Biodiversity Data Journal :
Taxonomic Paper
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Corresponding author: Hongfeng Wang (wanghongfeng90@163.com)
Academic editor: Daniele Cicuzza
Received: 10 Dec 2018 | Accepted: 03 Mar 2019 | Published: 27 Mar 2019
© 2019 Hongfeng Wang, Xueyun Dong, Yi Liu, Keping Ma
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Citation:
Wang H, Dong X, Liu Y, Ma K (2019) Tracheophyte of Xiao Hinggan Ling in China: an updated checklist. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e32306. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e32306
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This paper presents an updated list of tracheophytes of Xiao Hinggan Ling. The list includes 124 families, 503 genera and 1640 species (Containing subspecific units), of which 569 species (Containing subspecific units), 56 genera and 6 families represent first published records for Xiao Hinggan Ling. The aim of the present study is to document an updated checklist by reviewing the existing literature, browsing the website of National Specimen Information Infrastructure and additional data obtained in our research over the past ten years.
This paper presents an updated list of tracheophytes of Xiao Hinggan Ling. The list includes 124 families, 503 genera and 1640 species (Containing subspecific units), of which 569 species (Containing subspecific units), 56 genera and 6 families represent first published records for Xiao Hinggan Ling. The aim of the present study is to document an updated checklist by reviewing the existing literature, browsing the website of National Specimen Information Infrastructure and additional data obtained in our research over the past ten years.
This is the first complete checklist of tracheophytes of Xiao Hinggan Ling. A total of 1640 species and subspecies are listed, of which 569 species (ontaining subspecific units) represent first published records.
Xiao Hinggan Ling; tracheophyte; flora
Xiao Hinggan Ling is located in the north of Heilongjiang Province, China. It is a part of the low mountains and lava platforms in northeast China. It is an important part of the Hinggan Ling in northeast Asia. This area intersects with the remnants of the Da Hinggan Ling, the Northeast Plain and the Changbaishan Mountains. The floristic composition of Xiao Hinggan Ling is complex, and the plant species are diverse in Xiao Hinggan Ling. Typical zonal vegetation types in the region are broad-leaved Korean pine mixed forest and Korean pine forest. The broad-leaved coniferous forest in the Xiao Hinggan Ling region of northeast in China is a very important timber resource (
The catalogue of tracheophyte published in 2007 (in “Floristics and Distribution of Plants in Xiao Hinggan Ling, China”) includes 1161 species belonging to 439 genera and 114 families (
The data presented in the checklist are based primarily on the results of field survey for more than 10 years and published information concerning NSII, field plant survey (a list of records and plant photos), “Floristics and distribution of plants in Xiao Hinggan Ling, China” (
A total of 124 families, 503 species and 1640 species of tracheophytes in Xiao Hinggan Ling have been compiled. Compared with the list of “Floristics and Distribution of Plants in Xiao Hinggan Ling China”, The updated list adds 569 species, 56 genera and 6 families to the old list (Table
Taxa |
Number of families |
Number of genera |
Number of species |
New families recorded |
New genera recorded |
New species recorded |
Pteridophyta |
16 |
31 |
67 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
Gymnosperms |
3 |
6 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Angiosperms |
103 |
466 |
1555 |
8 |
65 |
555 |
Total |
122 |
503 |
1640 |
9 |
67 |
569 |
Families |
Number of families | Species within family |
Asteraceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, Cyperaceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae, Polygonaceae, Apiaceae, Lamiaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Brassicaceae |
11 | =10 species |
Ericaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Plantaginaceae, Salicaceae, Saxifragaceae, Campanulaceae, Crassulaceae, Grossulariaceae, Primulaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Geraniaceae, Onagraceae, Papaveraceae, Pinaceae, Amaranthaceae, Betulaceae, Celastraceae, Liliaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Violaceae |
22 | 5-10 species |
Boraginaceae, Gentianaceae, Oleaceae, Orchidaceae, Orobanchaceae, Rubiaceae, Typhaceae, Adoxaceae, Araliaceae, Linaceae, Malvaceae, Rhamnaceae, Ulmaceae, Urticaceae, Alismataceae, Apocynaceae, Araceae, Asphodelaceae, Convolvulaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Fagaceae, Hydrangeaceae, Iridaceae, Juncaceae, Lythraceae, Nymphaeaceae, Ophioglossaceae, Oxalidaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Sapindaceae, Smilacaceae, Vitaceae |
32 | 2-5 species |
Acoraceae, Aristolochiaceae, Athyriaceae, Balsaminaceae, Berberidaceae, Butomaceae, Cannabaceae, Ceratophyllaceae, Cornaceae, Dennstaedtiaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Equisetaceae, Haloragaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Linderniaceae, Moraceae, Onocleaceae, Phrymaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Polemoniaceae, Salviniaceae, Santalaceae, Solanaceae, Zygophyllaceae |
25 | 1 species |
Genera |
Number of genera |
Size |
Chrysanthemum, Ampelopsis, Arabidopsis, Arctous, Atraphaxis, Avena, Cleistogenes, Corispermum, Epipactis, Eriocaulon, Fimbristylis, Oenothera, Ophioglossum, Pennisetum, Phlomoides, Phyllanthus, Smilax, Trapa |
18 |
=2 species |
Acorus, Ainsliaea, Alangium, Amblynotus, Anethum, Anthriscus, Arthraxon, Astilboides, Batrachium, Brachypodium, Butomus, Cannabis, Carlesia, Carpinus, Cnidium, Conyza, Desmodium, Epimedium, Eriocycla, Eritrichium, Euryale, Glycyrrhiza, Grewia, Hedysarum, Hylodesmum, Leptopyrum, Limonium, Lindernia, Lolium, Matricaria, Monotropastrum, Morus, Mukdenia, Nabalus, Osmorhiza, Ostericum, Ostryopsis, Oxytropis, Parietaria, Periploca, Physalis, Pleurospermum, Salvinia, Sibbaldia, Sibbaldianthe, Stevenia, Trapella, Tribulus, Trichophorum |
49 |
1 species |
This study added 569 new species, 56 genera and 6 families records to the known checklist. There are 2 main reasons for the results. First, the old checklist was obtained from the IFP, which had more than 290,000 tracheophyte specimens, far less than NSII (more than 10.41 milion). Second, some new record species were found through our field survey, such as some invasive species and exotic plants (e.g.Trifolium repens, Helianthus tuberosus and Erigeron annuus) (
The new list can reflect the plant varieties in the natural ecosystem of Xiao Hinggan Ling. It can provide detailed and reliable basic data for the study of flora, biodiversity and alien plant invasion in Xiao Hinggan Ling (
Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China C2018004
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2572015CA14)