Recently, Ph. D. student YANG Long, directed by his supervisor Prof. REN Hai in South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) found that two exotic Acacia species, A. auriculiformis and A. mangium, which belong to Mimosaceae and have been introduced broadly in South China, could facilitate understory speci...

Pearl River Delta is experiencing increased acid deposition and heavy metal pollution coupled with other anthropogenic activities during the rapid urbanlization course, which has threatened human life, natural communities, and the environment. Dr. WEN Dazhi and his research team (Environmental Ec...

Guangxi international orchid conservation symposium was held in Leye county, Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region form 21st to 25th May. Mr. ZENG Songjun, associate professor of South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), was invited to attend the symposium and presented a report on “Orchid con...

From 11-13 May 2009, Dr. YUAN Ling associate professor of the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, paid a special visit to South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), under the invitation of SCBG as the oversea partner of SCBG’s Innovational Team of Plant Resources Protection ...

Ms. Sara Oldfield, the Secretary-General of Botanical Garden Conservation International (BGCI), attended the 2nd International Symposium on the Family Magnoliaceae (ISFM) held by South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) on May 5-8. During the attendance, she visited SCBG, including the Conservatory-Gr...