Nearly 400 orchid species are on display at an exhibition that opened April 19 at Kunming Botanical Garden in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The exhibition, the second of its kind, is housed in the garden's orchid pavilion, which is operated by the Kunming Institute of Botany under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Luo Shixiao, curator of the SCBG herbarium, said through an independently developed intelligent specimen management system, named Cathaya, the herbarium in 2024 completed the reception of over 50,000 plant specimens and uploaded 300,000 pieces of spatiotemporal distribution information concerning the collected specimens. This system has enabled efficient management of the entire process from field investigation to digital sharing of specimens -- setting a new paradigm for biodiversity research and intelligent management.
A research team has discovered a new lichen genus on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is known as the "roof of the world." The genus has been named Pseudosolorina, according to the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
A new lizard species has been discovered in Chengdu, the capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the Chengdu Nature Reserve and Wildlife Protection Center. Named Scincella chengduensis sp. nov., the species belongs to the genus Scincella. The newly identified species has a slender, medium-sized body, with a snout-vent length ranging from 28.4 to 43.2 mm.
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Zhejiang University, and Ocean University of China identified a new fish species, named Mononoke tilefish (Branchiostegus sanae), in the continental slope area between Hainan Island and Xisha Qundao at a depth of about 200 meters. The findings were published Wednesday in the international taxonomic journal Zookeys.
Researchers at the Kunming Institute of Zoology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a new species of caecilian, the second such amphibian species found in China. This discovery enriches China's biodiversity and provides valuable insights for further understanding the evolution of amphibians, the Science and Technology Daily reported on Wednesday.
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