Director

Jia-Dong Yang

Director, Biodiversity Research Institute, MOA

Education :

National Chung Hsing University, Department of Forestry, Bachelor

National Taiwan University, Graduated School of Forestry, Master

Tunghai Universuty, Department of Life Science, PhD

Professional Experience

Research Assistant, 1995-1997

Assistant Researcher, 1997-2003

Associate Researcher, 2003-2007

Associate Researcher and Division Chief, 2007-2010

Research Fellow and Chief Secretary, 2010-2017

Director, Endemic Species Research Institute, COA, 2017-2023

Scientific Societies

Member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society

Member of the Bryological Society of Taiwan

Member of the Chinese Forestry Association

Research Interests

Taxonomy and ecology of Bryophytes.

Publications (Selected)

Yang , J .- D . 2009. Liverworts and Hornworts of Taiwan I . Lejeuneaceae . Endemic Species Research Institute , Nantou , Taiwan . 144 pp .

Yang , J .- D . 2011. Liverworts and Hornworts of Taiwan II. Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan. 120 pp.

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2008. Lejeunea bidentula Herz. as a Newly Recorded Liverwort to Taiwan. Endemic Species Research. 10(2): 65-69.

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2008. Leptolejeunea picta Herz., a Liverwort New to Taiwan. Taiwania 53(3): 308-310.

Yang, J.- D. and S.-H. Lin. 2008. Cheilolejeunea falsinervis (Marchantiophyta) newly recorded for Taiwan. Bryological Research 9(10):319-321.

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2009. Calypogeia aeruginosa Mitten, a Newly Recorded Liverwort to Taiwan. Endemic Species Research 11(2):93-99

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2009. Lejeunea sordida (Nees) Nees, a Liverwort New to Taiwan. Bryological Research 9(12):388-390.

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2011. Pycnolejeunea grandiocellata Steph. (Family Lejeuneaceae), a Generic and Species Record New to Liverwort Flora of Taiwan. Taiwania 56(2): 165-168.

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2012. Two Species of Drepanolejeunea (Family Lejeuneaceae) Newly Recorded to Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity. 14 (1-2): 63-73.

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2012. Two Species of Cheilolejeunea (Family Lejeuneaceae) Newly Recorded to Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity. 14 (3-4):63-73.

Ellis, L.T., H. Bednarek-Ochyra, R. Ochyra, M. J. Benjumea, L. V. Saїs, R. Caparrós, F. Lara, V. Mazimpaka, M. V. Dulin, R. Garilleti, N. Gremmen, P.-L. Grundling, P. Heras, M. Infante, S. Huttunen, M. S. Ignatov, T. Korvenpää, M. Lebouvier, R. I. Lewis Smith, S.-H. Lin, J.-D. Yang, A. Linström, V. Plášek, J. A. Rosselló, J. Sawicki, J. van Rooy, V. R. Smith. 2013. New national and regional bryophyte records, 35. Journal of Bryology 35(2): 129–139.

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2013. Dactylophorella muricata (Gottsche) R. M. Schust. (Marchantiophyta, Family Lejeuneaceae), a Genus and Species Record New to Liverwort Flora of Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity. 15 (3):253–257.

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2013. Pycnolejeunea minutilobula, a newly recorded liverwort from Orchid Island of Taiwan. Lindbergia 36: 15–18.

Yang, J.-D. , K.-Y. Yao and S.-H. Lin. 2013. Two Species of Colura (Family Lejeuneaceae) Newly Recorded to Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity. 15 (4): 331–341.

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2013. Cheilolejeunea nipponica (S. Hatt.) S. Hatt., a Newly Recorded Liverwort in Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity. 15 (4): 343–347.

Ellis L. T., J. Bayliss, M. A. Bruggeman-Nannenga, B. Cykowska, R. Ochyra, N. J. M. Gremmen, J-P. Frahm, T. A. Hedderson, P. Heras, V. M. Infante, V. Hugonnot, F. Mogro, V. Plášek, L. Číhal, J. Sawicki, A. Schäfer-Verwimp, A. Stebel, S. Ştefănuţ, J. Váňa, J.-D. Yang, S.-H. Lin. 2014. New national and regional bryophyte records, 38. Journal of Bryology 35: 61–72.

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2014. Two Species of Cololejeunea (Family Lejeuneaceae) Newly Recorded in Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity. 16: 177–184.

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2014. Cololejeunea nanhutashanensis (Lejeuneaceae), a new species from Taiwan. Phytotaxa 177: 56–60.

Shevock, J. R., J.-D.Yang, B. C. Tan. 2014. New moss records for Taiwan. Telopea 17: 223–228.

K.-Y. Yao and J.-D. Yang*. 2015. Calypogeia japonica Stephani, a Newly Recorded Liverwort in Taiwan. Journal of National Park 25(2): 76–80.

Yang, J.-D. and S.-H. Lin. 2016. Cololejeunea laii J.-D.Yang & S.-H.Lin (Lejeuneaceae), sp. nov. from Orchid Island, Taiwan. Journal of Bryology 38: 66–69.

Yang, J.-D. 2016. Frullania subtilis Steph. (Family Frullaniaceae), a Species New for the Liverwort Flora of Taiwan. BryoString 4: 1–6.

Schäfer-Verwimp A., G. Winter, Y.-C. Hsu, S.-H. Lin, J.-D. Yang, K-Y. Yao. 2019. New and Interesting Bryophyte Records for Taiwan. BryoString 6: 1–15.

Yang, J.-D. 2019. Lejeunea neelgherriana Gottsche (Family Lejeuneaceae), a Species New to Liverwort Flora of Taiwan. BryoString 6: 25–29.