Towards an Inventory of the Lichens of Mexico with an Emphasis on the Parmeliaceae

摘要在这个种类繁多的国家，一项关于墨西哥地衣家族的调查正在计划中。由于五名美国和墨西哥地衣专家以及一名天然产品化学家的专业知识，预计将有许多新发现。计划从尤卡坦半岛到太平洋和整个主要山脉进行实地考察。标本将被保存在墨西哥和美国的机构，并出版了对巴马利科的修订。亚利桑那州立大学将提供一个来自墨西哥的鹦鹉采集数据库，并将在WWW上提供一个基于计算机的识别程序。虽然重点放在发现上，但与一个国际组织合作修订了巴厘科内的属界。美国、墨西哥和拉丁美洲将通过博士后培训、举办一个重要的巴厘科研讨会和一个国际研讨会，以及通过培训研究生和本科生来促进地衣学的发展。防风草科植物经常用于生态调查和空气污染调查，并具有独特的次生产品，对制药行业和医疗行业非常重要。因此，对所涉及物种的准确知识以及容易确定它们的能力将使更广泛的社区受益，而不仅仅是地衣专家。

ABSTRACTAn inventory of the Mexican lichen family Parmeliaceae is planned in this megadiverse country. Many new discoveries are anticipated due to the expertise of five U.S. and Mexican lichenologists, and a natural product chemist. Field excursions are planned from the Yucatan to the Pacific and throughout the major mountains. Specimens will be deposited in both Mexican and U.S. institutions and revisions of the Parmeliaceae published. A database of parmelioid collections from Mexico will be made available at Arizona State University and a computer based identification program will also be provided on WWW. Although the emphasis is on discovery, collaboration is made with an international group revising the generic delimitation within the Parmeliaceae. Promotion of lichenology will occur in the US, Mexico and Latin America through postdoctoral training, holding of a major Parmeliaceae workshop and an international symposium, and by training graduate and undergraduate students. The Parmeliaceae are often used in ecological investigations and air pollution investigations, and have unique secondary products that are important to the pharmaceutical industry and medical profession. Accurate knowledge of the species involved as well as the ability to readily determine them will thus benefit a much broader community than just lichen specialists.