Fig. 1.

Representative research conducted at KBG: a) Mucuna sempervirens pollinated by squirrel (Chen et al., 2012); b) Auto self-pollination of Hibiscus aridicola (Zhang et al., 2011); c) Fetid odor of Stemona tuberosa attracts fly (Chen et al., 2017a); d) Inflorescence of Amorphophallus konjac mimics livor mortis to deceive pollinators (Chen et al., 2015b); e) Sexual reproduction of winter-flowering monoecious plant Pachysandra axillaris mediated by honeybee (Ge et al., 2017); f) Spore dispersal of fetid Lysurus mokusin by feces of mycophagous insects (Chen et al., 2014); g, h) Seed dispersal of Stemona tuberosa by hornet and ants (Chen et al., 2017b, Chen et al., 2018); i) Vulnerable Byasa daemonius consumes endangered Aristolochia delavayi (Chen et al., 2015a); j) New variety of Camellia “Spring Daze”; k, l) Pollination ecology of ex situ conservation Acer yangbiense and Craigia yunnanensis conducted by Jing Yang (unpublished data); m) Genomic in situ hybridization of Camellia conducted by Jing Yang. Photos taken by G Chen (a–i), ZF Chen (j), and J Yang (k–m).