Species diversity and distribution pattern of seed plants in China
Species diversity and distribution pattern of seed plants in China
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DOI:
10.17520/biods.2001058
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发表时间:
2001-11
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通讯作者:
Ying Tsun
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Ying Tsun
China has an extremely diverse flora with very high levels of endemism that has given China first place in the Northern Hemisphere in floristic richness. A combination of three reasons explains the floristic richness of China. First, the large area, long time for the organisms to evolve and climatic stability of China has made the country an important region of plant diversity in the Northern Hemisphere. Second, China is unique in being the country in the world that includes a region with vegetational continuity between tropical, subtropical, temperate, and boreal forests. Third, the tectonically active, highly dissected and elevated geography of China has made the country an important center of surrival, speciation and evolution. The diversity of plant is not uniformly distributed over China, but is concentrated in the south central part of China which reaches from ca. 20°0′to 35°0′ N. The diversity and levels of endemism within three localized hot spots in south central China, the Hengduan range, the C. China and the Lingnan region, are notable in comparison with other regions. The Mt. Hengduan flora in particular is the richest of the three Chinese Hot spots. However, of all the Hot spots, the Hengduan Range. C. China and Lingnan region are most in need of conservation attention.