In cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming University of Science and Technology, and Sichuan University, based on Iconographia Bambusoidearum Sinicarum I (in Chinese, 2008) and Iconographia Bambusoidearum Sinicarum II (in Chinese, 2017), this major reference work Illustrated Flora of Bambusoideae in China was compiled.
Iconographia Bambusoidearum Sinicarum I was written based on results from the projects Survey of Bamboos in China and Compilation of Iconographia Bambusoidearum Sinicarum, both of which were proposed in October 1998 and completed in September 2007. Iconographia Bambusoidearum Sinicarum I was published by Science Press in July 2008. It took 10 years for reference collecting and book writing. The book contains 94 forms, 53 varieties, 708 species, 43 genera, with 4 bamboo hybrids widely cultivated in China, totaling 859 specific and infraspecific taxa. Since the book was published, it has been widely used as a key reference by bamboo researchers, professionals in education, managers, conserva tionists, and other relevant practitioners. At the same time, this book has been cited broadly by the colleagues in their books and papers. Iconographia Bambusoidearum Sinicarum II was completed in the end of May 2017. This book is a comprehensive summary of the bamboo taxonomy research of China 10 years after the publication of Iconographia Bambusoidearum Sinicarum I, including 40 forms, 3 varieties, and 43 species, totally 86 specific and infraspecific taxa from 15 genera, which were omitted from the Iconographia Bambusoidearum Sinicarum I.