Gao Chen
Editors, Plant Diversity
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Conservation biology, pollination ecology, seed dispersal, animal-plant interactions
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Conservation biology, pollination ecology, seed dispersal, animal-plant interactions
Title: Professor
Email: chen_gao@mail.kib.ac.cn
Web-link of Research Group: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gao_Chen5
Selected publications:
Chen G, Brecker L, Felsinger S, et al., 2017. Morphological and chemical variation of Stemona tuberosa from Southern China: evidences for the heterogeneity of this medicinal plant species. Plant Biology, 19:835-842.
Chen G, Wang ZW, Qin Y, Sun WB. 2017. Seed dispersal by hornets: An unusual insect‐plant mutualism. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 59:792-796.
Chen G, Gong WC, Ge J, Schinnerl J, Wang B, Sun WB. 2017. Variation in floral characters, particularly floral scent, in sapromyophilous Stemona species. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 59:825-839.
Chen G, Wang ZW, Wen P, Wei W, Chen Y, Ai H, Sun WB. 2018. Hydrocarbons mediate seed dispersal: a new mechanism of vespicochory. New Phytologist, 220:714-725.
Chen G, Sun WB, Wang XX, Kongkiatpaiboon S, Cai XH. 2019. Conserving threatened widespread species: a case study using a traditional medicinal plant in Asia. Biodiversity and Conservation, 28:213-227.
Tang R, Li Y, Xu YL, Sun WB, Chen G*. 2020. In situ and ex situ pollination biology of the four threatened plant species and the significance for conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 29:381-391.
Chen G, Zhang ZM, Chomicki G, Sun WB. 2020. The flip side of the coin: ecological function of the bee-hawking Asian hornet. Integrative Zoology, 15:156-159.
Chen Z, Chomicki G, Li Y, Peng XR, Chen G. 2026. Berry Batesian mimicry enables bird dispersal of asexual bulbils in a yam. PNAS: e2528094123.
Yu YL, Chomicki G, Chen G. 2025. Seed dispersal by kleptoparasiti flies. Current Biology. 35 (14). R700-R701.
Chen G, Cai XH, Tang J, Chomicki G, Renner SS. 2024. Anticancer drugs imperil Asian tree species. Science. 385 (6714): 1173-1173.
Teng HD, Tan CY, He YN, Cai XH, Chen G. 2024. Search for snail repellents: antimollusc activities from Stemona parviffora and six other Chinese Stemona species. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 72 (12): 6203-6212.
Yu YL, Ge J, Dong WQ, Chomicki G, Yang SL, Geng YP, Chen G. Aristolochia mimics stink bugs to repel vertebrate herbivores via TRPA1 activation. New Phytologist. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nph.19407.
Cai XH, Shi BB, Niu Y, Ge J, Chomicki G, Chen G*. 2022. Mystery revisited: is nocturnal colored nectar a nonadaptive floral trait? Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3663.
Chen YS, Zeng CX, Muellner-Riehl AN, Wang ZH, Sun L, Schinnerl J, Kongkiatpaiboon S, Kadota Y, Cai1 XH*, Chen G*. 2021. Invertebrate-mediated dispersal plays an important role in shaping the current distribution of a herbaceous monocot family, Journal of Biogeography, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14062.
Li Y, Wang B, Chomicki G, Chen G*. 2021. Do dispersers shape diaspore mass in vespicochory? Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3302.