In order to fully understand the current situation of wild vascular plant resources in Xinjiang and provide basic information for subsequent work, it is necessary to revise and update the wild vascular plant list in Xinjiang. Based on previous studies, we updated the list of wild vascular plants in Xinjiang through literature collection, specimen study, field investigation and the latest taxonomic research results. In total, the present checklist recorded 4,109 species belonging to 800 genera in 113 families (including infraspecific taxa, the same below), with 52 species of lycopods and ferns in 23 genera and 14 families, 22 species of gymnosperms in 6 genera and 3 families, and 4,035 species of angiosperms in 771 genera and 96 families. The top 4 families of lycopods and ferns with the largest number of species were Aspleniaceae (9 species), Equisetaceae (8 species), Dryopteridaceae (7 species) and Cystopteridaceae (7 species), and the largest genus was Asplenium (9 species). Ephedraceae (11 species) and Ephedra (11 species) were the most abundant families and genera of gymnosperms. Angiosperms are the most important components of wild vascular plants in Xinjiang, accounting for 85.0%, 96.4% and 98.2% of the total number of families, genera and species, respectively. The top 5 families with the largest number of species are Asteraceae (600 species), Fabaceae (465 species), Poaceae (423 species), Brassicaceae (215 species) and Ranunculaceae (181 species). The top 5 genera were Astragalus (212 species), Oxytropis (101 species), Carex (86 species), Artemisia (65 species) and Allium (64 species). In addition, the list covers 53 species and subspecific taxa in 41 genera and 20 families of suspected species in Xinjiang, 59 species of protected plants in 26 genera and 20 families in China; 125 species of protected plants in 73 genera and 46 families in Xinjiang; there are 95 species of threatened plants in 61 genera and 38 families. This study can provide basic data for the revision of Xinjiang Flora and biodiversity conservation.
The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables.
The core data table contains 4,109 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
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Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Chen HM, Li WJ, Qiu J, Ma ZC, Li B, Yang ZZ, Wen ZB, Meng Y, Cao QM, Qiu D, Liu DH, Jin GZ (2023) A checklist of wild vascular plants in Xinjiang, China. Biodiversity Science, 31, 23124. doi: 10.17520/biods.2023124.
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Xinjiang, China
| Bounding Coordinates |
South West [34.3, 73.5], North East [49.2, 96.5] |
| Formation Period |
1991-2022 |
No Description available
| Title |
The Third Xinjiang Comprehensive Scientific Expedition |
| Funding |
The Third Xinjiang Comprehensive Scientific Expedition (2022xjkk1505);Chinese Academy of Sciences "Western Young Scholars" Program (2022-XBQNXZ-003); Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Biological Resources Plan Capacity Building Project (KFJ-BRP-07-0890) |
| Study Area Description |
Xinjiang, China |
Based on previous studies, we updated the list of wild vascular plants in Xinjiang through literature collection, specimen study, field investigation and the latest taxonomic research results.
| Study Extent |
Xinjiang, China |
Method step description:
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(1) Name check. Use TNRS (Taxonomic Name Resolution) tool to comprehensively check the spelling of plant scientific names. Spelling that TNRS cannot solve, by searching Tropicos（ https://www.tropicos.org/ ）The Plant List (TPL, http://www.theplantlist.org/ ）Plants of the World Online (POWO), https://powo.science.kew.org) and Flora of China (Wu et al, 1994-2013).
(2) Name revision. Refer to the Chinese Catalogue of Life (2022)（ http://www.sp2000.org.cn/ ) of standardizing species names, Chinese names, family names, and genus names, and organizing, simplifying, and arranging species lists. The names that are not included in the 2022 edition of the Chinese Catalogue of Life (2022) are mainly determined by referring to Flora of China (Wu et al., 1994-2013) and recent published papers. In order to more objectively reflect the characteristics of vascular plant diversity in Xinjiang, this checklist only includes wild and wild vascular plants. The names of cultivated plants collected from the raw data were excluded based on the notes and survey data in the "Flora of Xinjiang".
(3) Determination of county-level distribution and voucher specimens. Mainly based on specimen records, at the Chinese Virtual Herbarium (CVH), https://www.cvh.ac.cn/) , Herbarium of Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (PE, https://pe.ibcas.ac.cn/ ）The National Specimen Information Infrastructure (NSII), http://www.nsii.org.cn/ ）and the Specimen Collection of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XJBI), Chinese Academy of Sciences to determine the county level distribution information of each species in Xinjiang based on the specimen records, and to quote one voucher specimen from Xinjiang for each name. The distribution of some species cannot be accurately recorded at the county level based on existing data, and the distribution has been kept as precise as possible. The voucher specimen directly cites the specimen barcode, and for some new taxa and newly distributed species, the collection information is directly cited due to the lack of specimen barcode. Due to the fact that confirming "no distribution" is sometimes more difficult than "distribution", for species that have been clearly recorded as distributed in Xinjiang in important previous works but have not yet been verified as evidence specimens in this study, this catalog temporarily includes them and makes special notes for further verification in future research.
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Chen HM, Li WJ, Qiu J, Ma ZC, Li B, Yang ZZ, Wen ZB, Meng Y, Cao QM, Qiu D, Liu DH, Jin GZ (2023) A checklist of wild vascular plants in Xinjiang, China. Biodiversity Science, 31, 23124. 10.17520/biods.2023124