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Jinshuang Ma, Ph.D.
Research Taxonomist
E-mail: jinshuangma@bbg.org
Phone: 718-623-7357
Fax: 718-941-4774
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Research Interests
Metasequoia: natural histories and www.metasequoia.org; Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) of Old World; Euonymus and Tripterygium (Celastraceae) of world; Celastraceae for flora of North America and China; conservation biology: flora of Asia for world geography and hot spots of Asia; Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) of eastern Asia; legume floristics of China; taxonomic advances and local floras of China
Current Projects
- New York Metropolitan Flora Project (Euonymus [Celastraceae], Betulaceae)
- See Research Interests, above
Selected Publications
Ma, J.S. and S. Clemants. 2006. A history and overview of the Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS, Flora of China, Chinese edition, 1959–2004). Taxon 55 (2): 451–460.
Ma, J.S., W. Cao, Q.R. Liu, M. Yu, and L.J. Han. 2006. A revision of genus Phellodendron (Rutaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 63(2/3): 131–151.
Ma, J.S. 2005. Recent progress in systematics in China. Progress in Botany 67: 361–382.
Ma, J.S. 2004. The history of the discovery and initial seed dissemination of Metasequoia glyptostroboides, a "living fossil." Aliso 21(2): 65–75.
Ma, J.S. 2003. The chronology of the "living fossil" Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Taxodiaceae): A review (1943–2003). Harvard Papers in Botany 8(1): 9–18.