A team of Chinese researchers have identified a new species of dendrobium, a genus of orchids known locally as shihu, in Ya'an, Sichuan province. The discovery was published recently in the botanical ...

China is well known for its medicinal use of wild plants, a tradition that dates back thousands of years. These traditional Chinese medicines include many wild orchids, some quite showy. Typically, ...

Hong Liu received funding from the Guangxi Chairman’s Foundation (09203-04), the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund 0905324 and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. China is well known for its ...

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