Flora of China Volume 16

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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The Flora of China (Volume 16, English Edition) is published by Science Press. The Flora of China (Volume 16, English Edition) describes: China not only has about 30,000 species of vascular plants or about one-eighth of the world’s flora, but also has numerous species of food crops on which the survival of more than 1.2 billion Chinese depends. As well as several thousand species of plants that are ornamental or important sources of medicine, oil, waxes, fibers, timber, aromatics, and other natural products. It is estimated that more than 5,000 species of plants are used regularly as sources of medicine in China. Nevertheless, because of the continued extensive land use, deforestation, and destruction of natural habitats, more than 3,000 species of plants are endangered and many are threatened with extinction.