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### Author
Chien, Sung-shu (Ch'ien Ch'ung-shu) (1883 \[not 1885\]-1965), Chinese botanist at the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China, Peipei, Chungking Szechuan, also at the Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Western City, Peking.
**Abbreviated name**: *S.S. Chien* \[standard form in IPNI: *S.S.Chien*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection PE|PE]] (collected especially in Havangshan Anwhei 1926 and in Western Hupeh 1921 (collected for Nanking Univ.)) – Further material at [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection LU|LU]], [[Collection NF|NF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection W|W]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 341 (err. b. "1885"); IF suppl. 4: 315; IH 2: 125; Kew 1: 533; MW p. 75; MW suppl. p. 42; Roon p. 26.
#### Biofile
- Chien, S.S., Questionnaire for a directory of specialists, published by A.C. de Roon; Chien gave info. on his standing, he cited his birthday as 11 Nov 1883 (mss. in files TL-2).
- Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world no. 877, 455a. 1984.
- Yü, T.T., Acta bot. Sin. 25(5): 495-496. 1983 (in memory of Chien on his hundred years birthday), see also Anon., Acta Phytotax. Sin. 21(4): 353-354. 1983.
#### Outside our period
*Flora Rei publicae popularis Sinicae, vol. 2*, *ed*. by S.S. Chien & W.Y. Woon, see Taxon 9: 59. 1960.
### Publications
##### n.25.884. Preliminary notes on the vegetation and flora of Hwang Shan
**Title**
*Preliminary notes on the vegetation and flora of Hwang Shan*... Contrib. Biol. Lab., Sci. Soc. China... 1927. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Prelim. notes flora Hwang Shan*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1927. *Copy*: HH. – Issued as Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 3: 1-85. 1927.
##### n.25.885. Chinese plants
**Title**
A few new species of *Chinese plants*... (Published by the Science Society of China, Nanking, China) 1931. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Chinese pl.*
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Wan Chun Cheng (1904-1983), see this suppl.
*Publ*.: 10 Jun 1931 (date on p. 59, cover-t.p.: 1 Jun), cover-t.p., p. 59-77. *Copy*: U. – Issued as Contr. Biol. Lab., Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 6(7). 1931.
##### n.25.886. Chinese orchids
**Title**
Studies of the *Chinese orchids* I.... (Published by the Science Society of China, Nanking, China) 1931. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Chinese orch.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1 Sep 1931 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 79-110. *Copy*: U. – Issued as Contr. Biol. Lab., Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 6(8). 1931.
##### n.25.887. wood of Chung Shan
**Title**
The *wood of Chung Shan*, Nanking... Published by the Science Society of China, Nanking, China... 1932. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Wood Chung Shan*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1 Mai 1932 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 191-204. *Copies*: B, U. – Issued as Contr. Biol. Lab., Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 7(7). 1932.
##### n.25.888. Vegetation
**Title**
*Vegetation* of the *Rocky Ridge* of *Chung Shan*, Nanking... Published by the Science Society of China, Nanking, China... 1932. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Veget. Chung Shan*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1 Jun 1932 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 215-227. *Copies*: B, U. – Issued as Contr. Biol. Lab., Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 7(9). 1932.