中国植物志图集第13卷
2008-11
Flora of China Editorial Committee 著
491
The Chinese flora, with an estimated 31,000 species, is of immense scientific and horticultural importance. Noteworthy, too, is Chinese traditional medicine, which is based on the remarkable plant resources of the country. Descriptions and identification keys for this diverse flora, until now unavailable in English, have been published over the past 15 years in the Flora of China, in conjunction with a separate series, the Flora of China Illustrations. Thirty of the total of 48 text and illustrations volumes have already been published, thanks to an unprecedented and long-standing collaboration between Western and Chinese scientists. Volume 13 of the illustrations series is devoted to 33 plant families, a number of which are of horticultural or agricultural importance or are otherwise distinctive: Violaceae, with its white, purple, and yellow violets; Passifloraceae, the passion flower family; Caricaceae, of which the genus Carica furnishes us with the papaya fruit; Begoniaceae, with Begonia, noted for its ornamental flowers and foliage; Cactaceae, featuring the Cactus genus; Thymelaeaceae, including the ornamental shrubs Daphne, and Edgeworthia used for the manufacture of paper and medicines; Trapaceae, the water chestnuts; Nyssaceae, containing the genus Camptotheca, source of the anticancer drug camptothecin, and Davidia, the dove tree, which naturally occurs only in China; Onagraceae, including evening primrose and Epilobium or willowherb; and Araliaceae, containing the ivies as well as Panax or ginseng.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsClusiaceae(Guttiferae)藤黄科teng huang keDipterocarpaceae龙脑香科long nao xiang keElatinaceae沟繁缕科90u fan ln keFrankeniaceae瓣鳞花科ban lin hua keTamaricaceae柽柳科cheng liu keCistaceae半日花科ban ri hua keBixaceae红木科hong mu keViolaceae堇菜科jin cai keFlacourtiaceae大风子科da feng zi keStachyuraceae旌节花科jing jie hua kePassifloraceae西番莲科xi fan lian keCaricaceae番木瓜科fan mu gua keTetramelaceae四数木科si shu mu keBegoniaceae秋海棠科qiu hai tang keAncistrocladaceae钩枝藤科90u zhi teng keCactaceae仙人掌科xian ren zhang keThymelaeaceae瑞香科rui xiang keElaeagnaceae胡颓子科hu tui zi keLythraceae千屈菜科qian qu cai keTrapaceae菱科ling keCrypteroniaceae隐翼科yin yi keLecythidaceae玉蕊科yu rui keRhizophotaceae红树科hong shu keNyssaceae蓝果树科lan guo shu keAlangiaceae八角枫科ba jiao feng keCombretaceae使君子科shi jun zi keMyrtaceae桃金娘科tao jin niang keMelastomataceae野牡丹科ye mu dan keOnagraceae杉叶菜科liu ye cai keHaloragaceae小二仙草科xiao er xian cao keHippuridaceae杉叶藻科shan ye zao keCynomoriaceae锁阳科SUO yang keAraliaceae五加科wu jia keIndex to Chinese NamesIndex to Pinyin NamesIndex to Scientific NamesIndex to Families in the Flora ofChina and the Flora Reipublicae Popularis SinicaePublished Volumes of the Flora ofChina and the Flora ofChina Illustrations
