Abstract:

 The present paper is a result of taxonomic study of Chinese Styracaceae plants.

It contains 9 genera, 48 species, of which 2 species, 2 varieties are described as new

and 2 new combinations are made, 21 species or varieties previously known to botanists

distinctly are here reduced to synonyms.  Besides  the  author  also  discuss about its

geographical distribution in China and the main systematic characteristics of Styrax.