《世界豆类植物》:一本珍贵的书  

Legumes of the World: A precious book

作　　者：洪德元[1] 

机构地区：[1]中国科学院植物研究所系统与进化植物学重点实验室,北京100093

出　　处：《植物分类学报》2006年第1期108-110,共3页Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica

摘　　要：Legumes of the World (Eds G. Lewis, B. Schrire, B. Mackinder, M. Lock; Kew Publishing; ISBN 1 900 34780 6; ￡55), recently published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is the first fully-illustrated encyclopaedia of the world’s 727 legume genera and an authoritative compendium of legume information. The study of legumes at Kew has a long and virtually continuous history, beginning with G. Bentham in the middle of the19th century. R. Polhill and his coworkers organized in 1978 at Kew the first International Legume Conference, bringing together over 400 legume researchers. As a result, 11 volumes of Advances in Legume Systematics have been published. This book is thus a jewel of a long-term key project at Kew, and is a product of wisdom of legume experts all over the world. It contains rich knowledge, not only of morphology and taxonomy, but also of biogeography and advances in recent studies on molecular phylogenies conducted by several research groups. Thirty-six tribes and 727 genera of Leguminosae are recognized and treated in the book. In each tribe, relationships of the tribe with other groups and those between genera are discussed in detail. Given under each genus are the main synonyms, number of species, geographical range of the genus and sections, etymology, ecology, important literature, phylogenetic notes and economic uses. Also important, there are several beautiful colour photos with characteristics highlighted under each genus, and accompanied with a line drawing for about 50% of the genera. As is well known, the Leguminosae are one of the most important families economically, and knowledge about these plants is used by the professional, student and amateur across a broad range of disciplines. The research on the systematics of this family will certainly set up a good example for studies on other families or groups of plants. The publication of this precious book, I believe, will surely receive much international acclaim.Legumes of the Worm （Eds （2 Lewis, B. Schrire, B. Mackinder, M. Lock; Kew Publishing; ISBN 1 900 34780 6; 55）, recently published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is the first fully-illustrated encyclopaedia of the world＇s 727 legume genera and an authoritative compendium of legume information. The study of legumes at Kew has a long and virtually continuous history, beginning with （2 Bentham in the middle of thel9th century. R. Polhill and his coworkers organized in 1978 at Kew the first International Legume Conference, bringing together over 400 legume researchers. As a result, 11 volumes of Advances in Legume Systematics have been published. This book is thus a jewel of a long-term key project at Kew, and is a product of wisdom of legume experts all over the world. It contains rich knowledge, not only of morphology and taxonomy, but also of biogeography and advances in recent studies on molecular phylogenies conducted by several research groups.

关 键 词：豆类植物 世界 皇家植物园 PETER 百科全书 豆科植物 the 办公室 英国 

分 类 号：Q94-5[生物学—植物学]