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Bulletin of Botanical Research ›› 1994, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (4): 329-337.

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THE CLASSIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GYPSOPHILA (CARYOPHYLLACEAE) IN CHINA

Lu De-quan   

  1. Northwest Institute of Botany, Shanxi Province, Academia Sinica, Yangling 712100
  • Received:1994-04-01 Online:1994-12-15 Published:2016-06-14

Abstract: In this paper, 18 species (two new) and one variety of Gypsophila are reported from China. They are divided into 5 sections. They are mostly distributed in Northwest, North and Northeast of in China, and Xinjiang is the centre of distribution and differentiation in China, with the number of species gradually decreasing eastwards. G. tschiliensis J. Krause, G. huashanensis Y. W. Tsui et D. Q. Lu, G.spinosa D. Q. Lu and G. licentiana Hand. -Mazz. are endemic to China.

Key words: Gypsophila, China, classification, distribution