Flora of China
News for May 2008
The Flora of China Newsletter is intended to inform the worldwide
botanical community about progress made on the Flora, as well as on related botanical activities in China.
Volumes
Net Connections
News from the Centers
- Volume 11 of the Flora of China was published on 18 April 2008.
It is the fifteenth of the 25-volume work. It treats 35 families including the Oxalidaceae, Geraniaceae, Biebersteiniaceae,
Tropaeolaceae, Linaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Rutaceae, Simaroubaceae, Burseraceae, Meliaceae,
Malpighiaceae, Polygalaceae, Dichapetalaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Pandaceae, Daphniphyllaceae, Callitrichaceae,
Buxaceae, Coriariaceae, Anacardiaceae, Aquifoliaceae, Plagiopteraceae, Cardiopteridaceae, Celastraceae,
Salvadoraceae, Staphyleaceae, Icacinaceae, Aceraceae, Dipentodontaceae, Nitrariaceae, Peganaceae,
Cneoraceae, Surianaceae, and Tapisciaceae.
- Volume 12 was published in November 2007, and treats
the Hippocastanaceae, Sapindaceae, Sabiaceae, Balsaminaceae, Rhamnaceae, Leeaceae, Vitaceae,
Elaeocarpaceae, Tiliaceae, Malvaceae, Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae, Dilleniaceae, Actinidiaceae,
Ochnaceae, Sladeniaceae, Pentaphylacaceae, and Theaceae.
- Volume 13, the thirteenth text volume, was published in June 2007, and treats the
Clusiaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Elatinaceae, Frankeniaceae, Tamaricaceae, Cistaceae, Bixaceae, Violaceae, Flacourtiaceae,
Stachyuraceae, Passifloraceae, Caricaceae, Tetramelaceae, Begoniaceae, Ancistrocladaceae, Cactaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Elaeagnaceae,
Lythraceae, Trapaceae, Crypteroniaceae, Lecythidaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Nyssaceae, Alangiaceae, Combretaceae, Myrtaceae, Melastomataceae,
Onagraceae, Haloragaceae, Hippuridaceae, Cynomoriaceae, and Araliaceae.
- Volume 22, the twelfth text volume, was published in June 2006, and treats the Poaceae.
- Volume 14, the eleventh text volume, was published in February 2005, and treats the families:
Apiaceae, Cornaceae, Aucubaceae, Helwingiaceae, Mastixiaceae, Toricelliaceae, Diapensiaceae, Clethraceae, and Ericaceae.
- Volume 5, the tenth text volume,
was published in December 2003, and treats the families:
Ulmaceae, Rhoipteleaceae, Moracae, Cannabaceae, Urticaceae, Podostemonaceae, Proteaceae,
Santalaceae, Olacaceae, Opiliaceae, Loranthaceae, Viscaceae, Rafflesiaceae, Balanophoraceae,
Aristolochiaceae, Polygonaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Amaranthaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Phytolaccaceae,
Aizoaceae, Molluginaceae, Portulacaceae, and Basellaceae.
- Volume 9, the ninth text volume,
was published in May 2003, and treats the families:
Pittosporaceae, Hamamelidaceae, Eucommiaceae, Platanaceae,
Rosaceae, and Connaraceae.
- Volume 6, the eighth text volume, was published in December 2001,
and treats the families: Caryophyllaceae, Nelumbonaceae, Nymphaeaceae,
Cabombaceae, Ceratophyllaceae, Eupteleaceae,
Trochodendraceae, Tetracentraceae, Cercidiphyllaceae,
Paeoniaceae, Ranunculaceae,
Circaeasteraceae, and Lardizabalaceae.
- Volume 8, the seventh text volume, was published in June 2001,
and treats the families: Brassicaceae, Resedaceae,
Moringaceae, Bretschneideraceae, Nepenthaceae, Droseraceae,
Crassulaceae, and Saxifragaceae.
- Volume 24,
the sixth text volume, was published in 2000, and
treats the families:
Flagellariaceae,
Restionaceae,
Centrolepidaceae,
Xyridaceae,
Eriocaulaceae,
Bromeliaceae,
Commelinaceae,
Pontederiaceae,
Philydraceae,
Juncaceae,
Stemonaceae,
Liliaceae,
Amaryllidaceae,
Taccaceae,
Dioscoreaceae,
Iridaceae,
Musaceae,
Lowiaceae,
Costaceae,
Zingiberaceae,
Cannaceae,
and Marantaceae.
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Volume 4, the fifth text volume, was published in 1999, and
treats the families:
Cycadaceae,
Ginkgoaceae,
Araucariaceae,
Pinaceae,
Sciadopityaceae,
Taxodiaceae,
Cupressaceae,
Podocarpaceae,
Cephalotaxaceae,
Taxaceae,
Ephedraceae,
Gnetaceae,
Casuarinaceae,
Saururaceae,
Piperaceae,
Chloranthaceae,
Salicaceae,
Myricaceae,
Juglandaceae,
Betulaceae, and
Fagaceae.
- Volume 18, the fourth text volume, was published in 1998 and treats the families:
Scrophulariaceae,
Bignoniaceae,
Pedaliaceae,
Martyniaceae,
Orobanchaceae,
and Gesneriaceae.
- Volume 15, the third text volume, was published in 1996 and treats the families:
Myrsinaceae,
Primulaceae, Plumbaginaceae,
Sapotaceae,
Ebenaceae,
Symplocaceae,
Styracaceae,
Oleaceae, and
Loganiaceae.
- Volume 16, the second text volume, was published in 1995 and treats the families
Gentianaceae,
Menyanthaceae,
Apocynaceae,
Asclepiadaceae,
Convolvulaceae,
Polemoniaceae,
Hydrophyllaceae, and
Boraginaceae.
- Volume 17, the first volume, was published in 1994 and treats the families
Verbenaceae,
Lamiaceae, and
Solanaceae.
Flora of China Illustrations,
Volume 22-I, Poaceae, was published in December 2007.
Preceding volumes: 14-I was published in 2006,
5-I in 2005,
9-I in 2004,
6-I and 8-I in 2003,
24-I in 2002,
4-I in 2001,
18-I in 2000,
15-I in 1999,
16-I in 1999, and
17-I in 1998.
To order or to request any information regarding these or future volumes, please contact:
Missouri Botanical Garden
MBG Press Orders
4344 Shaw Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63110
USA
Tel: (314)577-9534
Fax: (314)577-9591
E-mail: mbgpress@mobot.org
Remaining volumes are expected to be published in the order:
7 (Berberidaceae-Capparaceae),
10 (Fabaceae),
25 (Burmanniaceae-Orchidaceae),
23 (Cyperaceae-Lemnaceae),
19 (Lentibulariaceae-Dipsacaceae),
20 (Cucurbitaceae-Asteraceae: part 1),
21 (Asteraceae: part 2),
2 and 3 (the pteridophytes: Psilotaceae-Azollaceae),
and 1 (the Introductory Volume).
The illustration volumes are published in the same sequence soon after their respective text volumes.
Draft manuscripts in preparation and in review are
available online.
Your review comments and corrections are welcome.
Related articles are available online.
See the latest published in Novon and
Harvard Papers in Botany.
The Flora of China Checklist will include accepted botanical names, synonyms, and their bibliographical citations;
reference to the volume, page, and year in which the taxon was treated in the Flora of China and
Fl. Reipublicae Popularis Sin.;
distribution in China (at the provincial level) and in areas neighboring China;
altitudinal ranges;
and status (whether the taxon is endemic, indigenous, naturalized, or cultivated in China).
Full cross-references of accepted names and synonyms will be given.
The checklist is part of the major database of Missouri Botanical Garden, which will include additional information on type specimens, chromosome numbers, and other relevant data.
An HTML interface to the Checklist is available.
A new web interface creates lists of accepted names and new taxa.
The Hu Card Index is a card file for Chinese plants produced by
Dr. Hu Shiuying, Arnold Arboretum & Harvard University Herbaria).
In the early 1950s, more than 185,000 cards were prepared by Dr. Hu and a staff of four or five persons.
They searched all botanical literature (1753-1955) to locate all names that had ever been used for plants of China.
The Hu Card Index is particularly useful for locating infraspecific names not indexed elsewhere.
The Harvard University Herbaria, one of the editorial centers for the Flora of China Project,
is the site for the Flora of China Web.
The pages are maintained by Anthony R. Brach and Hong Song.
The address (URL) for the FOC web is http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/.
The web pages contain this regularly updated newsletter, introductory information,
an alphabetical index to families,
floristic treatments (databased, html, and pdf),
interactive keys for identification,
related papers,
related searchable data,
images, links to the FOC illustrations,
and information on editorial centers and the people involved in the Project.
The web site is widely visited
and received the
Golden Web Award in June 2004.
Dr. Juncai Ma at the Institute of Microbiology in Beijing maintains a mirror site for the FOC Web's
html pages at the following URL:
http://flora_of_china.im.ac.cn/
A number of web-based interactive identification keys are available for the floras of China, North America, Madagascar, Borneo, and the world,
in a program called 'ActKey' at the Harvard University Herbaria Editorial Center.
Examples include
several keys to the large and medium-sized genera of China (also in Chinese);
the genera of Brassicaceae of the world by Ihsan Al-Shehbaz;
Salix (Salicaceae) of North America by George W. Argus (also in Chinese);
angiosperm families by B. Hansen and K. Rahn (also in Chinese and Spanish);
Trilliaceae (Trillium and Paris) of the world by Susan B. Farmer,
the generic tree flora of Madagascar by George Schatz,
and the trees & shrubs of Borneo by James K. Jarvie & Ermayanti, respectively.
The latest version of a web browser is recommended for best results.
Clicking on a character in the left frame opens a new window with a list of character states followed by the number of taxa having that particular state,
character statistics (min., max.) for counts and measurements, and character notes.
After entering one or more state(s) for any character(s) in the left frame, clicking on resultant taxon names in the right frame opens a new window
with descriptions and links for dynamic lookups to related data and images.
Various character list displays (language display, best character sort) are further options.
For example, in addition to English, some of the keys are also available in other languages in which the character list was translated, such as Chinese and Spanish.
For more information, please see the following:
Identification keys are also available in DELTA Intkey and
NaviKey formats.
The Flora of China Listserver encourages the sharing of news of general and expert taxonomic interest
related to plants and the environment in China.
To subscribe, send an email message to the following address: maiser@rbge.org.uk with the command SUBSCRIBE FOC in the body of the message.
A revised version of the guidelines for contributors was approved by the Editorial Committee in 1995. Both English and Chinese versions of the guidelines are on-line on the World Wide Web site (http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/guide94.htm) and printed copies are available upon request.
A number of botanists have recently visited herbaria associated with western editorial centers
to examine collections: (Lookup Visitors to Harvard University Herbaria)
- ZHANG Dacai, KUN -- A-GH: 28 Mar to Jun 2007, ecology/biogeography, Hengduan Mts. Project.
- ZHANG Jianwen, KUN -- A-GH: 28 Mar to Jun 2007, Asteraceae, Hengduan Mts. Project.
- WANG Zhongren, PE -- CAS, MO, US, NY, A-GH: Apr to Jul 2007, pteridophytes.
- CHEN Yilin & JIN Shuying, PE -- CAS, MO, US, NY, A-GH: Apr to Jul 2007, Asteraceae.
- LIN Youxing, PE -- CAS, MO, US, NY, A-GH: Apr to Sep 2007, pteridophytes.
- CHEN Tao, Shenzen Institute of Urban Management Sciences -- A-GH: Jul to Oct 2007, Rubiaceae.
- DENG Yunfei, IBSC -- A-GH, May to Jun 2008, Acanthaceae.
The joint editorial committee met in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on 2-3 April 2008 to review progress and plans.
In the spring of 2009, the editors from the Western centers will meet next at the California Academy of Sciences.
The next joint editorial committee meeting will be held at the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh, Scotland in the spring of 2010.
The Flora of China Newsletter is an electronic publication of the American and Chinese Coordination Centers of the Project.
Readers are encouraged to send any relevant material, ideas, suggestions, or corrections to the editor:
Anthony R. Brach (brach (at) oeb.harvard.edu), Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-2094 U.S.A.
Support was provided by various annual grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Starr Foundation, and the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust.
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