THE VASCULAR PLANTS RESOURCES OF THE GAOLAN ISLANDS IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE

This paper reports the vascular plants resources of The Gaolan Islands in Guangdong Province. As preliminary investigation reveaied 162 families,501 genera and 752 species(including 56 species of cultivited plants);among them 19 families,26 genera and 33species were ferns; 6 families 8 genera and 11 species were gymnosperms; 137 families;467 genera and 708 species were angiosperms. There were 4 precious,rare and endan-gered species; 2 indigenous species; 92 timber species; 235 medicinal plants 58 wild orna-mental plants.The natural vegetation consisted of evergreen broad-leaved forest ever-green bushland,mangrove thickets and grassland.