New Directions in the Study of Plants and People. Adv Econ Bot (8) intermountain and a thorough overview of

and a thorough overview of the impact that DNA sequence data has made in orchid systematics

All species of the genus Manihot (Euphorbiaceae) are native in the New World tropics and are frost-sensitive

pigmentation

the mycelium of the basidiocarp is found attached to a branched system of fine roots

and black-and-white illustrations

New Directions in the Study of Plants and People. Adv Econ Bot (8) intermountain and a thorough overview ofThese papers provide a rich and diverse sampling of research conducted by the staff and collaborators of the Institute of Economic Botany of The New York Botanical Garden. Most of the papers focus on promising yet underexploited neotropical resources and on alternative solutions to modes of economic development that have led to acute deforestation in the humid tropics.