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Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3) de Alec M. Pridgeon

Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3): Genera Orchidacearum

Editat de Alec M. Pridgeon, Phillip J. Cribb, Mark W. Chase, Finn N. Rasmussen
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 feb 2014

Prezentat sub formă de monografie taxonomică, acest al șaselea și ultim volum din seria Genera Orchidacearum reprezintă punctul culminant al unui efort academic monumental de clasificare a celei mai mari familii de plante monocotiledonate. Găsim în această lucrare o analiză detaliată a 140 de genuri aparținând triburilor Dendrobieae și Vandeae, parte a subfamiliei Epidendroideae, care include multe dintre orhideele spectaculoase utilizate frecvent în hibridare. Ceea ce distinge acest volum este rigoarea cu care editorii Alec M. Pridgeon, Phillip J. Cribb, Mark W. Chase și Finn N. Rasmussen au integrat datele moderne de secvențiere ADN într-o clasificare filogenetică naturală, depășind limitările sistemelor morfologice clasice.

Structura fiecărui capitol este exhaustivă, oferind cercetătorului nu doar descrieri botanice, ci și date de citogenetică, fitochimie și polenizare, completate de hărți de distribuție și ilustrații de o precizie tehnică remarcabilă. Cititorii familiarizați cu Genera Orchidacearum: Volume 1: Apostasioideae and Cypripedioideae vor aprecia continuitatea metodologică și modul în care acest volum final închide cercul taxonomic prin adăugarea unui glosar cumulativ și a unei liste complete de sinonime pentru toate volumele seriei. Spre deosebire de lucrări focalizate regional, precum Atlas of Chinese Native Orchids, acest volum menține o perspectivă globală, fiind un instrument de referință universal.

Experiența de consultare este facilitată de organizarea sistematică, tonul fiind unul strict academic și tehnic. Deși este o lucrare de specialitate, includerea notelor de cultivare pentru genurile prezente în colecțiile de amatori extinde utilitatea cărții dincolo de laboratoarele de cercetare, direct în serele cultivatorilor pasionați.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780199646517
ISBN-10: 0199646511
Pagini: 576
Dimensiuni: 228 x 282 x 41 mm
Greutate: 2.22 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Seria Genera Orchidacearum

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm acest volum botaniștilor, cercetătorilor în taxonomie și cultivatorilor profesioniști de orhidee. Este resursa definitivă pentru înțelegerea filogeniei triburilor Dendrobieae și Vandeae. Cititorul câștigă acces la o sinteză fără precedent a datelor moleculare și morfologice, beneficiind totodată de un instrument de lucru complet prin glosarul și addendumul care actualizează întreaga serie.

Despre autor

Coordonată de un grup de experți de talie mondială, seria beneficiază de expertiza lui Alec M. Pridgeon și a colegilor săi de la Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew și alte instituții de prestigiu. Alec M. Pridgeon are o carieră dedicată studiului orhideelor, fiind implicat în numeroase proiecte de referință, precum Orchid Biology și volumele anterioare ale seriei Genera Orchidacearum. Munca sa se concentrează pe utilizarea datelor anatomice și moleculare pentru a clarifica relațiile evolutive complexe din cadrul familiei Orchidaceae, contribuind fundamental la sistematizarea modernă a botanicii.

Descriere

For centuries orchids have been among the most popular of plant families, with thousands of species and hybrids cultivated worldwide for the diversity, beauty, and intricacy of their flowers.The Genera Orchidacearum series represents a robust and natural classification of the orchids, something that has eluded plant scientists and orchid enthusiasts for years. The editors, who are all distinguished orchid specialists, incorporate a wealth of new DNA data into a truly phylogenetic classification, identifying the areas and taxa that merit additional work. To this end, they have invited several international specialists to contribute in their particular areas of expertise. Each volume provides comprehensive coverage of one or two orchid subfamilies, and the series as a whole will be an indispensable reference tool for scientists, orchid breeders, and growers.Orchidaceae is the largest monocotyledon family and perhaps the largest plant family in terms of number of species, approximately 25,000. Although the fossil record is limited, active molecular research in recent years has unravelled many of the complexities and phylogenetics of this cosmopolitan plant family. This sixth and final volume treats 140 genera in tribes Dendrobieae and Vandeae of the largest subfamily, Epidendroideae, including some of the showiest orchids often used in hybridizing. Comprehensive treatments are provided for each genus, which include complete nomenclature, description, distribution (with map), anatomy, palynology, cytogenetics, phytochemistry, phylogenetics, pollination, ecology, and economic uses. Cultivation notes are included for those genera known to be in hobbyist collections. Genera are beautifully illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs. An Addendum updates a few generic accounts published in past volumes. A cumulative glossary, list of generic synonyms with their equivalents, and list of all series contributors round out this final volume in the series.

Recenzii

The final volume of Genera Orchidacearum completes a total review of the orchid genera of the world, and contains important Australian groups. The international consensus published in this volume provides orchid growers with a stable nomenclature... Serious species orchid growers and societies could consider purchasing this landmark six volume full set as a valuable reference.
As a complete series this contemporary work is hard to beat; it has certainly achieved its aim and should prove indispensable for those studying or growing orchids.

Notă biografică

Alec M. Pridgeon is Sainsbury Orchid Fellow of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and Chairman of the International Orchid Committee. In orchid circles he is perhaps best known as past Editor of the American Orchid Society Bulletin (now titled Orchids) and Founding Editor of the scientific orchid journal, Lindleyana. He has written or co-written 60 scientific articles or book chapters and 100 popular articles, co-written and co-directed five videotapes, edited 12 books including the Proceedings of the 14th World Orchid Conference and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids, and compiled the Orchid Action Plan for the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN in Geneva.Phillip Cribb is retired as Deputy Keeper of the Herbarium and Curator of the Orchid Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He has specialized in the taxonomy of Old World tropical orchids, participating in many expeditions to study orchids in the field. He is the author of several books and over 350 papers on orchids. He has been a member of the Royal Horticultural Society's Orchid Committee for 30 years, an member of the International Orchid Committee, and until 2006 chaired the IUCN/ Species Survival Commission's Orchid Specialist Group, which publishes Orchid Conservation News. He has been awarded the Linnean Society Gold Medal for Botany, the Royal Horticultural Society's Westonbirt Medal and Veitch Memorial Medal, the Orchid Society of South-east Asia's Gold Medal, and the American Orchid Society's Gold Medal of Achievement for his work on orchids.Mark W. Chase is Director of the Jodrell Laboratory at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He has received the Rolf Dalhgren Prize from by the Royal Physiographic Society of Lund (Sweden) and the Linnean Medal for Botany and the Darwin/Wallace Medal from the Linnean Society of London; he was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society in 1995 and Royal Society of London in 2003. He holds an honorary doctorate from the universities of Uppsala (Sweden) and Ghent (Belgium) and is member of the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society.Finn N. Rasmussen is retired Associate Professor and researcher at the Natural History Museum of Denmark and at the Department of Biology, research group for evolutionary botany, University of Copenhagen.