Jinhua tea was selected as one of the first batch of key protected wild plants in Guangxi

Recently, Guangxi released the list of the first batch of key protected wild plants in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which is also the first time for Guangxi to release the list of key protected wild plants Among them, 83 kinds of rare wild protected plants in Guangxi, including camellia, orchid, hemlock, Korean pine and Taxus, are well known Wild plant resources are an important part of natural resources, which play an important role in protecting water and soil, regulating climate, preventing wind and fixing sand, maintaining ecological balance and so on Plant diversity is very important for human survival and development Guangxi has an ancient geographical history, complex natural and geographical environment, rich wild plant resources and complex vegetation types The total area of forest in the region is 193116000 mu, with a forest coverage rate of 54.2%; 8354 species of wild vascular plants are known in the region, accounting for 29% of the total known species in the country, and the number of species is only second to Yunnan and Sichuan, ranking the third in the country However, with the development of economy and society and the increase of population, especially the acceleration of industrialization and urbanization, people's demand for wild plant resources has increased dramatically, and problems such as excessive development and utilization of plant species, ecological damage and environmental pollution have become more and more prominent The survival of many wild species is seriously threatened, endangered or even endangered The contradiction between resource protection and economic development is increasingly prominent The measures for the protection of wild plants in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has been implemented since February 1, 2009 However, there are still many unsolvable problems in the enforcement of the law on the protection of wild plants, because Guangxi has not had its own list of wild plants Now, the methods and directory have been published successively, which makes the protection of wild plants in our area have a more detailed and perfect basis The measures stipulates that anyone who collects, damages or destroys the key protected wild plants in the autonomous region in violation of the regulations shall be fined not more than 2000 yuan by the administrative department of wild plants with corresponding management responsibilities at or above the county level; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be fined not less than 2000 yuan but not more than 50000 yuan The catalogue contains orchids (all species) There are many wild orchid populations in the nature reserve of Yachang Forest Farm in Northwest Guangxi, with 40 genera and 110 species The gene bank of wild orchids in Guangxi has high research value of plant capital There are world-famous rare species of Paphiopedilum in Yachang Nature Reserve, such as Aristolochia with leaves, Paphiopedilum with long petals, Paphiopedilum with hard leaves, and 20 or 30 species of orchids such as Yunnan shixiantao, sayylang, and hare ear orchids There are 20-30 species of orchids in the scale of more than 400 square meters in the local area The high density is rare in China Among them, there are 5 precious varieties with high density of single variety and multiple varieties with high density, two of which are the first in China Experts also found a large number of Guizhou dibaolan, the world's only remaining in the Yachang Forest Farm, with high appreciation value Since it was named and described by schlechter, a German plant taxonomist, in 1921, it has not been found in the wild, so that Chinese botanists can only refer to schlechter's description when compiling the flora of Orchidaceae in China In addition, Jinhua tea, a special wild protected plant in Guangxi, is included in the catalogue Jinhua tea is not only a traditional Chinese specialty flower, but also a world famous ornamental plant, with more than 200 kinds Among many camellia flowers, only Camellia has golden petals It was first discovered in 1933 at the great axis a pass of Fangcheng and named "Jinhua tea" in 1965 The discovery of Camellia has caused a sensation in the world It is known as "the giant panda in the plant world" and "the Yellow Camellia in the dream" in foreign countries Golden Camellia has beautiful color and long flowering period It is called "tea Queen" It is mainly distributed in Fangchenggang, Dongxing, Long'an, Yongning, Fusui, Longzhou, Nanning and other places in Guangxi It is a unique flower in Guangxi Therefore, Guangxi is called the hometown of Jinhua tea In 1984, Fangchenggang in Guangxi established the world's only Jinhua tea nature reserve.