What will be left of the primary forest in Ecuador?

Hirtz, Alexander

doi:10.15517/lank.v11i3.18307

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“…We hope it is not too late to save the majority of the Orchidaceae and the ecosystems that we and they depend on for future generations (Hirtz 2011).…”

Section: Conservation Status and Strategies For The Preservation Of Omentioning

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Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama

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aBstract. The Mesoamerican region is one of the richest in orchid diversity in the world. About 2670 species, 10% of all orchids known have been recorded there. Within this region, most of the species are concentrated in the southernmost countries. Costa Rica with 1598 species (or 0.030 spp/km 2 ) and Panama with 1397 species (0.018 spp/km 2 ) stand at the top of endemic species list of all Mesoamerica, with 35.37% and 28.52%, respectively. These figures, however, are misleading, as political boundaries do not have any relationship to orchid diversity. If we ignore the political frontier, there is a common biogeographic area. However, if we put the border back, the numbers in terms of scientific production and research change dramatically. Costa Rica has increased the knowledge of its orchid flora through the establishment of a successful research system, whereas Panama has lacked a similar process. To address this problem, the Lankester Botanical Garden at the Universidad de Costa Rica and the Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí, Panama, established a new research center focused on the study of orchids. The aim of the cooperation is to provide the methodology, information, and expertise for a long-term project on taxonomy and systematics of the orchids of Panama

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“…We hope it is not too late to save the majority of the Orchidaceae and the ecosystems that we and they depend on for future generations (Hirtz 2011).…”

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Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama

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“…The fertile inter-Andean valleys of Colombia and Ecuador, are the most degraded as a result of agriculture and urbanization ( Zador, 2015 ). The further habitat loss constitute a serious threat to numerous orchid genera ( Hirtz, 2011 ).…”

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Synopsis of EcuadorianPterichis(Orchidaceae)

Kolanowska

Szlachetko

Nowak

2021

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A taxonomic synopsis of the orchid genus Pterichis in Ecuador is presented. All national representatives of this genus are characterized and their floral segments are illustrated. Four new species and two new varieties are described. An updated key to Ecuadorian Pterichis is provided. Plants of the genus are growing mostly as terrestrial herbs at the altitude of 2,300–4,110 m. Often two or more species co-occur in the area of 25 × 25 km. Their occurrence was reported from three ecoregions—the Eastern Cordillera real montane forests, the Northern Andean páramo and the Northwestern Andean montane forests. Seven Ecuadorian Pterichis are endemic.

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“…Over the next few years we hope to be able to begin to answer some of the fundamental questions mentioned here, using remaining, common orchid populations, traditional coffee plantations, forest fragments, and protected areas as models (Light & MacConaill 2011). We hope it is not too late to save the majority of the Orchidaceae and the ecosystems that we and they depend on for future generations (Hirtz 2011).…”

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Conservation status and strategies for the preservation of orchids in the soconusco region of southeast Mexico

Damon

2013

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Un total de 320 de orquídeas se han registrado para la región del Soconusco en el extreme sureste de México. Dado los inherentes limitantes sociales, políticos y legales, parece ser que la estratégica más productiva para preservar y restaurar poblaciones de las varias especies en peligro de extinción, endémicas y sobreexplotadas es el trabajo directo, intensivo y a largo plazo con las comunidades ubicadas dentro o cerca de los pocos puntos calientes restantes de diversidad y abundancia de orquídeas. Con los debidos permisos, se han establecido cultivos sustentables de orquídeas en varias comunidades y se continúa con investigaciones a largo plazo sobre aspectos claves de la biología y ecología de las orquídeas, la identificación de sitios de refugio y la modelación de la distribución geográfica de especies.

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What will be left of the primary forest in Ecuador?

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Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama

Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama

Synopsis of EcuadorianPterichis(Orchidaceae)

Conservation status and strategies for the preservation of orchids in the soconusco region of southeast Mexico

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