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

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/km2) and Panama wi...

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Autores principales:	Bogarín, Diego, Pupulin, Franco, Arrocha, Clotilde, Warner, Jorge
Formato:	Online
Idioma:	eng
Publicado:	Universidad de Costa Rica 2013
Acceso en línea:	https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/11529

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spelling	LANKESTERIANA115292022-07-20T00:57:04Z Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama Bogarín, Diego Pupulin, Franco Arrocha, Clotilde Warner, Jorge orchidaceae mesoamerica costa rica panama floristics taxonomy orchidaceae mesoamerica costa rica panama floristics taxonomy 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/km2) and Panama with 1397 species (0.018 spp/km2) 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 longterm project on taxonomy and systematics of the orchids of Panam. 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/km2) and Panama with 1397 species (0.018 spp/km2) 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 longterm project on taxonomy and systematics of the orchids of Panam. Universidad de Costa Rica 2013-08-11 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/11529 10.15517/lank.v0i0.11529 Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology; 2013: Lankesteriana: Volumen 13, Número 1-2 Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology; 2013: Lankesteriana: Volumen 13, Número 1-2 2215-2067 1409-3871 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/11529/10874
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description	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/km2) and Panama with 1397 species (0.018 spp/km2) 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 longterm project on taxonomy and systematics of the orchids of Panam.
title	Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama
title_short	Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama
title_full	Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama
title_fullStr	Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama
title_full_unstemmed	Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama
title_sort	orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and panama
title_alt	Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama
publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica
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Orchids without borders: studying the hotspot of costa rica and Panama

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