| 8 | This work was part of EP's participation in a Summer Student program at CSIRO,which was sponsored by the Grains Research Development Corporation(GRDC)and Bayer CropScience.We thank CSIRO for a Distinguished Visiting ScientistAwardtoBDM.显示文摘National key protected wild plants(NKPWPs)are species with important conservation value based on genetics,ecology,culture,and/or scientific research,which are also confronted with serious threats.However,their geographical distribution patterns and conservation status remain unclear.In this study,we compiled 1032 species of NKPWPs.We measured the diversity to identify hotspots of NKPWPs based on species richness,weighted range size rarity and a complementarity‐based analysis.Comparing the distribution and hotspots of NKPWPs with the coverage of Chinese nature reserves(NRs),we assessed conservation effectiveness and identified conservation gaps.The results identified 13 diversity hotspots;only 9.5%of them were covered by NRs with>30%of the grid cell area,and even 19.5%were not covered at all by NRs.Overall,44.7%of NKPWPs were effectively protected by national NRs.Despite this success,571 species in Yunnan,Guizhou,Sichuan,Chongqing,Guangxi,Guangdong,southern Hainan,Taiwan,and northern Xinjiang remain unprotected by NRs.The protected proportion of plants with first‐level protection was lower than that of plants with second‐level protection.The low overall proportion of protected hotspots indicates that the conservation outlook for NKPWPs is not optimistic.This study identifies priority conservation areas and conservation gaps and provides a scientific reference for the conservation of wild plants in China. | Fei Qin Xiao‐Xia Zhang Yun‐Feng Huang Lei Wu Wei‐Bin Xu Tian‐Tian Xue Wen‐Di Zhang Qin Liu Jiang‐Hong Yu Jie‐Jing Gao Rainer W.Bussmann Juan Wang Sheng‐Xiang Yu | 2023 | Journal of Systematics and Evolution2023，61，6： | 0 |
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