Comparative Floristic Study between Japan and the Asiatic Contifnent

这项研究是由日本国立科学博物馆与上海自然历史博物馆和昆明植物研究所中国两所合作进行的，从1995年开始，历时两年。研究区域为中国南部，包括湄公河和长江流域。除了今天的天然森林植被信息外，我们还获得了7000多个植物和真菌标本。我们的研究结果是：1.中国和日本都有分布的物种，但其中一些种应该重新分类，因为我们发现这些种在中国和日本都有很好的差异。2.云贵交界处可能存在植物地理间断，这是森林土壤和植物区系研究的结果。3.从生物资源和民族植物学的角度对香菇、灵芝和野生食用花卉进行了研究，获得了一些有趣的信息。

The Study was carried during two years from 1995 under the cooperation between National Science Museum in Japan and tow institutes in China, Shanghai Natural History Museum and Kunming Botanical Institute. The study area is southern China including the Mekong River and the Changjiang River basin. We got over 7,000 specimens of plants and fungi in addition to information of natural forest vegetations at the present day. The results our study are ; 1.there are many species which are distributed in both China and Japan, but some of these species should be taxonomically re-examined because we found sound difference among these species growing in China and Japan. 2.A phytogeographical discontinuity may be along the boundary between Yunnan and Guizhou Province ; it is suggested by the results of study on forest soil and floristic research. 3.some interesting informations are got about Lentinus edodes and Canoderma lucidum, and wild edible flowers from the view point of biological resources and ethnobotany.