Book ID: 102667
Margonska, Hanna B.
Taxonomic redefinition of subtribe Malaxidinae (Orchidales, Malaxidae). 2013. 409 plates with line drawings. 78 plates with 389 col. photogr. XCI, 606 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. (ISBN 978-3-87429-426-3)
Covers 12, genera, 387 species and 1050 taxa.
This monograph aims to offer a complete taxonomic revision of the subtribe Malaxidinae. Accordingly, clear and univocal characteristics of each genus and all its infrageneric taxa; detailed descriptions of the taxa and where possible determination of their degrees of similarity, relationships and infrataxon variability; verification of the component species of each genus and its infrageneric taxa based on a review of all available taxonomic materials and methods (classic/conventional taxonomy, based on biometrics, morphology and anatomy at standard, macro and ultra macro levels as well as phenetic and genetic taxonomies); nomnclatural verification of all Malaxidinae taxa at all systematic levels - checking the name in accordance with ICBN (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature) and setting out a possibly complete list of their synonyms; construction of the keys for determining the genera, their infrageneric taxa and species; compilation of taxonomic data at species and infraspecific levels; location and clarification of the status of type - specimens, lectotypification and neotypification where explicit confirmation of the original type-material is lacking; collection of available information about the taxa studied, e.g. their ecology, biology, distribution and abundance of both living plants and preserved material.