The preliminary study on the flora geography of the genus Raphiolepsis Lindl in China

This thesis is a tentative research on the flora geography of the Raphiolepsis in our country. There are altogether fifteen species of Raphiolepsis on earth, China has seven and three varieties, which constitute 46.67% of the tatal, mainly in south China, west China, central China and southwest China. Judging by its distribution, south China is rich in species and the distinguishing features there are conspicuous. It^s the distribution center of the while country.