"This final text volume of the Flora of China is an introduction to the series and begins with a history of the project written by co-chair Peter H. Raven and vice co-chair Hong Deyuan. The contents include statistics from the Flora, information on the contributors, nomenclatural novelties published in the text volumes, and a list of new Chinese taxa published after the volumes appeared. Also, comparisons of classifications in the Flora ..."
"The diversity of plant species in China is extraordinary. With an area approximately that of the continental United States, China has nearly twice as many vascular plant species, about 30,000 or one-eighth of the world’s total. The Flora of China describes and otherwise documents these species. The text volumes include descriptions, identification keys, essential synonymy, phenology, provincial distribution in China, brief statements on ..."
"Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Scrophulariaceae; Bignoniaceae; Pedaliaceae; Martyniaceae; Orobanchaceae; Gesneriaceae; Index to Chinese Names (Sorted by Stroke Numbers); Index to Chinese Names (Sorted by Pinyin); Index to Scientific Names; Index to Families in the Flora of China and the FRPS. Flora of China is a collaborative scientific effort to publish the first modern English-language account of the 31,362 species of vascular ..."
"The diversity of plant species in China is extraordinary. With an area approximately that of the continental United States, China has nearly twice as many vascular plant species, about 30,000 or one-eighth of the world’s total. The Flora of China describes and otherwise documents these species. The text volumes include descriptions, identification keys, essential synonymy, phenology, provincial distribution in China, brief statements on ..."
"... ji su cao , 349 ji su zi rong , 72 ji xin ye leng shui hua , 95 ji ye liao , 256 ji ye
suan mo , 276 ji zhua da huang ( yuan bian ... 305 jia lou ti cao , 118 jia que shen
shu , 35 jia xie ye rong , 75 jia zhou jian lou ti cao , 141 jian bei lou ti cao , 151
jian chi ... zhua ( yuan bian zhong ) , 295 jiang guo xian , 336 jiang guo zhu mao
cai , 329 jiao bei jia lou ti cao , 118 jiao guo jian ... 153 jin zhi rong , 51 jing dong ..."
"This volume entirely comprises the legume family (Fabaceae or Leguminosae), with 1,673 species in China, of which 690 are endemic, i.e., found nowhere else on Earth. The legumes of China are divided into 29 tribes, starting with the Cercideae, which include the disjunct redbuds (Cercis) and pantropical Bauhinia, and finishing with the Fabeae, which include vetches (Vicia), vetchlings (Lathyrus), lentil (Lens culinaris), and pea (Pisum s ..."
"The Chinese flora, with an estimated 31,000 species, is of immense scientific and horticultural importance. Noteworthy, too, is Chinese traditional medicine, which is based on the remarkable plant resources of the country. Descriptions and identification keys for this diverse flora, until now unavailable in English, have been published over the past 16 years in the Flora of China, in conjunction with a separate series, the Flora of Chin ..."
"The Chinese flora, with an estimated 31,000 species, is of immense scientific and horticultural importance. Noteworthy, too, is Chinese traditional medicine, which is based on the remarkable plant resources of the country. Descriptions and identification keys for this diverse flora, until now unavailable in English, have been published over the past 14 years in the Flora of China, in conjunction with a separate series, the Flora ..."
"The diversity of plant species in China is extraordinary. With an area approximately that of the continental United States, China has nearly twice as many vascular plant species, about 30,000 or one-eighth of the world’s total. The Flora of China describes and otherwise documents these species, and these volumes of beautifully detailed illustrations, drawn by the finest Chinese botanical artists, complement the species descriptions in t ..."
"The diversity of plant species in China is extraordinary. With an area approximately that of the continental United States, China has nearly twice as many vascular plant species, about 30,000 or one-eighth of the world’s total. The Flora of China describes and otherwise documents these species, and these volumes of beautifully detailed illustrations, drawn by the finest Chinese botanical artists, complement the species descriptions in t ..."
"Zhengyi Wu. 47 jiu guan xue , 10 jiu jie long , 11 jiu yao hua zui yu cao , 295 ,
296 ju san zhong bao chun , 103 ju ye bao ... gen cao , hong hua mu xi lan , 255
hong shi , 157 hong su xin , 269 hong tou suo , 44 hong zhi shi , 163 hou bian mu
xi ... 28 jia po po na , 55 jian ban guo lu huang , 37 jian e qin , 225 jian mu shan
fan , 186 jian sui du jing shan , 3 jian ye zi jin ... 146 jin zhao er , 39 jin zhong hua
, 231 jin zhu l ..."
"The Chinese flora, with an estimated 31,000 species, is of immense scientific and horticultural importance. Noteworthy, too, is Chinese traditional medicine, which is based on the remarkable plant resources of the country. Descriptions and identification keys for this diverse flora, until now unavailable in English, have been published over the past 15 years in the Flora of China, in conjunction with a separate series, the Flora of Chin ..."
"The diversity of plant species in China is extraordinary. With an area approximately that of the continental United States, China has nearly twice as many vascular plant species, about 30,000 or one-eighth of the world’s total. The Flora of China describes and otherwise documents these species, and these volumes of beautifully detailed illustrations, drawn by the finest Chinese botanical artists, complement the species descriptions in t ..."
"The diversity of plant species in China is extraordinary. With an area approximately that of the continental United States, China has nearly twice as many vascular plant species, about 30,000 or one-eighth of the world’s total. The Flora of China describes and otherwise documents these species. The text volumes include descriptions, identification keys, essential synonymy, phenology, provincial distribution in China, brief statements on ..."
"The Chinese flora, with approximately 31,500 species, is of immense scientific and horticultural importance. Noteworthy, too, is Chinese traditional medicine, which is based on the remarkable plant resources of the country. Descriptions and identification keys for this diverse flora, until now unavailable in English, have been published over the past 20 years in the Flora of China, in conjunction with a separate series, the Flora of Chi ..."
"Volume 23 of the illustrations series is devoted to 21 plant families. Among the families of marsh or emergent aquatic plants are: Acoraceae, containing Acorus calamus, from which medicinal products and oils are extracted; Alismataceae, with Sagittaria trifolia, known in China as cigu (benevolent mushroom) and eaten there to celebrate the New Year; Cyperaceae, the sedges and reeds gathered in the eighth month, according to the Book of P ..."
"Volume 10 of the illustrations series encompasses one large plant family, namely, the Fabaceae or Leguminosae, with 1,673 species in China, of which 690 are endemic. The fruits come in the form of legumes, from the Latin word for pod. The green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), chickpea (Cicer arietinum), and soybean (Glycine max) have legumes containing seeds, also called pulses, that are of great agricultural and economic value. Beans are a ..."
"This volume entirely comprises the orchid family, or Orchidaceae, with 1,388 species in China, of which 494 are endemic, i.e., found nowhere else on Earth. The orchids of China include wild relatives of the source of the economically important vanilla pod, as well as the well-known cultivated genera Cymbidium and the slipper orchids, Cypripedium and Paphiopedilum. China has hundreds of other horticulturally important orchid species in g ..."
"The diversity of plant species in China is extraordinary. With an area approximately that of the continental United States, China has nearly twice as many vascular plant species, about 30,000 or one-eighth of the world’s total. The Flora of China describes and otherwise documents these species, and these volumes of beautifully detailed illustrations, drawn by the finest Chinese botanical artists, complement the species descriptions in t ..."