Illustrated Dictionary of Higher Plants in China, Volume 2

Author: Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: China has a rich variety of plant species, with approximately 30,000 higher plants. This book includes more than 8,000 economically valuable and common species, published in five volumes, with two additional supplementary volumes. Each plant is described in terms of its morphology, distribution, and habitat, accompanied by line drawings, and some are also described for their uses. Each volume also includes corresponding family and genus keys. The second volume covers the poppy family to the dogwood family among the angiosperms.