The mission of the center( or the state key laboratory) is to discover and transmit knowledge in basic plant biology, especially in plant taxonomy, floristics, biogeography, phylogeny, population biology and evolution, conserv 该中心(点实验室)要研究方向为:植物分类-区系-生物地理学、物的起源和系统发育、群生物学和保护遗传学、化发育生物学和进化基因组学等。