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

摘要在这个物种多样性巨大的国家，计划对墨西哥地衣科Parmeliaceae进行调查。由于五位美国和墨西哥地衣学家和一位天然产物化学家的专业知识，预计将有许多新的发现。实地考察计划从尤卡坦半岛到太平洋和整个主要山脉。标本将存放在墨西哥和美国的机构和修订的Parmeliaceae出版。 亚利桑那州立大学将提供一个墨西哥Parmelioid收集的数据库，并将在WWW上提供一个基于计算机的识别程序。虽然重点是发现，但与一个国际小组合作，修订了Parmeliaceae内的属划分。地衣学的推广将在美国、墨西哥和拉丁美洲通过博士后培训、举办一个主要的Parmeliaceae讲习班和一个国际研讨会以及培训研究生和本科生来进行。梅梅衣科植物常用于生态调查和空气污染调查，并具有独特的二次产物，对制药工业和医学专业很重要。因此，对所涉及的物种的准确了解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.