Ericaceae: Flora of Ecuador

杜鹃花科：厄瓜多尔植物区系

• 批准号: 9024221
• 负责人: James Luteyn
• 金额: $ 18.09万
• 依托单位: New York Botanical Garden
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-09-01 至 1995-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9024221&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ericaceae; Flora; Ecuador

Andean cloud forest is the most devastated and threatened area within Ecuador. Consequently, studies of cloud forest plants must be undertaken before their genetic diversity is lost to extinction through habitat conversion. The Ericaceae family (blueberries, cranberries, rhododendrons, and azaleas) is a prominent feature of tropical cloud forest in Ecuador and often dominates a major vegetation type. Fifty percent of the Ericaceae (92 species) growing in cloud forest in Ecuador maybe be considered endangered. Ericaceae also has great economic potential in Ecuador for food, horticulture, and floriculture which have not yet been exploited. This project, culminating in a taxonomic treatment of the family Ericaceae for the international project Flora of Ecuador, will enhance the capabilities of institutions in Ecuador to conduct research related to biological diversity and economic potential. It will provide basic information on species richness (i.e. biodiversity); it will provide a picture of the distribution of plants thus pinpointing centers of diversity (for local conservation); it will provide a reference for purposes of comparing areas and help Ecuadoreans in locating and designing new areas for protection and in preparing master plans for these areas; and finally it will provide training for local scientists and students in survey and collecting techniques, herbarium management, and botanical publication.

安第斯云雾森林是最受破坏和威胁的地区 在厄瓜多尔。 因此，对云雾林植物的研究必须 在它们的遗传多样性消失之前， 通过生境转换。 杜鹃花科（蓝莓、蔓越橘、杜鹃花， 和杜鹃花）是热带云雾林的一个显著特征， 厄瓜多尔和往往占主导地位的一个主要植被类型。 百分之五十 的杜鹃花科（92种）生长在云雾林在厄瓜多尔 可能会被认为是濒危物种。 杜鹃花科也有很大的经济价值 厄瓜多尔的粮食、园艺和花卉种植潜力， 尚未被开发。 这个项目，最终在分类治疗的 为厄瓜多尔国际项目植物群的杜鹃花科， 将提高厄瓜多尔机构的能力， 生物多样性和经济潜力的研究。 它将提供有关物种丰富度的基本信息（即 生物多样性）;它将提供一个分布的图片， 植物从而精确定位多样性中心（对于当地 保护）;它将提供一个参考的目的 比较地区，帮助厄瓜多尔人定位和设计新的 保护区和为这些地区编制总体规划; 最后将为当地科学家提供培训， 学生在调查和收集技术，标本馆管理， 植物学出版物。