1. Introduction:
1.1 The purpose of the Flora of China project is to produce for the first time an English language flora of all the vascular plants of China. The project is being carried out under the supervision of a Joint Editorial Committee, which makes all policy decisions concerning the Flora.
1.2 Many botanists will be involved in producing the Flora of China. These guidelines are to help authors, editors, and reviewers to produce treatments that are as consistent as possible within a given volume and between various volumes of the Flora. It is recommended that contributors also consult the published volumes of the Flora of China for examples but not for manuscript formatting details (see section 26). However, because of inevitable minor changes in policy through time, the most recent guidelines adopted by the Editorial Committee, rather than the published volumes, will be the final word for editorial policy.
Guidelines for Pteridophyte Volumes 2 and 3
Guidelines for Volumes 4 to 25
English version
November 1995 [reprinted August 2002]
1. Introduction
2. Coverage
3. Order of Taxa
4. Organization and Timetables
5. Authorship
6. Keys
7. Taxonomic Treatments
8. New Combinations, Names, and Taxa
9. Synonymy
10. Citations of Literature
11. Measurements, Dimensions, and Quantities
12. Descriptions
13. Chinese Names of Plants
14. Author Citations
15. Citation Abbreviations
16. Nomenclatural Citations
17. Terminology
18. Distribution
19. Elevation
20. Flowering and Fruiting Time
21. Chromosome Number
22. Discussion
23. Uses
24. Miscellaneous Abbreviations and Symbols
25. Related Literature
26. Miscellaneous Conventions to be Used with Specific Reference to Computer Generated Manuscripts
