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Flora of North America North of Mexico

Flora of North America North of Mexico. Jay A. Raveill University of Central Missouri. ‘Single Author’ period. huh.harvard.edu. John Torrey and Asa Gray A Flora of North America 1838-1845 Vascular plants 2 volumes Not completed. huh.harvard.edu. ‘Single Author’ period.

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Flora of North America North of Mexico

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  1. Flora of North America North of Mexico Jay A. Raveill University of Central Missouri

  2. ‘Single Author’ period huh.harvard.edu • John Torrey and Asa Gray • A Flora of North America • 1838-1845 • Vascular plants • 2 volumes • Not completed huh.harvard.edu

  3. ‘Single Author’ period • Asa Gray (1810-1888) • Synoptical Flora of North America • Vascular plants • 2 volumes • 1878-1897 (Watson, Robinson) • Not completed

  4. 1859-1934 Collaborative projects • Nathaniel Lord Britton (NY) • North American Flora • Initiated 1905 • Vascular plants, bryophytes, fungi, algae • Planned 34 volumes • Sections published as available

  5. www.canmorealberta.com

  6. North American Flora • Ended in 1949 • Published 94 sections • Parts of 24 volumes • 3 volumes completed

  7. North American Flora • Series 2 • Started 1954 • Treatments published as available • Numbered as received • Geographical area more flexible • 13 parts • Last in 1990

  8. Flora North America • 1965- American Society of Plant Taxonomists established committee • Stanwyn Shetler (US) • Computer use for data • Project ended in 1973 due to lack of funding

  9. Flora of North America North of Mexico • Initial meeting 1982 • 22 botanists from Canada and USA • Missouri Botanical Garden • Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation • Carnegie Museum

  10. Vascular plants • USA, Canada, Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon

  11. Run by FNA Editorial Committee Original FNA Editorial Committee

  12. 1982-1987 • Housed at Missouri Botanical Garden • Funded by participating institutions, American Society of Plant Taxonomist, Canadian Botanical Association • ‘Contributors Guide’ • Applied for grants

  13. 1987 external funding • Pew Charitable Trusts • National Science Foundation

  14. 1990 bryophytes added to project http://benscheele.com http://arctoa.ru

  15. Publication! • 1993 • Volume 1 – Vegetation, classifications, etc. • Volume 2 – Ferns and gymnosperms

  16. Important Features • Descriptions • Limited synonymy • Keys for all recognized taxa • Parallel descriptions • Extensive bibliography

  17. Distributional information

  18. Volumes • Originally planned for 12 volumes • Now 30 volumes • 1 general essays,1 combined bibliography • 3 bryophytes • 5 monocots • 20 dicots • Cronquist system

  19. Databases • Additional morphology • Type specimens • Habitats • Precise location of collection sites • Populations • Communities • Consumed most original funding

  20. 1997 – Volume 3 - Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae • NSF funding ran out

  21. Missouri Botanical Garden continued housing • Reorganization of structure (2003) • Some evolution ongoing • More efficient • Many working in parallel

  22. New funding • Some from NSF • Chanticleer Foundation • Other private groups

  23. Funding • National Science Foundation, Chanticleer Foundation • The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Caleb C. and Julia W. Dula Foundation, The Surdna Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, ARCO Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Union Pacific, Chevron, The Edward Chase Garvey Memorial Foundation, Waste Management, Inc., The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

  24. FNA organization • Board of Directors – governing body • Executive Committee – operations • VP for Business and Development – fundraising

  25. Author Author Author Author Regional Reviewer Author Regional Coordinator Author Taxon Reviewer Volume Production Manuscript Flow Artist TaxonEditor MBG Editorial Director Lead Editorial Center Lead Editor Tech Editor Managing Editor Taxon Editor Bib. & Tax. Editors OUP

  26. Author Author Author Author Author Regional Reviewer Regional Coordinator Author Taxon Reviewer Volume Production Manuscript Flow Artist TaxonEditor MBG Editorial Director Lead Editorial Center Lead Editor Tech Editor Managing Editor Taxon Editor Bib. & Tax. Editors OUP

  27. Authors • Experts when possible • Many assigned in 1990s; taxon/lead editors reconfirm assignments and find replacements if needed for orphan genera • retirements • deaths • Priorities often not the same as those of FNA; deadlines sometimes meaningless • Uniformity necessary

  28. Microgrant Program • Formally established in 2004 • Grants facilitate writing of treatments – not research grants • $100s-$1000s • May be used for travel, supplies, etc.

  29. Author Author Author Author Author Regional Reviewer Regional Coordinator Author Taxon Reviewer Volume Production Manuscript Flow Artist TaxonEditor MBG Editorial Director Lead Editorial Center Lead Editor Tech Editor Managing Editor Taxon Editor Bib. Editor OUP

  30. Taxon Editors • Locate authors • Facilitate submissions • Receive manuscripts • Preliminary checks • Forwards to Technical Editor • Receives regional/taxonomic reviews

  31. Author Author Author Author Author Regional Reviewer Regional Coordinator Author Taxon Reviewer Volume Production Manuscript Flow Artist TaxonEditor MBG Editorial Director Lead Editorial Center Lead Editor Tech Editor Managing Editor Taxon Editor Bib. Editor OUP

  32. Technical Editor • Formatting • Enforces rules • Parallelism • Paid • Sends manuscript to regional Regional Coordinators and Nomenclatural Editor

  33. Author Author Author Author Author Regional Reviewer Regional Coordinator Author Taxon Reviewer Volume Production Manuscript Flow Artist TaxonEditor MBG Editorial Director Lead Editorial Center Lead Editor Tech Editor Managing Editor Taxon Editor Bib. Editor OUP

  34. Regional Review • 12 regions for regional reviews • Regional Coordinators distribute manuscripts; compile review comments • 80+ regional reviewers have opportunity to comment on draft treatments

  35. Author Author Author Author Author Regional Reviewer Regional Coordinator Author Taxon Reviewer Volume Production Manuscript Flow Artist TaxonEditor MBG Editorial Director Lead Editorial Center Lead Editor Tech Editor Managing Editor Taxon Editor Bib. Editor OUP

  36. Artists • Ca. 10 artists employed by project; all artwork original • 1 in 6 species illustrated; 1 representative of each genus • 35 – 40% of project funding for art • Art extremely popular; many reuse requests from organizations • Artist/author communication improving

  37. Author Author Author Author Author Regional Reviewer Regional Coordinator Author Taxon Reviewer Volume Production Manuscript Flow Artist TaxonEditor MBG Editorial Director Lead Editorial Center Lead Editor Tech Editor Managing Editor Taxon Editor Bib. Editor OUP

  38. Editorial Centers • Centers coordinate production of 1 volume at a time (except MBG) • Core personnel: 1 lead editor, 1 technical editor, and support staff • Volume production ca. 2.5 years • Lead editors orchestrate production with input from MBG • Number of taxon editors assigned to each volume varies according to families in volume

  39. FNAA Editorial Centers • Mulitple editorial centers • Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation (CM) • University of Kansas (KANU) • Missouri Botanical Garden (MO) • Missouri Botanical Garden Bryophyte Center • Université de Montréal (MT) • California Academy of Sciences (CAS) • Illinois Natural History Survey (ILLS)

  40. Author Author Author Author Author Regional Reviewer Regional Coordinator Author Taxon Reviewer Volume Production Manuscript Flow Artist TaxonEditor MBG Editorial Director Lead Editorial Center Lead Editor Tech Editor Managing Editor Taxon Editor Bib. Editor OUP

  41. Final Production • Missouri Botanical Garden • Paid people • Maps • Incorporate art plates • Indexing • Formatting • Send to Oxford University Press for printing

  42. Production Schedule

  43. Published Volumes

  44. 2006 some Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II changes incorporated

  45. Published Volumes Ca. 850 people have contributed to first 16 volumes

  46. Statistics

  47. Available on-line • www.fna.org • www.efloras.org

  48. Next Volumes

  49. In production

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