Moss Flora of China

Moss Flora of China
ISBN-10
0915279681
ISBN-13
9780915279685
Category
Science / Life Sciences / Botany
Pages
273
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Science Press
Author
Chien Gao

Description

China has about 2,500 species of mosses and has the richest and the most diverse moss flora in the Northern Temperate zone. This number is about 20% of all the mosses currently recognized in the world. Knowledge of the Chinese moss flora, like that of the vascular plant flora, is of importance to the understanding of the underlying dynamics of past plant migrations, vegetational history, and the significance of the local refugia in Asia. Volume 1 treats the families Sphagnaceae, Andreaceae, Archidiaceae, Ditrichaceae, Bryoxiphiaceae, Seligeraceae, Dicranaceae, and the Leucobryaceae.

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