ABSTRACT

China, the most populous country in the world, has a territorial area of 9,600,000 km2. Situated in the Eastern Hemisphere and also including tropical, subtropical,

temperate, and frigid zones, it has complex topography, landscape, and climates. As a result of these, China forms a great biodiversity. For higher seed plants, there are a total of 30,586 species recorded on Earth, which are divided into 343 families and 3155 genera. Of these, about

China (1).