Quantitative approaches to identify floristic units and centres of species endemism in the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau, south‐western China

Aims To determine floristic units and centres of plant species endemism using quantitative methods and different taxonomic groups. Location The Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau in south‐western China – the world's highest and geologically youngest plateau. Methods The plateau was divided into 260 grid cells, each 1° × 1°, and the numbers of different seed‐plant taxa, including genera, total species, endemic species and alpine species, were recorded in...