Illustrated Guide to Higher Plants in the Pamir Plateau of China (Zhongguó pà mi'er gaoyuán gaodeng zhíwù tújiàn). 2024. illus. 444 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. - Chinese, with Latin nomenclature.

The Pamirs Plateau is located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where the Tianshan Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, Karakoram Mountains, Himalayas and Hindu Kush Mountains converge. The East Pamirs Plateau in China belongs to the Chinese part of the Pamirs. Its mountains extend from north to south, with high mountains, river valleys and glaciers. Due to the topography, there are many rivers and lakes. The soil is mainly desert soil and grassland soil. There is the Tarim Basin in the northeast, which has a continental climate of arid desert.

The unique geographical features and relatively isolated location have kept the plants here in their original state, with high species diversity and rich resource types. It is of great significance to study its geographical composition, distribution type, causes and evolution. After several scientific expeditions, the plant resources of the East Pamirs Plateau have been mentioned in other works.

A series of works compiled by botanists, such as Flora of China, Flora of Xinjiang, Flora of Kunlun and List of Vascular Plants of Tianshan, have laid a good foundation for the publication of this book. With the development of society, the investigation of local plant species has become more and more urgent, and it is urgent to find out the "family background" of plant resources in the East Pamir region. The editor conducted an on-site investigation in the region, collected a large number of specimens, took a large number of photos, and made many new discoveries.