历史沿革
中国科学院植物研究所是我国植物科学领域历史最为悠久的综合性研究机构，其前身为 1928 年成立的静生生物调查所和 1929 年成立的北平研究院植物学研究所。研究所地处北京香山脚下，近百年间从不同生命层次开展整合植物生物学研究，先后获得国家自然科学一等奖 3 项、二等奖 7 项和国家技术发明二等奖 2 项等重要奖项。2022 年，依托植物所和北京市植物园设立的首个国家植物园在北京正式揭牌，进一步强化了其国家战略科技力量的定位。
学科体系与重点实验室
植物所现有植物多样性与特色经济作物、饲草种质高效设计与利用 2 个全国重点实验室，以及野生植物迁地保护与利用国家林业和草原局重点实验室。研究方向涵盖植物系统与进化、植被与环境变化、植物分子生理、光合作用以及资源植物利用 5 个重点学科领域。下设 7 个所内研究与支撑单元，包括系统与进化植物学重点实验室、植被与环境变化重点实验室、植物分子生理学重点实验室、光生物学重点实验室、植物园、大数据与 AI 生物多样性保护研究中心和文献中心。
师资人才与培养体系
截至 2025 年底，植物所共有在职职工 582 人（正高级 111 人，副高级 204 人），在学研究生 825 人（硕士生 345 人、博士生 480 人）。研究所汇聚了 4 位中国科学院院士、5 位国家”百千万人才工程”入选者、15 位国家杰出青年科学基金获得者和 16 位国家优秀青年科学基金获得者。作为我国首批具有博士、硕士学位授予权的单位之一，设有植物学、发育生物学、细胞生物学、生态学、园艺学博士硕士学位授予点，草业科学硕士授予点，生物与医药专业硕士授予点，并设有生物学、生态学专业一级学科博士后流动站。
科研平台与社会服务
植物所拥有亚洲最大的植物标本馆（国家植物标本资源库）、8 个野外台站（含 4 个国家站、4 个 CERN 站、6 个国家生态质量综合监测站）、中国科学院植物科学数据中心、中国生物多样性监测与研究网络（Sino BON）、公共技术中心和中国生态系统研究网络（CERN）生物分中心。”十四五”期间，研究所围绕植物多样性形成与保护、植被与生态系统功能、光合作用与饲草种质创新 3 个主攻方向，开展重大基础理论研究和关键核心技术研发，打造植物科学原始创新策源地。
学术期刊与行业地位
植物所是中国植物学会、中国科学院生物多样性委员会、北京生态学学会、中国花卉协会蕨类植物分会的挂靠单位。主办的学术刊物包括 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology、Journal of Systematics and Evolution、Journal of Plant Ecology、《生物多样性》、《植物生态学报》、《植物学报》和《生命世界》，其中前 3 个被 SCI 收录。研究所主办或参与维护的数据库包括中国自然标本馆、Flora of China、中国数字植物标本馆、中国数字植物园和 CERN 生物分中心数据共享平台，为全国植物学研究和生态文明建设提供权威数据支撑。
Historical Evolution
The Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) is the oldest comprehensive research institution in the field of plant science in China. It traces its origins to the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology established in 1928 and the Institute of Botany of the former Academia Peiping established in 1929. Located at the foot of the Fragrant Hills in Beijing, the institute has carried out integrated plant biology research across biological hierarchies for nearly a century, and its achievements have earned three first-class prizes and seven second-class prizes of the National Natural Science Award, as well as two second-class prizes of the National Technology Invention Award. In 2022, China’s first National Botanical Garden, jointly anchored by IBCAS and the Beijing Botanical Garden, was officially inaugurated in Beijing.
Discipline System and Key Laboratories
IBCAS hosts two National Key Laboratories, Plant Diversity and Specialty Economic Crops, and High-Efficiency Design and Utilization of Forage Germplasm, along with the National Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory for Ex-situ Conservation and Utilization of Wild Plants. Research is organized across five priority disciplines: plant systematics and evolution, vegetation and environmental change, plant molecular physiology, photosynthesis, and utilization of plant resources. The institute also operates seven in-house research and support units, including the Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, the Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, the Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, the Key Laboratory of Photobiology, the Botanical Garden, the Big Data and AI Center for Biodiversity Conservation, and the Documentation Center.
Faculty Talent and Training System
By the end of 2025, the institute had 582 active staff members (including 111 full professors and 204 associate professors) and 825 enrolled graduate students (345 master’s candidates and 480 doctoral candidates). Its faculty includes four CAS academicians, five recipients of the National Hundred-Thousand-Ten-Thousand Talents Project, 15 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and 16 winners of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars. As one of China’s earliest institutions authorized to confer doctoral and master’s degrees, IBCAS offers doctoral and master’s programs in botany, developmental biology, cell biology, ecology, and horticulture, a master’s program in pratacultural science, a professional master’s program in biology and medicine, and postdoctoral stations in biology and ecology.
Research Platforms and Social Services
The institute maintains Asia’s largest herbarium (the National Plant Specimen Resource Center), eight field stations (including four national stations, four CERN stations, and six national ecological quality monitoring stations), the CAS Plant Science Data Center, the Sino BON network, a public technology center, and the CERN Biology Sub-center. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, IBCAS has concentrated on three priority research directions, formation and conservation of plant diversity, vegetation and ecosystem function, and photosynthesis and forage germplasm innovation, delivering fundamental theoretical advances and key core technologies to build an original-innovation source for plant science.
Academic Journals and Institutional Standing
IBCAS serves as the host institution for the Botanical Society of China, the CAS Committee on Biodiversity, the Beijing Ecological Society, and the Fern Branch of the China Flower Association. Its published journals include Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Journal of Plant Ecology, Biodiversity Science, Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, Chinese Bulletin of Botany, and Life World, with the first three indexed by SCI. The institute also maintains or co-develops major data platforms including the Chinese Virtual Herbarium, Flora of China, the China Digital Plant Specimen Library, the China Digital Botanical Garden, and the CERN Biology Sub-center data-sharing platform, providing authoritative data support for plant science research and ecological civilization construction nationwide.
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