Dr.S.Wijesundara

Dr D.S.A. Wijesundera
Director, National Botanic Gardens

Publications
Books

1. Ashton, Mark S., Savitri Gunatilleke, Neela De Zoysa, Nimal Gunatilleke, MD Dassanayake, and Siril Wijesundera, (1997). A Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka. 430 pp.

Journals edited

2. ASDA- 2000; Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of Department of Agriculture (2000). H. Kotagama, G.A.W. Wijesekera and D.S.A. Wijesundara. Department of Agriculture Press.

3. Sri Lankan Biodiversity Review- Annual Bulletin of Ambuluwawa Biodiversity Complex (2001). Vol. 1. ). H.Kotagama, G.A.W. Wijesekera and D.S.A. Wijesundara. Department of Agriculture Press.

Chapters

4. Wijesundara D.S.A. (1999) Xyridaceae. In MD Dassanayake and W.D. Clayton Ed. A Revised Hand Book to the Flora of Ceylon. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.

Papers

5. Ratnayake Bandara B.M., I.H.S Fernando., C.M. Hewage, V. Karunaratne, N.K.B. Adikaram and D.S.A.Wijesundara (1989). Antifungal activity of some medicinal plants of Sri Lanka. Journal of National Science Council of Sri Lanka. Vol. 17 No. 1 pp 1-15.

6. Ratnayake Bandara BM, C.M. Hewage, L. Jayamanne, V. Karunaratne, K.A.N.P. Bandara,     N.K.B. Adikaram M.R.M. Pinto and D.S.A. Wijesundara (1990). Some steam distillers from     ten species of Rutaceae some plants Journal of National Science Council of Sri Lanka. Vol. 18 No. 1 pp71.

7. Greller, A.M., N. Mohanan, K. Balasubramanyan, D.S.A. Wijesundara (1997). Composition     of forests at the     Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, and comparisons with some forests of adjacent areas, Kallar and Ponmudi (Trivandrum District, Kerala, India). J. South Asian Nat. Hist. 2(2): 165-182.

8. Hewage, C.M., K.A.N.P. Bandara, V. Karunaratne, B.M.R. Bandara and D.S.A. Wijesundara. (1997). Insecticidal activity of some medicinal plants of Sri Lanka. J. Natn.Sci. Coun. Sri Lanka 25(3):141-150.

9. Hewage, C.M., B.M.R. Bandara, V. Karunaratne, G.P. Wannigama, M.R.M. Pinto and D.S.A. Wijesundara. (1998). Antibacterial activity of some medicinal plants of Sri Lanka. J. Natn.Sci. Coun. Sri Lanka 26(1):27-34.

10. Gunatilleke, C.V.S., I.A.U.N. Gunatilleke, A.U.K. Ethugala, N.S. Weerasekera, P.S. Ashton, P.M.S. Ashton   and S. Wijesundara (1998). Community Ecology of the Sinharaja Forest Dynamics Plot in Sri Lanka.      Proceedings of the FDP Symposium, Washington DC, USA. (in press).

11. Wijesindara S. (1999) Alien invasive plants of Sri Lanka and their history. Proc. First National Workshop on alien invasive species (B. Marambe ed.) Ministry of Forestry and Enviroment (In Press)

12. Wijesundara S. (2001) Potential Invasive Plants in Sri Lanka. Sri Lank Biodiversity Review. Vol. 1. :73-78.

13. Nissanka A.P.K., Bandara B.M.R., Gunatilleke A.A.L., Karunaratne V. and Wijesundara D.S.A. (1990). Amides from Zanthoxylum tetraspermum (Rutaceae) Proc. SLAAS 46.

14. Wijesundara D.S.A., Samarasinghe D. and Weerasooriya W.A.A.A.L. (1992). Forest gap vegetation in Horton Plains National Park. Proceedings of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) 48.

15. Wijesundara D.S.A. and Jayasekera P.W. (1993). Conservation of Pteridophytes in Sri Lanka. Proc. SLAAS 49.

16. Wijesundara D.S.A. And Samarasinghe D. (1993). Disturbed grasslands in Horton Plains National Park. Proc SLAAS. 49.

17. Weerasinghe U.R and Wijesundara D.S.A. (1993). Wetland vegetation in Horton Plains National Park. Proc.   SLAAS 49.

18. Ratnayake, R., V. Karunaratne, V. Kumar, B.M.R. Bandara. S. Wijesundara, S. Dharmasena, A. Weerasooriya   and MD Dassanayake. (1998). A phytochemical approach to the classification of Genus Hortonia in Sri Lanka. Proc. SLAAS. 291 p

19. K. Bombuwela, V. Karunaratne, K.B. Ranawana, Aruna Weerasooriya D.S.A. Wijesundara, and D.D.de Silva. (1998). Evidence for a lichen-butterfly association. Proc. SLAAS. 206-207 PP

20. Karunaratne, V., A.P.K. Nissanka, B.M.R. Bandara, V. Kumar, D.S.A. Wijesundara and A.A.L. Gunatilake (2000). Constiturnts of Zanthoxylum caudatum. Proc. SLAAS. 243 p

21. Karunaratne, V., A.P.K. Nissanka, B.M.R. Bandara, V. Kumar, D.S.A. Wijesundara and A.A.L. Gunatilake (2000). New antimicrobial alkaloids from Zanthoxylum tetraspermum: Revision of Structures. Proc. SLAAS. 245 p

22. Karunaratne, V., K. Bombuwela, K.B. Ranawana, D.D.de Silva and D.S.A. Wijesundara (2000).Characterisation of the lichen compounds present in the butterfly Talicardia nyseus nyseus. Proceedings of SLAAS. 246 p.

In Press:
Wijesundara, D.S.A., C. Jayasinghe, B. Marambe, and K.U. Tennakoon. 2001. Host-parasitic associations of Cuscuta chinensis Lam. In Sri Lanka. Annals of the Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture. vol. 3.

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2.	ASDA- 2000; Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of Department of Agriculture (2000). H. Kotagama, G.A.W. Wijesekera and D.S.A. Wijesundara. Department of Agriculture Press.
3.	Sri Lankan Biodiversity Review- Annual Bulletin of Ambuluwawa Biodiversity Complex (2001). Vol. 1. ). H.Kotagama, G.A.W. Wijesekera and D.S.A. Wijesundara. Department of Agriculture Press.

5.	Ratnayake Bandara B.M., I.H.S Fernando., C.M. Hewage, V. Karunaratne, N.K.B. Adikaram and D.S.A.Wijesundara (1989). Antifungal activity of some medicinal plants of Sri Lanka. Journal of National Science Council of Sri Lanka. Vol. 17 No. 1 pp 1-15.
6.	Ratnayake Bandara BM, C.M. Hewage, L. Jayamanne, V. Karunaratne, K.A.N.P. Bandara, N.K.B. Adikaram M.R.M. Pinto and D.S.A. Wijesundara (1990). Some steam distillers from ten species of Rutaceae some plants Journal of National Science Council of Sri Lanka. Vol. 18 No. 1 pp71.
7.	Greller, A.M., N. Mohanan, K. Balasubramanyan, D.S.A. Wijesundara (1997). Composition of forests at the Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, and comparisons with some forests of adjacent areas, Kallar and Ponmudi (Trivandrum District, Kerala, India). J. South Asian Nat. Hist. 2(2): 165-182.
8.	Hewage, C.M., K.A.N.P. Bandara, V. Karunaratne, B.M.R. Bandara and D.S.A. Wijesundara. (1997). Insecticidal activity of some medicinal plants of Sri Lanka. J. Natn.Sci. Coun. Sri Lanka 25(3):141-150.
9.	Hewage, C.M., B.M.R. Bandara, V. Karunaratne, G.P. Wannigama, M.R.M. Pinto and D.S.A. Wijesundara. (1998). Antibacterial activity of some medicinal plants of Sri Lanka. J. Natn.Sci. Coun. Sri Lanka 26(1):27-34.
10.	Gunatilleke, C.V.S., I.A.U.N. Gunatilleke, A.U.K. Ethugala, N.S. Weerasekera, P.S. Ashton, P.M.S. Ashton and S. Wijesundara (1998). Community Ecology of the Sinharaja Forest Dynamics Plot in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the FDP Symposium, Washington DC, USA. (in press).
11.	Wijesindara S. (1999) Alien invasive plants of Sri Lanka and their history. Proc. First National Workshop on alien invasive species (B. Marambe ed.) Ministry of Forestry and Enviroment (In Press)
12.	Wijesundara S. (2001) Potential Invasive Plants in Sri Lanka. Sri Lank Biodiversity Review. Vol. 1. :73-78.
13.	Nissanka A.P.K., Bandara B.M.R., Gunatilleke A.A.L., Karunaratne V. and Wijesundara D.S.A. (1990). Amides from Zanthoxylum tetraspermum (Rutaceae) Proc. SLAAS 46.
14.	Wijesundara D.S.A., Samarasinghe D. and Weerasooriya W.A.A.A.L. (1992). Forest gap vegetation in Horton Plains National Park. Proceedings of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) 48.
15.	Wijesundara D.S.A. and Jayasekera P.W. (1993). Conservation of Pteridophytes in Sri Lanka. Proc. SLAAS 49.
16.	Wijesundara D.S.A. And Samarasinghe D. (1993). Disturbed grasslands in Horton Plains National Park. Proc SLAAS. 49.
17.	Weerasinghe U.R and Wijesundara D.S.A. (1993). Wetland vegetation in Horton Plains National Park. Proc. SLAAS 49.
18.	Ratnayake, R., V. Karunaratne, V. Kumar, B.M.R. Bandara. S. Wijesundara, S. Dharmasena, A. Weerasooriya and MD Dassanayake. (1998). A phytochemical approach to the classification of Genus Hortonia in Sri Lanka. Proc. SLAAS. 291 p
19.	K. Bombuwela, V. Karunaratne, K.B. Ranawana, Aruna Weerasooriya D.S.A. Wijesundara, and D.D.de Silva. (1998). Evidence for a lichen-butterfly association. Proc. SLAAS. 206-207 PP
20.	Karunaratne, V., A.P.K. Nissanka, B.M.R. Bandara, V. Kumar, D.S.A. Wijesundara and A.A.L. Gunatilake (2000). Constiturnts of Zanthoxylum caudatum. Proc. SLAAS. 243 p
21.	Karunaratne, V., A.P.K. Nissanka, B.M.R. Bandara, V. Kumar, D.S.A. Wijesundara and A.A.L. Gunatilake (2000). New antimicrobial alkaloids from Zanthoxylum tetraspermum: Revision of Structures. Proc. SLAAS. 245 p
22.	Karunaratne, V., K. Bombuwela, K.B. Ranawana, D.D.de Silva and D.S.A. Wijesundara (2000).Characterisation of the lichen compounds present in the butterfly Talicardia nyseus nyseus. Proceedings of SLAAS. 246 p.