Book ID: 78078
Li Heng, Guo Huijun and Dao Zhiling (ed.)
Flora of Gaoligong Mountains. 2000. 16 col. plates (photographs). 1350 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.- In Chinese, with Latin nomenclature and Latin species index, English table of contents.
Rising between the great Salween (Nujiang) and Irrawaddy (Dulongjiang) rivers, the Gaoligong (Kao-li Kung) Mountains lie in the border area between southwestern China and Northern Myanmar (Burma). They cover an area of 111 000 km2, including most of Tengchong (Teng Yueh), Longling, Baoshan, Lushui, Fugong, and Gongshan countries of Yunnan Province (China).
The region has an exceptionally rich flora characterized by high species endemism, interaction between tropical and temperate East Asian and East Himalayan floristic elements.