Abstract

The exploration of the extremely rich Mexican flora stepped into a more intensified phase according to the decisions and recommendations of the XVI. Mexican Botanical Congress (Oaxaca, 2004). Within the framework of the studies in the Rubiaceae family three kinds of activities has been required: 1) To summarise the existing knowledge about the taxonomy of the family giving a stable base for the further explorations. 2) Extension of the collecting activity. 3) Revision of the collections of the different federal institutions, universities and local authorities or societies. For fulfilling the first requirement, the monographic treatment of Rubiaceas de Mexico was published by the Akademiai Kiado, in 2006. For the further requirements new, hitherto not visited areas have been collected in different states and also several institutional and regional collections have been revised and determined (e.g. Flora of the state Guerrero of the UNAM, SERBO de Oaxaca, INEGI, Universities of Tabasco, Queretaro, Aguascali...

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