清人赵学敏《凤仙谱》献疑

Some Questions about the Book Garden Balsam Manual

清人赵学敏所著《凤仙谱》历来被认为是一部科学价值较高的凤仙花专谱。文章基于现代植物分类学领域对凤仙花属植物的研究成果,从生物学习性、形态特征、栽培历史等方面对《凤仙谱》中所载植物进行了全面考证,发现《凤仙谱》中收录的"凤仙花"与现代植物分类学中的凤仙花大多存在明显区别,因此《凤仙谱》中之"凤仙"是否皆为凤仙花属植物值得商榷。为了能够正确利用《凤仙谱》一书,应对其进行更加客观的评价,重新认识其学术价值及地位。

Garden Balsam Manual written by Zhao Xuemin of Qing Dynasty is considered to bea professional book in China which always provides highly valuable information of Impatiens studies.Extensive study has been carried out to investigate the differences between the plants included in thisbook and those recently defined Impatiens based on characters of habitat, morphology and history ofcultivation. The results indicate that most of plants in Garden Balsam Manual were beyond the genusof Impatiens in the context of modern plant taxonomy, which suggested that this book should be re-evaluated in a more objective way for further studies.