Table 1.
Number of species in the 28 counties.
| East Kunlun Mountains (EK) |
North slope of Central Kunlun Mountains (NCK) |
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| Counties | Herbaceous plants | Woody plants | Species richness | Counties | Herbaceous plants | Woody plants | Species richness |
| Banma (BM) | 292 | 99 | 391 | Dulan (DL) | 207 | 36 | 243 |
| Jiuzhi (JZ) | 487 | 49 | 536 | Geermu (GRM) | 249 | 32 | 281 |
| Dari (DR) | 273 | 15 | 288 | Ruoqiang (RQ) | 266 | 28 | 294 |
| Gande (GD) | 142 | 11 | 153 | Qiemo (QM) | 141 | 16 | 157 |
| Chenduo (CD) | 457 | 33 | 490 | Minfeng (MF) | 61 | 8 | 69 |
| Maduo (MD) | 451 | 20 | 471 | Yutian (YT) | 105 | 15 | 120 |
| Maqin (MQ) | 683 | 66 | 749 | Cele (CL) | 184 | 14 | 198 |
| Xinghai (XH) |
664 |
68 |
731 |
Hetian (HT) |
169 |
8 |
177 |
| South slope of Central Kunlun Mountains (SCK) |
West Kunlun Mountains (WK) |
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| Counties | Herbaceous plants | Woody plants | Species richness | Counties | Herbaceous plants | Woody plants | Species richness |
| Qumalai (QML) | 338 | 22 | 360 | Pishan (PS) | 157 | 16 | 173 |
| Zhiduo (ZD) | 156 | 6 | 162 | Yecheng (YC) | 340 | 48 | 388 |
| Bange (BG) | 123 | 6 | 129 | Shache (SC) | 98 | 17 | 115 |
| Nima (NM) | 106 | 3 | 109 | Taxian (TX) | 442 | 50 | 492 |
| Gaize (GZ) | 102 | 12 | 114 | Aketao (AKT) | 295 | 45 | 340 |
| Ritu (RT) | 239 | 24 | 263 | Wuqia (WQ) | 289 | 29 | 318 |