Toward a Treatment of the Palmae for Flora Neotropica

针对新热带植物群的棕榈叶治疗

• 批准号: 8822201
• 负责人: Andrew Henderson
• 金额: $ 9万
• 依托单位: New York Botanical Garden
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-08-01 至 1993-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8822201&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Toward; Treatment; Palmae; Flora; Neotropica

There are 71 genera of palms known to occur in the New World, but only about one-third of these genera are well collected and well known taxonomically. This is unfortunate because palms are important components of tropical forests and savannas, and are also widely used as crops. Drs. Andrew Henderson and Michael Balick of the New York Botanical Garden are conducting field work in South America along with herbarium and laboratory studies to determine the species composition and geographical ranges of two poorly known genera, Euterpe and Prestoea. Prestoea contains an estimated 35 species, while Euterpe contains about ten; both are widely distributed in Central and South America. Euterpe is economically significant as a source of palm "hearts." Their taxonomic studies will be based on morphological and anatomical analyses of flowers, fruits, leaves, and stems. Material will also be sent to Cornell University for molecular studies by Drs. Doyle and Uhl on the palm family and its evolution. Field work will be conducted with the collaboration of the Colombian botanist, Dr. Gloria Galeano- Garces.

新世界已知有71属棕榈属，但在分类学上只有大约三分之一的属收集和众所周知。 这是不幸的，因为手掌是热带森林和稀树草原的重要组成部分，并且也被广泛用作农作物。 博士。纽约植物园的安德鲁·亨德森（Andrew Henderson）和迈克尔·巴里克（Michael Balick）正在南美进​​行野外工作，并确定两个众所周知的属植物的物种组成和地理范围，Euterpe和Prestoea。 Prestoea估计包含35种，而Euterpe包含大约十种；两者都广泛分布在中美洲和南美。 Euterpe在经济上具有重要意义，作为棕榈“心”的来源。 他们的分类研究将基于对花，水果，叶子和茎的形态和解剖学分析。 材料还将通过DRS发送到康奈尔大学进行分子研究。道尔和乌尔在棕榈家族及其进化。 现场工作将与哥伦比亚植物学家Gloria Galeanogarces博士的合作进行。