Flora of the Greater Antilles: Orchidaceae

大安的列斯群岛的维管植物群约有10 000种，是基础生态学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，只有一个单一的，严重过时的参考存在，涵盖整个地区。 大安的列斯群岛植物群项目是由纽约植物园和史密森学会发起的。 其目标是产生一个完整的专题植物群的维管植物，隐花植物和真菌。 这种多功能产品将在纽约植物园的回忆录中出版。在植物群系列中，兰科植物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大部分，6- 7%，并且由至少660种原生或归化到该地区的物种代表。 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、高度特有的地区以及困难和代表性不足的群体;（2）维斯具有重要历史收藏的植物标本馆和图书馆;（3）为大安的列斯群岛的植物群编写一本有插图的科专题书（纽约植物园回忆录）;（4）建立一个电子信息数据库，治疗将基于该数据库。 所有约109属将涵盖在一个单一的卷。最终产品将有助于澄清和稳定该地区的分类，并将成为未来进行植物区系，分类，生态和进化研究的标准参考。 标本数据库将提供更多的细节比可以提供印刷植物群。 这两个产品将作为指导土地利用规划者和保护生物学家面临的关键决策的地区，社会和政治压力的栖息地开发是严重的。

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.