Sunday, June 25, 2017

Ferns and Fern Allies of Taiwan - Second supplement



Ferns and Fern Allies of Taiwan - Second supplement


Author: Ralf Knapp, Tian-Chuan Hsu / 許天銓
Publisher: KBCC Press
Publish Date: 2017/ May
Language: English

Synopsis
A description of all 801 species of ferns and related plants in Taiwan.

Taiwan is one of the global diversity centers of pteridophytes (ferns, and plants allied to them) with more ca. 800 species distributed over an area of 35800 km2.

This book supplement provides a second update to known taxa of Taiwan and its neighboring smaller islands and islets:

    new species, subspecies
    extensively illustrated with a total of more than 1400 images
    revised keys for the safe identification of species
    comprehensive background information
    updated recommendations for conservation needs
    distribution and frequency information for new and selected other species
    description of vegetation zones and habitats for new and selected other species
   scientific names accompanied with Chinese name, pinyin transcription and commonly used deviating scientific names
    amended bibliography
   amended index containing synonyms, misapplied names and names in alternative taxonomic combinations


Content
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1 Corrections of previous publications
2 New taxa
3 Other new data
l Alternative phylogenetic systems
l Comments regarding families and lower ranks
l Taxa endemic to Taiwan
l Taxa with a singular occurrence in Taiwan
l Updates to the distribution of selected taxa
l Updates to the Index of Ferns and Fern Allies of Taiwan
l Other comments
Amendment of references
l Literature
l Internet-based resources
5 Images
l Images
l Sources of images
6 Amendment of index
l Amended index to scientific names
l Amended index to Chinese names
l Amended index to place names