Cai, Jie

Job Title

China Programme Officer

Department

Seed Conservation

Section

Head

Science Teams:

Joined Kew: 2005

Foreign Language(s): Mandarin (mother tongue)

Qualifications & Appointments

BSc, Biology, Yunnan Univ., 2001

MSc, Botany, the Graduate School / Kunming Inst. Botany, Chinese Acad. Sci., 2004.

Role

Coordinate an integrated MSBP-Southwest China Wild Species Bank seed conservation collaboration both in China and in UK

To develop and activate MSBP China programme activities in UK and in China. Liaise with Southwest China Wild Species Bank to support project development, seed collecting in the field, research activities and other training.

Selected Recent Publications

  • Cai, J., Liang, H.-X. & Hong, W. (2003). Floral organogenesis of Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae) with erostrate corolla, Acta Botanica Yunnanica 25(6): 671-679 [in Chinese with English abstract].
  • Wang, H., Li, W.-L. & Cai, J. (2003). Correlations between floral diversity and pollination patterns in Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae). Acta Botanica Yunnanica 25(1): 63-70 [in Chinese with English abstract].
  • Cai, J., Wang, H., Gu, Z.-J., Mill, R.M. & Li, D.-Z. (2004). Karyotype of 13 species of Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae) from the Hengduan Mountains Region, NW Yunnan, China. Caryologia 57(4): 337-347.
  • Li, D.-Z. & Cai, J. (2005). Validation of Mimulicalyx paludigenus Tsoong (Scrophulariaceae). Novon 15: 319.

Scientific Research & Data

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