Book ID: 115725
Yang Yong
New Compilation of Rare and Endangered Plants in China (Zhongguó binwei zhíwù xin bian (quán 2 cè)). 2 volumes. 2023. illus. (col.). 720 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. - Chinese, with Latin nomenclature.
This book is jointly written by experts from Nanjing Forestry University and Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The author has been engaged in plant taxonomy research and species conservation for a long time, and has a good data foundation based on years of research accumulation.
Following the latest Red List assessment of species published by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Environmental Protection in 2013, this book updates species scientific names and classification changes based on recent new research developments and the Chinese Biological Species List.
The book includes a wide range of endangered plants, and adopts the recent new classification system APG IV. It combines recent new botanical research trends and the status of Red List assessment, and introduces the systematic ownership, characteristics, geographical distribution, habitat and status of 631 endangered plants with pictures and texts. Endangerment and conservation status.