Soil Diversity as Affected by Land Use in China: Consequences for Soil Protection

Table 1

Number of taxa or map units at taxonomic levels in China.

Taxonomic level	Number of taxa in GSCC^a	Number of map units^b	Number of taxa in soil profiles^c
Order	12	—	—
Suborder	29	—	—
Great group	61	22	17
Subgroup	231	215	129
Family	909	688	199
Specie	—	—	7477

^aGSCC, Genetic Soil Classification of China.
^bMap units in the 1 : 1,000,000 soil map of China.
^cThis is according to the most detailed taxonomic information of a soil profile.