Journal article
Phytogeographical Analysis of Seed Plant Genera in China
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: A central goal of biogeography and ecology is to uncover and understand distributional patterns of organisms. China has long been a focus of attention because of its rich biota, especially with respect to plants. Using 290 floras from across China, this paper quantitatively characterizes the composition of floristic elements at multiple scales (i.e. national, provincial and local), and explores the extent to which climatic …
Authors
QIAN H; WANG S; HE J-S; ZHANG J; WANG L; WANG X; GUO K
Journal
Annals of Botany, Vol. 98, No. 5, pp. 1073–1084
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
November 2006
DOI
10.1093/aob/mcl192
ISSN
0305-7364