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E d i t E d b y Anthony B. Cunningham, Bruce M. Campbell, Martin K. Luckert

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Cov er design: richard J. oriolo. Cov er photogr a phs: a. B. Cunningham.front Cov er: Harungana madagascariensis bark used for dye BaCk Cov er, CloCk w ise from top: partially processed Pausinystalia johimbe bark piled up in a factory in mutengene, Cameroon; fish trap being bound with Brachystegia boehmii bark on the Zambezi river; likishi ritual dancer wearing a Brachystegia boehmii bark costume; debarking of Prunus africana to assess total bark mass per tree.

I t c A n B e s u R p R I s I n g t o l e A R n how many commonly used objects are derived from tree bark. Cork, cinnamon, paper, rope, baskets, aphrodi-siacs, anti-parasitic and anti-tumor medicines, industrial tannins, lathering agents—just a handful of the uses humans have found for trees whose bark has certain structural or chemical characteristics.

Unfortunately, some trees are too useful for their own good. while the impacts of timber production have been well documented, by comparison our understanding of bark production and trade is developing. here, promi-nent researchers fill that gap with 15 papers that address bark in these ways:

n ecological and ethnobotanical Contextn Case studies: ecology and Bark harvestn small-scale resource, large-scale trade: The international

economic Contextn local, social, and economic Context

in his introduction, tony Cunningham invites the reader “to get to know trees—and the landscapes they characterize—through a botany that uses all your senses.” science offers a succinct description of baobab tree bark, for example, but those who accept Cunningham’s invitation will also observe it “gleaming silvery-gray in the morning sun; the sweet taste of the inner bark (bast), chewed by elephants and thirsty people, or the white edible fruit pulp, tart on the tongue.”

more effective conservation and resource management need good science, of course; but the emotional ties forged by direct experience, Cunningham says, are what allow us to augment the ability of science to induce policy-makers and the general public to pay attention to what we need to do to keep bark safe.

BARKuse, MAnAgeMent, And CoMMerCe in AfriCA

Celastraceae

Flora Neotropica Monograph 114

“Joyful” was Bruce Allen’s experi-ence working on Maine Mosses, a project born nearly 4 decades ago. This is the second and final part, with a large majority of species be-longing to one of the largest moss groups in the world: the Hyp-nales. Thanks to Maine’s moss diversity, this well-illustrated guide will be helpful in much of northeastern North America. The quintessential guide if you are familiar with moss structure and identification procedures.

The versatility of bark is amazing, with its wide array of economic and ethnobotanical uses, such as aphrodisiacs, rope, medicine, and cork. Unfortunately, some trees are too useful for their own good. This eye-opening book guides the reader towards “a botany that uses all your senses,” and presents case studies on ecology and harvesting impacts. At the heart of this in-sightful work is the future of bark and its necessary conservation.

Lichen lovers rejoice! McMullin a n d A n d e r s o n h a v e s u c cessfully filled the longtime need for a porta-ble and easy-to-use field guide to li-chens. This book is designed for ama-teur naturalists, nature interpreters, forestry workers, land surveyors, researchers and the general public. Meant to fit in a pocket or backpack, it requires no previous experience, just a hand lens. Anyone with an interest in lichens will find this guide to be an ex-cellent starting point.

Maine Mosses:Drummondiaceae–Polytrichaceae

By Bruce Allen

Celastraceae(Hippocrateoideae e Salacioideae)

By Julio Lombardi

Bark: Use, Management, and Commerce in Africa

Edited by Anthony B. Cunningham, Bruce M. Campbell, Martin K. Luckert

2014 | AEB, Vol. 17 | PB | 306 pp.ISBN 978-0-89327-493-1 | US $55

Common Lichens of NortheasternNorth America: A Field Guide

By Troy McMullin & Frances Anderson

2014 | MEM, Vol. 111 | Cloth | 609 pp. ISBN 978-0-89327-527-3 | US $119

2014 | MEM, Vol. 112 | Flexi | 192 pp. ISBN 978-0-89327-511-2 | US $39

RELEASE DATE | JULY

2014 | FN, Vol. 114 | Cloth | 232 pp.ISBN 978-0-89327-526-6 | US $73

RELEASE DATE | JULY

RELEASE DATE | SEPTEMBER

Essential, up-to-date, and compre-hensive, Lombardi’s book is ideal for those researching or specializing in Celastraceae and its subfamilies. Previously, the Celastraceae sub-famil i e s ( H i p p o c r a teoideae and Salacioideae) were considered a part of Hippocrateaceae. With all of the necessary key features, this is the latest taxonomic treatment of these interesting neotropical groups. Included is at least one il-lustration for each genus, and dis-tribution maps for all species. This work is written in Portuguese.

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