Language: Chinese with English summary
ISBN/ISSN: 7535741509
2004; Hardcover;190x260mm;509 pages with 69 plates
Flora of Hunan” is a series of monographs expatiating systematically on the plant resources including the wild and cultivated vascular plants in Hunan. It provides with botanical names and desriptions for families, genera, species, subspecies or varieties. Each species is described sequentially with botanical name, important references, morphological characters, distribution and habitats in details. The names include Latin names, Chinese names and local common names. For some species, especially the species with important value or potential exploitability, their civil usages, chemical constituents and medical efficacies or industrial utilities are briefly introduced. In order to conveniently determine and classify plants, brief and clear-cut keys are given to genera, species and varieties. It is a contribution to plant classification, bio-diversity research, resource exploiture and conservation.
This is the first volume of “ Flora of Hunan”. It records the synthetic discussion and totally 53 families, 149 genera, 718 species and categories below species of Pteridophyte and contains 69 plates of figures and 8 color photographs. It is a professional reference book with scientific, utilitarian and local characteristics.
The flora is available for teachers and students, researchers or practitioners in the fields of plant sciences, agriculture, forestry, horticuluter, medicine and pharmacy, environment protection, light industry and chemical industry.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
1.Pteridophyta
1.1Psilophytina
1.2Lycophytina
1.3Isoephytina
1.4Sphenophytina
1.5Filicophytina
1.5.1 Eusporangiopsida
1.5.2 Protoleptosporangiopsida
1.5.3 Leptosporangiopsida
Appendix
Chinese names index
Latin names index
