摘要
我国植物资源丰富,其中很多有用种类早就为劳动人民所利用和研究,当然地衣植物的情况也不例外。在李时珍编的《本草纲目》(1578)中卷21的草之十,苔草16种,即记载了石蕊、地衣、垣衣和屋游等四种;不过对于屋游是否属于地农,目前还有着不同的意见。在卷28的菜之五,芝栭15种中记载了石耳;在卷37,木之四、寓木12种中记载了松萝。对于它们的生态、形态、采集时期及医疗用途等都作了描述。 关于我国地衣植物近代科学的调查研究情况,虽然Zahlbruckner,A
Here presented is a historical summary of the studies on Chinese lichens,upona review of the literature available, a collection of 136 items.It was revealed thatat least 5 species of lichens had been known to ancient Chinese as they were mentio-ned in a Chinese claasic Herbal written by Li Shi-Zhen in 1578. However, scientificstudy on Chinese lichens in a modern sense had that began uritil 1831 when (F.)J.(F.) Meyer collected some lichens in Kwaugtung povince.A report on tkis collectionwas published by Meyen and Flotow in 1843, probably the first paper on Chineselichens written by the European people.Since then,many reports on Chinese lichensflora have been published by foreign botanists of many nationalities,including Eng-lishman, French, German,Austrian, Italian,Japanese,Russian,American,and Swe-dish. The first Chinese botanist who paid special attention to lichens study is prof.S. S. Chien in his paper on the Vegetation of Chungshan, Nanking, publialled in1932. Since founding of the people's Republic of China,more and more reseacheson lichens have been done results were summarized in this paper. From this review a chock list of the Chinese lichens known to the auther hasbeen prepared, and. will be puhlished under a separate heading.It gives a total of 178genera, about 1500 species,and 5O0 subspecies units.The largest number of species,about 500 occurred in Yunnan,and next in abundance in Taiwan,about 300 species.
