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A unique addition to the botanical literature, this book presents the flora of China in its astonishing diversity.
List of contents
Foreword Wu Cheng-Yih (Wu Zheng-Yi) and Peter H. Raven; Preface; List of contributors; 1. Introduction Stephen Blackmore, Hong De-Yuan, Peter H. Raven and Alexandra H. Wortley; 2. Global significance of plant diversity in China Huang Hong-Wen, Sara Oldfield and Hong Qian; 3. Physical geography Zheng Du; 4. Climate Zheng Du; 5. Soils Zheng Du; 6. Origin and development of the Chinese flora Zhou Zhe-Kun; 7. History of vegetation in China Zhou Zhe-Kun; 8. The vegetation of China today Chen Ling-Zhi; 9. Floristic elements of the Chinese flora Peng Hua and Wu Cheng-Yih (Wu Zheng-Yi); 10. Phytogeographical regions of China Sun Hang; 11. Development of Chinese botany Peng Hua; 12. Plant exploration in China Hu Chi-Ming (Hu Qi-Ming) and Mark F. Watson; 13. History of Chinese botanical institutions Hu Zong-Gang, Ma Hai-Ying, Ma Jin-Shuang and Hong De-Yuan; 14. History of, and recent advances in, plant taxonomy Zhang Yu-Xiao and Li De-Zhu; 15. Introduction to economic plants Pei Sheng-Ji; 16. Crop plants and their wild relatives He Shan-An, Yi Ting-Shuang, Pei Sheng-Ji and Huang Hong-Wen; 17. Economic forest plants Pei Sheng-Ji, Yang Yu-Ming and Wang Juan; 18. Medicinal plants Pei Sheng-Ji and Huai Hu-Yin; 19. Ornamental plants He Shan-An and Xing Fu-Wu; 20. Major introduced economic plants Yi Ting-Shuang, Peter L. Morrell, Pei Sheng-Ji and He Shan-An; 21. Other important economic plants Pei Sheng-Ji and Hu Guang-Wan; 22. Naturalised and invasive plants in China Li Zhen-Yu, Fan Xiao-Hong and David E. Boufford; 23. The extinction crisis Huang Hong-Wen and Sara Oldfield; 24. Conservation strategies Huang Hong-Wen, Peter S. Wyse Jackson and Chen Ling-Zhi; 25. Prospects for the future Huang Hong-Wen; Index to scientific names; Appendix: table of Chinese dynasties.
