Floristic endemism of seed plants in the southern Gaoligong Mountains
The southern Gaoligong Mountains is one of the hot spots for global biodiversity research,where a total of 192 families of wild seed plants,878 genera and 2 807 species have been indentified The plants in this area are diversified and endemic, including 8 endemic families only found in the Middle and East Asia, 17 Chinese endemic genera, 1 085 Chinese endemic species, 305 Yunnan endemic species and 82 species endemic to the southern Gailigong Mountains. Thanks to the special geological and ecological environment,and intact preservation of ancient endemism, a lot of new endemic elements emerge.
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