Mrs. Yasmin S. Baksh-Comeau

Lecturer (Plant Science)/Curator, National Herbarium of Trinidad & Tobago

Educational Background:

• M.Phil. University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, 1999
• B.Sc. (Nat. Sci.), University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. 1980

Professional Visits:

• Natural History Museum, London, UK
• Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, UK
• 1996 – Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Canada

Research Interests:

• Systematics, Conservation Ecology and Biogeography of the Vascular Plants of Trinidad & Tobago.
• Economic Botany and Ethnobotany with special emphasis on the local flora.

Courses Offered:

• Economic Botany
• Evolution and Biosystematics

Current Research Projects:

• Ecology, biogeography and conservation of the Pteridophytes of Trinidad & Tobago
• Revision of the Flowering Plants of Trinidad & Tobago

Selected Bibliography:

• Comeau, P.L., Comeau, Y.S.  & Johnson, W. 2003. The Palm Book of Trinidad and Tobago Including the Lesser Antilles.  The International Palm Society.

• Baksh-Comeau, Y.S.  2003.  Documenting medicinal plants for advancing herbal medicine in the Caribbean.  In Clement, Y.N. & Seaforth, C.  Advancing Caribbean Herbs in the 21st Century.  Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Herbal Medicine in the Caribbean.  Conducted by the Caribbean Association of Researchers and Herbal Practitioners.  9-13.

• Baksh-Comeau, Y.S.  Biological Collections - The Missing Link.  In Ragbir, S.  Faculty News.  The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.  4-5.

• Baksh-Comeau, Y.S. & Seaforth, C.  2003.  Fostering Commercial Partnerships for Sustainable and Economic Use of Biodiversity.  Centre for Development of Enterprise.  Miscellaneous Publication.  A2/TT-02.03.  ISSN-0534-5391.

• Comeau, P.L. & Y.S. Comeau.  2001.  The Vegetation of Lake Antoine, Levera Pond and Grand Etang, Grenada, W.I.  Living World, J.  Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalist Club, 4-12.

• Baksh-Comeau, Y.S.  2000.  Checklist of the Pteridophytes of Trinidad & Tobago.  In Camus, J.M. and Crabbe, J.A.  The Fern Gazette, British Pteridological Society, The Natural History Museum, London.  Vol. 16 Parts 1, 2.  11-122.

• Baksh-Comeau, Y.S. 1999. Risk index rating of threatened ferns in Trinidad and Tobago. In: Camus, J.M., Gibby, M. and Johns, R.J. (Eds.) Pteridology in Perspective. 139-151. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

• Baksh-Comeau, Y.S. 1999. Community Status of Ferns and Fern Allies in Trinidad and Tobago. M.Phil. Thesis The University of the West Indies.

• Seaforth, C.E. and Baksh-Comeau, Y.S. (1999). Medicinal Plants in Agricultural Diversification. Proceedings of a conference on Agriculture in the Caribbean: Issues and Challenges - Sustainability of Traditional and non-traditional crops for food security. UWI Ag50, 2: 112-117.