Analysis on Characteristics of Spermatophyte Flora of Geomantic Forest in Conghua of Guangzhou
Though investigating geomantic forest around 471 villages of Conghua, Guangzhou and collecting the samples, 2 530 herbariums were collected and identified from the geomantic forest of Conghua, Guangzhou City, and these species were stored in the Herbarium of South China Agriculture University and the Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Based on this, the families and genera of spermatophyte flora were analyzed in detail with the data from the list of seed plants. The results showed that there were 531 vascular plant species, belonging to 299 genera, 116 families in these geomantic forests, the number of gymnosperms were five species belonging to three genera, three families; angiosperms were 526 species, 296 genera, 113 families. The floristic geological components of the geomantic forest, compound and much familiar with the Guangzhou's flora, showed strong tropical and subtropical features, only small proportion of temperate elements. These results illustrated that the geomantic forest of Conghua were well preserved and typical for the south subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, they should given the precedence to protect as the small natural reserves.