Flora of the Greater Antilles: Orchidaceae

大安的列斯群岛的维管植物群大约有1万种，是基础生态和系统研究以及生物技术、保护和环境生物学的迫切需要的丰富资源。然而，只有一份涵盖整个地区的严格过时的参考资料存在。《大安的列斯群岛植物志》项目是由纽约植物园和史密森学会发起的。它的目标是产生一个完整的维管植物，隐花植物和真菌的专题区系。这个多卷本的产品将在《纽约植物园回忆录》中出版。兰科植物在植物群丛书中已成为早期治疗的目标。该科代表了大安的列斯群岛维管植物群的很大一部分，占6-7%，至少有660种本地或归化到该地区。该项目的目标是：(1)启动一项密集的收集计划，特别是在鲜为人知的地区、高流行地区以及困难和代表性不足的群体；（二）参观有重要历史藏品的标本馆、图书馆；(3)为《大安的列斯群岛植物志》（《纽约植物园回忆录》）准备一个关于这个家族的图解专著；(4)建立一个电子信息数据库，作为治疗的依据。所有大约109个属将被涵盖在一个单独的卷。最终结果将有助于澄清和稳定该地区的分类学，并将成为今后进行植物区系、分类学、生态和进化研究的标准参考。所产生的标本数据库将提供比印刷的植物区系所能提供的更多细节。这两种产品都将成为土地利用规划者和保护生物学家面临重大决定的指南，在这些地区，生境开发的社会和政治压力都很严重。

The vascular flora of the Greater Antilles contains perhaps 10,000 species, a rich resource for fundamental ecological and systematic studies as well as for the immediate demands of biotechnology, conservation and environmental biology. However, only a single, severely dated reference exists that covers the entire region. The Flora of the Greater Antilles project has been initiated by the New York Botanical Garden and the Smithsonian Institution. Its goal is to produce a complete monographic flora of vascular plants, cryptogams and fungi. This multivolume product will be published in the Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. The Orchidaceae has been targeted for early treatment in the Flora series. The family represents a large portion of the vascular flora of the Greater Antilles, 6-7%, and is represented by at least 660 species native or naturalized to the region. The objectives of this project are to (1) initiate an intensive collecting program, particularly in areas that are poorly known, in areas of high endemism, and of difficult and underrepresented groups; (2) vis it herbaria and libraries with important historical collections; (3) prepare an illustrated monographic treatment of the family for Flora of the Grater Antilles (Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden); and (4) establish an electronically available database of information on which the treatment will be based. All of approximately 109 genera will be covered in a single volume. The final product will serve to clarify and stabilize taxonomy of the region, and will be a standard reference for those conducting future floristic, taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary studies. The specimen database produced will offer greater detail than can be provided by the printed flora. Both products will serve as a guide for land use planners and conservation biologists faced with critical decisions in areas where social and political pressures for habitat exploitation are severe.