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| | Hotspots Revisited |
 | | More than a quarter of the world's Rhododendron, Primula, Corydalis, Anaphalis, Delphinium, Gentiana, Saussurea, and Sorbus species occur in the Hengduan Mountains of western Sichuan, while over half the species of Ligularia, Cremanthodium, Cotoneaster, and Pedicularis have been recorded in this hotspot. |
 | | Of particular interest is the occurrence of two endemic families, Circaeasteraceae (two genera, Circaeaster and Kingdonia) and the monotypic Acanthochlamydaceae (Wu 1988; Xiong 1989; Xu 1991; Wang et al. |
 | | In terms of vertebrate diversity, some 237 mammal species occur in this hotspot, of which only five are endemic. |
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