A dataset on inventory and geographical distribution of vascular plants in Xizang, China

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A dataset on inventory and geographical distribution of vascular plants in Xizang, China

Yousheng Chen¹^,²^,³^,^*(), Zhuqiu Song¹^,²^,³, Ran Wei³^,⁴^,⁵, Yan Luo⁶^,⁷, Wenli Chen³^,⁴^,⁵, Fusheng Yang³^,⁴^,⁵^,⁸, Lianming Gao⁹^,¹⁰, Yuan Xu¹^,²^,³, Zhuoxin Zhang¹¹, Pengcheng Fu¹², Chunlei Xiang⁹, Huanchong Wang¹³, Jiachen Hao³^,⁴^,⁵, Shiyong Meng¹⁴, Lei Wu¹⁵, Bo Li¹⁶, Shengxiang Yu³^,⁴^,⁵, Shuren Zhang³^,⁴^,⁵, Li He¹⁷, Xinqiang Guo¹⁸, Wenguang Wang⁶, Yihua Tong¹^,²^,³, Qi Gao¹⁹, Wenqun Fei¹^,²^,³, Youpai Zeng¹^,²^,³, Lin Bai¹^,²^,³, Zichao Jin¹^,²^,³, Xingjie Zhong¹^,²^,³, Buyun Zhang¹^,²^,³, Siyi Du¹^,²^,³^,⁸

1. Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650
2. South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650
3. State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Beijing 100093
4. Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093
5. China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093
6. Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303
7. Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303
8. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
9. Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201
10. Lijiang Forest Biodiversity National Observation and Research Station, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lijiang, Yunnan 674100
11. College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642
12. School of Life Sciences, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang, Henan 471934
13. School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091
14. School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871
15. College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410018
16. School of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045
17. Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602
18. College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121
19. School of Marine Sciences and Biotechnology, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning 530006

Received:2023-06-07 Accepted:2023-08-08 Online:2023-09-20 Published:2023-10-13
Contact: *E-mail: yschen@scbg.ac.cn

Abstract

Abstract:

The Xizang Autonomous Region, the provincial administrative region with the second largest land area in China, is located on the vast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which, in addition to being the tallest and largest plateau in the world, is also an incredibly rich biodiversity hotspot, supporting a variety of ecosystem. Initial efforts by research groups in the 1980’s to elucidate the full extent of plant diversity in this region has been described previously in the book series Flora Xizangica, however the collection of records of plants in southern Xizang remains largely incomplete in this work. The study presented here compiles information extracted from floras, periodical literature, dissertations, collected specimens from field surveys, and the Plant Photo Bank of China (PPBC) to provide an updated dataset of vascular plants in all of Xizang. Each record in this dataset represents the distribution of taxonomic groups at the county or city level and includes the following: category, survival status, Chinese family name, Latin family name, Chinese genus name, Latin genus name, Chinese species name, Latin species name, authors of the Latin species name, county or city level distribution, literature evidence, literature notes, specimen evidence, etc. Based on this new dataset, we archived a list of vascular plants of Xizang. As of August 2023, this checklist contains 11,853 taxa across 252 families and 2,049 genera of vascular plants, including 50 taxa belonging to 2 families and 7 genera of lycopods, 699 taxa belonging to 31 families and 110 genera of pteridophytes, 84 taxa belonging to 6 families and 19 genera of gymnosperms, and 11,020 taxa belonging to 213 families and 1,913 genera of angiosperms. From this data we identified the top 10 families possessing the highest number of species in this region (Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Poaceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae, Ericaceae, Ranunculaceae, Lamiaceae, Primulaceae, and Apiaceae). Finally, we also generated a checklist of vascular plants with excluded/dubious records in Xizang, which includes 900 species of 454 genera across 121 families. This study will provide an expanded basic background and central framework for the second edition of Flora Xizangica, as well as serve as an important reference for plant diversity conservation and monitoring throughout Xizang forward.

Database/Dataset Profile

Title	A dataset on inventory and geographical distribution of vascular plants in Xizang, China
Authors	Yousheng Chen, Zhuqiu Song, Ran Wei, Yan Luo, Wenli Chen, Fusheng Yang, Lianming Gao, Yuan Xu, Zhuoxin Zhang, Pengcheng Fu, Chunlei Xiang, Huanchong Wang, Jiachen Hao, Shiyong Meng, Lei Wu, Bo Li, Shengxiang Yu, Shuren Zhang, Li He, Xinqiang Guo, Wenguang Wang, Yihua Tong, Qi Gao, Wenqun Fei, Youpai Zeng, Lin Bai, Zichao Jin, Xingjie Zhong, Buyun Zhang, Siyi Du
Corresponding author	Yousheng Chen (yschen@scbg.ac.cn)
Time range	1951-2023.8
Geographical scope	Xizang Autonomous Region
Spatial distribution resolution	District (County)
File size	5.61 Mb
Data format	*.xlsx
Data link	https://www.scidb.cn/en/s/U7ZzQv https://doi.org/10.57760/sciencedb.10219 https://www.biodiversity-science.net/fileup/1005-0094/DATA/2023188.zip
Database/Dataset composition	The dataset consists of 1 data file with 50,525 items (rows) and 21 fields (columns) as following: number, categories, sequence number of family, Chinese name of family, Latin name of family, Chinese name of genus, Latin name of genus, Chinese name of species, Latin name of species, author, altitude, growth status, county-level distribution, literature, literature notes, specimen vouchers, specimen links, PPBC photo links, protection level, Latin names in Catalogue of Life China: 2023 Annual Checklist, Latin names in Flora of China.

Key words: Xizang, vascular plants, inventory, plant diversity, county distribution, dataset

Yousheng Chen, Zhuqiu Song, Ran Wei, Yan Luo, Wenli Chen, Fusheng Yang, Lianming Gao, Yuan Xu, Zhuoxin Zhang, Pengcheng Fu, Chunlei Xiang, Huanchong Wang, Jiachen Hao, Shiyong Meng, Lei Wu, Bo Li, Shengxiang Yu, Shuren Zhang, Li He, Xinqiang Guo, Wenguang Wang, Yihua Tong, Qi Gao, Wenqun Fei, Youpai Zeng, Lin Bai, Zichao Jin, Xingjie Zhong, Buyun Zhang, Siyi Du. A dataset on inventory and geographical distribution of vascular plants in Xizang, China[J]. Biodiv Sci, 2023, 31(9): 23188.

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