Language: Chinese, Latin name
ISBN/ISSN: 9787543676299
Published on: 2013-03
Hardcover
This set of books records existing vascular plants 1,282,280 species belonging to 819 families, 42186 genera around the world, among of them acceptable 283,341 - 356,015 species belonging to 819 families, 17394 genera. Ferns flora 67 families, 964 genera, acceptable 437 genera containing 8691-8782 species, gymnosperm 17 families,215 genera, acceptable 98 genera containing 1067-1483 species. angiosperm 735 families, 41007 genera, acceptable 16859 genera containing 281192-345936 species. The books record the geographic distribution of globle vascular plants over the world in seven continents, among of them, 44231 species belonging to 416 families, 3864 genera from Africa, 90338 species belonging to 537 families , 5528 genera from Asia, 641 species belonging to 23 families, 73 genera from Antactic , 41701 species belonging to 476 families, 4202 genera from Australis, 14295 species beonging to 249 families 1366 genera from Europe, 47065 species belonging to 471 families, 4783 genera from North American,
84300 species belonging to 437 families, 5266 genera from South America,
The similar work had been done more than 200 years ago by the founder of Modern Botany, Swedish Botanist Linnaeus, and more than 100 years ago by British scholars G. Bentham and J. D. Hooker. The former edited less than 100 thousand of the plants at his time and the latter two edited more than 6000 families of plants at their time. The publication of this book is a huge contribution to the development of world Botany by Chinese scholars, making the world Botanic history of hundreds of years complete.
This set of books is the first world-class monograph on plant taxonomy and plant geography edited by Chinese scholars. It has been published by Qingdao Publishing House in China. The great works comprises of 50 volumes, the first volume entitled "vascular plants of the world : Names & Distribution of Families & Genera", the second volume "vascular plants of the world: Classification Systems" The 3rd to the 50th volumes deal with systematic account. They will be printed on demand. CD-ROMs with index acompanied.