Li Tianhong
1990, 10(4): 358-366.
The soil vertical distribution of soils in Hainan Province is:Mountain Meadow Soil-Yellow Soil-Lateritic Red Soil-Laterite.According to the results of soil survey in Hainan Province from 1979 to 1986 and the classification system of Soils of China in 1988,seven grades which include order suborder,great group,subgroup,family,species and subspecies,will be used in the soil classification system of Hainan Province.The author holds the following opinion:(1)there is Lateritic Red Soil subgroup because of younger soil-foriming ages,(2)the Red Calcareous Soil should be classified as iron-alumina soil order because ther is an ironalumina layer in it,and(3)the Garden Mould,where there is an artificia mature soil layer,should be incorporated into man-made soil order.