997,
Spermatophyta. Vol. II, Leguminosae to Anacardiaceae, Editorial de la Universidad de
Puerto Rico, San Juan.

Liogier, Henri Alain., Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands, 1997,
Spermatophyta. Vol. III, Cyrillacea to Myrtaceae, Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto
Rico, San Juan.

Liogier, Henri Alain., Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands, 1997,
Spermatophyta. Vol. IV, Malastomataceae to Lentibulariaceae, Editorial de la
Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.

Liogier, Henri Alain, Martorell. Luis F., Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands:
A Sytematic Synopsis, 1997, 2nd. Ed. Rev., Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto
Rico, San Juan.

Liogier, Henri Alain., Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands, 1997,
Spermatophytae to Compositae. Vol. V, Anatheae to Compositae, Editorial de la
Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.

Mas, Edwin G.,& Lugo-Torre, Maria de L., Common Weeds in Puerto Rico and
U.S. Virgin Islands, 2013, 01-2013, Universidad de Puerto Rico, , Recinto Universitario
de Mayagüez. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service/Caribbean Area

Miner Solà, Edwin, Flores de Puerto Rico y Exoticos, 1998, Puerto Rico Ecològico
Vol. IV, Ediciones Servilibros. EMS, San Juan.

Nieves, Victor Manuel, El Yunque, 2010, Impressive Publications, San Juan, Puerto
Rico

Proctor, George R, Ferns of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1989, Memoires of the
NYBg, Vol.53, The New York Botanical Garden, New York

Rivero, Juan A., El Libro de las Hojas Distinguidas, 2009, - The Book of Distinguish
Leaves, Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.

Stahl, Agustin, Flora of Puerto Rico, Vol I. II & III, 1936, Publicaciones de la Federal
Relief Administration, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Tropical Plants – Florida & Coastal Plain:

Bell, C. Ritchie & Taylor,Bryan J., Wildflowers of Florida and Roadside Plants, 1982,
1998 3rd Ed., Laurel Hill Press, Chapel Hill

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Bell, C. Ritchie & Taylor,Bryan J., Wildflowers of Florida, 2010, Adventure

Publications, Cambridge, Minnesota

Boning, Charles R., Florida’s Best Herbs and Spices, 2010, - Native Exotic Plants
Grown for Scent and Flavor, Pineapple Press, Sarasota

Bowden, Robert, Guide to Florida Fruit and Vegetable Gardening, 2009, Cool
Spring Press, Brentwood, Tenn.

Daniels, Jaret C. & Tekeila, Stan, Wildflowers of Florida –Field Guide, 2010,
Adventure Publications, Inc., Cambridge, Minnesota

Daniels, Jaret C. & Tekeila, Stan, Wild Flowers of Florida and Roadside Plants,
1982, Laurel Hill Press

Haehle, Robert G. & Brokwell, Joan, The Native Florida Plants, 2004, Taylor Trade
Publishing, New York

Huegel, Craig Norman, Native Wildflowers and Other Ground Covers for Florida
Landscaping, 2012, University Press of Florida, Sarasota

Huegel, Craig Norman, Native Plant Landscaping for Florida Wildlife, 2010,
University Press of Florida, Sarasota

Kavenagh, James & Leung, James, Florida Trees & Wildflowers, 2000, - A Pocket
Naturalist Guide, Waterford Press,

Kirk, T. Kent, Tropical Trees of Florida and The Virgin Islands, 2009, - A Guide to
Identification Characteristics and Uses, Pineapple Press, Sarasota

Luther, Harry E., Benzig, David H., Native Bromeliads of Florida, 2009, Pineapple
Press, Sarasota

Nelson, Gil, The Ferns of Florida, 2000, - A Reference Field Guide, Pineapple Press,
Sarasota

Nelson, Gil, Florida’s Best Native Landscape Plants, 2003, - 200 Readily Available
Species for Homeowners and Professionals, University Press of Florida, Sarasota

Nelson, Gil, The Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida, 1996, - A Reference Field
Guide, Pineapple Press, Sarasota

Nelson, Gil, The Trees of Florida, 1994, - A Reference Field Guide, Pineapple Press,
Sarasota

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Nellis, David W., Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean, 1994, A
Guide To Knowing and Growing Salt Tolerant Plants, Pineapple Press, Sarasota

Neyland, Ray, Wildflowers of the Coastal Plain, 2009, Louisiana State University
Press, Baton Rouge

Stebbins, Mark K., The Flowering Tress of Florida, 1999, Pineapple Press, Sarasota

Stuckey, Irene H. & Lofland G., Lisa, Coastal Plants, 2000, - From Cape Cod to Cape
Canaveral, University of South Carolina, Chapel Hill, SC.

Taylor, Walter Kingsley, Florida Wildflowers in their Natural Communities, 1998,

University Press of Florida, Gainsville

Taylor, Walter Kingsley, The Guide to Florida Wildflowers, 1992, Taylor Trade
Publishing, Lanham, Maryland

Venning, Frank D., Wildflowers of North America, 1984, A Guide to Field

Identification, A Golden Field Guide, Golden Press, New York

Walters, Martin, & Lavelle, Nick, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Wildflowers and
Flora of the Americas, 2007, Lorenz Books of L. Publishing Ltd., London

Tropical Plants – Galapagos & Ecuador:

Lozano, Pablo & Anhalzer, Jorge, Flores Silvestres de Ecuador, 2006, Imprenta
Mariscal, Ecuador

McMullen, Conley K., Flowering Plants of the Galapagos, 1999, Comstock

Publishing Associates, Cornell University, Ithaca , NY

Patzelt, Erwin, Flora de Ecuador, 2008, Imprefepp, Ecuador

Tropical Plants – Panama:

Carrasquilla R., Luis G., Árboles y Arbustos de Panamá, 2008, 2nd. Ed., -
Universidad de Panamá, Editora Novo Art, S.A., Panamá

Correa A., Mireya D., Catálogo de Plantas Vasculares de Panamá, 2004 -

Universidad de Panamá, Instituto Smithonian de Investigaciones Tropicales, Panamá

De Seda, Alejandro, Guía de Árboles y Arbustos del Campus Dr. Octavio Méndez
Pereira , Universidad de Panamá, 2010, Editora InBio, Instituto Nacional de
Biodiversidad, Costa Rica

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De Seda, Alejandro, Guia Fotografica de las Plantas del Cerro JefePanamá, 2010,
Editora InBio, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica

De Seda, Alejandro, Un Recorrido por el Sendero El Charco ,Parque Nacional

Soberanía, Panamá, 2010, Editora InBio, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa
Rica

Navarro Q., Juan Carlos, Parques Nacionales de Panamá, 1998, 2001, 2nda. Ed. -
Universidad de Panamá, Instituto Smithonian de Investigaciones Tropicales, Editora
Balboa, S.A., Panamá

Tropical Plants – Trinidad:

Comeau, Paul L.,Potter, IR., Roberts, P.K., The Trinidad and Tobago Field
Naturalists’ Club – Trail Guide, 2006, 2nd. Ed., The Trinidad and Tobago Field
Naturalists’ Club, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Lackhan, Radbindranath S., Plants of Religious Significance, 2005, 2nd. Ed., The
Hindu Perspective, Revolution Publishing Company Ltd. Gasparrillo, Trinidad

Quesnel, Victor C. & Farrell, T. Francis, Native Trees of Trinidad and Tobago,
2005, 2nd. Ed., The Trinidad and Tobago Field Nauralists’ Club, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Tropical Plants – Rest of the United States & World:

Albrech Llamas, Kirsten, Tropical Flowering Plants, 2003 - A Guide to Identification
and Cultivation, Timber Press, Portland

Barretto, Malena & Ormindo, Paolo, Guia de Arvores Notaveis 2008, 200 anos do
Jardin Botanici do Rio de Janeiro, Andrea Jakobsson, Estudios Editoriales, Rio de
Janeiro

Bartels, Andreas, Plantas Tropicales, Ornamentales y Útiles, 1989,2002 - Guía de

Orientación, Ediciones Omega, Barcelona

Brandenburg, David M., Field Guide to Wildflowers of North America, 2010,

National Wildlife Federation, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York.

Clay, Horace F., Hubbard, James C., Gott Rich, The Hawaii’ Garden Tropical
Shrubs, 1997, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu

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Gentry, Alwyn H., A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of
Norwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) - with Supplementary Notes on
Herbaceous Taxa, 1993, University of Chicago Press, Chicago

Jarret, Amanda, Ornamental Tropical Shrubs, 2003, Tropical Plants found in the
Tropics, Pineapple Press, Sarasota

Miller, James H., & Miller, Karl V., Forest Plants of the Southeast and their
Wildlife Uses, 2005, University of Georgia Press, Athens & London

Raunch, Fred D., & Weissich, Paul R., Plants for Tropical Landscape, 2000, - A
Gardeners Guide, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.

Warren, William, Tropical Plants for Home and Garden, 1997, Thames Hudson, New
York.

Whistler, W. Arthur, Tropical Ornamentals - A Guide, 2000, Timber Press, Portland

Press, Portland

Tropical Plant Families – Puerto Rico, Caribbean & World:

Avans, Alexander William, Hepaticea of Puerto Rico, 1912, - 16 pp white pamphlet,

Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club

Cuevas Quintana, Dr. David, DCQ, El Limon, 2002-2003, Rev. Ed., Monograph, San
Juan

Lawton, Barbara Perry Hibiscus, 2004, Hardy & Tropical Plants for the Gardens,
Timber Press, Portland, Oregon

Morgan, Raymond J., Impatiens, 2007, - The Vibrant World of Busy Lizzies, Balsams
and Touch-me -nots, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon

Bamboos – Puerto Rico, Caribbean: & World

Whittaker, Paul, Practical Bamboos, 2010, The 50 Best Plants for Screens, Containers
an More, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon

Bromelias – Puerto Rico, Caribbean: & World

Cuevas Quintan, El Cultivo de Las Bromelias, Monograph, San Juan

Kramer, Jack, Bromeliads – for Home and Garden, 2011, University Press of Florida,
Gainsville, Florida

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Luther, Harry E., Benzig, David H., Native Bromeliads of Florida, 2009, Pineapple
Press, Sarasota [2] See Florida

Steens, Andrew, Bromeliads – for the Contemporary Garden, 2011, Timber Press,
Portland, Oregon

Fungi – Puerto Rico, Caribbean: & World

Steens, Andrew, The Kingdom of Fungi, 2010, The Biology of mushrooms, molds and
lichens, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon

Heliconias – Puerto Rico, Caribbean: & World

Berry, Fred & Kress, W, John, Heliconias – An Identification Guide, 1991,
Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington & London

Grasses – Puerto Rico, Caribbean: & World:

Darke, Rick, The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscape, 2007, Timber
Press, Portland, Oregon

Grounds, Roder, Ornamental Grasses, 1998, The Plantfinder’s Guide, Timber Press,
Portland, Oregon

Taylor, Walter Kingsley, A Guide to Florida Grasses, 2009, University Press of

Florida, Gainsville

Ground Covers – Puerto Rico, Caribbean, & World

Mackenzie, David S., Ground Covers, 2006, A Timber Press Pocket Guide, Timber
Press, Portland, Oregon

Mackenzie, David S., Perennial Ground Covers, 1997, Timber Press, Portland,
Oregon

Herbal Plants & Vegetables – Puerto Rico, Caribbean & World

Boning, Charles R., Florida’s Best Herb & Spices, 2010, - Navite and Exotic Plants
Grown for Scent & Flavor, Pineapple Press Inc., Sarasota, Florida

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Cook, Jeff & Moine, Marie-Pierre, The Cook’s Herb Garden, 2010, DK Publishing,
New York

Lively, Ruth, Ed., Growing Vegetables & Herbs, 2011, Tauton Press, Newtown, CT.

Martin, Laurelyn G. & Byron E., Growing Tasty Tropical Plants, – In any home
anywhere, 2010, Storey Publishing, North Adams, Mass.

Warner, Monica, Herbal Plants of Jamaica, 2007, Caribbean Natural Series,

Macmillan Education, London

Orchids – Puerto Rico, Caribbean: & World

Ackerman, James D., The Orchids of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 1992,
Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan

Ackerman, James D., An Orchids Flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 1995,
The New York Botanical Garden, New York

Kenny, Julia, Native Orchids of the Eastern Caribbean, 1988, Caribbean Pocket
Natural History, Macmillan Education, London

Nash & Isobyl La Croix, Flora’s Orchids, 2005, Timber Press, Portland.

Palms & Cycads – Puerto Rico, Caribbean & World:

Henderson, Andrew, Gloria Galano, Rodrigo Bernal, Filed Guide to The Palms of
the Americas, 1995, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey

Krempin, Jack, Popular Palms, 1995, Krempin Publishing, Queensland, Australia

Krempin, Jack, Palms & Cycads Around the World, Rev. Ed., 1995, - A
Comprehensive Pictorial Description of Both Species, Krempin Publishing, Queensland,
Australia

Leaser, David, Betrock’s Guide to Palms Palms, 2007, Betrock’s Information, Inc.,
Hollywood, Florida

Riffle, Robert Lee, Timber Press Guide to Palms, 2008, Timber Press, Portland,
Oregon

Steward, Lynette, A Guide to Palms & Cycads of the World, 1994 , Angus &
Robertson Publication, Harper Collins, Publishers, Auckland, Australia

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Whitehead Sharon, Palmae, 2008, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, Surrey, U.K., Harper
Collins, Publishers, Auckland, Australia

Passiflora – Puerto Rico, Caribbean & World:

Ulmer, Torsten & MacDougal, John M., Passiflora, 2004, -Passion Flowers of the
World, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon

Vanderplank, John, Passion Flowers, 2000, 3rd Ed., MIT Press, Boston

Fruit Trees – Puerto Rico, Caribbean & World

Bourne, M.J., Lennox, G. W. & Seddon, S.A., Fruit and Vegetables of the
Caribbean, 1988, Caribbean Pocket Natural History, Macmillan Education, London

Bowden, Robert, Fruit and Vegetable Gardening, 2009, Cool Springs Press,
Minneapolis, MN.

Charton, Erik, Gran Libro de los Arboles Frutales, 1992, 2002, Servi-Libros
Ediciones, S.A., Madrid

Hewitt, Sandra, Fruit Trees of, the Caribbean, 2005, MacMillan Publishers, London

Tropical Trees – Puerto Rico & Caribbean :

Cutts, William, Trees of the Bahamas & Florida, 2004, MacMillan Publishers, London

Hogan, Sean, Trees For All Seasons – Broadleaved Evergreens For Temperate
Climates, 2008, Timber Press, Portland

Leiva, Angela, Trees of Cuba, 2007, MacMillan Publishers, London

Little, Elbert L, Wadsworth, Frank H. & Roy Woodbury, Common Trees of Puerto
Rico & the Virgin Islands, 1964, Vol. 1, 1974, Vol. 2, - Agricultural Handbooks No.
249 & 449 Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Jones, Kenneth D., Native Trees for Community Forests, 1995, - A Guide to
Landscaping with Native Trees of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, V. I. Department of
Agriculture, St Croix, V. I.

Little, Elbert L, Wadsworth, Frank H., Marrero, José, Árboles Comunes de Puerto
Rico y las Isla: Vírgenes, 1967, 1st. Ed., Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico,
San Juan

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Little, Elbert L, Wadsworth, Frank H., Marrero, José, Árboles Comunes de Puerto
Rico y las Isla: Vírgenes, 1967, 2001: 2nd. Ed. Rev., Editorial de la Universidad de
Puerto Rico, San Juan

Miner Solà, Edwin, Arboles de Puerto Rico y Exóticos, 1995, 2000, 3ra. Ed.Rev.,
Puerto Rico Ecológico Vol. I, Ediciones Servilibros. EMS, San Juan

Miner Solà, Edwin, Árboles y Plantas en Peligro de Extinción, 1996, 2007, Ist
Bilingual Ed., Puerto Rico Ecológico Vol. III, First Book Publishing of PR, Ediciones
Servilibros. EMS, San Juan

Rivero, Juan A. & Brunner, Bryan R., Árboles Frutales Exóticos y poco Conocidos
en Puerto, 2006: 2007 Rptn.., Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan

Seddon, S.A. & Lennox, G. W., The Trees of the Caribbean, 1980, 1984, MacMillan
Publishers, London

Trees - Rest of the World:

Barwick, Margaret, Tropical and Subtropical Trees, 2004, a Worldwide

Encyclopedic Guide, Thames & Hudson, London

Coombes, Allen J. Ward, Mathews, Photo, Trees, 1992, 2002, A Smithsonian

Handbook, London

Coombs, Allen J., Arboles Pequeños Para Jardines, 2000, Span. Trans. from DK
Books, - Consejos de Expertos Para Confiar, RHS Guías Practicas, The Royal
Horticultural Society, Editorial Albatros SACI, Buenos Aires, Republica de Argentina

Botanica’s, Trees and Shrubs, 1999, Random House, Australia

Guarnaschelli, Ana Beatriz & Garau, Ana María, Árboles, 2009, - Una Guía Esencial
para Plantar Diversas Especies de Árboles, Editorial Albatros SACI, Buenos Aires,
Republica de Argentina

Petrides, George A., Wher Janet. Eastern Trees, 1988, 1998, 1st. Exp. Ed. - Trees of the
Eastern half of US and Canada, Peterson Field Guides, Houghton Mifflin & Co., Boston.

Rodd, Tony & Stockhouse, Jennifer, Trees, 2008, University of California Press,
Bekeley & Los Angeles, California

Symonds, George W.D. & Chelminski, Stephen, The Trees Identication Book, 1958,
2002, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, N.Y.

Ferns – of the Tropics:

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Wee Yeow Chin, Ferns of the Tropics, 2005, Rev. Ed., MC Times Editions, Singapore

Tropical Gardens and Design:

Alexander, Rosemary, The Essential Garden Design Workbook, 2nd E. ,2009,

Timber Press, Portland, Oregon

Baldwin, Debra Lee, Designing with Succulents, 2007, Timber Press, Portland

Bannochie, Iris, Light, Marilyn, Gardening in the Caribbean, 1998, - Most Caribbean
Island exclude3 greater Antilles, McMillan Education Ltd., London

Collet, Jill & Patrick, Bowe, Gardens of the Caribbean, 1993, - Flowering Plants,
both native and naturalized, found in the Eastern Caribbean, McMillan Education Ltd.,
London

Gajek, Margaret & Galon, Derek, Exotic Gardens, 2010, Ozone, Zone Books,
Victoria, BC, Canada

Grey-Wilson, Christopher, Plantas Anuales y Bianuales, 2000, Span. Trans. from DK

Books, - Consejos de Expertos Para Confiar, RHS Guías Practicas, The Royal
Horticultural Society, Editorial Albatros SACI, Buenos Aires, Republica de Argentina

Griffith Jr. & Lynn P., Tropical Foliage Plants, 1998, 2006, 2nd Ed., A Grower’s
Guide Ball Publishing, Batavia, Illinois

Holttum, R. E., Enoch, Ivan, Gardening in the Tropics, 1991, 2002, Timber Press,
Portland

Jungles, Raymond, The Colors of Nature – Subtropical Gardens, 2008, Monacelli

Press a Division of Random House, Inc., New York

Jungles, Raymond, The Colors of Nature, 2008, - Subtropical Gardens [Florida]

Monacelli Press, Random House Inc., New York

Leguízamo Barbosa, Alberto, Guía para la Conformación, Enriquecimiento,

Manejo y Aprovechamiento Del Bosque Protector, 2004, CAB- Ciencia y Tecnología
No. 140, Convenio Andrés Bello, Bogotá, Colombia

Myers, Mary, Andrea Cochran: Landscapes, 2009, - Princeton University Press, New
York

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Ponguta-Hurtado, Juan José, Guía para el Almacenamiento, Manejo y Conducción

de Agua, 2003, CAB- Ciencia y Tecnología No. 111, Convenio Andrés Bello, Bogotá,
Colombia

Rauch, Fred D. & Weissich, Paur R., Plants for Tropical Landscapes a Gardener’s
Guide, 2000, University of Hawaii Press, Hawaii

St. Romaine,Derek, Barbados in Bloom, 2004, Wordsmith International, Miller

Publishing Company, Barbados, W.I.

Warren, William, The Tropical Garden, 1991. 1997 - Periplus Editions, Honk Kong

White Hazel, Hillside Landscaping, 2007 – Sunset Books, California

Wijaya, Made, Tropical Garden Design, 2003, Periplus, Archipelago Press & Wijaja
Words, Singapore

Wijaya, Made, Modern Tropical Garden Design, 2007, - Flowering Plants, both
Native and Naturalized, found in the Eastern Caribbean, Periplus, Singapore - Hong
Kong

Vines and Climbers – Puerto Rico, Caribbean & World

Armitage, Alan M., Atmitage Vines and Climbers, 2010, A Gardeners Guide to the
Best Vertical Plants, Timber Press, Portland

Tropical Fauna:

Fauna – Puerto Rico & Caribbean:

Miner Solà, Edwin, Carlos Vazquez, Carlos Diez & Dr. Juan A. Rivero, Endangered
and Threatened Species of Puerto Rico, 2005, EMS, San Juan.

Nellis, David W., Puerto Rico & Virgin Island – Wildlife Viewing Guide, 1999,
Falcond Publishing Inc., Helena, Montana

Sutty,Leslie, Fauna of the Caribbean, 1993, - The Last Survivors, McMillan Press Ltd.,
London

Butterflies:

Hernández, Luis Roberto, Field Guide of Cuban – West Indies Butterflies, 2004, ,
Editorial de la Universidad de Zulia, Maracaibo Venezuela
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Perez-Asso, Antonio R., Genaro, Julio A., Garrido, Orlando H., Las Mariposas de
Puerto Rico, 2009, Editorial Cucuyo, San Juan, P.R.

Coquis, Lizards & Snakes:

Joglar, Rafael L., Los Coquis de Puerto Rico, 2006, Su Historia y Conservación.
Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan

Malhotra, Anita & Thorpe, Roger S., Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern
Caribbean, 1999, McMillan Caribbean Natural History McMillan Education Ltd.,
London

Rivero, Juan A., Los Anfibios y Reptiles de Puerto Rico, 2nd Ed. Rev , 1998 . 2006,
Reimpresión, Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan

Rivero, Juan A., Lagartos y Culebras de Puerto Rico 2006, Guía para la identificación
de Lagartos y Culebras. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.

Spiders:

Petrunkevitch, Alexander, The Spiders of PortoRico, Part 1-3, Part 1, 1929, Part 2 &
3, 1930, Yale University Press, Conn.

Birds of the Caribbean:

Bond, James, Birds of the West Indies, 1993, 5th. Ed., Peterson Field Guides, Houghton
Mifflin & Co., Boston

Evans, Peter, Birds of the Eastern Caribbean, 1990, McMillan Caribbean Natural
History McMillan Education Ltd., London

Flieg, G. Michael & Sander, Allan, Birds of the West Indies, 2000, - A Photographers
Guide, New Holland Publishing (UK) Ltd, London

Hallet, Bruce, Birds of the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands, 2006, McMillan
Caribbean Pocket Natural History Series, McMillan Education Ltd., London

Kavanaug, James & Leung, Raymond, Caribbean Birds, 2003, - A Pocket Field Guide,
Waterford Press

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Latta, Steven, Rimmer C., et Al., Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, 2006
Rev. Ed., Princeton University Press, Princeton.

Nellis, David W., The Coastal Birds of Florida and the Caribbean, 2001, - A Guide
To Knowing and Growing Salt Tolerant Plants, Pineapple Press, Sarasota

Raffaele, Herbert A., Wiley J, et Al., Birds of the West Indies, 2003 Rev. Ed., Princeton
University Press, Princeton.

Raffaele, Herbert A. , Wiley, James, Garrido, Orlando, Keith Allan, Raffaele, Janis,
1998, - A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies : Princeton University Press, Princeton

Wauer, Ronald H., A Birders West Indies, 1996, - RHB - An Introductory Island by
Island Tour, University of Texas Press, Austin

Yokoyama, Mark, Wildlife of Saint Martin, V 1.1, 2010, - The Incomplete Guide, Les
Fruits de Mer, Charleston, S.C.

Birds Puerto Rico:

Biaggi, Virgilio, Las Aves de Puerto Rico, 1970, 1997, 4ta. Ed. Rev., Editorial de la
Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.

Raffaele, Herbert A., A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Island, 1989
Rev. Ed., Princeton University Press, Princeton.

Oberle, Mark W., Puerto Rico’s Birds in Photograph, 2000, 2003, 2nd. Rev. Ed., -A
Complete Guide and CD-ROM Including the Virgin Islands: Editorial Humanitas, Seattle

Tossas Cavalliery, Adrianne G., Hernández Machado, Beatriz, Colon López, José A.
Aves de Puerto Rico para Niños, 2011, Auspicio de US F&WA y Soc. Para la
Conservación y Estudio de Aves Caribeñas, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Vidal, Ana Victoria, Sárraga Toro, Laura, Pajaros de Puerto Rico, 1995, 1st. Ed.,
Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas Inc, San Juan

Wetmore, Alex, Birds of Porto Rico, 1916, 1st. Ed., - Agricultural Bulletin No. 326, US
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Marine Life:

Conservation Biology:

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Cotè Isabelle, & Reynolds, John Ed. , Coral Reef Conservation, 2006, - Conservation
Biology, Cambridge University Press, New York

Marine Life:

Bunkley-Williams, Lucy &bWilliams Jr., Ernest, Parasites of Puerto Rican

Freshwater Sport-Fishes, 1994- Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental
Resources & University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P.R.

García-Sais Jorge (Reni), Richard Appeldoorn, Andy Bruckner, Chris Caldow,

John D. Christensen, Craig Lilyestrom, Mark E. Monaco, Jorge Sabater, Ernest
Williams, Ernesto Diaz, The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico
Humann, Paul, Guía de Peces del Caribe – Antillas, Florida, Caribe & Golfo de
México, 1997, Grupo Editorial M&G Difusión, SL. España

Humann, Paul & DeLoach, Ned, Reef Creatures Identification – Florida, Caribbean
& Bahamas, 1992-2002, 2nd ed., 3rd pt. 2006, New World Publications, Jacksonville,
Florida

Humann, Paul & DeLoach, Ned, Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life – Florida,
Caribbean & Bahamas, 1995, New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida

Marshall, Norman & Olga et al., Ocean Life, 1971, Blandford Color Series, Blandford
Press, London

Mignucci, Antonio, El Manatí de Puerto Rico, 2010, Red Caribeña de Varamientos &
Universidad Interamericana de P.R. San Juan

Reynalds, John E. III, and Odell, David K., Manatees and Dugongs, 1991 , Blandford
Color Series, Facts on File Books. New York

Ripple, Jeff, Sea Turtles, 1996, Vayayeur Press, St Paul, Minn.

Smith, C. Lavette, A Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes, 1997 – National

Audubon Society – Tropical Marine Fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico,
Florida, The Bahamas and Bermuda, Alfred A. Knoff New York

Tuffy, M.F. and Comer, P.J., 2005, Getting Conservation Scenarios for Puerto Rico,
NatureServe, Boulder, Colorado, pdf

Vernoux, Jean-Paul, Magras, Michel & Phillip, Coral Fishes of the West Indies, 1988,
Les Editions du Latanier, St. Barthelemy

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Voss, Gilbert L., Seashore Life of: Florida and the Caribbean, 1982- A Guide to
Common Marin Invertebrates and Plants, Banyan Books, Inc., Miami, Fl. USA

Weil, Ernesto, Marine Resources of Puerto Rico, ,Department of Marine Sciences,

University of Puerto Rico, Lajas PR, pdf

Coral Reefs:
Borneman, Eric H., Aquarium Corals – Selection Husbandry and Natural History,
2009 , TFH Publications Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey

Ferrari, Andreas & Antonella, Reef Life: Caribbean and Florida, 1999, 2nd Pr. 2006-
A Field Guide to Animals and Plants Living in Reef Around the World, Firefly Books,
Ontario Canada

Kaplan, Eugene H., Coral Reefs: Caribbean and Florida,1982- A Field Guide to
Fishes, Sponges, Mollusks, Corals and More, Peterson Field Guides, Houghton Mifflin &
Co., Boston

Spalding, Mark D., A Guide to the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean, 2004 - A Field
Guide to Animals and Plants Living in Reef Around the World, University of California
Press, Beckerly, California

Marine Plants:

Diaz-Peterson, M., Nuevas Adiciones a la Flora Marina de Puerto Rico, 1970,

Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol 10, No,1 & 2, June 1970, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Scullion, Diane et al., Marine Plants of the Caribbean, 1989 - A Field Guide From
Florida to Brazil, Peterson Field Guides, Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington DC.
London

Seashells:
Lidner, Gert et al., Marine Plants of the Caribbean, 1989 - Field Guide to Seashells of
the World, Peterson Field Guides, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York

Sutty, Leslie, Abbot, Tucker R. Ed., Seashell Treasures of the Caribbean,1986 - Field
Guide to Seashells of the World, Peterson Field Guides, E. P. Dutton, North America
Library, New York

Romashko, Sandra, The Shell Book, 1984, 5th Ed. – Windward Publishing Inc., Miami,
Fl. USA

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Tucker, R., Collectible Shells of Southeastern Bahamas & Caribbean, 1984,

American Malacologist Inc., Melbourne, Fl. USA

Warmke, Germaine L. &Abbot, R. Tucker., Caribbean Seashells,1961, 1975 - A

Guide to the Marine Mollusks of Puerto Rico and Other West Indian Islands, Bermuda
and the Lower Florida Keys, Peterson Field Guides, General Publishing Co, Ltd.,
Ontario, Canada

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