People
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.
Projects
Millennium Seed Bank Project China Programme
Selected Publications 2001-2005
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.