Orders and Families of Seed Plants of China

This is a syllabus of the flora of China, one of the richest warm temperate regions of the world. It contains a brief systematic account, following the Englerian system, of all the major groups of seed plants classified under 49 orders and 223 families. Within each order, a list of families, an account of the diagnostic characters, and a key to the families (if there is more than one) are included. Within each family, a simple description, a short note on the distribution, a synoptic key to the Chinese genera, and plants of special interest are also mentioned. Two appendices comprising a list of orders and families arranged according to the A. Cronquist system and a key to these families are also included. This book aims to give a summation of present day knowledge on the flora of China. In writing it the authors consulted numerous research papers, many of which were published only in the Chinese language.