Flora of China: Oxalidaceae Through Aceraceae - gebunden oder broschiert

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. Twenty-seven of the total of 48 text and illustration volumes have already been published, thanks to an unprecedented and long-standing collaboration between Western and Chinese scientists.

Thirty-five plant families are described in this volume. Among these, the Aceraceae include 99 species of maple; the Anacardiaceae contain the cashew nut and mango; the Aquifoliaceae comprise 204 species of holly; the Buxaceae include the boxwoods; the Celastraceae include Euonymus, several species of which are ornamentals; the Euphorbiaceae, or spurge family, contain some 400 species in 75 genera, including rubber, which is widely cultivated in tropical areas for its latex; the Geraniaceae comprise mainly the cranesbills, including several ornamental species; the Linaceae contain flax, which is cultivated for its stem fiber and seed oil; the Rutaceae include the commercially important citrus fruits as well as Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum; and the Simaroubaceae include the tree of heaven, which is an invasive alien in some parts of the world.