World's Largest Flora Completed

Yang, Qin‐Er; Zhu, Guofeng; De‐Yuan, Hong; Wu, Zhengyi; Raven, Peter H.

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“…The family Corsiaceae, recently found in China (Zhang, 2000), is not treated in FRPS. The above figures are different from those listed in volume one (Wu & Chen, 2004, p. 761) and recently reported in Science (Yang & al., 2005).…”

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A history and overview of the Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS, Flora of China, Chinese edition, 1959–2004)

Clemants

2006

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The Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS) is one of the largest floristic projects in the world. The final product, 80 volumes in 126 parts, represents work by four generations of Chinese plant taxonomists during 45 years (1959–2004) and treats 31,180 species (300 families, 3,434 genera) on over 40,000 pages. More than half of the species (54%) are endemic to China. This monumental flora has not yet been thoroughly reviewed. The history of the project is described with comments on outline, statistics, largest families and genera, names of authors and editors, quality, species concept, new taxa, specimens, and proofing and indexing.

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“…The final push was begun to finish the whole project at the end of 2000. At this time, all of the proposed 80 volumes in 126 parts have been published (Wu & Chen, 2004;Yang & al., 2005).…”

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A history and overview of the Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS, Flora of China, Chinese edition, 1959–2004)

Clemants

2006

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“…China is a globally recognized center of plant diversity, with about 10% (∼30,000) of the world's higher plants and an estimated 10,000 endemic plant species (Yang et al. ). Habitat loss has resulted in the decline of many species.…”

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Translocation of threatened plants as a conservation measure in China

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Ren

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Conservation Biology

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We assessed the current status of plant conservation translocation efforts in China, a topic poorly reported in recent scientific literature. We identified 222 conservation translocation cases involving 154 species, of these 87 were Chinese endemic species and 101 (78%) were listed as threatened on the Chinese Species Red List. We categorized the life form of each species and, when possible, determined for each case the translocation type, propagule source, propagule type, and survival and reproductive parameters. A surprisingly large proportion (26%) of the conservation translocations in China were conservation introductions, largely implemented in response to large-scale habitat destruction caused by the Three-Gorge Dam and another hydropower project. Documentation and management of the translocations varied greatly. Less than half the cases had plant survival records. Statistical analyses showed that survival percentages were significantly correlated with plant life form and the type of planting materials. Thirty percent of the cases had records on whether or not individuals flowered or fruited. Results of information theoretic model selection indicated that plant life form, translocation type, propagule type, propagule source, and time since planting significantly influenced the likelihood of flowering and fruiting on the project level. We suggest that the scientific-based application of species conservation translocations should be promoted as part of a commitment to species recovery management. In addition, we recommend that the common practice of within and out of range introductions in nature reserves to be regulated more carefully due to its potential ecological risks. We recommend the establishment of a national office and database to coordinate conservation translocations in China. Our review effort is timely considering the need for a comprehensive national guideline for the newly announced nation-wide conservation program on species with extremely small populations, which is expected to stimulate conservation translocations for many species in the near future.

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“…Hu (Chen & al., 2004), and its first volume was published in September 1959 and the last in August 2004. The whole project consists of 126 parts in 80 volumes dealing with 31,141 species in 3407 genera and 301 families of vascular plants (Editorial Committee of FRPS, 1959-2004; number of genera and species from Yang & al., 2005), of which 2606 species are ferns and lycophytes, 236 are gymnosperms, and 28,299 are angiosperms. The FRPS project took 45 years of extraordinary effort by four generations of Chinese botanists, a total of 323 individuals (Ma & Clements, 2006).…”

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Comparison of classifications of vascular plants of China

Zhang

Gilbert

2015

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China has 31,362 species of vascular plants, more than any country on the planet except Brazil and Colombia, and this number represents 8%-12% of the world diversity of vascular plants. With the two largest completed floristic projects in the world, a full documentation of the vascular plants of China has been published twice over the past 54 years: the Chineselanguage Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS), 1959(FRPS), -2004, and the English-language Flora of China (FOC), 1994(FOC), -2013 With the advent of molecular phylogenetics the past half century has witnessed dramatical changes of classifications of vascular plants. In this paper, we compare the circumscriptions of all families of vascular plants occurring within China in FRPS, FOC, and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) III system when applicable, and summarize familial assignments of all controversial genera in the different classifications. Such comparison to some extent reflects the history of classification of vascular plants and differences between classical morphology-based classifications and modern DNA (mainly chloroplast) sequence data-based classifications of vascular plants.Keywords APG III; Englerian system; familial assignments of genera; flowering plants; FOC; FRPS; pteridophytes (Tables S1-S8) Version of Record plants in 3328 genera and 312 families, of which 2129 species are ferns and lycophytes, 237 are gymnosperms, and 28,996 are angiosperms (Wu & al., 2013d). The FOC project took 25 years of endeavor by 478 authors and 324 artists from 30 countries (Wu & al., 2013d). Supplementary Material The Electronic SupplementIn order to facilitate comparison with FRPS, the decision was made at the start of the FOC project to follow the modified Englerian family sequence for seed plants used in FRPS (Editorial Committee of FRPS, 1961-2002, the only major change being to move the monocotyledons to the end of the sequence. Otherwise the policy was to keep to the FRPS system and only draw attention to any alternatives in comments after the family description (e.g., Liliaceae and Amaryllidaceae, Wu & Raven, 2000b: 73, 264). Only in some of the later volumes were there significant changes reflecting the widespread acceptance of APG III (e.g., the aquatic monocots, Wu & al., 2012b: 84-119). This was not the case for the pteridophytes (or monilophytes: lycophytes and ferns) where the sequence and family delimitations follow exactly the most recent system of Christenhusz & al. (2011), a modified Smith & al. (2006) system, and not the partly arbitrary sequence used in FRPS.In this paper, we compare the classifications of vascular plants of China in the FRPS, FOC, and APG III systems in the form of tables (Electr. Suppl.: Tables S1-S8). The need for this comparison of classifications comes from two directions, namely consideration of the value of plants as indicated by their taxonomy, and the history of plant taxonomy in China. Classifications are valued for their predictive value and modern molecular methods are the latest tools in our...

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World's Largest Flora Completed

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A history and overview of the Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS, Flora of China, Chinese edition, 1959–2004)

A history and overview of the Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS, Flora of China, Chinese edition, 1959–2004)

Translocation of threatened plants as a conservation measure in China

Comparison of classifications of vascular plants of China

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