| Full name: |
Catalogue of Life China |
| Short name: |
CoL China |
| Version: |
2012 |
| Release date: |
2012-10-20 |
| Authors/editors: |
Ma K., Ji L., Qin H., Liu J.Y., Yao Y., Lin C., Yan H., Wang L., Qiao H. & Li R. (eds) |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Various taxa |
| English name of the group: |
Various taxa from China |
|
Number of living species |
2,309 |
|
Number of living infraspecific taxa |
7 |
| Number of extinct species: |
0 |
| Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: |
0 |
| Number of synonyms: |
1,542 |
| Number of common names: |
471 |
| Total number of names: |
4,329 |
| Abstract: |
The Catalogue of Life China aims to collect basic information on all species occur in China including plants, animals, microorganisms and viruses. The CoL China is available online at www.sp2000.cn and as an annual CD edition. The Catalogue of Life China contributes batch of species from animalian classes Crinoidea, Bivalvia, Gastropoda, Adenophorea, Polychaeta, Malacostraca, Maxillopoda and Insecta (order Coleoptera); from plant phyla Bryophyta, Pteridophyta & Magnoliophyta; from chromistan phylum Labyrinthista and protozoan class Acantharia to fill temporarily gaps in global Catalogue of Life at lower levels of the taxonomic classification (e.g. species, genera). |
| Organization: |
The Biodiversity Committee of Chinese Academy of Sciences (BC-CAS), Beijing, China |
| Website: |
http://www.sp2000.cn/joaen/
|
| Bibliographic citation: |
Ma K., Ji L., Qin H., Liu J.Y., Yao Y., Lin C., Yan H., Wang L., Qiao H. & Li R. (eds) (2017). Catalogue of Life China (version 2012). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |
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