How new plant species have been discovered in China: collection gaps and preferences over the past century.

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Introduction

How many species there are in the world remains a fundamental scientific question, serving as a critical reference for formulating and implementing effective biodiversity conservation strategies. The accelerating global biodiversity crisis has propelled scientific interest in understanding spatial-temporal patterns of new species discovery, particularly as these findings inform urgent conservation priorities. Digitalization of plant specimens provides important information on the discovery process of new species and clarifies the general situation of the core distributions in China over the last century. However, the new species discovery process of plants has not been the focus of much attention in Asia. The study analyzes digitized herbarium specimen data to investig

SUBMITTER: Shi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12287055 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature