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
