Flora de la República de Cuba: Serie A. Plantas Vasculares. Fascículo 11

2006·0.5 MB·Portuguese

by  Robbin C Moran

American
Forn
Journal
9r)(2):6B
(2()0G)
Review
Flora de
la Repiiblica de Cuba: Serie A. Plantas Vasculares. Fasciculo
11.
2006. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koonigstcin, Germany. 236 Paperback
pp.
[ISBN
3-006166-45-7/978-3-906166-45-2]
Euro
56.00.
This
fascicle is the third published on ferns and lycophytes Cuban
in the
The
flora series. other families previously published were Hymenophyl-
the
laccae and
(fascicle the Asph^iiaceac and
Cyatheaccae
4), along
(fascicle
8,
with Cycadaceae and
Zamiaceae). The
present
fascicle treats 13 families:
Azollaceae, Dicksoniaceae,
Equisetaceae,
Isoetaceae, Lophosoriaceae,
Marsil-
enceae, Oleandraceae,
Ophioglossaceae, Osmundaceae,
Plagiogyriaceae,
Psi-
lotaceae, Salviniaceae, and
Thelypteridaceae. These
contain
a total of 15
genera and By
88 species. the most important
far family
the Thelypterida-
is
which
ceae, contains 65 species, 14 of which endemic. The
(21.5%) are fam-
were
ily treatments co-authored
the following
l)y pteridologists, varvina
in
M
Manuel
G. Galuff, James Hickev, David
Md
Sanchez.
The
keys
are of the non-indented and
type,
illustrations are generally
^
limited to one per family (the large Thelypteridaceae has more). An index
to
names
scientihc given each
is after family treatment, but there no cumula-
is
index end
tive the
at of the entire maps
fascicle. Dot-distribution
are given,
and
these A
are although
attractive, the dots are a bit on the small side. novel
aspect of this flora that the dot maps and specimen upon which
is data they
are based are included on CD.
a
hoped
remaining
It is that fascicles can appear in the next decade or
so.
The
completion Cuban
of a fern and lyc:ophyte would most
flora be wel-
a
come
contribution pteridology.— New
to Robhin Moran, The York
G. Botani-
NY
cal Garden, Bronx, 10458-5126.