English translation (part 3) of Zheng M and Min T, Buxaceae, (1980) in Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae: Tomus 45(1). Beijing: Science Press

Title
English translation (part 3) of Zheng M and Min T, Buxaceae, (1980) in Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae: Tomus 45(1). Beijing: Science Press
Publication Date
1991
Author(s)
Tasker, Isabel
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-7180
Email: itasker@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:itasker
Carter, Robyn
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
American Boxwood Society
Place of publication
United States of America
UNE publication id
une:21562
Abstract
In the January 1991 issue of 'The Boxwood Bulletin', the ABS presented Part I of a reproduction of an important addition to the taxonomic literature on 'Buxus', entitled 'Flora: Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae'. Part II appeared in the April issue. The following pages present the third and final installment. The 'Buxus' species of East Asia and the neotropical, Central American species have long been in need of review and examination. The publication documents the work of M. Cheng, who in 1980 published a flora of the East Asian 'Buxus' species and varieties. It contains taxonomic descriptions of many species and varieties of boxwood found in China, and was translated from the Chinese by two British-born women, Isabel Tasker and Robyn Carter. They have constructed an accurate Chinese-to-English translation which has allowed the English-speaking community to review this major Asian 'Buxus' flora. The work has resulted in documenting new varieties and reclassification of other species and varieties. To laymen, reclassifications result in the most confusion. The binomial change of Korean boxwood from 'B. microphylla' var. 'insularis' to 'B. sinica' var. 'insularis' is particularly significant because it is a well-known temperate species.
Link
Citation
Boxwood Bulletin, 31(1), p. 14-23
ISSN
0006-8535
Start page
14
End page
23

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