In a study published in Tree Physiology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) examined the associations between nutrient resorption efficiency (NuRE), drought resistance traits, and leaf structural traits in woody species within a Chinese savanna characterized by pronounced seasonal drought. They revealed a negative association between leaf nitrogen and phosphorus resorption efficiencies and plant drought resistance among woody species in savanna.

Researchers recently reported a new Ardisia species which was introduced from the wild and cultivated in Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) in Yunnan. After making morphological observations and measurements on living plants and herbarium specimens, the researchers confirmed it new to science. The new species was named as Ardisia chimingiana to honor Prof. HU Chiming who has made significant contributions to the taxonomy of Ardisia in China and Southeast Asia.

In a study published in Journal of Ecology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators tried to explore the co-occurrence mechanism of closely related species. They investigated 13 species of Ficus that occur within a 20-ha forest dynamics plot using spatially explicit soil data and species-level transcriptomic data.

During the botanical survey in Putao, Kachin State, Myanmar, in 2017, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) collected an unknown species of Nothapodytes . It belongs to Nothapodytes because its distinctive lorate hairy petals are connated at the base, and the fleshy foliaceous disk is divided into five leaf-like lobes. The researchers named it as Nothapodytes burmanica to refer to its type locality in northern Myanmar and got it published in Nordic Journal of Botany.

In a study published in Oecologia, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) presented a distinct pattern of associational effects mistletoe herbivory in host plants. They investigated the impact of host species on parasitic mistletoe herbivory by examining the herbivory rates and defensive traits of three mistletoe species growing on a combined total of 11 host species.

In a study published in Integrative Conservation, researchers tried to seek how rubber plantations affect wildlife in Thailand. They assessed the presence and diversity of mammalian wildlife and damage occurrence in such rubber landscapes in southern Thailand, in and around Tai Rom Yen National Park.

After detailed morphological examination, the researchers confirmed that the specimens represent a species new to science. They named the new species as Agapetes rhuichengiana, in honor of Prof. Rhui-Cheng Fang from the Kunming Institute of Botany, who made significant contributions to the flora of Ericaceae in China. It is published in Taiwania.

In a study published in Ecological Indicators, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators tried to investigate the climate factors that shape the distribution of Tsuga, identify climate thresholds, and elucidate distribution dynamics in the context of significant climate changes over the past 1070 thousand years (ka).

In a study published in Ecohydrology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators tried to examine whether Janzen's mountain passes hypothesis applies to microorganisms, which would suggest that both dispersal limitation and environmental selection drive microbial β-diversity patterns.

A local plant enthusiast has recently found an unknown Amorphophallus species, flowering in May and June 2023 in Hpa-an District, Kayin State. He then sent the samples to a researcher in Myanmar. After meticulously examining its morphology and comparing it with protologues and relevant literature, as well as with digitized type specimens of Amorphophallus from across Myanmar and neighbouring countries, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators confirmed that the collected specimens represent a new species.

In a study published in People and Nature, Prof. CHEN Jin and his team of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) studied the multidimensional psychological representations of Chinese adolescents towards natural environment, and explored how they understand and express information related to natural environment through drawing and writing.

In a study published inGlobal Ecology and Biogeography, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) uncovered the synergistic relationship between polyploidy and LDD and provided insights into their joint roles in shaping the global species diversification in a plant genus?Rorippa?that originated in the late Miocene (about 7.10 million years ago).