The book mainly based on the first-hand data by investigating the wild magnoliaceous species in China and some cultivated species from foreign countries.

• 20多年来，作者对我国的野生木兰科植物资源及我国有栽培的少量国外种进行了较深入的调查和研究，取得了大量的第一手资料，本书就是在此基础上编著而成的。