University of Oregon biologist, Peter Wetherwax, and
Ecuadorian guide, Javier Perez, consulting 'Plants of Mindo'
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A Guide to the Cloud Forest of the Andean Choco
This unique field guide is useful throughout the montane forests of the neotropics.
Based in the Andean Choco of northwest Ecuador it illustrates almost 400 species, representing over 100 families of common plants.
Bilingual, with almost 700 photos, it is a useful reference for students, botanists, naturalists, guides, scientists, and tourists.
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plantsofmindo@gmail.com
Site Contents
External Links
Botanical Resources
- Andean Bryophytes
- Atrium Biodiversity Information System
- Bibliorchidea
- Botánica Económica de los Andes Centrales
- Catalogue of Vascular Plants of Ecuador
- Dracula Species Database
- El Herbario QCA (Quito Católica)
- Elaphoglossum Pages (NYBG)
- Field Museum: Herbarium Specimens
- Field Museum: Rapid Color Guides
- Fungi of Ecuador
- Guide to tropical plant families and genera
- Herbario Nacional del Ecuador
- Jardin Botanico Lankester (orchids)
- JSTOR Plant Science
- Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica
- Missouri Botanical Garden: South American Projects
- Neotropical Fern Genera
- NYBG Virtual Herbarium
- Orchid Photo Encyclopedia
- Plants of Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- The Pleurothallid Alliance
- Trees and Shrubs of the Andes
- TROPICOS®
- Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A&M)
Links to Mindo
Other Links to Ecuador
Trees
Vines & Lianas
Shrubs
Orchids
Monocots
Dicots
Gramminoids
Ferns
Club Moss
Liverworts & Mosses
Cultivated
About the Author
Tobias Policha is a botanist, gardener, and herbalist. His passion for learning about plants has taken him to landscapes throughout the Americas. Tobias conducted his PhD research on the pollination biology of Dracula orchids in the Ecuadorian cloud forest through the University of Oregon’s Institute of Ecology and Evolution.
Mindo April 2010
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"The ultimate role of ethnobotany lies not in the identification of new natural products for the benefit of the modern world, but rather in the illumination of a profoundly different way of living in relationship to nature." -Wade Davis
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