Edited by an editorial committee. 9 vols. & index vol. 2016. approx. 20.000 col. photogr. 4500 p. Hardcover. - Bilingual (English / Chinese).

A heavy set of 26 kg! -This set ofpictorial books contains nearly 20 thousand photographs,presenting thecream of wild higher plants and important cultivated plants in China,the species of which number more than 10 thousand. Each of the speciesis concisely introduced in both Chinese and English (Chinese name, Latinname, morphological features, flowering and fruiting season, habitat anddistribution. Divided into nine volumes, this work includes 100bryophyte families, 40 pteridophyte families, 11 gymnosperm families and232 angiosperm families, 383 families altogether; the inclusion of allthe said families is complete except for the bryophytes. - I: Bryophytes226 p./ II: Pteridophytes-Gymnosperms, 444 p./ III: AngiospermsCasuarinaceae-Hernandiaceae, 624 p./ IV: Angiosperms Papaveracae-Dichapetalacae, 552 p./ V: Angiosperms Euphorbiacae-Cornacae, 564 p./VI:Angiosperms Diapensiacae-Solanaceae, 568 p. / VII: AngiospermsScrophulariaceae-Compositae, 700 p. / VIII: Angiosperms Typhaceae-Velloziaceae, 432 p. / IX: Angiosperms Taccaceae-Orchidaceae, 376 p.-All volumes also available separately.