Sources
The primary source of information for the database is the definitive regional flora:
Howard, R.A. (1974-1989) Flora of the Lesser Antilles Vols. 1-6, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
The following publications provided information mainly on common names and distribution:
- Carrington, S. (1998) Wild Plants of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd., London & Basingstoke, pp 122
- Carrington, S. (2007) Wild Plants of Barbados (2nd Edn.), Macmillan Caribbean Ltd, Oxford, pp. 242
- Coomans, H.E. & Coomans-Eustatia, M. (1988) Flowers from St. Martin, De Walburg Pers.
- de Silva, M & Wilson, D (2006) A natural history of Mustique, The Mustique Company Ltd., Mustique
- Fiard, J.P. (1992) Arbres rares et menacés de la Martinique, Société des Galeries de Géologie et la Botanique de Fort de France, Fort-de-France.
- Fournet, J. (2002) Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 1 & 2, CIRAD, Montpellier
- Fournet, J. & Hammerton, J.L. (1991) Weeds of the Lesser Antilles/Mauvaises herbes des petites antilles, INRA, Paris/. CARDI
- Hawthorne, W.D., Jules, D., Marcelle, G. (2004) Caribbean spice island plants, Oxford Forestry Institute, Oxford
- Honychurch, P.N. (1986) Caribbean wild plants and their uses, Macmillan Caribbean, London & Basingstoke.
- Howard, R.A. (1952) 'The vegetation of the Grenadines, Windward Islands, B.W.I.' Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 174 1-129
- James, A.A. (1985) Flora and fauna of the Cabrits peninsula, Forestry & Wildlife Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Dominica
- Kenny, J. (1988) Native orchids of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., London & Basingstoke
- Lack, AJ, Whiteford, C, Evans, PGH, James, A (1997) Dominica nature island of the Caribbean: illustrated flora, Min. of Tourism, Dominica
- Nicolson, DH (1991) Flora of Dominica Part 2 Dicotyledonae, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
- Nielsen, S., Schnabel, P. (2007) Folk remedies on a Caribbean island: the story of bush medicine on Saba, Drukkerij Haarmans Beverwijk Beverwijk.
- Questrel, A (1941) The flora of the island of St Bartholomew (FWI) and its origin. Imprimerie Catholique, asse-Terre.
- Sastre, C. & Portecop, J. (1985) Plantes fabuleuses des Antilles, Editions Caribéennes, Paris
- Stoffers, A.L. ed. (1966-1984) Flora of the Netherlands Antilles. Spermatophyta Dicotyledonae, II 1-96 & 97-209; III 1-60, 61-142, 143-409, Natural Science Study Group of the Netherlands Antilles, Utrecht.
- Walker, M.M., Hodge, O., Homer, F., Johnson, W. (2005) A guide to common plants of Anguilla, Anguilla National Trust
- Whittaker, M.C. (1992) Medicinal plants of St. Kitts & Nevis Part I, College of Further Education, Basseterre, St. Kitts.
- Whittaker, M.C. (1997) Medicinal plants of St. Kitts & Nevis Part II, College of Further Education, asseterre, St. Kitts.