Lei Cai
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Conservation Biology, Plant taxonomy and phylogenetics
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Conservation Biology, Plant taxonomy and phylogenetics
Title: Associate Researcher/PhD
Email: cailei@mail.kib.ac.cn
Web-link of Research Group: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lei-Cai-22
Selected publications (no more than 15):
2022 Frontiers in Plant Science Genomic Data Reveals Population Genetic and Demographic History of Magnolia fistulosa (Magnoliaceae), a Plant Species With Extremely Small Populations in Yunnan Province, China
2024 GigaScience The chromosome-scale genome of Magnolia sinica (Magnoliaceae) provides insights into the conservation of plant species with extremely small populations (PSESP)
2024 Frontiers in Plant Science Conservation and threatened status of plant species with extremely small populations in the karst region of southeastern Yunnan, China
2025 Scientific Data High quality chromosome level genome assembly of Camellia fascicularis, an endangered plant in China
2025 Cladistics Phylogenomic reconstruction reveals deep reticulate evolutionary history and polyphyletic genus (Boeica) in the subtribe Leptoboeinae (Gesneriaceae), with description of a novel genus