Bo Song
Editors, Plant Diversity
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Area of expertise: Trait-based ecology, pollination biology, macroecology
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Area of expertise: Trait-based ecology, pollination biology, macroecology
Title: Professor
Email: songbo@mail.kib.ac.cn
Web-link of Research Group: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bo-Song-6?ev=hdr_xprf
Selected publications:
Xu Yuewen, Qian Lishen, Sun Lu*, Sun Hang*, Arroyo Mary*, Song Bo*. 2025. A global meta-analysis of floral longevity reveals widespread plasticity and ecological correlates. New Phytologist 248: 1542-1556.
Ma YongPeng#, Yao Gang#, Ren Yongquan#, Liu Detuan, Shen Yuanting, Huang Wei, Xu Yuewen, Barrett Spencer CH*, Sun Hang*, Song Bo*. 2025. “Amniotic fluid”in womb-like flower bracts protects floral development and promotes drought resistance in karst habitats. National Science Review 12: nwaf195.
Xu Yue-Wen, Cun Shuang, Ma Zhi-Long, He Run, Sun Hang*, Song Bo*. 2025. Elevational variation in trichomes of the alpine subnival woolly plant Eriophyton wallichii: Abiotic and biotic correlates and impacts on other traits. Annals of Botany 136: 167-177.
Huang Tao#, Song Bo#, Chen Zhe, Sun Hang*, Niu Y*. 2024. Pollinators shift ensures reproductive success in a camouflaged alpine plant. Annals of Botany, 134: 325-334.
Song Bo#, Chen Jiaqi#, Lev-Yadun Simcha, Niu Yang, Gao Yongqian, Armbruster Scott*, Sun Hang*. 2024. Multifunctionality of angiosperm floral bracts: a review. Biological Reviews, 99: 1100-1120
Xu Yuewen, Sun Lu, Ma Rong, Gao Yongqian, Sun Hang*, Song Bo*. 2023. Does pollinator dependence decrease along elevational gradients? Plant Diversity, 45: 446-455.
Song Bo#, Sun Lu#, Barrett Spencer, Moles Angela, Luo Yahuang, Armbruster Scott, Gao Yongqian, Zhang Shuang*, Zhang Zhiqiang*, Sun Hang*. 2022. Global analysis of floral longevity reveals latitudinal gradients and biotic and abiotic correlates. New Phytologist 235: 2054-2065.
Song Bo, Chen Gao, Stocklin Juerg, Peng Deli, Niu Yang, Li Zhimin, Sun Hang. 2014. A new pollinating seed-consuming mutualism between Rheum nobile and a fly fungus gnat, Bradysia sp., involving pollinator attraction by a specific floral compound. New Phytologist, 203(4): 1108-1119.
Song Bo, Zhang Zhi-Qiang, Stocklin Jurg, Yang Yang, Niu Yang, Sun Hang*. 2013. Multifunctional bracts enhance plant fitness during flowering and seed development in Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae), a giant herb endemic to the high Himalayas. Oecologia 172:359-370.