关键词: 广东佛山, 植物资源, 维管植物, 重点保护植物, 珍稀濒危植物

Abstract: The current status of the vascular plants in Foshan City, Guangdong Province was reported in this paper.According to the inverstigation, a total of 1813 species belonging to 832 genera, 239 families of vascular plants are found in Foshan City.Among them, there are 96 species of Pteridophytas belonging to 63 genera in 40 families, 41 species of Gymnospermaes belonging to 28 genera in 13 families and 1676 species of Angiospermaes belonging to 979 genera in 278 families.There are also lots of wild plants in Foshan City, including 421 medicinal plants, 100 edible plants, 24 aromatic plants, 61 oil-bearing plants, 61 fiber plants, 8 starchiness plants, 1 resin plant, 30 tannic plants, 8 pigment plants, 90 timber plants and 123 ornamental plants.Among those, there are 15 national key protected plants and 20 rare or endangered plants classified as red list including Cibotium barometz, Alsophila spinulosa and so on.The suggestions of plant resources exploitation and protection were put out according to the natural and social conditions in Foshan City.

Key words: Foshan City, plant resources, vascular plant, protective plants, rare or endangered plants