Trees of China. Volume 2

Author: Zheng Wanjun, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 1985-12-01
Features: National Key Book "Flora of China," edited by Professor Zheng Wanjun, a renowned tree scientist and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and written by over 200 experts from more than 60 research institutions and universities across the country. This comprehensive and systematic work summarizes the achievements in the research, classification, cultivation, and utilization of tree resources in China, making it a monumental treatise in the field of tree science. Its publication marked the beginning of a new era in Chinese tree science research, signifying that China has entered the forefront of this field globally, and stands as an important milestone in the study of tree science in the country. This series of books includes 17,900 species across 179 families, with four volumes in total. As of now, three volumes have been published. The first volume was published in 1983, the second in 1985, and the third in 1997.
Since its publication, "Flora of China" has garnered significant attention and high praise from readers both domestically and internationally, universally regarded as a masterpiece representing the highest level of tree science research in China. Currently, the second volume is out of print. To meet the readers' high expectations, China Forestry Publishing House has decided to reprint the first and second volumes. Due to the differences in publishing regulations between the past and present, the following notes are provided:
1. The names of countries, regions, and Chinese geographical locations mentioned in the book reflect the names used at the time and should correspond to their current names. For example, "Czechoslovakia" corresponds to "Czech" and "Slovakia," "Soviet Union" corresponds to "former Soviet Union," "Guangdong Hainan Island" corresponds to "Hainan," and "Sichuan Chongqing" corresponds to "Chongqing Municipality."
2. Measurement units should be converted according to current standards. For instance, "jin" should be converted to "kilograms," "calories" to "joules," and "mu" to "hectares."
3. For percentage ranges, the number before the dash should be followed by a percentage sign. For example, "10–20%" should be written as "10%～20%."
4. In numbers with four or more digits, commas used as thousand separators are now replaced with spaces. For example, "3,600 meters" should be written as "3600 meters."
5. In words like "citrus" and "blueberry," the character "" should be replaced with "."