The element of Tethys is very important in the flora of Tsaidam Basin. Since the regression of Tethys and the rising of elevation
the Climate of environment had become dry and cold
it has formed in this locality. identically
the element of Central Asia is a part of Tethys flora too. The element of temperate in this flora was formed by Cathayslan flora
and connected with Angola flora. The element of Himalaya was formed in this locality
It is the J bungest nelnber in this flora
indubltatlvely. it is the descendants of cathaysian flora. The being of the element of Endemic to China special properties of this flora.Although the flora in Tsaidam Basin
had undergone from aridity to moisture and from moisture to aridity
exchanging repeatedly
there are many evidences of pollen
which fully prove: the xerophytic flora from modern Tsaidarn Basin had formed in Quaternary
and was controled straight by the dry and cold climate.