Research team, leading by Prof. ZENG Songjun, from South China Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences recently made a breakthrough in establishing the genetic transformation method for Paphiopedilum. CeFT (Cymbidium ensifolium Flowering Locus T) gene has been successfully transformed int...

Field investigation made the taxonomic researchers from South China Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences find the new species Fenghwaia gardeniicarpa, belonging to the monotypic genus Fenghwaia of the family Rhamnaceae.
　　The new species Fenghwaia gardeniicarpa is a treelet and grows...

Compositae (Asteraceae) is one of the largest families of seed plants, with about 1600 genera, 25000 ~ 35000 species, widely distributed in the world. China has about 250 genera, about 2400 species. Saussurea is the largest genus of Compositae in China. Some species of Saussurea are the origin of...

Dendrobium officinale, as a time-honored tonic food and precious Chinese herbal medicine, is an epiphytic orchid plant, which grows on the trunks, cliffs or rocks, and usually faces up to diverse environmental stresses (e.g. cold and heat stress, and water deficit). Plant DNA methylation, a conse...

Researchers from South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed a potential mechanism of phosphorus acquisition by plants during succession of subtropical forests, according to a research article recently published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry.
　　Phosphorus av...