supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grants 31430011 and 31670396)
Holttumochloa has previously only been recorded from Malaysia. Here we describe and illustrate a new species, Holttumochloa hainanensis sp. nov., from the lowland montane forests of Diaoluo Mountain on the Island of H...
the support of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Frontier Science Key Project (QYZDY-SSWSMC014);The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany(#13.1432.7-001.00);Project funded by Yunnan Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Y732081261)
China has the largest area of inland geological phosphorus-rich(GPR) mountains in the world, where vegetation restoration is key to safeguarding the environment. We reviewed the published literature and collected new ...
Eighty years ago, a botanical institute called"the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Botany"was jointly founded by the Jingsheng Biology Institute and the Yunnan State Department of Education in...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 31570212, 31770228, 31370243);the Talent Project of Yunnan (grant no. 2015HB092)
The species composition of regional plant assemblages can in large part be explained by a long history of biogeographical and evolutionary events. Traditional attempts of floristic studies typically focus on the analy...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81473310, 31260075, 31560085)
Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis is an important medicinal plant with abundant saponins that are widely used in the pharmaceuticals industry. It is unclear why the levels of active ingredients increase as these plant...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32060710,31970223,31860005,31860620);Applied Basic Research Projects of Yunnan(Grant No.2019FB057).
Litsea,a non-monophyletic group of the tribe Laureae(Lauraceae),plays important roles in the tropical and subtropical forests of Asia,Australia,Central and North America,and the islands of the Pacific.However,intergen...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no.32070223);the Biological Resources Programme,Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant no.KFJ-BRP-017-19)
Previous studies recognized three major lineages of the family Costaceae:a South American clade,an Asian clade and a Costus clade.However,the genus Hellenia within the Asian clade has been shown to be non-monophyletic...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(31800183,41922010,42002020,41661134049);Yunnan Basic Research Projects(202001AU070137,2019FB026);Chinese Academy of Sciences"Light of West China"Program(2020000023);the CAS 135 program(2017XTBG-T03);Project“Study,collection of fossil woods in Vietnam for exhibition in System of Vietnam National Museum of Nature”(CT0000.01/19-21).
Recent paleobotanical investigations in Vietnam provide a good opportunity to improve our understanding of the biodiversity and paleoclimatic conditions in the geological past of Southeast Asia.Palms(Arecaceae)are a d...
funded by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (31460203,31860073);Research Center for Germplasm Engineering of Characteristic Plant Resources in Enshi Prefecture (2019-2021);Hubei Key Laboratory of Biological Resources Protection and Utilization (PT012204)
Dove tree(Davidia involucrata),a tertiary vestige species,is well-adapted to cool conditions.Dormancy in D.involucrata seed lasts for an extremely long period of time,typically between 3 and 4 years,and this character...
Introduction Types of paper Contributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication:original articles,review articles,short letters,modelling/theory and methods articles,rapid reports an...