In Memory of Professor Yan-Cheng Tang—A Brief Biography and Academic Contributions

Jin-Xiu Wang; Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang; Zhi-Duan Chen; Hai-Ning Qin; An-Min Lu

doi:10.3100/hpib.v25iss2.2020.n14

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Jin-Xiu Wang,^1,2,* Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang,³ Zhi-Duan Chen,¹ Hai-Ning Qin,¹ An-Min Lu¹

¹State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
²CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
³Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, U.S.A.

^* Corresponding author: heather@ibcas.ac.cn; telephone +86-10-62836582; fax: +86-10-62836095.

Abstract

Professor Yan-Cheng Tang, also known as Yen-Cheng Tang, (汤彦承, given name Yan-Cheng, surname Tang; abbreviated Y. C. Tang), passed away on August 6, 2016, in Beijing at the age of 90. He was a highly respected plant taxonomist for his massive contributions to plant taxonomy in China and for the number of botanists he influenced. A brief biography and a summary of his importance in the development of plant taxonomy in China during the latter half of the 20th century is presented.

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Jin-Xiu Wang, Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang, Zhi-Duan Chen, Hai-Ning Qin, and An-Min Lu "In Memory of Professor Yan-Cheng Tang—A Brief Biography and Academic Contributions," Harvard Papers in Botany 25(2), 245-251, (31 December 2020). https://doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v25iss2.2020.n14

Published: 31 December 2020

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