The Botanical Architect

Wang
Wencai

王文采

"Discovering a new species is like finding a new star in the sky."

1,370New Species
28New genera
Herbarium Specimen

FLORA OF CHINA

Ranunculaceae

Det. Wang Wencai

Wang Wencai Portrait
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"Botanical Architect"

He didn't just study plants; he built the library in which they live. From the 80 volumes of the Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae to the massive Iconographia, Wang Wencai constructed the taxonomical framework for an entire nation's biodiversity and was a main contributor to the Flora of China.

1,370

Species Discovered

Often working with nothing more than a magnifying glass in his later years, he identified twenty-eight new genera and over a thousand distinct species, forever etching his name into the book of life.

15,000Species in Iconographia
28New Genera
72Years of Research

The Journey

Walk the timeline of a century.

The Theory

Understand the migration of life.