A Moss Flora of Central America, Fascicle Two

9400996艾伦，热带苔藓虽然个子很小，但它们构成了森林生物量的主要部分，为许多无脊椎动物提供食物和栖息地。苔藓的分类目录和对它们的系谱或系统发育关系的了解还处于原始水平，这主要是因为很少有科学家研究这些植物。在一个旨在描述和分类中美洲所有苔藓的项目中，密苏里州植物园的罗伯特·艾伦博士继续进行计划中的四卷本热带苔藓清单的第二阶段。估计有200-300种将被处理，并附有识别检索表、诊断形态特征插图、科学命名法以及每种物种的栖息地和地理分布说明。中美洲苔藓的分类描述和分类将为该地区重要的生态和生物地理研究提供基础。苔藓植物群将首先以英语出版，然后翻译成西班牙语版本。一些中美洲机构的自然历史收藏也将得到加强，信息正在建立数据库，以便最终以电子方式传输。

9400996 Allen Although individually small in stature, tropical mosses constitute major portions of forest biomass and provide food and shelter to numerous invertebrate organisms. The taxonomic inventory of mosses and understanding of their genealogical or phylogenetic relationships are at a primitive level, largely because so few scientists study these plants. In a project designed to describe and classify all the mosses of Central America, Dr. Robert Allen of the Missouri Botanical Garden continues with the second phase of a projected four-volume inventory of tropical mosses. An estimated 200-300 species are to be treated, with identification keys, illustrations of diagnostic morphological features, scientific nomenclature, and notes on habitat and geographical distribution for each. Taxonomic description and classification of Central American mosses will provide the foundation for critical ecological and biogeographic studies of the region. The moss flora will be published first in English, then translated into a Spanish edition. Natural history collections at select Central American institutions will be enhanced as well, and information is being databased for eventual electronic transmission.