Flowering Plants of Hengduan Mountains. 2021. illus. (col.). 948 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. - Bilingual (Chinese / English)

his book uses Bing-yuan Li's (1987) definition on the range of Hengduan Mountains (HDM): the north boundary is in Nangqian- Sertar-maqu-jiuzhaigou; The west boundary is nearby Riwoq-zayi-tengchong; South boundary in Longling-nanjian-xiaguan-lijiang-yanyuan: East boundary in Wenxian-dujiangyan-luding- Yanyuan. In terms of administrative divisions, it includes all Nujiang and Diqing in Yunnan Province, part of Dali, Lijiang and Baoshan in Yunnan Province, nearly all Ngawa and Ganze in Sichuan Province, part of Liangshan, part of Ya 'an, most of Qamdo in Xizang Province, and a small part of Qinghai and Gansu Province

The descriptions in Chinese and English are mainly based on Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae and Flora of China. Some plants are observed by the authors. Literatures were listed for some latest taxa names and descriptions . This book first describes the characteristics of the genus, and then gives a brief description for the species. For a more detailed description, please consult for the original literature. The genus and species are mainly arranged alphabetically by scientific names.
For some large genera in this region, this book gives a preliminary key, followed by an alphabetical arrangement for the species. Please note that the key works only for the species involved in this book. For distribution, the provinces wiithin the range of HDM are listed first, followed by other provinces and regions in China, and the foreign
regions are listed last.