Book ID: 112156
Ex Situ Flora of China
Zingiberaceae. 2021. illus. 584 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. - Chinese, with Latin nomenclature.
Covers 20 genera and 147 species and 2 varieties of Zingiberaceae cultivated ex-situ in major botanical gardens in China, among which endangered plants are included in the "Red List of China's Biodiversity-Higher Plant Volume" (2013) 2 species, 10 species of vulnerable plants, 19 species of near-risk plants, 49 species of endemic plants in China, 14 genera and 29 species of plants originating in Southeast Asia and Africa distributed overseas.
Taxonomic information of species, with 34 new threatened species (CR, EN and VU) Each plant includes taxonomic information such as Chinese name, Latin name, alias, and natural distribution, ex-situ cultivation morphological characteristics, introduction information, phenological information, cultivation essentials and main uses, and is accompanied by exquisite color pictures showing the morphological characteristics of the species. Using the Kress et al. (2002) classification system, the genera and species are arranged in alphabetical order of Latin names.