Biodiversity Inventory of Asian Genera of Convolvulaceae (Morning Glory Family)

旋花科(牵牛花科)是一个中等大小的科(50-60属，全球2000种)，主要是热带植物，只受到分类学家的零星关注。因此，物种的同一性和将这些物种归类为可可靠识别的属是有问题的。夏威夷主教博物馆的乔治·斯台普斯博士是这一群体的专家，他正在研究该家族中以亚洲人为主的成员，特别是操作属、Rivea属和Blinkworth属。如果能够简化这一据称是新的分类群的核查过程，那么就可以通过提高研究工作的效率来加快完成全球生物多样性清单。这些活动包括为热带和亚热带亚洲(巴基斯坦以东至菲律宾，中国以南至澳大利亚昆士兰)所有已描述的旋花科分类群编制一个可上网和经过认证的命名表。如果一个属有一个公认的分类，并且分类已经与最近收集的保存在主要博物馆藏品中的标本相一致，这些种和种下分类单元的名称将被合并到命名表中。在没有公认的分类存在的地方(Argyreia属、Merreia属和Jacquemontia属)，将开始对亚洲分类群进行修订工作，作为以后世界范围内治疗的基础。将特别关注当代分类中没有考虑到的早期科学名称(通常由欧洲分类学家使用)。命名人将努力追踪所有的科学名称并提供它们目前的处理方式，通过文献和精选的标本引用提供文件。这项研究将主要在欧洲和英国的草药和图书馆进行，并求助于标本借阅，以便在PI的家乡机构进行更详细的研究。这些产品将是一系列的分类修订，提供更好的分类鉴定方法，改进具体、属和部落层面的分类，并有助于命名改革。命名者本身将提供旋花科亚洲分类群的第一份名录。创建命名者的过程将阐明如何提高新的、未描述的物种的分类验证过程的效率，从而加强分类事业。

The Convolvulaceae (morning glory family) is a moderate-size family (50-60 genera, 2000 species worldwide) of mostly tropical plants, which has received only sporadic attention from taxonomists. Consequently, the identity of species and the classification of these into reliably identifiable genera are problematic. A specialist on the group, Dr. George Staples of the Bishop Museum in Hawaii, is studying the mostly Asian members of the family, focusing especially on the genera Operculina, Rivea, and Blinkworthia. If this process of verifying purportedly new taxa could be streamlined then the completion of a global biodiversity inventory could be expedited through greater efficiency of research effort. The activities include the compilation of an Internet-accessible and authenticated nomenclator for all described taxa of Convolvulaceae in tropical and subtropical Asia (Pakistan east to the Philippines and China south to Queensland, Australia). Where a genus has an accepted classification and the taxonomy has been reconciled with recently collected specimens housed in the major museum collections, those species and infraspecific taxon names will be incorporated into the nomenclator. Where no accepted classification exists (the genera Argyreia, Merremia, and Jacquemontia), revisionary work will commence on the Asian taxa, as a basis for worldwide treatments later. Special research attention will be paid to early scientific names (usually by European taxonomists) that have not been taken into account in contemporary classifications. The nomenclator will endeavor to trace all scientific names and provide their current disposition, with documentation via literature and selected specimen citations.This research will be carried out primarily in European and British herbaria and libraries, with recourse to specimen loans for more detailed study at the PI's home institution. The products will be a series of taxonomic revisions that provide better methods of taxonomic identification, improve classification at the specific, generic, and tribal levels, and contribute to nomenclatural reform. The nomenclator itself will provide the first inventory of Asian taxa of Convolvulaceae. And the process for creating the nomenclator will shed light onto how the process for taxonomic verification of new, undescribed species can be made more efficient and thereby enhance the taxonomic enterprise.