Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Solanum: A worldwide treatment (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/solanaceaesource/)

Collection trip: Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, December 2008

Participants: Stephen Stern

This two-week trip was focused on collecting some of the unusual Solanaceae of the unique flora of the Guiana Shield. Collections largely took place in the Iwokrama Reserve in Guyana and on the island of Tobago.

Close-up photograph of Solanum monachophyllum Dunal flower

An exciting find- Solanum monachophyllum Dunal. This species grows along the riverbanks and during the rainy season can be under 3 meters of water.

Photograph of Stephen working on the veranda of the large wooden field station which is standing on stilts above grass

Stephen pressing plants in the comfort of the Iwokrama Reserve Field Station.

Photograph of a small monkey resting his chin on the leg of a dog

Some of the locals were a bit wary of the botanist.

Photograph of an orange and brown toad with spiny back

A toad that was well hidden on the forest floor.

Photograph of Stephen holding a plant and standing in a forest by a fast moving river filled with boulders

Stephen, dirty and smelly, but happy to be collecting plants.

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