Flora of China, Volume 18, Scrophulariaceae through

Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Scrophulariaceae; Bignoniaceae; Pedaliaceae; Martyniaceae; Orobanchaceae; Gesneriaceae; Index to Chinese Names (Sorted by Stroke Numbers); Index to Chinese Names (Sorted by Pinyin); Index to Scientific Names; Index to Families in the Flora of China and the FRPS. Flora of China is a collaborative scientific effort to publish the first modern English-language account of the 31,362 species of vascular plants of China. This number includes about 8,000 species of medicinal and economically important plants and about 7,500 species of trees and shrubs. Flora of China is an English-language revision of Flora Republicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS), with taxonomy reflecting the current understanding of each group. The sequence of families is a modified Englerian system, similar to that used in FRPS; however, the circumscription of some families reflects the present understanding of the groups. It is intended that all the vascular plants of China will be covered, including descriptions, identification keys, essential synonymy, phenology, provincial distribution in China, brief statements on extra-Chinese distribution, and remarks regarding the circumscription of problematic taxa. Close international collaboration on the research, writing, review, and editing characterizes the production of the Flora. Chinese authors work together with their non-Chinese colleagues from 29 countries. The resulting draft is then reviewed by Chinese botanists, the Flora of China Editorial Committee, family specialists from around the world, and advisors on the floras of regions neighboring China to produce the best possible treatments.