The Pollination Biology of North American Orchids: Volume 1: North of Florida and Mexico

ISBN-13: 9781489994530 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 228 str.

Charles L Argue

Opis

This 2-volume set presents a comprehensive treatment of all native and introduced North American orchids found north of Mexico and Florida. It provides detailed information on genetic compatibility, breeding systems, pollinators, pollination mechanisms, fruiting success, and limiting factors for each species.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"Argue presents an impressive, comprehensive, and modern summary of the state of knowledge on the pollination biology of all major orchid groups in North America. ... the author has achieved his stated goal of providing a thorough treatment of the filed that will be of board interest to local and international researchers and students of pollination as well as orchid enthusiasts. ... also contain critical information for conservation managers striving to conserve the precious orchid diversity of the region." (Rod Peakall, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 88 (3), September, 2013)

"Argue ... provides a well-organized summary and synthesis of research conducted on the pollination biology of orchids north of Florida and Mexico. ... each chapter contains illustrations that demonstrate the floral structure of orchids, especially in relation to their pollination mode and pollinator. Researchers and students studying orchid biology or conservation, as well as the interested general reader or orchid enthusiast, will likely find this book to be a valuable resource. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Informed general readers, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners." (A. L. Jacobsen, Choice, Vol. 49 (11), July, 2012)

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction

 

Section I. Subfamily Cypripedioideae (the slipper orchids)

Chapter 2. Cypripedium L. (the lady’s-slippers), Introduction

Chapter 3. Section Acaulia

     Cypripedium acaule Aiton (pink or stemless lady’s-slipper)

Chapter 4. Section Obtusipetala

     Cypripedium reginae Walter (showy lady’s-slipper)

     Cypripedium passerinum Richardson (sparrow’s egg lady’s-slipper)

Chapter 5. Section Cypripedium

     Cypripedium parviflorum Salisbury (yellow lady’s-slipper)

     Cypripedium candidum Muhlenberg ex Willdenow (small white lady’s-slipper)

     Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindley (mountain lady’s-slipper)

     Cypripedium kentuckiense C. F. Reed (ivory lady’s-slipper, purloined slipper)

Chapter 6. Sections Arietinum and Enantiopetalum

   Arietinum

     Cypripedium arietinum R. Brown (ram’s head lady’s-slipper)

   Enantiopetalum

     Cypripedium fasciculatum Kellogg ex S. Watson (clustered lady’s-slipper)

 

 

Chapter 7. Sections Irapeana and Bifolia

   Irapeana

     Cypripedium californicum A. Gray (California lady’s-slipper)

   Bifolia

     Cypripedium guttatum Swartz (spotted lady’s-slipper) and Cypripedium

     yatabeanum Makino (green moccasin-flower)

Section II. Subfamily Orchidoideae (Part one)

Tribe Orchideae

Chapter 8. Platanthera L., Introduction

Chapter 9. Limnorchis Group

    Platanthera dilatata (Pursh) Lindley ex L. C. Beck (tall white northern bog                   

    orchid), P. aquilonis Sheviak (northern green orchid), and P. huronensis

    (Nuttall) Lindley (tall green bog orchid)

    Platanthera stricta Lindley (slender bog orchid)

    Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schlechter (sparsely flowered bog orchid)

    Other species of the Limnorchis Group

Chapter 10. Platanthera Group

    Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindley (blunt-leaved rein orchis)

    Platanthera orbiculata (Pursh) Lindley (large round-leaved orchid) and

     P. macrophylla (Goldie) P. M. Brown (goldie’s round-leaved orchid)

    Other species of the Platanthera Group

Chapter 11. Lacera Group

    Platanthera peramoena A. Gray (purple fringeless orchid)

    Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindley (small-flowered purple-fringed orchid),

    P. grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindley (large-flowered purple-fringed orchid), and

    P. lacera (Michaux) G. Don (ragged fringed orchid)

    Platanthera praeclara Sheviak and Bowles (western prairie fringed orchid)

    and P. leucophaea (Nuttall) Lindley (eastern prairie fringed orchid)

Chapter 12. Blephariglottis Group

    Platanthera ciliaris (L.) Lindley (yellow-fringed orchid) and P. blephariglottis

    (Willdenow) Lindley (white-fringed orchid)

         Other yellow-fringed orchids

    Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer (monkey-face orchid)

    Platanthera clavellata (Michaux) Luer (little club-spur orchid)

    Other possible members of the Blephariglottis Group

Chapter 13. Platantheras of unknown alignment

    Platanthera flava (L.) Lindley (tubercled-orchid)

    Platanthera chorisiana (Chamisso) Reichenbach (chamisso’s orchid)

Chapter 14. Other Orchideae

    Piperia Rydberg

    Galearis Rafinesque

    Pseudorchis Seguier

    Amerorchis Hulten

    Dactylorhiza Necker ex Nevski

    Coeloglossum Hartman

    Gymnadenia R. Brown

    Habenaria Willdenow

Glossary

Blurb

Recent studies have revealed remarkable complexity and diversity in orchid-pollinator relationships. These studies comprise a vast literature currently scattered in numerous, often obscure, journals and books. The Pollination Biology of North American Orchids brings together, for the first time, a comprehensive treatment of this information for all native and introduced North American orchids found north of Mexico and Florida. It provides detailed information on genetic compatibility, breeding systems, pollinators, pollination mechanisms, fruiting success, and limiting factors for each species. Distribution, habitat, and floral morphology are also summarized. In addition, detailed line drawings emphasize orchid reproductive organs and their adaptation to known pollinators.

This, the first of two volumes, furnishes a brief introduction to the general morphology of the orchid flower and the terminology used to describe orchid breeding systems and reproductive strategies. It treats the lady’s-slippers of genus Cypripedium, subfamily Cypripedioideae, and nine genera of the subfamily Orchidoideae, including the diverse rein orchids of genus Platanthera. 

The Pollination Biology of North American Orchids will be of interest to both regional and international audiences including:

• Researchers and students in this field of study who are currently required to search through the scattered literature to obtain the information gathered here.
• Researchers and students in related fields with an interest in the co-evolution of plants and insects.
• Conservation specialists who need to understand both the details of orchid reproduction and the identity of primary pollinators in order to properly manage the land for both.
• Orchid breeders who require accurate and current information on orchid breeding systems.
• General readers with an interest in orchid biology.

Charles Argue, Ph.D., is a plant biologist at the University of Minnesota specializing in the study of pollen grains. His articles have appeared in numerous journals including the American Journal of Botany, International Journal of Plant Sciences (formerly Botanical Gazette), Botany (formerly Canadian Journal of Botany), Grana, Pollen et Spores, North American Native Orchid Journal, The Native Orchid Conference Journal, Fremontia, and as chapters in a number of books.