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TA 4721-PRC: Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project<br />

<strong>Final</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Appendix 5<br />

Table 3: Ranking of the 20 Largest Families in the Flora of the Qinling based on Number of<br />

Species*<br />

Family Number of<br />

genera 1<br />

Number of<br />

genera<br />

endemic to<br />

China<br />

Number of<br />

Species 2<br />

Asteraceae 100/227 3 355/2323 163<br />

Poaceae 92/228 219/1202 64<br />

Rosaceae 37/48 199/855 116<br />

Fabaceae 51/163 2 175/1252 78<br />

Ranunculaceae 25/40 128/736 77<br />

Cyperaceae 12/31 121/688 40<br />

Lamiaceae 36/99 3 116/808 59<br />

Apiaceae 37/95 110/525 58<br />

Liliaceae 28/55 103/335 46<br />

Orchidaceae 45/165 2 102/998 50<br />

Caprifoliaceae 9/12 2 74/207 43<br />

Saliaceae 2/3 73/266 45<br />

Scrophulariaceae 22/60 66/634 33<br />

Saxifragiaceae 12/26 65/440 47<br />

Polygoneaceae 8/14 1 58/228 19<br />

Brasicaceae 25/96 57/411 15<br />

Oleaceae 9/12 47/176 23<br />

Berberidaceae 7/11 44/280 37<br />

Caryophyllaceae 15/31 41/372 11<br />

Rubiaceae 11/75 1 41/477 17<br />

Total 582/1,650 14 2,193/13,212 1,041<br />

Percent 57.63 5.8 65.24 47.5<br />

1<br />

number of genera in the Qinling/number in China<br />

2<br />

number of species in the Qinling/number in China<br />

3<br />

percent of China genera in the Qinling<br />

4<br />

percent of China species in the Qinling<br />

*Source: Ying and Boufford 1998<br />

c. Relationships of the Qinling Mountain Range Flora<br />

i. Geographical Affinities of the Genera<br />

Number of<br />

species endemic<br />

to China<br />

30. Approximately 892 genera and 3,124 species occur in the Qinling. Among the native genera<br />

in the flora of the Qinling, 220 (27%) are tropical, 563 (69%) are temperate, and 39 (5%) are endemic<br />

to China. Of the 892 genera in this region, 653 (73%) are shared with Japan. Ying and Boufford 7<br />

classified the genera of flowering plants in the Qinling into 15 distribution types (Table 4).<br />

7 Tsun-shen Ying and David E. Boufford. 1998. Phytogeography of the Qinling Mountains and a Comparison with<br />

the Flora and Vegetation of Japan. In: Sino-Japanese Flora, its Characteristics and Diversification, Boufford,<br />

D. E. and H. Ohba (eds), 1998, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bulletin No. 37, Tokyo.<br />

7

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