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

墨西哥地衣清查，重点关注帕美利亚科植物

• 批准号: 0614578
• 负责人: Thomas Nash
• 金额: $ 35万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-10-01 至 2011-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0614578&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Towards; Inventory; Lichens; Mexico; Emphasis

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.

摘要计划在这个生物多样性巨大的国家对墨西哥地衣科进行清查。由于五位美国和墨西哥地衣学家以及一位天然产物化学家的专业知识，预计会有许多新的发现。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出版的Parmeliaceae。亚利桑那州立大学将提供来自墨西哥的parmeloid收集数据库，万维网也将提供基于计算机的鉴定程序。虽然重点是发现，但与一个国际小组合作修改了Parmeliaceae内的属界。地衣学的推广将在美国、墨西哥和拉丁美洲通过培养博士后、举办大型的地衣科研讨会和国际研讨会以及培养研究生和本科生等方式进行。Parmeliaceae通常用于生态调查和空气污染调查，并且具有独特的二次产品，对制药工业和医疗行业很重要。因此，对所涉及物种的准确了解以及随时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。