Prof. Huan-Yong Chen: a leading botanist and taxonomist, one of the pioneers and founders of modern plant taxonomy in China

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Prof. Huan-Yong Chen (Woon-Young Chun, 陈焕镛, 1890–1971), a leading botanist and taxonomist (Fig. 1), who starteda new era for the modern plant science in China andmade a great contribution to the plant taxonomy, botany andhorticulture of China, especially in Southern China. He wasone of the first academicians of the Chinese Academy ofSciences (CAS), a member of the first, second and thirdChina’s National People’s Congress (NPC), one of the firsteditors of Flora of Republicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS,Flora of China). He was also a leading character in thehistory of botanical collection by Chinese botanists, andpublished hundreds of new genera and species, includingthe famous “living fossil” plant—Cathaya argyrophylla Chunet Kuang (Fig. 2).