The Plant Life of China

Diversity and Distribution

By: G. Chapman, Y. Wang, Geoffrey P. Chapman

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Hardcover | 11 March 2002

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Chinese plant life is estimated to include up to 30,000 species and extends from the Himalayan snow line across a diversity of habitats to the lush tropical south. It is embraced by a culture going back more than 3000 years, providing plants for medicinal use and some of the most valued horticultural species. Although for many years access to Chinese plants was limited, the present situation provides an opportunity for a new and authoritative assessment of such botanical treasure-houses as Yunnan and Sichuan.
The present book provides an overview of the subject and is fully referenced and indexed. It will be of interest to those working in agriculture, alternative medicine, plant conservation, ecology, genetics, horticulture, molecular biology and taxonomy.

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"The book gives access to interesting information which is hardly available from other sources such as medical use or a list of botanic gardens in China ... . For students in China or foreign botanists intending a travel in China or seeking cooperation with China scientists, the book is ... a helpful source of information." (Th. Stuetzel, Feddes Repertorium, Vol. 114 (3-4), 2003)

"This book is ... a labour of love that distils the knowledge of plants in China of two scholars who have plenty of experience on the subject matter. ... It covers a specialized niche and hence it mainly caters to readers with botanical training with a taxonomic bent, and with an interest in the highly divergent flora of a country with a long history of plant study and usage." (C. Y. Jim, China Quarterly, 2003)

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The Setting
An Introduction to Chinese Plant Science	p. 3
Landscape and Climate	p. 13
Native Plant Distibuion	p. 23
From Domestication to die Arival of the Western Plant Collectors	p. 37
Growth Forms: Some Representative Taxa
Trees	p. 47
Colour Plates	p. 67
Shrubs and Climbers	p. 89
Herbs	p. 103
Alpines	p. lll
Medicinal Plants and the Meeting of Two Traditions	p. 123
Some Major Genera
Camellia	p. 137
Anemone and Primula	p. 145
Rhododendron	p. 155
Rosa	p. 163
Conservation and the Environment
Chinese Plant Diversity and Its Modern Literature	p. 175
Conservation in Practice	p. 183
Appendices
A Summary of Famine Foods Listed in the Chiu Huang Pen Tsao (1406)	p. 193
Botanic Gardens and Arboreta across China	p. 203
Chinese Dynasties	p. 207
References	p. 209
Index of Classical Chinese Texts	p. 225
Taxonomic Index	p. 227
Author Index	p. 245
Subject Index	p. 249
Sketch Map of China	p. 257
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