"Kingdom of plants and animals", Yunnan Province issued its first list of species
Xinhua News Agency, Kunming, May 22-22nd is "international day for biological diversity", with the "Kingdom of animals and plants," said biological species in Yunnan in Yunnan province were released the same day (2016). The list of species for the future research, conservation, use and management to provide a scientific basis, is of great significance for the conservation of biological diversity.
Yunnan province environmental protection Office spokesman, and Deputy Director Gao Zhengwen said, directory covers has large fungi, and lichens, and Moss, and fern class, and Gymnosperms, and Angiosperm, and fish, and amphibious class, and crawling class, and birds, and nursing class total 11 a class group, total included 25,434 a species, rich perfect has Yunnan species directory, fill Yunnan large fungi and lichens, class group of directory blank, corrected existing related directory of errors.
Yunnan is known as the "Kingdom of animals and plants" of the name, is one of the most enriched areas of global biodiversity. Li de Zhu, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Branch said: "153 species distribution of national key protected wild plants in Yunnan, accounting for about 41.6% of the distributions of vertebrates in Yunnan, 242 species of wildlife under special State protection, accounting for about 57.1%. ”
Li de Zhu said, list of macrofungi in 2729, accounted for 56.9% of the Lichen 1067, 60.4% of the total national; 19365 species of higher plants, accounting for 50.2%; 2273 species of vertebrates, accounting for 52.1% of the country.
"In the list, each name is synonyms, aliases, distribution, system information, such as audit, and related groups classification expert validation confirmation, and Yunnan species through the network platform and the global species list for sharing information. "Li de Zhu said species surveys, cataloging is a long-term, ongoing work in the future will continue to update and improve the list. (End)
(Editors: Hao Long UN654)
2016-05-22 19:10:23
Xinhua News Agency
“动植物王国”云南发布首个生物物种名录
新华社昆明5月22日电22日是“国际生物多样性日”，具有“动植物王国”之称的云南当天发布了《云南省生物物种名录(2016版)》。该名录为今后开展物种研究、保护、利用和管理提供了科学依据，对保护生物多样性具有重要意义。
云南省环境保护厅新闻发言人、副厅长高正文说，名录涵盖了大型真菌、地衣、苔藓、蕨类、裸子植物、被子植物、鱼类、两栖类、爬行类、鸟类、哺乳类共11个类群，共收录25434个物种，丰富完善了云南物种名录，填补云南大型真菌和地衣等类群的名录空白，纠正现有相关名录的错误。
云南素有“动植物王国”之美称，是全球生物多样性最为富集的地区之一。中国科学院昆明分院院长李德铢说：“云南分布的国家重点保护野生植物153种，约占全国的41.6%；云南分布的脊椎动物中，有国家重点保护野生动物242种，约占全国的57.1%。”
李德铢说，名录中的大型真菌有2729种，占全国的56.9%；地衣1067种，占全国的60.4%；高等植物19365种，占全国的50.2%；脊椎动物2273种，占全国的52.1%。
“该名录中，每个名称都经过异名、别名、分布区、系统位置等相关信息的审核，以及相关类群的分类学专家审定确认，并将通过云南生物物种网络平台与全球生物物种名录实现信息共享。”李德铢说，生物物种的调查、编目是一项长期性、持续性的工作，未来还将不断更新和完善名录。(完)
(责任编辑：郝龙 UN654)
2016-05-22 19:10:23
新华社