Species diversity and distribution pattern of seed plants in China
By Ying Tsun. Biodiversity Science, 2001
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China has an extremely diverse flora with very high levels of endemism that has given China first place in the Northern Hemisphere in floristic richness. A combination of three reasons explains the floristic richness of China. First, the large area, long time for the organisms to evolve and climatic stability of China has made the country an important region of plant diversity in the Northern Hemisphere. Second, China is unique in being the country in the world that includes a region with vegetational continuity between tropical, subtropical, temperate, and boreal forests. Third, the tectonically active, highly dissected and elevated geography of China has made the country an important center of surrival, speciation and evolution. The diversity of plant is not uniformly distributed over China, but is concentrated in the south central part of China which reaches from ca. 20°0′to 35°0′ N. The diversity and levels of endemism within three localized hot spots in south central China, the Hengduan range, the C. China and the Lingnan region, are notable in comparison with other regions. The Mt. Hengduan flora in particular is the richest of the three Chinese Hot spots. However, of all the Hot spots, the Hengduan Range. C. China and Lingnan region are most in need of conservation attention.
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- Mountains of Southern China as “Plant Museums” and “Plant Cradles”: Evolutionary and Conservation Insights (2011, background): “The strong endemic character of Chinese mountain flora has been stressed since the 1980s, and a big picture of the main areas of endemism (ie the hypothesized refugia) has been drawn in several studies (eg Ying and Zhang 1984; Ying et al 1993; Wang and Zhang 1994; Ying 2001; Tang et al 2006).”
- Plant Biodiversity in China: Richly Varied, Endangered, and in Need of Conservation (2006, background): “…gardens, such as the Himalayas, the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, and the dry-hot valleys of southwestern China, a trend also apparent in the three primary distribution centers for endemic plants in China (SW Sichuan-N Yunnan, E Sichuan-W Hubei, and S Yunnan-SW Guangxi) (Xu 1997; Ying 2001; He 2002).”
- Biogeographical diversification of mainland Asian Dendrobium (Orchidaceae) and its implications for the historical dynamics of evergreen broad‐leaved forests (2016, unknown): “Recent results have demonstrated that they play critical roles in biological conservation and regional carbon storage and cycling, and a better understanding of the establishment and the historical dynamics of the EBLFs is important for biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration, especially ”
- Identifying hotspots of endemic woody seed plant diversity in China (2012, methodology): “Therefore, some researchers have stated that the detection of areas with high plant endemism is crucial for Chinese conservation (Ying & Zhang, 1994; Axelrod et al., 1996; Yang & Zuo, 1998; Ying, 2001).”
- Diversity hotspots and conservation gaps for the Chinese endemic seed flora (2016, background): “centers of China flora (Ying, 2001); and all three centers of endemic genera of China (Ying and Zhang, 1994).”
- High plant endemism in China is partially linked to reduced glacial‐interglacial climate change (2016, background): “as the determinants of these patterns (Wu, 1979; Li & Li, 1993; Li, 1994; Ying, 2001; Hsieh, 2002; Zhang et al., 2009).”