Abstract:

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is possessed of 129 species of rare and endangered plants of China, including varieties of 97 genera in 56 families. Being only inferior to Yunnan Province,Guangxi takes the 2nd place in China. Rare and endangered plants are widely dispersed over Guangxi. And the main distribution areas are the Shiwandashan Mountains,Nonggang Natural Reserve and Longrui Natural Reserve in South Guangxi; the Dayaoshan Mountains in Central Guangxi;and the Jiuwanshan Mountains,Huaping forest area and the Miao'ershan Mountains in North Guangxi. Rare and endangered plants in Guangxi are characterized by rich components,various types,large proportion of peculiar species,and highly scientific and economic values. 90 species have been protected on-the-spot and 105 species have been kept off-the-spot. Based on the present conditions and main problems about protection and utilization of rare and endangered plant resources,it is proposed that guiding ideology should be:taking protection as presupposition,so as to achieve the purpose of utilization,and that strategic measures be:1)to strengthen the management of the resources,forming the sense of resource value;2) to enhance the public consciousness of protecting ecological environment;3)to strenthen construction and management of natural reserves;adjusting their structure and distribution;9)to forbid damaging natural vegetation;5)to promote the industrialization of natural resource reproduction;6) to set up a central network of field research and eco-system data bank;7) to limit the exploited amount of the plants;8)to set up a large-scale off-the-spot conservation centre.

Key words: Rare and endangered plants, Protection and utilization, Guangxi