AnaLu MacVean, Lic. (MS)

AnaLu MacVean
Division/Department
Kinsley School of Engineering, Sciences and Technology
Instructor of Environmental Horticulture
Contact Information
Appell Horticulture Center, Room 115

Meet AnaLu MacVean

AnaLu MacVean is an experienced professor with a demonstrated history of working in higher education both nationally and internationally. As a strong research professional, she is skilled in Botany, Tropical Ethnobotany, Biology and Health Sciences, Nonprofit Organizations, Sustainable Development, and Sustainability.

A Guatemala native, her research focus is on the biodiversity, conservation, and uses of plants of Central America. Recently, she has published a new species of Guatemalan Passifloraceae, works on compiling non-native Guatemalan plants, and is part of the Global Tree Specialist Group of the Botanical Garden Conservation International. Additionally, she will be coauthoring a book on the useful plants of Central America through Comstock Publishing and Zona Tropical.

Experience and Accomplishments

  • M.S. (Licenciate), Botany
    Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
  • MacVean A.L & H. Zinn. 2023. Plantas introducidas a Guatemala. In: Schuster J. C., J. Yoshimoto & J. Monzón Sierra (eds.) Biodiversidad de Guatemala, Vol 3. pp. 368-384. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala.
  • Naznin, T. and A. L. MacVean. 2023. Impact of UV light on poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) architecture and quality. Acta Horticulturae 1377: 411-417.
  • MacDougal, J. and A. L. MacVean. 2022. The Mesoamerican Passiflora ilamo (Section Decaloba, Passifloraceae) newly recognized at species level. Novon 30:115-121.
  • Rojas-Sandoval, J., L. Ferrufino, R. Flores, P. Galán, O. López, A. MacVean, D. Rodríguez and E. Chacón Madrigal. 2022. Flora introduced and naturalized in Central America. Biological Invasions 25(2):1007-1021
  • Chacón Madrigal, E., G. Avalos, F. Hofhansl, I. Coronado, L. Ferrufino, A. L MacVean and D. Vásquez. 2022. Biological invasions by plants in continental Central America. In: Global invasions. D. Clements. U Mahesh, S. Joshi, and S. Anil (eds.) p. 209-224 Springer Nature.
  • Baldini, R. M, A. L. MacVean, G. Cristofolini, T. Daniel, A. Managlia and M. Galloni. 2019. Synopsis and typification of the names published by Antonio Bertoloni in Florula Guatimalensis and in preceding publications. Phytotaxa 430 (3):199-213.
  • Brokaw, N., N. Bonilla, A. L. MacVean, S. Knapp, J. J. Ortiz, M. Peña-Chocarro, E. de Poll and J. Tun (ed. M. Peña-Chocarro and S. Knapp) 2011. Arboles del Mundo Maya/Trees of the Maya World. UVA Impresos S. A. Madrid 263 p.

Field Books

  • Brokaw, N., N. Bonilla, A. L. MacVean, S. Knapp, J. J. Ortiz, M. Peña-Chocarro, E. de Poll and J. Tun (ed. M. Peña-Chocarro and S. Knapp) 2011. Arboles del Mundo Maya/Trees of the Maya World. UVA Impresos S. A. Madrid 263 p.
  • MacVean A. L. 2009. Plants of the montane forests/Plantas de los bosques montanos. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. 177 p.
  • MacVean A. L. 2006. Plantas útiles de Sololá. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. 222 p.
  • MacVean, A. L. 2003. Plantas útiles de Petén, Guatemala. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. 158 p.
  • Plant Science
  • Economic Botany
  • Plant Taxonomy
  • Landscape Plants, Design and Management
  • Anatomy and Physiology