Ferns and Fern Allies of Taiwan - Supplement (英文版)

本書描述台灣全部747種蕨類及相關植物。

台灣是全球蕨類最多樣的集中區之一，超過700種蕨類及類蕨類植物分佈在35,800平方公里的區域內，本書以圖文並茂的方式介紹台灣以及周圍小島的所有蕨類。

●新種、亞種及雜交種

●逾560幀插圖

●可靠的最新修訂辨識檢索表

●詳盡背景資料

●關於蕨類保育的最新建議

●蕨類新種及其他挑選種的分布與頻率

●蕨類新種及其他挑選種的植被帶與棲地描述

●提供學名、中文名、拼音與常見非標準學名

●最新修訂參考書目

●索引詳盡，包含異名、誤用名與在其他分類系統出現的命名

A description of all 747 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 than 700 species distributed over an area of 35800 km2.

This book supplement provides an illustrated update to already known and new species of Taiwan and its neighboring smaller islands and islets.

●new species, subspecies and hybrids

●extensively illustrated with a total of more than 560 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

Ralf Knapp

1969年生於德國埃柏巴哈，1998年起長居於台灣台北。約12年前因工作至台灣時，還是個電腦工程師與業餘蕨類研究者。但自從成為台灣女婿後，使他對研究台灣蕨類與裸子植物的興趣逐日遽增，更從此愛上台灣。來台前曾研究過中歐的維管植物，也曾參予巴伐利亞保育罕見植物的計畫。在台灣研究的這些年，他已建立超過四千份植物標本與將近十萬份的植物圖像資料庫。

本書為作者多年來的研究心血，詳盡介紹了台灣蕨類的多樣性。透過辜嚴倬雲植物保種中心執行長李家維教授的牽線，終將台灣豐富的蕨類生態一次呈現在讀者面前！

Ralf Knapp

Born in Eberbach, Germany in 1969, and now lives in Taipei, Taiwan since 1998. More than 14 years ago he came to Taiwan to work in his profession as electrical engineer for a German company in their Taipei office. After marrying a Taiwanese, he could intensify his studies of Taiwanese pteridophytes and gymnosperms, which he started some 9 years ago. Prior to moving to Taiwan he had been working on Central European vascular plants, and for some years he was invited to join a program of the Bavarian Ministry of Environmental Protection focusing on monitoring and protection of rare and endemic plants. During his field work in Taiwan he built-up a private herbarium with now more than 5,000 specimen sheets, and an image database of exceeding 200,000.

It has been just two years since the publication of "Ferns and Fern Allies of Taiwan". An enormous amount of data has accumulated since then, from the discovery of taxa new to Taiwan to resolving pending questions raised in the book.

The publisher and author have decided to continue with the concept introduced in the book and distribute the additional information in form of this supplement. Hence, book and supplement should be used in conjunction with one another.

As already for the book, the central goal of this work is to provide a tool to assist botanists in the correct identification of taxa. Thus, information provided in the book was continuously reviewed which resulted in the modification and improvement of several keys.

The majority of data provided in this supplement is derived from the study of recent publications, continued extensive field work and a constructive exchange with other scientists.

Foreword iii

Acknowledgements iv

1 Corrections 1

2 New taxa 7

3 Other new data

Alternative taxonomic systems 39

Comments regarding families and lower ranks 46

Taxa endemic to Taiwan 75

Taxa with a singular occurrence in Taiwan 76

Updates to the distribution of selected taxa 76

Other comments 78

4 Amendment of references

Literature 81

Internet-based resources 84

5 Images

Images 85

Sources of images 192

6 Amendment of index

Amended index to scientific names 195

Amended index to Chinese names 205

Amended index to place names 212