Table 2.

Top 25 Chinese and foreign authors of new species of Chinese plants from 2000 through 2019.

Standard Form	Full Name	Number of New Species	Standard Form	Full Name	Number of New Species
W. T. Wang	Wang, Wen Tsai	293	Podlech	Podlech, Dietrich	80
Y. M. Shui	Shui, Yu Min	105	Li Bing Zhang	Zhang, Li Bing	70
Yan Liu	Liu, Yan	93	B. Hylmö	Hylmö, Bertil	59
Z. J. Liu	Liu, Zhong Jian	90	J. Fryer	Fryer, Jeanette	59
W. H. Chen	Chen, Wen Hong	78	Lidén	Lidén, Magnus	55
Y. G. Wei	Wei, Yi Gang	77	Al-Shehbaz	Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan Ali	50
L. R. Xu	Xu, Lang Ran	74	Kirschner	Kirschner, Jan	44
F. Wen	Wen, Fang	67	Štěpánek	Štěpánek, Jan	44
Y. S. Chen	Chen, You Sheng	61	Ormerod	Ormerod, Paul Abel	26
S. C. Chen	Chen, Sing Chi	51	McAll.	McAllister, Hugh A.	25
Z. Y. Zhu	Zhu, Zheng Yin	49	J. R. I. Wood	Wood, John Richard Ironside	21
L. Liu	Liu, Liang	47	H. Ohba	Ohba, Hideaki	19
X. H. Jin	Jin, Xiao Hua	46	Sarn. Singh	Singh, Sarnam	16
T. P. Yi	Yi, Tong Pei	45	A. K. Monro	Monro, Alexandre Kenneth	15
X. F. Jin	Jin, Xiao Feng	45	Panigrahi	Panigrahi, Gopinath	15
C. I Peng	Peng, Ching I	42	Boufford	Boufford, David Edward	14
H. Sun	Sun, Hang	40	O. Gruss	Gruss, Olaf	14
T. P. Lin	Lin, Tsan Piao	40	T. Yamaz.	Yamazaki, Takasi	14
W. B. Xu	Xu, Wei Bin	38	Tzvelev	Tzvelev, Nikolai Nikolaievich	12
H. Li	Li, Heng	36	Rushforth	Rushforth, Keith D.	11
F. W. Xing	Xing, Fu Wu	34	S. Akiyama	Akiyama, Shinobu	11
L. J. Chen	Chen, Li Jun	34	Businský	Businský, Roman	9
Q. E. Yang	Yang, Qin Er	33	Grey-Wilson	Grey-Wilson, Christopher	9
Y. H. Wu	Wu, Yu Hu	33	H. Ohashi	Ohashi, Hiroyoshi	9
Y. Z. Zhao	Zhao, Yi Zhi	28	S. M. Phillips	Phillips, Sylvia Mabel	9