Title :
Notice of Retraction
On seed plant flora in urban region of Xianning City, Hubei, China
Author :
Cheng Lamei ; Ge Jiwen ; Li Guang ; Wu Shuyuan ; Li Jianfeng ; Lei Yanhui
Author_Institution :
Hubei Key Lab. of Wetland Evolution & Ecological Restoration, China Univ. of Geosci., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
The following characteristics are found in the study of flora of seed plants in the urban region of Xianning City (Hubei, China): 1) It is abundant in wild species, containing 923 species of seed plants, belonging to 482 genera and 142 families; 2) Dominance phenomenon is obvious in genus and family; 3) The types of distribution are various and geographical elements are complex; Tropical elements are plentiful and dominance of temperate elements is obvious, which have showed some transitional nature; 4) The flora found is archaic and pristine; 5) Single-species and few-species genera are rich; 6) Endemism is poor.
Keywords :
botany; archaic flora; dominance phenomenon; endemism; few-species genera; geographical elements; plant family; plant genus; pristine flora; seed plant flora; single-species genera; tropical elements; urban region; Biodiversity; Cities and towns; Editorials; Global Positioning System; Helium; Presses; Xianning; flora; seed plant; urban region;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Technology and Civil Engineering (ICETCE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lushan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0289-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICETCE.2011.5774527
