Funding

Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA

Institute of Botany, Beijing

Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, Yunnan

National Geographic Society (3600-87 to David Boufford)

National Geographic Society (5043-93 to Bruce Bartholomew)

National Geographic Society (5480-95 to David Boufford)

National Geographic Society (5646-96 to Bruce Bartholomew)

National Geographic Society (7340- to Peter Fritsch)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (40332021 to SUN Hang)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (30420120049 to SUN Hang)

National Science Foundation (DEB-9705795 to Michael Donoghue)

National Science Foundation (DEB-010495 to Peter Fritsch)

National Science Foundation (DEB-0321846 to David Boufford)

Participating Institutions

Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Biology Institute of Xizang Plateau, Lhasa, Xizang, China

Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA

Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA, USA

Institute of Botany, Beijing, China

Institute of Microbiology, Beijing, China

Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden, Kochi, Japan

Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Kyoto University, Department of Botany, China

Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Xining, Qinghai

Governmental organizations

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Kunming

Local governments of Barkam, Batang, Baiyu, Daocheng, Dege, Derong, Ganzi, Jiulong, Kangding, Litang, Luhuo, Mianning, Xiangcheng, Xinlong and Yajiang, Sichuan Province; Bayi, Baxoi, Bomi, Changdu, Gongbo Gyamda, Jiangda, Lhasa, Linzhi, Markam, Riwoqe and Zogang, Xizang (Tibet Autonomous Region)

People's Liberation Army in Tibetan Autonomous Region

Science Bureau of the Tibetan Autonomous Region

Sichuan Central Government

Individuals (family name in upper case) utilizing or identifying specimens

Robert ADAMS (Baylor University) – identification of Juniperus (Cupressaceae)

Shinobu AKIYAMA (Tokyo National Science Museum) – identification and systematics of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae)

Ihsan AL-SHEHBAZ (Missouri Botanical Garden) – identification and systematics of Brassicaceae

BRACH Anthony R. (Missouri Botanical Garden and Harvard University Herbaria) - identification of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae)

Chin-Sung CHANG (Seoul National University) - identification of Acer (Sapindaceae)

Michael J. DONOGHUE (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University) - phylogeny of Dipsacales

Vladimir I. DOROFEEV (V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute) – identification of Brassicaceae

Peter FRITSCH (California Academy of Sciences) - Balanophora (Balanophoraceae)

Kazumi FUJIKAWA (Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden - identification and phylogeny of Saussurea (Asteraceae)

Katherine R. GOULD Molecular systematics of Triosteum (Caprifoliaceae)

GU Cuizhi (Institute of Botany, Beijing) identification of Rosaceae

Galina GUSSAROVA (National History Museum, University of Oslo) – identification and phylogeny of Euphrasia (Orobanchaceae)

HO Ting-Nong - (Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Xining) - identification of Gentiana (Gentianaceae)

Peter C. HOCH (Missouri Botanical Garden) – identification of Epilobium (Onagraceae)

Sara HOOT (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) – phylogeny of Ranunculales

HU Chi-Ming (South China Institute of Botany, Guangzhou) – identification of Primulaceae

HWANG Shu-Mei (South China Institute of Botany, Guangzhou) – identification of Balanophora (Balanophoraceae)

Hiroshi IKEDA (Okayama University of Science) – identification and systematics of Potentilla (Rosaceae)

Richard LANDSDOWN (Royal Botanic Garden, Kew) - Callitriche (Callitrichaceae)

LI Jianhua (Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University) – identification and phylogeny of Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae)

LI Pingtao (South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou) - Asclepiadaceae, Euphorbiaceae

Magnus LIDÉN (Botanic Garden, Uppsala University) – identification and phylogeny of Corydalis (Papaveraceae)

LIU Shang-Wu - (Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Xining) - identification of Asteraceae

MA Jinshuang (Brooklyn Botanical Garden) Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae), Euonymus (Celastraceae)

Austin R. MAST (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL) - Phylogeny of Primulaceae

Hugh A. McALLISTER (University of Liverpool) - identification of Sorbus (Rosaceae)

Joel McNEAL (Harvard University Herbaria) - identification of Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae)

Futoshi MIYAMOTO (Tokyo University of Agriculture) – identification and systematics of Juncaceae and Bistorta (Polygonaceae)

Hiroyoshi OHASHI - (Tohoku University, Sendai) - identification of Fabaceae

Hideaki OHBA (University Museum, University of Tokyo) – identification and phylogeny of Crassulaceae, Saxifragaceae

PENG Ching-I (Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, Taipei) – identification and systematics of Begonia (Begoniaceae)

Donald H. PFISTER (Farlow Herbarium of Harvard University Herbaria) – identification of Discomycetes

Dieter PODLECH (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) - Astragalus (Fabaceae)

Norman K. ROBSON (Natural History Museum) - identification of Hypericum (Hypericaceae)

Lisa SCHULTHEIS (Biolology & Health Sciences Division, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA) Systematics of Ribes (Grossulariaceae)

Alexei SKVORTSOV (Main Botanic Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences) – identification of Salix and Populus (Salicaceae)

Stephen A. SMITH (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University) - systematics and phylogeny of Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae)

Kálmán VÁNKY (Herbarium Ustilaginales Vánky) - (Urocystis)

WANG Wen-tsai (Institute of Botany, Beijing) identification of Ranunculaceae

Michio WAKABAYASHI (Makino Herbarium, Tokyo Metropolitan University) – identification of Saxifragaceae

Kyle WILLIAMS (Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University) - Identification of Zingiberaceae

WU Yuhuan (Institute of Applied Ecology,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang) - identification of Amblystegiaceae, Gymnomiaceae and Lophoziaceae

YUAN Changchun - (Zhongshan (Sun Yatsen) University. Guangzhou) - Meconopsis (Papaveraceae)

ZHOU Zhe-Kun (Kunming Institute of Botany) - identification of Quercus (Fagaceae)

ZHU Guanghua (Missouri Botanical Garden) - identification of Thalictrum (Ranunculaceae)