Bo Liu
Lecturer, Ph. D (InstituteofBotany,ChineseAcademyof Sciences)
Postal address:College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, 27 Zhongguancun South Avenue, Haidian district, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
E-mail: boliu@muc.edu.cn
Teaching
Ethnobotany, Plant Resources, Ethnoecology, Plant Taxonomy, Field practice of Botany, Scientific research method
Research Interests
1.Ethnobotanical investigation and documentation, and evaluation of traditional botanical knowledge
Integrated investigation, documentation and digitization of traditional botanical knowledge, through multidisciplinary approaches including ethnobotany, cultural anthropology, taxonomy, ecology, participatory rural appraisal (PRA); Scientific evaluation for traditional botanical knowledge, traditional genetic resources and ethnotaxa, through the approaches of molecular biology etc.; and impacts of human dimension on plant diversity.
2. Taxonomy of Symplocaceae
By integrating multidiscipline evidences, including Morphological character, Leaf epidermal micro-morphology, Palynology, Numerical taxonomy and Molecular systematic, to make species delimitation in Symplocaceae, and discuss the infrafamilial and infrageneric classification.
GRANT SUPPORT
2016 Reproductive characteristics of Mongolian wild poppy and its diversity of Germplasm Resources (National Natural Science Foundation of China)Participant.
2015 Systematics of Symplocaceae inChina(National Natural Science Foundation of China) Rank first.
2015 Phylogeography and species delimitation ofCotoneaster microphylluscomplex (Rosaceae) (National Natural Science Foundation of China) Rank second.
2014 Systematics ofSyndiclisHook. f. (Lauraceae) based on multidiscipline evidence.(National Natural Science Foundation ofChina) Rank fifth.
2013 Investigation of sweetner plants and analysis of their crude extracts(National Natural Science Foundation of China) Rank second.
2012 Investigation for important industries raw material plant in South and Southeast Guizhou,China(China Ministry of Science and Technology)Rank second.
2012 Reintroduce of endangered medicinal plants to traditional agrosystems in Central Hunan,China(Botanic Gardens Conservation International: BGCI)Rank second.
2011 Documentary and ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants inJingxi County,China(National Natural Science Foundation of China)Participant
2011 Taxonomy of Balsaminaceae inChina(National Natural Science Foundation of China)Randfourth.
2010Edible Plant Diversity and Its Custodians in Traditional Tibetan Agroecosystems in Northwest Yunnan(National Natural Science Foundation ofChina)Participant
2010 Taxonomy of three complex inBeilschmiediaNees (Lauraceae)(National Natural Science Foundation of China)Randfourth.
Representative papers
PUBLICATIONS
Liu B & Qin H, Taxonomic revision of the Symplocos nakaharae complex (Symplocaceae) with special reference to fruit morphology.Journal of Systematics and Evolution,51 (1) (2013) 94-114.
Liu B, Li Z, Liu B & Lin Q 2012. The Index of Higher Plants in Zhoukoudian Site. In: L. SHI, Z. LI and Q. WANG (Ed.^(Eds.),Plants of Zhoukoudian site,Beijing Publishing House,Beijing, p. 25–168.
Liu B, Liu Y,Cao W, Zhang S, Liu Z, Ni Y & Li F, Ethnobotany of Medicinal Aroids in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China.AROIDEANA,37E (2) (2014) 69-78.
Liu B, Liu Y, Li J, Gu R, Wujisiguleng, Li P & Li F, Aromatic lichen resources inGuizhou Province,China.Medicinal & Aromatic Plants,3 (1) (2014) doi: 10.4172/2167-0412.1000146
Liu B, Liu Y, Song Z, Hong L, Guo Z & Zhang S, Investigation of Medicinal Plant Resources of South Wuling Mountain Area—A Case Study of Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Hunan Province.Journal of theCentralUniversityfor Nationalities (Natural Sciences Edition), (4) (2013) 39-45.
Liu B, Zhou Y, Zhang S, Peng Y, Cheng G & Shen G, Design and Practice of Botanic Field Practice of Biological Sciences in Ethnic Universities — A Case Study of Minzu University of China.MinzuUniversityofChinaUndergraduate Teaching Research,15 (2014) 101-115.
Liu B 2012.Bretschneidera sinensisHemsl. In: IUCN RED LIST (Eds.),Species on the Edge of Survival,HarperCollins,UK, p. 87-88.
Zhu X, Chen Z & Liu B,Species Catalogue ofChina: Plants Vol. IV (Paeoniaceae throuth Polygalaceae),(Science Press,Beijing),2015.
Committee of Red List,Red Data Book of Vascular Plants ofChina,(Science Press,Beijing),2015.(In Press)
Gu R, Wang Y, Long B, Kennelly E, Wu S, Liu B, Li P & Long C, Prospecting for Bioactive Constituents from Traditional Medicinal Plants through Ethnobotanical Approaches.Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin,37 (6) (2013) 903-915.
Guo Z, Li P, Huang W, Wang J, Liu Y, Liu B, Wang Y, Wu S, Kennelly E J & Long C, Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory caffeoyl phenylpropanoid and secoiridoid glycosides from Jasminum nervosum stems, a Chinese folk medicine.Phytochemistry,106 (2014) 124-133.
Hong L, Bo L, Jianqin L & Feifei L, Ecological Implication and Significance of Holy Mountains in Tibetan Area，Northwest Yunnan，China.Journal of theCentralUniversityfor Nationalities (Natural Sciences Edition),30(2) (2013) 75-78.
Ju Y, Zhuo J, Liu B & Long C, Eating from the wild: diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region,Yunnan,China.Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine,9 (1) (2013) 28.
Li F, Li J, Liu B, Zhuo J & Long C, Seeds used for Bodhi beads in China.Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine,10 (1) (2014) 15.
Li F, Zhuo J, Liu B, Jarvis D & Long C, Ethnobotanical study on wild plants used by Lhoba people inMilin County,Tibet.Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine,11 (1) (2015) 23.
Liu Y, Ahmed S, Liu B, Guo Z, Huang W, Wu X, Li S, Zhou J, Lei Q & Long C, Ethnobotany of dye plants in Dong communities of China.Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine,10 (1) (2014) 23.
Long C, Guo Z, Liu B, Wang Y & Hong L,Plant Resources and Traditional knowledge in China,(Science Press, Beijing),2015 (In Press).
Tan C & Liu B,Dictionary of Technical Botany: Latin-Chinese,(Science Press,Beijing),2015 (In Press).
The Editorial Board,Colored Illustrations of Higher Plants inChina,(Science PressBeijing),2015 (In Press).
Hong, L., Guo, Z., Huang, K., Wei, S., Liu, B., Meng, S., & Long, C. Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Maonan people inChina. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 11, 32 (2015).
Zhang, X. B., Liu, B., Zhou, Y., Liu, Z., Li,Ping, Chunlin, Long. Potential Ornamental Plants in Clusiaceae fromChina.
