Advance in Orchidaceae Research
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2022) | Viewed by 24136
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Orchidaceae; Epipactis; plant ecology; plant taxonomy; nature conservation; distribution patterns
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue entitled: “Advance in Orchidaceae Research” is dedicated to researchers of biology, ecology and taxonomy of orchids, but also other aspects of the life of these plants.
The orchid family (Orchidaceae) is the second largest family of flowering plants, which contains about 1,000 genera and almost 35,000-40,000 species and new taxa are still being discovered and described. Orchidaceae are a cosmopolitan plant group, its representatives occupy almost all continents and almost all of the world's climatic zones. The wide range of habitats occupied along with the large area of occurrence has contributed to the enormous diversity of orchids in almost all respects and influenced the relatively high percentage of endemics in this group of plants. This is why, when consider at species level, they are extremely threatened plant group.
This Special Issue aims to gather the current knowledge on various aspects of the biology and ecology of orchids, including problems with taxonomy and classification. We invite researchers to submit review articles, full-length original papers, communications, short overviews, or comments presenting the various aspects of orchid biology, ecology, taxonomy and classification, including articles establishing new nomenclature, new taxa and new names. Papers on other aspects of orchid life (also concerning floras, especially in mostly endangered regions, e.g. tropical) may also be published.
Dr. Anna Jakubska-Busse
Dr. Hanna Margońska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
orchidaceae
biology
ecology
systematics
evolution
phylogeography
taxonomy and nomenclature
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