FLORA OF CHINA

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This high quality flora is now somewhere near the midway point. NHBS offers a Standing Order service for botanists and libraries who want to be sent new volumes of the flora (and the separate series of illustrations) as they are published. Contact customer.services@nhbs.co.uk for more information.

Editorial Committee of the Flora of China
The diversity of plant species in China is extraordinary. With an area almost exactly that of the continental United States, China has nearly twice as many plant species, about 30,000. Over the next fifteen years, in 25 volumes, the Flora of China will describe and document these species. Though a new work, these volumes are essentially an English-language revision of the Flora Republicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS), with taxonomy reflecting the current understanding of each group. The sequence of families is a modified Englerian system, similar to that used in FRPS. All the vascular plants of China will be covered, including brief descriptions, identification keys, essential synonymy, phenology, provincial distribution in China, brief statements on extra-Chinese distribution, and remarks regarding the circumscription of problematical taxa. Each volume will include indexes to Chinese names sorted by Hanyu Pinyin, and to scientific names. A supplementary volume will update the entire Flora and include a cumulative index for all volumes.