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 在这个生物多样性丰富的国家，计划对墨西哥地衣科 Parmeliaceae 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品化学家的专业知识，预计将有许多新发现。计划进行从尤卡坦半岛到太平洋以及整个主要山脉的实地考察。标本将保存在墨西哥和美国的机构中，并出版Parmeliaceae 的修订版。 亚利桑那州立大学将提供来自墨西哥的帕米利欧收集品数据库，并且还将在 WWW 上提供基于计算机的识别程序。尽管重点是发现，但我们还是与一个国际组织合作修改了Parmeliaceae 内的属属划界。将通过博士后培训、举办重要的Parmeliaceae研讨会和国际研讨会以及培训研究生和本科生，在美国、墨西哥和拉丁美洲推广地衣学。 Parmeliaceae常用于生态调查和空气污染调查，并具有对制药业和医学界重要的独特副产品。因此，对所涉及物种的准确了解以及轻松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。