Progress on Southeast Asia's Flora projects
Progress on Southeast Asia's Flora projects
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DOI：
10.26492/gbs71(2).2019-02
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2019-01-01
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Wong, K. M.
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Middleton, D. J.;Armstrong, K.;Wong, K. M.
东南亚（缅甸、泰国、柬埔寨、老挝、越南、马来西亚、新加坡、文莱达鲁萨兰国、印度尼西亚、东帝汶、菲律宾和巴布亚新几内亚）是一个植物多样性高的地区，估计有50，000种开花植物。对该地区植物多样性的估计继续增长，因为大量的新物种被描述，尽管有人认为在东南亚的一些地区几乎没有发现新物种。东南亚国家对物种数量的估计可能太低，因为缺乏对具有许多当地特有物种的群体的分类工作。整个地区不同的采集密度可能会深刻影响我们对植物多样性的理解，并导致在采集不足的国家和地区大大低估物种多样性。东南亚各主要植物群项目的进展情况，泰国的植物群，柬埔寨、老挝和越南的植物群/柬埔寨植物群，du Laos et du Vietnam，植物群Malesiana，马来西亚半岛的植物群，沙巴和沙捞越的树木植物群，讨论了新加坡的植物群和越南的植物群，沿着缅甸的植物区系研究，缅甸是唯一一个没有被这些植物群项目覆盖的国家。除了正式的植物群项目外，还有许多植物区系活动发生在跨国植物区系所涵盖的国家。
Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Timor Leste, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea) is a region of high plant diversity with an estimated 50,000 flowering plant species. Estimates of plant diversity in the region continue to grow as large numbers of new species are described even though there have been suggestions that there are few new species to be found in some parts of Southeast Asia. It is likely that most estimates of species numbers in the countries of Southeast Asia are too low due to the lack of taxonomic work on groups which have many locally endemic species. Differing collecting densities across the region can profoundly affect our understanding of plant diversity and lead to large underestimates of species diversity in poorly collected countries and regions. Progress on each of the major Flora projects in Southeast Asia, Flora of Thailand, the Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam/Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Flora Malesiana, Flora of Peninsular Malaysia, Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Flora of Singapore and Flora of Vietnam, along with floristic research in Myanmar, the only country not covered by at least one of these Flora projects, is discussed. In addition to the formal Flora projects, there is much floristic activity occurring in the countries otherwise covered by transnational Floras.