Moss Flora of China (English Version)

中国约有2,500种藓类植物，约占世界已知藓类植物总数的20%，是北方温带藓类植物群最丰富多样的地区。 尽管它的大小和多样性，有关于这个植物群中国以外的信息很少。 中国苔藓植物群是由密苏里州植物园和中国科学院合作组织的国际项目。 该项目将继续出版关于物种名称、关系、特征和地理分布的基本、权威和最新资料的其余各卷。 该项目最终将出版八卷印刷本、一个超文本光盘和各种网上计算机化信息服务。

China has about 2,500 species of mosses, about 20% of all the mosses known in the world, and has the richest and most diverse moss flora in the Northern Temperate Zone. Despite its size and diversity, there is little information about this flora available outside China. The Moss Flora of China is a collaborative international program organized by the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The project will continue to publish the remaining volumes dealing with the basic, authoritative, and up to date information on the names, relationships, characteristics, and the geographical distribution of species. The project will eventually produce eight printed volumes, a hypertext version on CD-ROM, and a variety of on line computerized information services on the web.