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<journal-id>2215-3896</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Ciencias Ambientales]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ciencias Ambientales]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2215-3896</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2215-38962022000100268</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15359/rca.56/1.14</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La gestación y culminación del Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica: una herramienta para el conocimiento y la conservación de la flora neotropical]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The gestation and culmination of the Manual of Plants of Costa Rica: a tool for the knowledge and conservation of the neotropical flora]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez Madrigal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Quírico]]></given-names>
</name>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Técnica Nacional (UTN)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>56</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>268</fpage>
<lpage>283</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2215-38962022000100268&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2215-38962022000100268&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2215-38962022000100268&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica ha sido quizá la obra más importante en el campo de las ciencias naturales publicada en Costa Rica en las últimas décadas. Este proyecto iniciado a mediados de los años 80 del siglo anterior y concluido con su octavo volumen a finales del año 2020 tuvo como principal objetivo catalogar las plantas de Costa Rica, para lo cual se nutrió de una rica historia y de una intensa exploración botánica que nació hace varios siglos. Dos instituciones costarricenses, el Museo Nacional de Costa Rica y el Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, abrieron sus puertas al Jardín Botánico de Missouri, para que juntos pudieran consolidar y finalmente concluir con esta obra tan valiosa para el país, para la población costarricense y para toda la América tropical. En ella se describen las más de 9 000 especies de plantas, ubicadas en 237 familias, con semilla que existen en el país, aunque hoy ya son más de 11 000 especies si incluimos en ellas el grupo de los helechos. Esta alta diversidad de especies de plantas en un territorio tan pequeño convierte a Costa Rica en un país altamente biodiverso desde el punto de vista florístico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The Manual of Plants of Costa Rica has been perhaps the most important work in the field of natural sciences published in Costa Rica in recent decades. This project, which started in the mid-80s of the previous century and concluded with its eighth volume at the end of 2020, had as its main objective to catalog the plants of Costa Rica, for which it was nourished by a rich history and an intense botanical exploration that was born several centuries ago. Two Costa Rican institutions, the National Museum of Costa Rica and the National Institute of Biodiversity, opened their doors to the Missouri Botanical Garden so that together they could consolidate and finally conclude this work so valuable for the country, for Costa Ricans and for all of Tropical America. It describes the more than 9 000 species of seed plants in 237 families that occur in the country, although today there are more than 11 000 species if we include the group of ferns and their allies. This high diversity of plant species in such a small area makes Costa Rica a highly biodiverse country from the floristic point of view.]]></p></abstract>
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