Flora of the Greater Antilles: Orchidaceae

大安的列斯群岛的维管植物区系可能包含10,000种植物，为基础生态和系统研究以及生物技术、保护和环境生物学的迫切需要提供了丰富的资源。然而，只有一个严重注明日期的参考文献覆盖了整个区域。大安的列斯群岛植物群项目是由纽约植物园和史密森学会发起的。它的目标是产生一个完整的维管束植物、隐花植物和真菌的专题性植物群。这本多卷本将发表在《纽约植物园回忆录》上。兰科植物已成为植物志系列中早期治疗的目标。该科代表了大安的列斯群岛维管束植物区系的很大一部分，占6-7%，至少有660种植物是该地区原生或归化的。该项目的目标是：(1)启动一项密集的收集计划，特别是在鲜为人知的、地方性高的地区，以及困难和代表性不足的群体；(2)对其进行研究；(2)建立一个植物标本库和拥有重要历史藏品的图书馆；(3)为格兰特安的列斯群岛的植物群(纽约植物园回忆录)编写一份图文并茂的家庭专题处理报告；以及(4)建立一个电子可用的信息数据库，作为处理的基础。大约109个属将全部收录在一卷书中。最终产品将有助于澄清和稳定该地区的分类学，并将为那些进行未来植物区系、分类学、生态和进化研究的人提供标准参考。制作的标本数据库将提供比印刷的植物群所能提供的更多的细节。这两种产品将作为土地利用规划者和保护生物学家的指南，在栖息地开发的社会和政治压力严重的地区面临关键决策。

The vascular flora of the Greater Antilles contains perhaps 10,000 species, a rich resource for fundamental ecological and systematic studies as well as for the immediate demands of biotechnology, conservation and environmental biology. However, only a single, severely dated reference exists that covers the entire region. The Flora of the Greater Antilles project has been initiated by the New York Botanical Garden and the Smithsonian Institution. Its goal is to produce a complete monographic flora of vascular plants, cryptogams and fungi. This multivolume product will be published in the Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. The Orchidaceae has been targeted for early treatment in the Flora series. The family represents a large portion of the vascular flora of the Greater Antilles, 6-7%, and is represented by at least 660 species native or naturalized to the region. The objectives of this project are to (1) initiate an intensive collecting program, particularly in areas that are poorly known, in areas of high endemism, and of difficult and underrepresented groups; (2) vis it herbaria and libraries with important historical collections; (3) prepare an illustrated monographic treatment of the family for Flora of the Grater Antilles (Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden); and (4) establish an electronically available database of information on which the treatment will be based. All of approximately 109 genera will be covered in a single volume. The final product will serve to clarify and stabilize taxonomy of the region, and will be a standard reference for those conducting future floristic, taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary studies. The specimen database produced will offer greater detail than can be provided by the printed flora. Both products will serve as a guide for land use planners and conservation biologists faced with critical decisions in areas where social and political pressures for habitat exploitation are severe.