A second edition of the book by Henri Alain Liogier, discoverer of the Flor de Bayahibe, an endemic flower, will be released tomorrow during a ceremony at the Central Bank. The second edition of the Botanical Dictionary of the Dominican Republic contains common names for the flora available in the DR. It features 80 color photos, 290 drawings and abundant information on the flora of the island of Hispaniola. The presentation of the book is scheduled for Wednesday, 22 March at the Salón Salomé Ureña de Henríquez of the Central Bank. The Jardín Botánico Nacional, the Centro para el Desarrollo Agropecuario y Forestal and the Plan Nacional Quisqueya Verde sponsored the book. Mr. Liogier is one of the most knowledgeable people in the world on Cuban, Puerto Rican and Dominican flora. He has been an associate researcher of the New York Botanical Garden, University of Harvard and Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. He has researched the flora of the Dominican Republic since the 60s.
