《PLANTS OF CHINA(A companion to the Flora of China)》由中外植物学各领域的权威学者组成的著作者团队完成。此书全面介绍中国植物的各方面，如植物多样性、区系、植被，以及中国植物学发展。这将是第一部介绍中国植物各方面的权威著作。本书可供大专院校和研究所的植物学相关专业研究生、教师和科研人员阅读参考。本书由洪德元(HONG De-Yuan)主编。

FOREWORD

PREFACE

CONTRIBUTORS

Chapter 1 Introduction

 Stephen Blackmore, HONG De-Yuan, Peter H. Raven and Alexandra H. Wortley

Chapter 2 Global Significance of Plant Diversity in China

 HUANG Hong-Wen, Sara Oldfield and Hong Qian

Chapter 3 Physical Geography

 ZHENG Du

Chapter 4 Climate

 ZHENG Du

Chapter 5 Soils

 ZHENG Du

Chapter 6 Origin and Development of the Chinese Flora

 ZHOU Zhe-Kun

Chapter 7 History of Vegetation in China

 ZHOU Zhe-Kun

Chapter 8 The Vegetation of China Today

 CHEN Ling-Zhi

Chapter 9 Floristic Elements of the Chinese Flora

 PENG Hua and WU Cheng-Yih (WU Zheng-Yi)

Chapter 10 Phytogeographical Regions of China

 SUN Hang

Chapter 11 Development of Chinese Botany

 PENG Hua

Chapter 12 Plant Exploration in China

 HU Chi-Ming (HU Qi-Ming) and Mark F. Watson

Chapter 13 History of Chinese Botanical Institutions

 HU Zong-Gang, MA Hai-Ying, MA Jin-Shuang and HONG De-Yuan

Chapter 14 History of and Recent Advances in Plant Taxonomy

 ZHANG Yu-Xiao and LI De-Zhu

Chapter 15 Introduction to Economic Plants

 PEI Sheng-Ji

Chapter 16 Crop Plants and their Wild Relatives

 HE Shah-An, YI Ting-Shuang, PEI Sheng-Ji and HUANG Hong-Wen

Chapter 17 Economic Forest Plants

 PEI Sheng-Ji, YANG Yu-Ming and WANG Juan

Chapter 18 Medicinal Plants

 PEI Sheng-Ji and HUAI Hu-Yin

Chapter 19 Ornamental Plants

 HE Shan-An and XING Fu-Wu

Chapter 20 Major Introduced Economic Plants

 YI Ting-Shuang, Peter L. Morrell, PEI Sheng-Ji and HE Shan-An

Chapter 21 Other Important Economic Plants

 PEI Sheng-Ji and HU Guang-Wan

Chapter 22 Naturalized and Invasive Plants in China

 LI Zhen-Yu, FAN Xiao-Hong and David E. Boufford

Chapter 23 The Extinction Crisis

 HUANG Hong-Wen and Sara Oldfield

Chapter 24 Conservation Strategies

 HUANG Hong-Wen, Peter S. Wyse Jackson and CHEN Ling-Zhi

Chapter 25 Prospects for the Future

 HUANG Hong-Wen

Index to Scientific Names

APPENDIX Table of Chinese Dynasties