Language: Chinese with scientific nomenclature
This is the first of two books making up Illustrated Flora of Taiwan, Volume 8 and covers ferns and lycophytes. The first book shows in detail the characteristics and identification characters of ferns in different distribution areas. The book follows the latest PPG I taxonomy published in November 2016 and includes the latest research results, including all new species, unidentified species and unpublished species, The volume contains 409 species of ferns and is Taiwan’s first fern flora since 1896. It contains a large number of illustrations and has benefited from the input of Qiu Wenliang, senior fern expert and associate researcher with the Forestry Laboratory/former Director of Taipei Botanical Garden, making this the most professional and detailed fern record in Taiwan's history.
Summary in Chinese:
本书为《台湾原生植物全图鉴的八卷:蕨类与石松类》上卷,以448页的大篇幅,详细呈现蕨类植物在不同分布地的特性与辨识特征。根据2016年11月最新发表的PPG I分类法与最新的研究结果,自石松目的石松科起,至水龙骨目的乌毛蕨科为止,包括所有的新种、未定种与未发表种,在本卷中完整收录了409种蕨类植物。
这不只是台湾1896年初次有植物志出版至今,收录种数最多的蕨类图鉴,再加上资深的蕨类专家,林业试验所副研究员/前台北植物园园长邱文良老师的专业审定,是台湾有史以来专业度最高,内容也最为详尽的蕨类全纪录。