The Biodiversity of the South China Sea

Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research

Turner, I.M., F.-W. Xing & R.T. Corlett, 2000. An annotated check-list of the vascular plants of the South China Sea and its shores. Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl. 8: 23-116.
© The National University of Singapore

AN ANNOTATED CHECK-LIST OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS
OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND ITS SHORES

 

I.M. Turner
Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1, Cluny Road, Singapore 259569

Xing Fuwu
South China Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Guangzhou 510650, China  

R. T. Corlett
Department of Ecology and Biodiversity, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China

ABSTRACT- A check-list of the vascular plants commonly found growing in, or on the shores of, the South China Sea is presented. Each entry is annotated with a brief description of habit and habitat and an outline of its distribution in the South China Sea Region. One new combination is provided in the Compositae.