- Education
- Ph.D., State University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, 1978
- Interests
- Neotropical Lauraceae
- Lauraceae worldwide
- Flora of the Galapagos Islands
- Research Emphases
- Lauraceae of Central America
- Lauraceae of Peru/Ecuador
- Lauraceae of Madagascar
- Address
- Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
U.S.A.
- Phone
- 1-314-577-5109
- Email
- henk.vanderwerff@mobot.org
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Selected Publications
- 2001. Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of Lauraceae: Evidence from the Chloroplast and Nuclear Genomes [with A. Chanderbali and S. Renner]. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 104-134.
- 2000. New species of Lauraceae from Central Amazonia, Brazil. Novon 10: 264-297. [with A. Vicentini].
- 1999. New taxa and combinations in the Ocotea helicterifolia (Lauraceae) species group. Novon 9: 571-583.
- 1999. Lauraceae. Pp. 700-750 in P. Berry, K. Yatskievych & B. Holst (editors), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Volume 5 (excl. Nectranda). Missouri Bot. Gard. Press, St. Louis.
- 1996. Toward an improved classification of Lauraceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 83: 409-418. [with H.G. Richter].
- 1997. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. Familia Lauraceae. Fasciculo 56: 1-58. [with F. Lorea].
- 1993. A revision of the genus Pleurothyrium (Lauraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80: 39-119.
- 1991. A key to the genera of Lauraceae in the New World. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 377-387.