On the necessity, principle, and process of updating the List of National Key Protected Wild Plants
Zhaoli Lu, Haining Qin, Xiaohua Jin, Zhixiang Zhang, Qingwen Yang, Hong De-Yuan, Li D, Kaifan Li, Liangchen Yuan, Zhihua Zhou, 6 Administration of Tongbiguan Provincial Nature Reserve, Dehong, Yunnan 679300
Abstract
Recently, the List of National Key Protected Wild Plants has been updated after a long intermission since its first version issued 22 years ago. In this paper, we illustrated the necessity, urgency, principle, and process of updating the List of National Key Protected Wild Plants (LNKPWP). Methods: We reviewed the situation of plant conservation in China in last two decades and the process of updating the List of National Key Protected Wild Plants. Results: During the last two decades, the increase of human population and economy has had a deep effect on the conservation of plant diversity in China. Thirty species of higher plants in China were assessed as Extinct or