本书记载了泛喜马拉雅地区狸藻科、爵床科、紫葳科、马鞭草科等7科52属245种，对137个名称进行了后选模式或新模式标定。每种植物均有名称、文献出处、模式标本信息、形态描述、标本引证和地理分布信息，并附有线条图142帧。是迄今为止该地区内最为详尽的爵床科、狸藻科、马鞭草科和紫葳科分类研究专著。对该地区的植物资源保护和可持续利用提供了资料。

Foreword
Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgements
LENTIBULARIACEAE
1.PINGUICULA L.
2.UTRICULARIA L.
ACANTHACEAE
1.NELSONIA R. Br.
2.STAUROGYNE Wall.
3.THUNBERGIA Retz.
4.ACANTHUS L.
5.BLEPHARIS Juss.
6.BARLERIA L.
7.LEPIDAGATHIS Willd.
8.ERANTHEMUM L.
9.PETALIDIUM Nees
10.PHAULOPSIS Willd.
11.STROBILANTHES Blume
12.HYGROPHILA R. Br.
13.ECHINACANTHUS Nees
14.PARARUELLIA Bremek. & Nann. -Bremek.
15.RUELLIA L.
16.PHLOGACANTHUS Nees
17.ANDROGRAPHIS Wall. ex Nees
18.HAPLANTHUS Nees
19.ASYSTASIA Blume
20.PHIALACANTHUS Benth.
21.MACKAYA Harv.
22.CODONACANTHUS Nees
23.PSEUDERANTHEMUM Radlk.
24.WUACANTHUS Y. F. Deng, N. H. Xia & H. Peng
25.HYPOESTES Sol. ex R. Br.
26.DICLIPTERA Juss.
27.PERISTROPHE Nees
28.RUNGIA Nees
29.JUSTICIA L.
30.RHINACANTHUS Nees
31.SPHINCTACANTHUS Benth.
32.ISOGLOSSA Oerst.
33.LEPTOSTACHYA Nees
BIGNONIACEAE
1.OROXYLUM Vent.
2.CATALPA Scop.
3.INCARVILLEA Juss.
4.PAULDOPIA Steenis
5.RADERMACHERA Zoll. & Moritz
6.STEREOSPERMUM Champ.
VERBENACEAE
1.PETREA L.
2.DURANTA L.
3.STACHYTARPHETA Vahl
4.PRIVA Adans.
5.VERBENA L.
6.PHYLA Lour.
7.LIPPIA L.
8.LANTANA L.
MARTYNIACEAE
1.MARTYNIA L.
STEMONURACEAE
1.GOMPHANDRA Wall. ex Lindl.
CARDIOPTERIDACEAE
1.CARDIOPTERIS Wall. ex Royle
Nomenclatural novelty appearing in this volume
Typification appearing in this volume
New synonyms appearing in this volume
Index of scientific names