Summary
Included here is the entire area of the People's Republic of China.
Of the endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are about 1150 species in 461 genera and 133 families. There are about 142 endemic genera (marked red) and 2 endemic families (Eucommiaceae and Ginkgoaceae).
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