Jinyan Guo

Research

My current research projects involve comparative anatomy and development of flowers and leaves, with a focus on Iridaceae (the iris family).

Specialty Areas:

• Phylogenetics
• Plant Morphology and Anatomy
• Plant Molecular Development

Publications

* Indicates Undergraduate Research Student

• Guo J. 2022. Anatomy of the hinge region of the petiole of prostrate leaves of the wintergreen fern Polystichum acrostichoides (Dryopteridaceae). Botany 100(9): 737–751.
• Xiao Y., J. Guo, Z. Dong, A. Richardson, E. Patterson, S. Mangrum, S. Bybee, E. Bertolini, M. Bartlett, G. Chuck, A. L. Eveland, M. J. Scanlon, and C. Whipple. 2022. Boundary domain genes were recruited to suppress bract growth and promote branching in maize. Science Advances 8, eabm6835.
• Guo J. and C. T. Halson*. 2020. Developmental sequence of the syncarpous gynoecium of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae) with flattened and broadened carpels and an umbrella-shaped style. Botany 98(8): 401–423.
• Guo J. and C. T. Halson*. 2020. Stigma, pollen tube transmitting tract, and epidermal micromorphology of the style of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae). Botany 98(4): 209–229.
• Guo J. and C. A. Wilson. 2018. Organization, available space and organ morphology within floral buds of Iris (Iridaceae). Flora 249: 67–76.
• Guo J. 2015. Comparative micromorphology and anatomy of crested sepals in Iris (Iridaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 176(7): 627–642.
• Guo J. 2015. Mechanisms for the evolution of complex and diversely elaborated sepals in Iris identified by comparative analysis of developmental sequences. American Journal of Botany 102(6): 819–832.
• Guo J. and C. A. Wilson. 2013. Molecular phylogenetic study of the crested Iris based on five plastid markers. Systematic Botany 38(4): 987–995.
• Guo J., J. Z. Zhang, G. F. Sun, and L. Shi. 2007. Effects of 6-BA application on promotion of offset formation in Iris germanica. Acta Horticulturae Sinica 34(2): 461–464.
• Guo J., J. Z. Zhang, G. F. Sun, and L. Shi. 2006. Advances of horticultural study of rhizomatous irises. Acta Horticulturae Sinica 33(5): 1149–1156.
• Guo J., G. F. Sun, and J. Z. Zhang. 2005. Advances in horticultural study of bulbous iris. Advances in Ornamental Horticulture of China, China Forestry Press: Beijing. p74–80.

Education

• Ph.D. Botany, California Botanic Garden (formerly Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden), Claremont Graduate University, California
• M.S., Cell Biology, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
• B.S., Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing