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Yunhong Tan
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunnan
Language: Chinese, English
Taxonomy
Seed Plants
Conservation
Biodiversity
Flora
Plant Diversity
Classification
Botany
Ecology
Species
Areas of Focus
- Seed Plant Taxonomy
- Plant Diversity Conservation
- Plant Flora
Work Experience
- 2021-01~Present - Chinese Academy of Sciences Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden - Professor-level Senior Engineer
- 2016-01~2020-12 - Chinese Academy of Sciences Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden - Senior Engineer
- 2014-04~2014-10 - The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Visiting Scholar
- 1999-09~2003-06 - Nanjing Forestry University - Bachelor's Degree
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2014-04--2014-10 Visiting Scholar: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- 1999-09--2003-06 Bachelor's Degree: Nanjing Forestry University
Publications
- A new stoloniferous species of Begonia Begoniaceae from Yunnan, China, 5th Author, Corresponding Author, 2023
- Two new species of Polyalthiopsis (Annonaceae) based on morphological characters and phylogenetic evidence, with a supplementary description of P.chinensis from China, 8th Author, Corresponding Author, 2023
- Authentication on the Dai medicinal herb 'Dai-Bai-Jie' using molecular and morphological data, 2nd Author, 2023
- Phylogeny and biogeography of the Cryptocaryeae (Lauraceae), 3rd Author, 2023
- Community characteristics, research states and problems of tropical rain forests in China, 2nd Author, 2023
- How Climate Change Impacts the Distribution of Lithocarpus hancei (Fagaceae), a Dominant Tree in East Asian Montane Cloud Forests, 3rd Author, Corresponding Author, 2023
- Additions to Goniothalamus (Annonaceae) in the flora of China, 6th Author, Corresponding Author, 2022
- Novelties in Myanmar Agapetes (Ericaceae) with an updated checklist of species from the country, 3rd Author, 2022
- Increasing Taxa Sampling Provides New Insights on the Phylogenetic Relationship Between Eriobotrya and Rhaphiolepis, 8th Author, Corresponding Author, 2022
- Globba depingiana (Zingiberaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China, 3rd Author, Corresponding Author, 2022
- Agapetes huangiana (Ericaceae), a new species from Southeast ***, China, 8th Author, Corresponding Author, 2022
- Begonia longlingensis, a new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Yunnan, China, 7th Author, Corresponding Author, 2022
- Oreocharis polyneura, a new species of Gesneriaceae from southern Yunnan, China, 6th Author, Corresponding Author, 2022
- Plastid genome evolution of a monophyletic group in the subtribe Lauriineae (Laureae, Lauraceae), 7th Author, Corresponding Author, 2022
- Flora and Vegetation of Yunnan, Southwestern China: Diversity, Origin and Evolution, 2nd Author, 2022
- Herbarium phylogenomics: Resolving the generic status of the enigmatic Pseudobartsia (Orobanchaceae), 4th Author, 2022
- Premna caridantha (Lamiaceae: Permnoideae), a distinct new species from Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 1st Author, 2021
- Trivalvaria tomentosa (Annonaceae), a new species from Southeast Yunnan, China, 5th Author, Corresponding Author, 2021
- Agapetes putaoensis, a Newly Recorded Species of Agapetes (Ericaceae) from China, 5th Author, 2021
- Conservation planning on China's borders with Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, 6th Author, 2021
- Agapetes nana, A Newly Recorded Species of Ericaceae from China, 2nd Author, 2021
- Phylogeny and biogeography of the hollies (Ilex L., Aquifoliaceae), 4th Author, Corresponding Author, 2021
- Meiogyne oligocarpa (Annonaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China, 6th Author, Corresponding Author, 2021
- Taxonomic studies on the Chinese Costaceae I: a new name and two new combinations, 4th Author, 2021
- The identity of Buchanania yunnanensis, as a new synonym of Spondias pinnata (Anacardiaceae), 3rd Author, 2021
- Millettia puerarioides Prain (Fabaceae: Millettieae), a species with cauliflorous inflorescences newly recorded from China, 4th Author, 2021
- Amblyanthus chenii (Primulaceae), a New Species and Generic Record from ***, China, 5th Author, Corresponding Author, 2021
- Taxonomic notes on Agapetes (Ericaceae) from ***, China: Agapetes leiocarpa, a new synonym of A. atrosanguinea, and an updated description of A. camelliifolia, 4th Author, Corresponding Author, 2021
- Taxonomic studies on Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Myanmar II: seven new species from Myanmar, 5th Author, Corresponding Author, 2021
- Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species from China: Piper semi-transparens (Piperaceae), 6th Author, Corresponding Author, 2020
- A new species and two new combinations of Monolophus (Zingiberaceae) from Indo-Burma, 5th Author, Corresponding Author, 2020
- Contributions to the flora of Myanmar from 2000 to 2019, 9th Author, Corresponding Author, 2020
- Taxonomic studies on Amomum Roxburgh s.l. (Zingiberaceae) in Myanmar II: one new species and five new records for the flora of Myanmar, 5th Author, Corresponding Author, 2020
- A new tuberous species of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae) from southern Yunnan, China, 5th Author, Corresponding Author, 2020
- Hoya gaoligongensis (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new species from Yunnan, SW China, 6th Author, Corresponding Author, 2020
- An updated checklist of Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Laos, with two new species and five new records, 5th Author, Corresponding Author, 2020
- Phylogenetic relationships of Cyrtandromoea and Wightia revisited: A new tribe in Phrymaceae and a new family in Lamiales, 2nd Author, 2020
- Gymnostachyum morsei (Acanthaceae: Andrographideae), a new species from Guangxi, China, 2nd Author, 2020
- Taxonomic studies on Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Myanmar I: three new species and supplementary description of Begonia rheophytica from Northern Myanmar, 5th Author, Corresponding Author, 2020
- Documentation of plant diversity of Southeast Asia: the new role of Belt and Road Initiative, 3rd Author, 2020
- Two new species of Alseodaphnopsis (Lauraceae) from southwestern China and northern Myanmar: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses, 2nd Author, 2020
- Plastid phylogenomics improve phylogenetic resolution in the Lauraceae, 3rd Author, 2020
- 老挝植物区系研究回顾, 1st Author, 2020
- Zingiber porphyrochilum (Zingiberaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China, 4th Author, Corresponding Author, 2020
- Complete plastid genome of two Dalbergia species (Fabaceae), and their significance in conservation and phylogeny, 4th Author, 2020
- Flora of the Savanna-like Vegetation in Hot Dry Valleys, Southwestern China with Implications to their Origin and Evolution, 2nd Author, 2020
- Alangium confertiflorum, a new species of Alangium sect. Alangium (Cornaceae) from China-Laos transboundary region, 7th Author, Corresponding Author, 2020
- From Polyalthia to Polyalthiopsis (Annonaceae): transfer of species enlarges a previously monotypic genus, 6th Author, Corresponding Author, 2020
- Taxonomic studies on agapetes in myanmar i: agapetes reflexiloba, a new species from kachin state, and notes on three rediscovered species including two new records for myanmar, 6th Author, Corresponding Author, 2019
- Exceptionally high rates of positive selection on the rbcL gene in the genus Ilex (Aquifoliaceae), 2nd Author, 2019
- New contributions to the flora of Myanmar, 6th Author, 2019
- Canthium longipetalum (Rubiaceae), a new species from Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 3rd Author, Corresponding Author, 2019
- New contributions to the flora of Myanmar I, 6th Author, Corresponding Author, 2019
- Return Verdesmum menglaense to the genus Hylodesmum (
