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CHINA	a	Biodiversity Working Group of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (BWG/CCICED), 2004. Wang S & Xie Y (eds) China species red list, vol. 1. Higher Education Press, Beijing.
JAPAN	b	Japanese Ministry of Environment, 2012. Japan Society for Plant Systematics (ed.) Red data list (plants). http://www.biodic.go.jp/rdb/rl2012/redList2012_ikansoku.csv
SOUTH KOREA	c	National Institute of Biological Resources, 2014. Korean red list of threatened species. National Institute of Biological Resources, Inchon. Korea National Arboretum, 2009. Lee B (ed.) Rare plants data book of Korea. Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon.
NORTH KOREA	d	DPR Korea, 2005. Red data book of DPR Korea, DPR Korea, Pyongyang.
TAIWAN	e	Endemic Species Research Institute / Taiwan Society of Plant Systematics, 2012. A preliminary red list of Taiwanese vascular plants.Shun-Chen Co., Taichung. Taiwanese Council of Agriculture, under preparation, under preparation. Red data list (plants). Taiwanese Council of Agriculture, Taipei.
RUSSIA（Amur）	f	Administration of conservation, control and regulation of the use of objects of fauna and their living environment of Amur State/ Blagoveschensky State University of Education. 2009. Red book of the Amur State, rare and endangered species of animals, plants and fungi. Izdateljstvo BGPU, Blagoveschensk.
RUSSIA（Kamchatka）	g	Administration of Kamchatka Region, Administration of Koryaksky Autonomous County/Kamchatka Branch of Pacific Institute of Geography, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Science, 2007. Red data book of Kamchatka, vol. 2: Plants, mushrooms and thermophilic microorganisms. Kamchatsky Pechatny Dvor Publishing House, Petroavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
RUSSIA（Primorsky）	h	Institute of Water and Ecological Problems, Khabarovsky Krai, Ministry for Natural Resources, FEB RAS, 2008. Red book of the Khabarovsky Krai, rare and endangered plant and animal. Priamurskiye Vedomosti Publishing House, Khabarovsk.
RUSSIA（Magadan）	i	Administration of Primorsky Krai / Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences Far-Eastern Branch (FEB RAS), 2008. Red data Book Primorsky Krai, Plants: Rare and endangered species of plants and fungi. Administration of Primorsky Krai, Vladivostok.
RUSSIA（Sakha）	j	Administration of Magadan state, department of natural resources / Institute of Biological problems of the North Russian Academy of Sciences Far-Eastern Branch (FEB RAS), 2008. Red data Book of Magadan state. Rare and endangered species of Plants and Animals. Administration of Magadan State, Magadan.
RUSSIA（Sakhalin）	k	Republic of Sakha, 2000. Isaev PP (ed.) The Red Data Book of Republic of Sakha (Yaktia), vol. 1: Rare and threatened species of plants and fungi. Sakhapoligrafizdat, Yakutsk.
RUSSIA（Sakhalin）	l	Community of natural resources and environment conservation of Sakhalin State / Sakhalin botanical garden, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences / Biology and Soil Science Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences / Social organization Club "Boomerant" of Sakhalin State, 2005. Red Data Book of Sakhalin State: Plants. Sakhalinskoe knizhnoe izd-vo, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

* Threatened plants of Chita, Buryat and Irkutsk in Russia are based on Dr. Victor Kuzevanov’s personal comments.

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