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Flora of China
The flora of China consists of a diverse range of plant species including over 39,000 vascular plants, 27,000 species of fungi and 3000 species of bryophytes. More than 30,000 plant species are native to China, representing nearly one-eighth of the world's total plant species, including thousands found nowhere else on Earth. China's land, extending over 9.6 million km, contains a variety of ecosystems and climates for plants to grow in. Some of the main climates include shores, tropical and subtropical forests, deserts, elevated plateaus and mountains. The events of the continental drift and early Paleozoic Caledonian movement also play a part in creating climatic and geographical diversity resulting in high levels of endemic vascular flora. These landscapes provide different ecosystems and climates for plants to grow in, creating a wide variety of different flora spanning over not just China, but different parts of the world.
China has over 39,000 vascular plants, including angiosperms, gymnosperms, ferns (monilophytes) and fern allies (lycophytes). Approximately 31,500 of these being native and over 50% being endemic. The vascular plants of China have been documented extensively in the Flora of China (series).
Asteraceae is a well-known family containing many species that have been used in China for medicine as well as ornamental plants. Common species include the Callistephus, also known as the Chinese Aster, which is native to China.
Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) is a deciduous conifer native to the Luchuan country of the Hubei province in China. It is listed as a Class I rare and endangered tree in China, part of a genus thought to be extinct until a grove was discovered by botanists in 1948 in Central China. It is the only remaining species of Metasequoia with only approximately 5000 individuals left in the wild.
Gutta-percha tree (Eucommia ulmoides) is a small tree that has alternately arranged, deciduous leaves and is almost threatened in the wild. However, it is widely cultivated by the people of China for its bark which has medicinal properties. It is also important in China's natural rubber producing industry as its leaf produces a latex compound when torn which dries into rubber.
Happy tree (Camptotheca acuminate) is a low-growing deciduous tree native to the arm, humid river banks along the Yangtze River. The leaves, bark, roots, and seeds have medicinal properties that have been used to treat the common cold, liver problems, digestive problems, and psoriasis in the past.
Yunnan Cypress (Cupressus duclouxiana) is an endemic coniferous tree species that occur in the low altitude regions of Central China. This species is threatened by habitat loss and is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Other native plants include Golden Larch (Pseudolarix kaempferi), dove-tree (Davidia involucrata), China fir (Cunninghamia lanceolate), Fujian Cypress (Fokienia hodginsii), Tienchi Ginseng (Panax notoginseng) and Lycium chinense.
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Flora of China
The flora of China consists of a diverse range of plant species including over 39,000 vascular plants, 27,000 species of fungi and 3000 species of bryophytes. More than 30,000 plant species are native to China, representing nearly one-eighth of the world's total plant species, including thousands found nowhere else on Earth. China's land, extending over 9.6 million km, contains a variety of ecosystems and climates for plants to grow in. Some of the main climates include shores, tropical and subtropical forests, deserts, elevated plateaus and mountains. The events of the continental drift and early Paleozoic Caledonian movement also play a part in creating climatic and geographical diversity resulting in high levels of endemic vascular flora. These landscapes provide different ecosystems and climates for plants to grow in, creating a wide variety of different flora spanning over not just China, but different parts of the world.
China has over 39,000 vascular plants, including angiosperms, gymnosperms, ferns (monilophytes) and fern allies (lycophytes). Approximately 31,500 of these being native and over 50% being endemic. The vascular plants of China have been documented extensively in the Flora of China (series).
Asteraceae is a well-known family containing many species that have been used in China for medicine as well as ornamental plants. Common species include the Callistephus, also known as the Chinese Aster, which is native to China.
Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) is a deciduous conifer native to the Luchuan country of the Hubei province in China. It is listed as a Class I rare and endangered tree in China, part of a genus thought to be extinct until a grove was discovered by botanists in 1948 in Central China. It is the only remaining species of Metasequoia with only approximately 5000 individuals left in the wild.
Gutta-percha tree (Eucommia ulmoides) is a small tree that has alternately arranged, deciduous leaves and is almost threatened in the wild. However, it is widely cultivated by the people of China for its bark which has medicinal properties. It is also important in China's natural rubber producing industry as its leaf produces a latex compound when torn which dries into rubber.
Happy tree (Camptotheca acuminate) is a low-growing deciduous tree native to the arm, humid river banks along the Yangtze River. The leaves, bark, roots, and seeds have medicinal properties that have been used to treat the common cold, liver problems, digestive problems, and psoriasis in the past.
Yunnan Cypress (Cupressus duclouxiana) is an endemic coniferous tree species that occur in the low altitude regions of Central China. This species is threatened by habitat loss and is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Other native plants include Golden Larch (Pseudolarix kaempferi), dove-tree (Davidia involucrata), China fir (Cunninghamia lanceolate), Fujian Cypress (Fokienia hodginsii), Tienchi Ginseng (Panax notoginseng) and Lycium chinense.