For those interested. Key has launched its monocotyledon check list on line, offering 75,000 species, or 25% of all flowering plants. The list offers definitive names, plus synonyms. The section on Bulbophyllum, for example, would take 64 pages of A4 to print out just the list of names. All valid names hyperlink to more information. At present, the grasses and other moncots are separate, but will be united at the end of 2007.
The monocots are at http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/monocots Congratulations to readers from RGBK, by the way. ______________________________ Oliver Sparrow +44 (0)20 7736 9716 www.chforum.org _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
