In a latest study published in Science on July 31, the researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that the alpine flora of the Hengduan Mountains has continuously existed far longer than any other flora on Earth, and they illustrated how modern biotas have been shaped by past geological and climatic events.

The Victoria regia, a lotus that has the largest leaves of all aquatic plants in the world, has recently entered its best viewing period in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province.

In a latest study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) used phylogenetic control, the exclusiveness of barrier alleles in the hybrid lineage and backward simulations to identify/test candidate genomic regions responsible for reproductive isolation between Castanea mollissima and variety henryi of Castanea henryi.

In a latest study published inNew Phytologist, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) have dissected the anther development of M. truncatula in detail and divided the process into 14 stages. They combined cellular, molecular, biochemical and evolutionary analyses to investigate the male fertility control in Medicago truncatula

In a study published in Journal of Ecology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) show that the relationships between traits and tree growth are the outcome of several contexts and best studied at the individual-level, which is generally not the approach taken in trait-based tree community ecology.