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Bryophyte Flora of North America

PARTICIPANTS, GUIDES AND REFERENCES

• Classification of the mosses will follow that of Buck, W. R. & B. Goffinet. 2002. Morphology and classification of mosses. In: A. J. Shaw & B. Goffinet. Bryophyte Biology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Pp.: 71-123; except, with agreement from others involved in each relevant taxon, as this was modified by Goffinet, B. & W. R. Buck. 2004. Systematics of the Bryophyta (mosses): from molecules to a revised classification. In: Goffinet, B., V. Hollowell & R. Magill (eds.). Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes. Monographs in Systematic Botany 98, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Pp. 205--239.

• NEW Guide for Contributors March 2008

• See also: http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/FNA/contributors.shtml for information for all FNA contributors, though mostly focused on vascular plant treatments.

[[ • OLD Guide for Contributors March 2004 Modified for bryologists from the new FNA Guide of March 2004. This is a RTF formatted word processor file that most word processors should be able to read.]]

• Mosses of Greenland - by I. Goldberg (2003)
http://www.nathimus.ku.dk/bot/DIV/gr_moss.pdf or click here.

Helpful material:

• Elevations and how to state them. New info on the distribution paragraph.

• Format, Order and Abbreviations for Geographic Distribution

• Utterly Simplified Cookbook Method and Overview

• How to Write a Description of a Family of Only One Genus, or of a Genus of Only One Species

• How to Arrange for Illustrations for Your BFNA Treatments

• Alternative, Better Mounting Medium for Slides for Illustration

• Example of a fully formatted treatment. This exemplifies a final version you will be sent eventually in "galley." You don't have to format your work like this. We do that here. Just model your work after other treatments at the "R" edit level. The very best way to examine complete formatting, of course, is to look at the first volume of BFNA, published as FNA volume 28, in July of 2007.

 • Maps and BFNA
IMPORTANT! NEW GUIDELINES ON MAPS (They will be created by FNA Central, not the authors.)

• Publication in Evansia of Specimens Examined (optional!)

• Base Map for Geographic Distributions (Optional! This is for your use if you need it for publishing distributions elsewhere, such as in Evansia.)

• Where is Nunavut? (The new east part of N.W.T.)

• Online Gazetteers and Other Links

• Older literature, see:

http://www.botanicus.org/

http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/index.php

http://www.archive.org/index.php

More:

• Participants in the Bryophyte Flora of North America and their addresses

• Character List for Mosses Please use these lists as guidelines for the order to list traits in descriptions. Basically, it is from most proximal to most distal, from base to apex.

• Character List for Hepatics and Hornworts

• List of Major Floras and Checklists

• Downloadable files for use in preparing and editing treatments:

• Some Authority Names for FNA

• Accepted Names of Mosses and Hepatics (old correct names to be accounted for by all authors)