Lianas (woody vines) are iconic symbols of tropical forest
ecosystems around the world. Forest climbers take advantage of the
biologically-expensive architecture of trees to gain relatively
inexpensive access to the light-rich canopy. The evolution of a
climbing habit has occurred in many unrelated plant groups using
twining and clasping shoots or specialised structures such as
tendrils, hooks, spines, adhesive roots, and novel stem anatomy. In
recent decades, the significance of lianas to tropical forest
diversity (up to 40% of species), abundance (up to 45% of stems),
and forest gap dynamics has been increasingly recognised. Although
they are often considered pests in commercial forestry, woody
climbers are important to many traditional peoples as medicines,
subsistence fibres and non-timber forest products. Largely due to
the inaccessibility of their flowers and fruits, lianas and other
climbers remain among the most poorly documented life-forms in the
tropics. The Lianas of the Guianas Fieldguide aims to provide an
overview and advance understanding of woody climber diversity in
the forests of Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname. The guide will
facilitate learning and identification of woody climbers for
specialists and non-specialists with an image-rich format,
simplified terminology, a mostly vegetative family and genus key,
artistic icon guides, and common names and uses. The growth-forms
covered include woody lianas, subwoody lianas, liana-like
hemi-epiphytes, tree-like hemi-epiphytes, and climbing shrubs.
Chapters are organised alphabetically by plant family and names
follow the APG III classification. Approximately 55 families, 170
genera, and 500 more common species are described in the main text,
with ± 1300 species (including herbaceous climbers) in a
comprehensive checklist. This is one of the first such guides to
include predictive genera and species distribution model maps, with
a comprehensive set of maps made available on-line. The Lianas of
the Guianas Fieldguide will serve as an attractive and useful tool
for those concerned with the biodiversity of the Guianan Shield and
the neotropics at large. Lianas (woody vines) are iconic symbols of
tropical forest ecosystems around the world. Forest climbers take
advantage of the biologically-expensive architecture of trees to
gain relatively inexpensive access to the light-rich canopy. The
evolution of a climbing habit has occurred in many unrelated plant
groups using twining and clasping shoots or specialised structures
such as tendrils, hooks, spines, adhesive roots, and novel stem
anatomy. In recent decades, the significance of lianas to tropical
forest diversity (up to 40% of species), abundance (up to 45% of
stems), and forest gap dynamics has been increasingly recognised.
Although they are often considered pests in commercial forestry,
woody climbers are important to many traditional peoples as
medicines, subsistence fibres and non-timber forest products.
Largely due to the inaccessibility of their flowers and fruits,
lianas and other climbers remain among the most poorly documented
life-forms in the tropics. The Lianas of the Guianas Fieldguide
aims to provide an overview and advance understanding of woody
climber diversity in the forests of Guyana, French Guiana, and
Suriname. The guide will facilitate learning and identification of
woody climbers for specialists and non-specialists with an
image-rich format, simplified terminology, a mostly vegetative
family and genus key, artistic icon guides, and common names and
uses. The growth-forms covered include woody lianas, subwoody
lianas, liana-like hemi-epiphytes, tree-like hemi-epiphytes, and
climbing shrubs. Chapters are organised alphabetically by plant
family and names follow the APG III classification. Approximately
55 families, 170 genera, and 500 more common species are described
in the main text, with ± 1300 species (including herbaceous
climbers) in a comprehensive checklist. This is one of the first
such guides to include predictive genera and species distribution
model maps, with a comprehensive set of maps made available
on-line. The Lianas of the Guianas Fieldguide will serve as an
attractive and useful tool for those concerned with the
biodiversity of the Guianan Shield and the neotropics at large.
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