Flora of China

《中国植物志》（FOC）是一个国际合作项目，其目标是制作第一本完整的中国维管植物的英文记录，大约有31,500种。FOC将出版50卷，包括所有中国植物的详细描述和超过60%的插图。所有这些材料都可以通过FOC网站免费浏览和下载。FOC已经对国际科学界产生了重大的积极影响。建成后，将对未来的植物科学、生物多样性保护、医学、教育和园艺具有重要意义。FOC还通过促进美国、中国和欧洲机构之间的国际合作，加强科学研究和教育的基础设施。FOC由密苏里植物园与其他十个积极合作的机构合作协调。FOC的每一篇文章至少由一名中国和一名非中国植物学家共同撰写，该项目涉及全球至少300名非中国植物学家和170名中国植物学家的合作。其中，至少有100名植物学家，包括研究生和本科生，来自美国。

The Flora of China (FOC) is an international collaborative project, whose goal is to produce the first complete, English-language account of the approximately 31,500 species of Chinese vascular plants. FOC will result in the publication of 50 volumes, including detailed descriptions of all Chinese plants and illustrations of over 60% of them. All of these materials will be freely available for browsing and downloading via the FOC Web site.FOC is already having a major positive impact on the international scientific community. Upon completion, it will be of great importance to the future of plant science, biodiversity conservation, medicine, education, and horticulture. FOC is also enhancing the infrastructure for scientific research and education by promoting international collaborations among institutions in the United States, China, and Europe. FOC is coordinated by the Missouri Botanical Garden in partnership with ten other actively collaborating institutions. Every text in FOC is co-authored by at least one Chinese and at least one non-Chinese botanist, and the project involves the collaboration of at least 300 non-Chinese and 170 Chinese botanists worldwide. Of these, at least 100 botanists, including and graduate and undergraduate students, are from the United States.