Language: Chinese, Latin names index and English bilingual
ISBN/ISSN: 7503821523
Published on: 1999-01
Paperback
This compilation is a catalogue of 3262 new tax (species and varieties) of Chinese higher plants published by Chinese and foreign taxonomists between 1987 and 1995, with their type specimens. Of these taxa, 17 belong to 8 families of Bryophyta, 292 belong to 6 families of Pteridophyta, 19 belong to 6 families of Gymnospermae, 2934 belong to 129 families of Angiospermae. Their type speciesmens are kept in 211 herbaria both at home and abroad.
In the catalogue, new taxa are grouped under Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Gymnospermace and Angiospermae. In each group, all the names of species, genera and families are arranged in alphabetical order. The classification of Pteridophyta follow Qin Renchang’s (R. C. Ching’s) system; that of Gymnospermae follows Zheng Wanjun’s (W.C.Cheng’s) system; that of Angiospermaee follows A. Engler’s (1936) system.
For each taxon listed, the following information is provided: Latin names, Chinese common name, place of publication, place of collection of the type, date of collection, collector (s), collection number, kind of type, and abbreviation of the name of the herbarium or institution where the type specimen is deposited. Some type materials cited by author but without precise locality of the collector uncertain and without collection number are omitted.
CONTENTS
Preface to the supplement
Preface
Guide to the use of the catalogue
The catalogue of type specimens
The unites and their abbreviations of the names of the herbaria where the type specimens are deposited
Index to family names in Chinese
Index to family names in Latin
References
