Catalogue of Useful Plants of Colombia

Editors: Raquel Negrão, Alexandre K. Monro, Carolina Castellanos-Castro, Mauricio Diazgranados, 1056 pages, 280 x 238 mm Hardback, ISBN 9781842467749, Kew Publishing 2023.

The Catalogue of Useful Plants of Colombia is the most comprehensive listing of the known useful plants for this country. Compiled by a team of Colombian and international botanists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Humboldt Institute and numerous partner institutions, it consolidates expert-generated information linked and accessible through an online portal (ColPlantA).

The checklist is accompanied by 11 chapters written by specialists, providing perspectives on the state of knowledge on the useful plants of Colombia, covering a range of topics, from taxonomic, geographic and conservation aspects, to their use in sustainable value chains and contributions to the bioeconomy, specific topics such as medicinal, edible and insecticide plants, and their representation in the Amazon region, and in Kew’s economic botany collection.

The catalogue is further enriched by diverse supplementary material, allowing users to explore further open questions and opportunities, to develop new ideas on the use of plants and their conservation, and to foster social and environmental awareness.

Raquel Negrão is a botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) with expertise in Plant Ecology and Conservation. She served as research editor for the Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia (UPFC) project. Alexandre K. Monro is a taxonomist and field botanist at RBG Kew, specialising in the Urticaceae, the Central American flora, karst diversity, and the production of tools to support biological diversity conservation with an emphasis on livelihoods and rural communities. Carolina Castellanos-Castro is the Leader of the Species Management Research Group at the Instituto Humboldt in Colombia. She leads research to guide actions that promote the preservation and sustainable use of Colombia’s flora and fulfil the National Strategy for Plant Conservation. Mauricio Diazgranados is a research leader in the Ecosystem Stewardship department at RBG Kew. He focuses on investigating how useful plants can contribute to developing nature-based solutions to tackle environmental and societal challenges. He was also the principal investigator of the UPFC project.

Please note this book is held in stock offsite and may take 2-3 weeks to be dispatched. Please take this into account when ordering this title.