Chinaranksfirstintheworldforthenumberofspeciesofchrysanthemum.Thirty-fivevarietiesofchrysanthemumwererecordedin“AManualofChrysanthemum,”writtenbyLiuMengoftheSongDynasty(960A.D.-1279A.D.),whopointedoutthatvariationledtomorebiologicalspecies.中国菊花品种居世界第一。公元10世纪时，宋朝刘蒙所著《菊谱》中指出，变异可形成生物的新类型，记有35种菊花品种。