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Conservation of Chinese Plant Diversity: An Overview

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China is one of the richest countries in plant diversity, ranking third in the world (after
Brazil and Colombia) in number of species, and one of the world’s 17 ‘mega-diversity’
countries (Mittermeier et al., 1997). The estimated number of vascular plant species may
approach 33,000, with 30,000 angiosperms, 250 gymnosperms, and 2,600 pteridophytes (up
to 12%, 27% and 20% of world’s total, respectively). Furthermore, approximately 2,200
bryophytes can be found in China (López-Pujol et al., 2006; Table 1). There are more than
3,000 genera and ca. 350 families of vascular plants (Li et al., 2003; MacKinnon & Wang,
2008). Nevertheless, these figures refer to mainland China and do not include either Taiwan
or Hong Kong. Taiwan alone harbors more than 4,000 vascular plants (over 3,300
angiosperms, about 30 gymnosperms, and about 600 pteridophytes; Hsieh, 2002). With an
area of only about 1,100 km2, Hong Kong still retains a very rich plant diversity, with more
than 2,100 higher plants (Wu, 2002)...

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Chapter 9 in: Pavlinov, Igor 2011. Research in Biodiversity - Models and Applications. IntechOpen. ISBN: 978-953-51-4417-5. DOI: 10.5772/1833. pp: 163-202.

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cc by (c) López i Pujol, Jordi et al., 2011

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Llibres / Capítols de llibre (Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient)

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Conservation of Chinese Plant Diversity: An Overview