FLORA OF THE GREATER ANTILLES NEWSLETTER
For the botanist travelling in the Caribbean Islands, some information sources are cited here. The web sites listed may not pertain to the organization listed, but may have useful information for the traveler. For general travel information, get the Caribbean Vacation Planner from: Caribbean Coalition for Tourism, 80 Broad Street, NY, NY 10004, U.S.A., Tel. (212) 635-9530; Fax (212) 635-9511. This is revised annually and is free.
Anguilla Tourist Information, c/o Medhurst & Assoc., 775 Park Ave., Huntington, NY 11643. Tel. (516) 425-0900, (800) 533-4939; Fax (516) 425-0903. Also contact Anguilla Tourist Office, P.O. Box 1388, The Valley, Anguilla, Tel. (800) 553-4939 http://www.candw.com.ai/~atbtour/
Antigua & Barbuda Dept. Tourism, 610 Fifth Ave, Suite 311, NY, NY 10020; Tel. (212) 541-4117, http://www.interknowledge.com/antigua-barbuda/
Aruba Tourism Authority, 1000 Harbor Blvd., Weehawken, NJ 07087, Tel. (800) 862-7822, (210) 330-0800, Fax: (210) 330-8757; http://www.shore.net/olm/aruba
Bahamas Tourist Office, 150 E. 52nd St., 28th Floor North, NY, NY 10022, Tel. (800) 422-4262, (212) 758-2777; Fax (212) 753-6531; http://www.interknowledge.com/bahamas/ and http://www.bahamaweb.com/
Barbados Tourism Authority, 800 Second Ave., NY, NY 10017; Tel. (800) 221-9831; (212) 986-6516; Fax (212) 573-9850
Tourism Corporation of Bonaire, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 900, NY, NY 10020; Tel. (800) 826-6247; (212) 956-5911; Fax (212) 956-5913; http://www.interknowledge.com/bonaire/
British Virgin Islands Tourist Board, 370 Lexington Ave, Suite 1605, NY, NY 10017; Tel. (800) 835-8530, (212) 696-0400; Fax (212) 949-8254
Caribbean Tourism Organization, 80 Broadway, NY, NY 100XX; Tel. (212) 682-9530; Fax (212) 697-4258; http://www.caribtourism.com
Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, 420 Lexington, Ave., Suite 2733, NY, NY 10170; Tel. (800) 346-3313, (212) 682-5582; Fax (212) 986-5123. http://www.caymans.com
Curaçao Tourist Board, 475 Park Ave. South, Suite 2000, NY, NY 10016; Tel. (800) 270-3350, (212) 751-8666; Fax (212) 683-9337. http://www.interknowledge.com/curacao/
Consulate General of Dominica; 820 Second Ave., 9t Floor, NY, NY 10017; Tel. (212) 599-8478; Fax (212) 808-4975; Dominica Tourist Office, 10 E. 21st St., Suite 600, NY, NY 10010, Tel. (212) 475-7542, (888) 374-6361.
Dominican Republic Tourist Office, 1501 Broadway, Suite 410, NY, NY 10036; Tel. (212) 575-4966; Fax (212) 575-5448
French Government Tourist Office , 444 Madison Ave., 16 Floor, NY, NY 10022; Tel. (800) 391-4909, (212) 757-1125; Fax (212) 838-7855
Grenada Board of Tourism, 820 Second Ave., Suite 900D, NY, NY 10017; Tel. (800) 927-9554, (212) 687-9554; Fax (212) 573-9731. http://www.interknowledge.com/grenada/
Guadeloupe Tourist Office, 161 Washington Valley Road, Suite 205, Warren, NJ 07059. Tel. (888) 448-2335.
Consulate General of Haiti, 271 Madison Ave., No. 17-F, NY, NY 10016, Tel. (212) 697-9767; Fax (212) 691-5991
Jamaica Tourist Board, 801 Second Ave., 20th Floor; NY, NY 10017; Tel (212) 856-9727, (800) 233-4582; Fax (212) 856-9730; http://www.jamaicatravel.com
Martinique Promotion Bureau, c/o French Government Tourist Office, 444 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022; Tel. (212) 838-7800 ext. 228, (800) 391-4909; Fax (212) 838-7855. http://www.martinique.org/
Montserrat Tourist Information. Tel. (516) 425-0901
Netherlands Antilles (Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maartin, Aruba,Bonaire, Curacao) http:// gov.an/
Puerto Rico Tourism Company, 575 Fifth Ave., 23rd Floor, NY, NY 10017; Tel. (800) 223-6530, (212) 599-6262; Fax (212) 818-1866
Saba & St. Eustatius Tourist Office, c/o Caribbean Tourism Office, 20 E. 46th St, 4th Floor, NY, NY 10017; Tel. (212) 682-0435; Fax (212) 697-4258
St. Eustatius Tourist Office, PO Box 6322, Boca Raton, FL 33427. Tel. (800) 722-2394.
St. John., US Virgin Islands. http://stjohnusvi.com
St. Kitts & Nevis Department of Tourism, 414 E. 75th St., 5th Floor, NY, NY 10021; Tel.: (800) 582-6208, (212) 535-1234; Fax (212) 734-6511. http://www.interknowledge.com/stkitts-nevis/
St. Lucia Tourist Board, 820 Second Ave., 9th Floor, NY, NY 10017; Tel. (800) 456-3984, (212) 867-2950; Fax (212) 867-2795. http://www.interknowledge.com/st-lucia/
St.Maarten Tourist Office, 675 Third Ave., Suite 1806, NY, NY 10017; Tel. (800) 786-2278; (212) 953-2084; Fax (212) 953-2145. http://www.st-maarten.com
St. Martin Tourist Office, c/o French West Indies Tourist Office, 444 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022; Tel. (212) 838-7800. http://www.interknowledge.com/st-martin/
St. Vincent & The Grenadines Tourist Office, 801 Second Ave., 21st Floor, NY, NY 10017; Tel. (800) 729-1726, (212) 687-4981; Fax (212) 949-5946
Trinidad & Tobago Tourism Office, 7000 Boulevard East, Guttenberg, NJ 07093; Tel. (800) 232-0082, (212) 869-0060; Fax (201) 869-7628; http://www.tidco.co.tt
Turks & Caicos Islands Information Office, c/o Trombone Assoc., 420 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10017; Tel. (212) 223-2323. http://www.interknowledge.com/turks-caicos/ Also contact Turks & Caicos Tourist Board, Box 128,
U.S. Virgin Islands, Division of Tourism, 1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2108, NY, NY 10020; Tel. (212) 332-2222; Fax (212) 332-2223; http://www.usvi.net and http://www.gov.vi/
Turks & Caicos, W.I., Tel. (800) 241-0824
Tropical Urban Forest Ecosystem Restoration International Conference, 23-28 May 1999, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sponsors: International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Society for Ecological Restoration, International Union of Forest Research Organizations, & University of Puerto Rico. Topics include: Ecological and silvicultural aspects of forest restoration; urban forest ecosystem restoration; & traditional knowledge, socio-economic issues, values and ethics. Contact: www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/welcome.html
Flora of the Greater Antilles Symposium, Friday 23 June & Saturday 24 June 2000 (Registration: evening, 23 June 2000) to be held at The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. Principal speakers have been invited to provide the background of the botany, geology, and zoology of the region. All other participants are requested to bring posters concerning their current research on the plants of the Greater Antilles for the poster sessions.
Participants may bring posters from colleagues who are not able to attend the Symposium. Economical lodging will be available at Fordham University, across the street from The New York Botanical Garden. To be placed on the mailing list for the Symposium, send your name, complete mailing address, phone number, fax number & email to: Symposium FGA 2000, Thomas A. Zanoni, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458-5126. Fax: (718) 562-6780. e-mail: tzanoni@nybg.org .
Araliales Resource Centre: covering the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) and Araliaceae. Initial stage of the website includes information on resarchers, on-going projects, publications, etc. Contact: http://www.rbge.org.uk/data/URC/arc.htm or Mark F. Watson, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, Scotland, U.K. e-mail: m.watson@rbge.org.uk
Koeltz Scientific Books E-NEWS (new books and sales announcements) is available via e-mail, contact: koeltz@ibm.net. Their Web address is http://www.koeltz.com which allows on-line search for any publicaton in botany and zoology sold by Koeltz Scientific. The publisher has announced the series Flora de la Republica de Cuba. Series A: Plantas Vasculares. Fasc. 1 (Araceae, Aristolochiaceae, Bombacaceae, Droseraceae, Linaceae); Fasc. 2 (Mimosaceae).
Barneby, R. C. 1998. Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part III. Calliandra. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(3): 1-223. The last of the three volumes in the mongraphic revisions of the synandrous
Mimosaceae of the Americas. Special price for the purchase of the three volumes together. Available from: NYBG Press, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458-5126, USA. Fax: (718) 817-8842. e-mail: scipubs@nybg.org <http://www.nybg.org/bsci/spub/catl/order3.html>
Mercado Sierra, A., V. Holubová-Jechová, J. Mena Portales. 1998. Hifomicetos demaciáceos de Cuba enteroblásticos. Mus. Regionale Sci. Nat. Monogr. 23: 1-388 + map in cover. Available from: Museo Regional di Scienze Naturali, Via Giolotti 36, 10123 Torino, Italy. Price: Italian Liras 140,000 plus postage
Bibliography of Caribbean Botany. 14
The thirteenth part of this series on Caribbean plants and fungi, their ecology and taxonomy, covering the years 1984 to the present, was published in the Flora of the Greater Antilles Newsletter No. 14, of April 1998.
Authors are again reminded to send copies of their publications to the editor of the Bibliography for inclusion in future parts of the seies. Send publications to:
T. Zanoni
New York Botanical Garden,
Bronx, New York 10458-5126, U.S.A.
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