CONSPECTUS OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF MADAGASCAR Sarcolaenaceae Sarcolaena multiflora Thouars Specimen voucher: Schatz 1484   Didymelaceae Didymeles integrifolia J. St.-Hil. Specimen voucher: Schatz 2778 The Madagascar Conspectus Project The Conspectus of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar Project is an international, multi-institutional effort involving the Missouri Botanical Garden (MO), the Laboratoire de Phanérogamie (P) of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, the Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (TAN), and the Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Devéloppement Rural (TEF), whose goal is to make information on all vascular plants occurring in Madagascar widely accessible. The Madagascar Conspectus database is a subset of the larger TROPICOS database housed at the Missouri Botanical Garden, and currently exists in Madagascar in its PC-TROPICOS form. We plan to incorporate both in situ specimen-vouchered images and scanned illustrations, as well as utilize the geo-referenced specimen data for GIS analyses of distribution. The images will also be incorporated into an Interactive Identification System to the families and genera of woody Malagasy plants currently under development. The following images are arranged on individual family "home pages", and are linked to their specimen and taxonomic name records in the database. Each geo-referenced specimen record is in turn linked to the Xerox PARC map of Madagascar. Watch for additional GIS developments in the coming months. Our hope is that the Madagascar Conspectus will both facilitate new and revised treatments for the ongoing Flore de Madagascar, as well as serve the needs of conservation organizations and the Malagasy people. What's New: Rediscovering Lost Species, a paper presented at the ICSEB VI Meetings, 9-16 September 2002, Patras, Greece. On-line search of Gazetteer to Malagasy Botanical Collecting Localities. Read Web versions of 2 Scientific Papers: Malagasy/Indo-Australo-Malesian Phytogeographic Connections, a paper from the International Symposium on the Biogeography of Madagascar, 26-28 September 1995, Paris. The Classification of Natural and Anthropogenic Vegetation In Madagascar, a paper from the International Symposium entitled "Natural and Human-induced Change in Madagascar" held at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago 2-4 June 1995. Acknowledgments: We gratefully acknowledge support from U.S. National Science Foundation grants DEB-9024749 and DEB-9627072, and from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation, LWO Inc., and the National Geographic Society. Malagasy Families With Images Acanthaceae Crassulaceae Malvaceae Pittosporaceae Anacardiaceae Cunoniaceae Melanophyllaceae Podocarpaceae Anisophylleaceae Cytinaceae Melastomataceae Polygalaceae Annonaceae Didiereaceae Meliaceae Proteaceae Apocynaceae Didymelaceae Menispermaceae Putranjivaceae Araliaceae Dilleniaceae Monimiaceae Rhizophoraceae Arecaceae Dioscoreaceae Montiniaceae Rubiaceae Asparagaceae Ebenaceae Moraceae Rutaceae Asphodelaceae Elaeocarpaceae Moringaceae Salicaceae Asteraceae Ericaceae Myricaceae Sapindaceae Asteropeiaceae Erythroxylaceae Myristicaceae Sapotaceae Balsaminaceae Euphorbiaceae Myrsinaceae Sarcolaenaceae Bignoniaceae Fabaceae Myrtaceae Simaroubaceae Boraginaceae Gentianaceae Nepenthaceae Solanaceae Burseraceae Gesneriaceae Ochnaceae Sphaerosepalaceae Buxaceae Hamamelidaceae Olacaceae Stilbaceae Canellaceae Icacinaceae Oleaceae Strelitziaceae Capparaceae Iridaceae Orchidaceae Thymelaeaceae Cardiopteridaceae Lamiaceae Oxalidaceae Velloziaceae Celastraceae Lauraceae Pandanaceae Violaceae Chrysobalanaceae Lecythidaceae Passifloraceae Vitaceae Clusiaceae Lentibulariaceae Pedaliaceae Winteraceae Combretaceae Linaceae Phyllanthaceae Zingiberaceae Connaraceae Loranthaceae Physenaceae   Convolvulaceae Malpighiaceae Piperaceae   Botanical comments: George E. Schatz This page was revised 11/21/05. TOP