《PLANTS OF CHINA(A companion to the Flora of China)》由中外植物學各領域的**學者組成的著作者團隊完成。此書全面介紹中國植物的各方面，如植物多樣性、區繫、植被，以及中國植物學發展。這將是**部介紹中國植物各方面的**著作。本書可供大專院校和研究所的植物學相關專業研究生、教師和科研人員閱讀參考。本書由洪德元(HONG De-Yuan)主編。

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