Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia, Volume 1: Cypripediaceae, Orchidaceae - Orchidoideae, Spiranthoideae - Goodyereae

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Language: English

This first part of this flora covers the orchid families Cypripediaceae and Orchidaceae. For the latter it includes the subfamily Orchidoideae, tribe Orchideae, the subfamily Tropioideae, and the subfamily Spiranthoideae, tribe Goodyereae.

Since the authors did not manage to reach all the herbaria in Colombia, nor all the material deposited outside Colombia, they decided to title this book Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia rather than "The Orchid Flora of Colombia". Even so, the authors have collected enough material to be published in a planned twenty volumes.

When there was high evidence that an orchid species found outside Colombia grew in Colombia too, the authors have also included it in their work, as it was not always possible to illustrate Colombian species on the basis of the material derived from the country – the quality of some specimens was not sufficiently good for an illustration. The comparison of the descriptions and illustrations should maximise the correctness of determination.

Contents

- Preface - Rudolf Schlechter
- Foreword
- In lieu of an introduction
- General information (Study area: Location, Geological composition, Topography and natural regions, Hydrology, Climate, Vegetation and ecosystems)
- Biodiversity (Species richness, Envrionmental degradation, Nature conservation)
- History of the botanical studies in Colombia
- Orchids in the Colombian flora
- Material and methods
- Nomenclature (Type citations, New species and new combinations, Lectotypifications)
- Acknowledgements

TAXONOMIC TREATMENT:
- Orchidales
- Natural key to the families and subfamilies represented in Colombia
- Natural key to the genera included in the 1st volume
- Artificial key to the genera dealt in the 1st volume
- Family Cypripediaceae
      - Tribe Selenipedieae (Selenipedium)
      - Tribe Phragmipediae (Phragmipedium)
- Family Orchidaceae
   - Subfamily Orchidoideae
      - Tribe Orchideae, Subtribe Habenariinae (Habenella, Habenaria, Rhinorchis/Kusibabella, Bertauxia)
   - Subfamily Tropioideae (Corymborkis, Tropidia)
   - Subfamily Spiranthoideae
      - Tribe Goodyereae, Subtribe Goodyerina (Microchilus, Platythelys, Ligeophila, Aspidogyne, Kreodanthus)
- References
- Index to scientific names
- Index to the numbered collections cited
- The cited publications treating particular taxa and abbreviations of their titles used in the text
- Maps
- Plates

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