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Linbo Jia
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunnan
Language: Chinese, English
Plant Diversity
Evolution
Systematic Paleobotany
Plant Geography
Fossils
Modern Plants
Big Data
Inference
Evolutionary History
Bayesian Framework
Areas of Focus
- Plant Diversity Evolution
- Systematic Paleobotany
- Plant Geography
- Fossil and Modern Plant Big Data Inference of Evolutionary History
Work Experience
- 2023-05 - Present: Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2018-02 - 2023-05: Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- PhD: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Constructed a legume fossil database and inferred the evolutionary history of legumes using a Bayesian framework
- Discovered the first fossil record of Cedrelospermum in Asia
Publications
- Plastid phylogenomics and fossil evidence provide new insights into the evolutionary complexity of the 'woody clade' in Saxifragales, Linbo Jia, 2024
- Cenozoic plants from Tibet: An extraordinary decade of discovery, understanding and implications, Linbo Jia, 2023
- Miocene Dipteronia (Sapindaceae) samaras from South Korea and their biogeographical implications, Linbo Jia, 2023
- The floristic differentiation of Southwest China: Insights from Cedrelospermum and Ailanthus fossils, Linbo Jia, 2022
- Bauhinia (Leguminosae) Fossils from the Paleogene of Southwestern China and Its Species Accumulation in Asia, Linbo Jia, 2022
- Vegetation diversity and distribution in the Pliocene of the southern Hengduan Mountains region, Linbo Jia, 2022
- Fossil infructescence from southwestern China reveals Paleogene establishment of Cladrastis in Asia, Linbo Jia, 2021
- First fossil record of an East Asian endemic genus Sladenia (Sladeniaceae) from its modern range: Implications for floristic evolution and conservation biology, Linbo Jia, 2021
- Fossil fruits of Firmiana and Tilia from the middle Miocene of South Korea and the efficacy of the Bering land bridge for the migration of mesothermal plants, Linbo Jia, 2021
- Involucre fossils of Carpinus, a northern temperate element, from the Miocene of China and the evolution of its species diversity in East Asia, Linbo Jia, 2020
- A warm-temperate forest of mixed coniferous type from the upper Pliocene Sanying Formation (southeastern edge of Tibetan Plateau) and its implications for palaeoecology and palaeoaltimetry, Linbo Jia, 2020
- Leaf-mimicking katydids from the Middle Miocene of Yunnan, southwestern China (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), Linbo Jia, 2020
- A Middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical 'Shangri-La' ecosystem in central Tibet, Linbo Jia, 2020
- Uplift, Climate and Biotic Changes at the Eocene-Oligocene Transition in Southeast Tibet, Linbo Jia, 2019
- The relationship between leaf physiognomy and climate based on a large modern dataset: Implications for palaeoclimate reconstructions in China, Linbo Jia, 2019
- First fossil record of Cedrelospermum (Ulmaceae) from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Implications for morphological evolution and biogeography, Linbo Jia, 2019
- Fruit fossils of Rosoideae (Rosaceae) from the late Pliocene of northwestern Yunnan, Southwest China, Linbo Jia, 2019
- Miocene Ulmus fossil fruits from Southwest China and their evolutionary and biogeographic implications, Linbo Jia, 2018
- A fossil fig from the Miocene of southwestern China: Indication of persistent deep time karst vegetation, Linbo Jia, 2018
- A primitive honey bee from the Middle Miocene deposits of southeastern Yunnan, China (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Linbo Jia, 2018
- First fossil of Pterolobium (Leguminosae) from the Middle Miocene Yunnan, South China, Linbo Jia, 2017
- Cenozoic plant diversity of Yunnan: A review, Linbo Jia, 2016
- First occurrence of Cedrelospermum (Ulmaceae) in Asia and its biogeographic implications, Linbo Jia, 2015
- New fossils reveal the Paleogene establishment of relict Craigia (Malvaceae) in its extant range, Linbo Jia
