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Blumea supplement 18. 2006. Plant diversity after rain-forest fires in Borneo. Karl Eichhorn. contents: Plant community of Sungai Wain, East Kalimantan, indonesia: phytogeographical status and local variation; Structure, composition and diversity of plant communities in burnt and unburnt rain forest; The plant communities of burnt rain forest in relation to topography and forest remnants; Summary, conclusions and outlook for future research. 140 pp. paperback. $75.00

Flora Malesiana: Series I - Seed Plants . Volume 17 part 2 - 2005

Moraceae – Ficus . C.C. Berg & E.J.H. Corner †

730 pp., 133 figures, 18 distribution maps.
A CD-ROM with an illustrated digital key is added.
2005 — ISBN 90-71236-61-7
Price:$170.00

 THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN SPECIES OF FICUS

The pantropical genus Ficus comprises c. 735 species, of which 367 occur in Southeast Asia. Ficus is remarkable because of its figs, or syconia, in which a complicated fertilisation takes place by wasps belonging to the family Agaonidae. This relation probably was established more than 90 millions years ago, and since then co-evolution has taken place. In Ficus we find terrestrial shrubs and trees, hemi-epiphytic plants, creeping shrubs and even rheophytic shrubs. Nearly 100 species are climbers. Figs form an important part of the tropical rainforest and they are a source of food for many animals, included Orang Utan, bats, other arboreal and terrestrial mammals (like man!), reptiles and fishes, and many birds. Therefore the study of rainforest ecology is impossible without the study of figs. Every student of rainforest ecology should have this volume at hand! The introductory pages, 69 in total, give general information on, e.g. ecology, anatomy, morphology, inflorescences, pollen morphology, pollination, dispersal, uses, and spot characters for help in identification. For easy identification – if that is at all possible in a large and complicated group like Ficus – a digital key with many illustrations is added in the LUCID – PHOENIX program.

Blumea supplement 17. 2004. Systematics of Aporosa (Euphorbiaceae). Anne Schot. covers taxonomy, morphology, ecology, uses, phylogeny, patterns and relationships,  revision with generic description, identification keys, species descriptions, excluded & dubious species, identification list, index. 380 pp.  somes maps and line drawings. ISBN 90-71236-58-7. $125.00

Blumea supplement 16. 2004. Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia. Mark Newman, et. al. provides generic names, specific and infraspecific binomials, trinomials, basionyms, synonyms, protologues, types and their locations and limited information on distributions. 1661 names are listed. 166 pp.  ISBN 90-71236-56-0. paperback. $70.00

Blumea Supplement 15 (2003)

Index of vernacular plant names of Suriname. Charlotte I.E.A. van ’t Klooster, Jan C. Lindeman, Marion J. Jansen-Jacobs. The ‘Index of vernacular plant names of Suriname’ is a splendid tool to link local plant names, used by the people of Suriname, with names in scientific use. Local names are especially important for plants used in medicine, for wood, fish-poison, food or other commodities. 322 pp. ISBN 90-71236-55-2 — Price: $85.00

Flora Malesiana

Orchids of the Philippines. Volume I: Illustrated Checklist and Genera. E.M.G. Agoo, A. Schuiteman & E.F. de Vogel. 2003 — ISBN 90-75000-60-x (Macintosh & Windows)
Price: ca. $101.00

The Philippines have a unique and rich orchid flora of over 1000 species, of which about 74% are found nowhere else in the world. This CD-ROM presents an overview with descriptions of the 137 genera and provides a checklist of all species, covering about 4240 names. It contains tools for identification, a hyperlinked glossary with over 500 terms, and, above all, some 1800 beautiful photographs and drawings, often depicting species rarely, if ever, illustrated before. This CD-ROM was compiled at the Leiden branch of the National Herbarium of the Netherlands and the Philippine National Museum, Manila. Other leading botanical institutes, such as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, and the Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, as well as many well-known photographers have contributed to this CD-ROM. It will prove to be a tremendously useful and enjoyable resource for all who are interested in the orchids of the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

Orchids of Southeast Asia on CD-ROM

  NEW!  The CD-ROM 'Flora Malesiana: Orchids of New Guinea Vol. II: Dendrobium and allied genera', ISBN 90-75000-43-X (Macintosh & Windows) was published on July 24, 2002. This contains descriptions in English of all 567 species of  New Guinea Dendrobiinae and gives the synonymy as now understood. It covers the genera Cadetia (47 species), Dendrobium (421), Diplocaulobium (71) and Flickingeria (8). The Orchid Glossary, which is hyperlinked in the texts, is upgraded and extended to 568 entries and provided with 164 new illustrations. The dichotomous key with a total of 144 couplets identifies 4 genera, 25 sections and about 100 species in selected sections. The interactive multimedia key to the 4 genera and 25 sections is based on 28 characters and 71 character states. Both keys are fully illustrated with a total of 166 new illustrations. The types are listed as well as the herbaria where they are located; 571 photographs of types are included, from the Bogor and Leiden Herbaria. The distribution of the species is given, and 273 newly prepared distribution maps with indication of altitudinal zones are added. The whole is further illustrated by 558 colour photographs, 420 line drawings from earlier publications (of which 270 by Schlechter), and 625 digitised flower analyses in pencil from the archives of J.J. Smith. In book form this publication would cover more than 1100 pages of which about 400 pages of text and (with 4 illustrations per page) some 700 pages illustrations. $109.00, volume 1 also available. 

Orchids of New Guinea Vol.III: New Guinea Genera Acanthephippium to Hymenorchis excluding Bulbophyllum and Dendrobiinae (covering 56 genera, c. 650 species, 1870 names). $109.00

Orchids of the Philippines Vol. I: Illustrated Checklist and Genera (covering 137 genera, 1057 taxa, 2254 names, scheduled end 2002)

Orchids of Vietnam Vol. I: Illustrated Checklist and Genera (covering 143 genera, 733 taxa, 1511 names, scheduled beginning 2003)

Hypopterygiaceae of the World. Hans Kruijer. 2002. Blumea:  Supplement 13. This comprehensive world monograph of the Hypopterygiaceae gives the most thorough scientific treatment of this interesting family of beautiful mosses. The fine line drawings, detailed distribution maps, useful keys and descriptions provide excellent identification tools. The information on phylogenetic relationships and the notes on geographical variation and ecology are indispensable to anyone interested in Asian and Australasian bryophytes and/or pleurocarpous mosses. 2002 , 388 pp., with line drawings and distribution maps. ISBN 90-71236-51-X. $100.00

Nepenthaceae. The SE Asian Pitcher Plants. Flora Malesiana Series I, Volume 15. Martin Cheek & Matthew Jebb. Nepenthaceae, the Asian Pitcher Plant family, consists of a single genus, Nepenthes. It is restricted to SE Asia, apart from outliers in Madagascar, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, China, New Caledonia and Australia. Of the c. 87 species, 80 (83, including 3 nothospecies) are found in SE Asia. Within SE Asia, the main concentrations of species are Borneo (35 taxa) and Sumatra (32 taxa). All the species, so far as is known, are carnivorous, that is, animal-eating. Usually insects, but on occasion larger animals such as birds or rats, are attracted, trapped, drowned and digested in the leaf pitchers. The pitchers vary enormously in shape, size and colour and provide the main means for identifying species. Many are brightly and beautifully coloured and unusually shaped. It is of no surprise that most of the species are in international commerce as curiously ornamental plants. Although many are propagated artificially, collection of plants from the wild still occurs. Since many species are narrowly endemic, often restricted to a single mountain, they are easily endangered by such activity. Several species are thought to be on the brink of extinction. All species are listed on CITES (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species). Nepenthes are usually lianas of montane forest, particularly ridge-tops in the cloud zone. The most widespread species however, occur in lowland secondary forest, especially on sandy or swampy soils where the canopy is open. Several species are shrubs, either terrestrial or epiphytic. Some Nepenthes are restricted to metal-rich (e.g. ultramafic) soils, whilst others are found only on limestone.
                Flora Malesiana Series I, Volume 15 contains an up-to-date overview of this family, fully treating the Malesian species, of which many are illustrated by line drawings of habit and morphological details, often full-page. Regional keys, based largely on non-floral characters, are given for the identification of species. For each species full references, synonymy, descriptions, ecology, distribution, notes on diagnostic characters and relationships with other species are presented. Species are arranged alphabetically and an index to scientific plant names is given. The introductory part consists of chapters on distribution, fossils, habitat and ecology, reproductive biology, morphology and anatomy, pitcher function, cytotaxonomy, conservation, taxonomy, uses, collecting notes and spot characters. This volume of Flora Malesiana is the only comprehensive treatise of this important rain forest family in Southeast Asia. 164 pp., 19 drawings ISBN 90-71236-49-8.  Paperback. $75.00       

Orchid genera of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. A. Schuiteman & E. de  Vogel. 3/2000. descriptions, distribution, habitats, keys. 136 color photos, 118 pp. paperback. ISBN 90-71236-41-2. $70.00

Malesian Seed Plants

FLORA MALESIANA

Flora Malesiana: Editorial Committee: C. Kalkman (secretary), H.P. Nooteboom, W.J.J.O. de Wilde (Leiden, The Netherlands), D.W. Kirkup (Kew, UK), P.F. Stevens (Harvard University, USA)

Flora Malesiana is a systematic account of the flora of Malesia, the plant-geographical unit spanning six countries in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea. The family treatments are not published in a systematic order but as they come available by the scientific efforts of some 100 collaborators all over the world. Each family treatment contains keys for identification, descriptions of the recognized taxa from family to variety, and a large amount of information (with literature references) on, e.g., taxonomy, variability, synonymy, typification, distribution, habitats and ecology, morphology and anatomy, phytochemistry, and uses. Attention is given in the first place to the indigenous species but non-native, cultivated or escaped species are also treated (described and keyed out) or at least mentioned. Drawings and photographs illustrate the treatments, and as a general rule at least one species of each native genus has a full-page drawing.

There are two series: I, Spermatophyta (Seed Plants), and II, Pteridophyta (Ferns and Fern allies). From 1991 onward the Flora is published for the Foundation Flora Malesiana by the Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden. Back issues published earlier by Wolters/Noordhoff and Kluwer Publishers are now also exclusively available from the Rijksherbarium.

SERIES I - SEED PLANTS

SERIES II - PTERIDOPHYTES (Ferns & Fern Allies)

Blumea: Supplements

Pacific Plant Areas

Editor: M.M.J. van Balgooy. Pacific Plant Areas gives comprehensive biogeographical information on a large number of selected phanerogam genera and species in Malesia and the Pacific. The whole series consists of five volumes, each containing a bibliography of maps (with supplements), a number of distribution maps with text, and a cumulative index. In the five volumes published, 375 maps have been issued. Volumes 2-5 are still available.  each $70.00

Vol. 1 (1963). 300 pp., 26 maps. Out of print.

Vol. 2 (1966). 312 pp., 147 maps. Publ. as Blumea Supplement 5.

Vol. 3 (1975). 386 pp., 70 maps.

Vol. 4 (1984). 270 pp., 80 maps.

Vol. 5 (1993). 260 pp., 50 maps. ISBN 90-71236-18-8.  Volume 5 contains also additions and corrections to all previously published volumes, as well as a cumulative index. In addition a Table is given showing the complete distribution of 1633 Phanerogam genera represented in the Pacific by indigenous species.

Orchid Monographs (ISSN 0920-1998)

Editor: E.F. de Vogel

Orchid Monographs offers systematic monographs and revisions of groups of Orchidaceae (genera and higher taxa, sections of large genera). From volume 6 onward, the scope is restricted to groups mainly occurring in the Malesian area. As a rule, one volume is published annually, mostly with line drawings for each species described and 4-8 pages with colour photographs.

Leiden Botanical Series (ISSN 0169-8508): each volume $85

Until 1991, this was an irregularly published series of taxonomic monographs and other extensive studies in comparative botany. Volumes (Numbers) 4-15 are currently available.

No. 4 (1980) J.H. Ietswaart, A taxonomic revision of the genus Origanum (Labiatae); 153 pp., illus. ISBN 90-6021-463-3.

No. 5 (1981) R. Geesink, A.J.M. Leeuwenberg, C.E. Ridsdale & J.F. Veldkamp, Thonner’s analytical key to the families of flowering plants; xxiv + 229 pp. ISBN 90-6021-461-7 (cloth) $67.00 and ISBN 90-6021-479-X (paperback)

No. 6 (1982) W.F. Prud'homme van Reine, A taxonomic revision of the European Sphacelariaceae (Sphacelariales, Phaeophyceae); x + 293 pp., illus. ISBN 90-04-065-970. -

No. 7 (1982) R. van der Meijden, Systematics and evolution of Xanthophyllum (Polygalaceae); 159 pp., illus. ISBN 90-04-065-946.

No. 8 (1984) R. Geesink, Scala Millettiearum. A survey of the genera of the tribe Millettieae (Legum.-Pap.) with methodological considerations; xvi + 131 pp., illus. ISBN 90-04-074-988. -

No. 9 (1986) P.H. Hovenkamp, A monograph of the fern genus Pyrrosia. With a contribution by W.J. Ravensberg & E. Hennipman; 310 pp., illus. ISBN 90-04-080-651. -

No. 10 (1987) S.C.Willemstein, An evolutionary basis for pollination ecology; 425 pp., illus. ISBN 90-04-08457-6. -

No. 11 (1989) J. Mennema, A taxonomic revision of Lamium (Lamiaceae); 198 pp., illus. ISBN 90-04-09109-2. -

Vol. 12 (1989) P.C. van Welzen, Guioa Cav. (Sapindaceae): Taxonomy, phylogeny, and historical biogeography; 315 pp., illus. ISBN 90-71236-04-8 -

Vol. 13 (1990) R.W.J.M. van der Ham, Nephelieae pollen (Sapindaceae): Form, function, and evolution; 255 pp., illus. ISBN 90-71236-07-2 -

Vol. 14 (1991) M.T.M. Bosman, A monograph of the fern genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae), including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylogenetic history of the microsoroids; 161 pp., illus. ISBN 90-71236- 09-9

Vol. 15 (1991) F. Adema, Cupaniopsis Radlk. (Sapindaceae): A monograph; 190 pp., illus. ISBN 90-71236-10-2

From 1992 onward this Series has been continued as Supplements to Blumea.

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