Floristic Characteristics and Diversity of East Asian Plants: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Floristic Characteristics and ... July 25-27, 1996 Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China

East Asia is the area of the world with the richest plant biodiversity. In 45 chapters, this book presents and discusses the floristic characteristics and the diversity of East Asian plant species with special emphasis on the system evolution of the most important taxa. From the perspectives of geobotany, plant systematics and plant cytology the utilization and conservation of plant resources are comprehensively dealt with.