研究領域
維管植物比較形態學、植物解剖學、化石植物分類學、演化植物學和環境生物學。
遵循植物演化生物學的思想，從生命科學和環境科學兩個方面，研究陸地植物起源演化及其與全球環境變遷的相關關係。長期以來，通過研究植物演化過程中處於重要環節的類群，整體重建重要的絕滅類群，恢復植物演化序列，揭示其演化機制和規律；同時獲取生物演化事件和化石植物富含的環境和氣候信息，從生物學角度認識環境演變過程和規律，認識史前自然災難，在長時間尺度上探索和理解全球變化趨勢 。其領導的研究團隊主要致力於以下研究：1）陸地植物起源和演化；2）新生代植被演替及其對全球氣候變化的回響；3）第三紀東亞-北美、東亞-歐洲植被的關係；4）人類早期活動與自然環境的關係，取得了一系列原創性研究成果，積累了豐富經驗，發表研究論文150多篇；主要研究成果發表在美國、英國、德國、加拿大和荷蘭等國際核心刊物上；
主要研究經歷
1977北京大學地質系畢業，留校任教
1981中國科學院植物所,獲碩士學位
1986中國科學院植物所,獲博士學位
1987-1989獲德國洪堡獎學金，在德國波恩大學地質與古生物研究所和法蘭克福大學森肯堡研究所工作
1990 分別由英國文化協會和比利時Alice SEGHERS 基金會支持訪問英國威爾斯大學和比利時列日大學。當年回國，由助理研究員越級晉升為研究員。
1990獲國務院學位辦“做出突出貢獻的中國博士學位獲得者”榮譽稱號
1992起享受政府特殊津貼，同年獲國家基金委優秀中青年人才專項基金
1995獲中國科學院自然科學獎二等獎（排名第二）
1997獲國家自然科學獎三等獎（排名第二）
1998獲美國史密森研究所獎學金
1993年至今作為中國科學院與英國皇家學會合作項目中方負責人
近十年來
先後多次出訪英國威爾斯大學，美國史密森研究所的國家自然歷史博物館，美國克利夫蘭自然歷史博物館，瑞典皇家自然歷史博物館，法國蒙彼利爾第二大學，德國圖平根大學，波蘭科學院植物所，烏克蘭科學院地質研究所，俄羅斯科學院植物研究所和太平洋海洋研究所，印度薩尼古植物研究所，阿拉哈巴特大學和加爾格達大學等，與國際上的同行開展廣泛和穩定的合作研究。包括：
1990.01－1990.07 英國卡迪夫大學（威爾斯大學）和比利時列日大學，訪問學者
1992－2003 英國卡迪夫大學（威爾斯大學）（1993、1995、1997、2002、2003年，每次3-6個月），客座教授
1996－1999 美國史密森研究所（1996、1998、1999年，每次3個月），訪問學者
1996－2002 美國俄亥俄州自然歷史博物館（1996、1998、2002年，每次3-6個月），客座研究員
1997－2003 瑞典皇家自然歷史博物館（1997、2003年，每次1個月），訪問學者
1999－2000 法國蒙彼利埃爾第二大學（1999、2000年，每次3個月），訪問學者
2000－2004 俄羅斯科學院科莫洛夫植物研究所和遠東分院太平洋海洋地質研究所（2000、2002、2004年，每次1個月），訪問學者
2003－2006 印度古植物研究所，阿拉哈巴特大學，加爾格達大學2003、2004、2006年，每次1個月），訪問學者1982－今 中國科學院植物研究所 。
科普成就
擔任北京自然博物館館長，組織歐亞自然博物館館長高層論壇等國際活動。組織、領導和實施多項展覽，包括植物展覽、恐龍展覽、礦物展覽等 。從事科研工作的同時，承擔和參與了大量北京市科普項目和活動，為北京市知名科普專家 ，為祖國科學知識傳播和提高大眾環保意識做出貢獻。
學術兼職
1996－今 美國植物學會古植物學分會，榮譽會員；國際木材解剖學會會員；美國克利夫蘭自然歷史博物館客座研究員
1998－今 英國林奈學會，會員
1998－今 中國植物學會，理事
1998－今 中國植物學會古植物學分會，理事長
《植物分類學報》，副主編
《Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology》，編委
《The Palaeobotanist》，編委
《植物科學進展》主編
《植物學報》常務編委
《古地理學報》編委
波蘭《Acta Palaeobotanica》編委
印度《Palaeobotanist》編委
兼任中國科技大學研究生院教授
科研成果（*為通訊作者）
2010-2013年
1. Hao H, Ferguson DK, Syabryaj S, Wang YF, Li CS*, 2010. Early Paleocene vegetation and climate in Jiayin, NE China. Climatic Change 99:547–566
2. Li JF, Hu YQ, Ferguson DK, Wang YF, Li CS*, 2010. An Early Pliocene lake and its surrounding vegetation in Zhejiang, East China. Journal of Paleolimnology 43:751–769
3. Li YM, Ferguson DK, Wang YF, Li CS*, 2009. Paleoenvironmental inferences from diatom assemblages of the middle Miocene Shanwang Formation, Shandong, China. Journal of Paleolimnology 43:799–814
4. Song XY, Spicer RA, Yang J, Yao YF, Li CS, 2010. Pollen evidence for an Eocene to Miocene elevation of central southern Tibet predating the rise of the High Himalaya. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297:159-168
5. Gill FL, Dewhurst RJ, Dungait JAJ, Evershed RP, Ives L, Li CS, Pancost RD, Sullivan M, Bera S, Bull ID, 2010. Archaeol – a biomarker for foregut fermentation in modern and ancient herbivorous mammals? Organic Geochemistry 41(5): 467-472
6. Wang Q, David K. Ferguson DK, Feng GP, Ablaev AG, Wang YF, Yang J, Li YL, Li CS*, 2010. Climatic change during the Palaeocene to Eocene based on fossil plants from Fushun, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 295: 323–331
7. Liang XQ, Wilde V, Ferguson DK, Kvaček Z, Ablaev AG, Wang YF, Li CS*, 2010: Comptonia naumannii (Myricaceae) from the early Miocene of Weichang, China, and the palaeobiogeographical implication of the genus. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology163(1-2):52-63
8. Li YL, Kvacek Z, Ferguson DK, Wang YF, Li CS*, Yang J, Ying TS, Ablaev AG, Liu HM, 2010. The fossil record of Berberis (Berberidaceae) from the Palaeocene of NE China and interpretations of the evolution and phytogeography of the genus. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 160: 10-31
9. Hao H, Feng GP, Ablaev AG, Yang J, Li CS, 2010. Geological time of Wuyun coal mine and Baishantou section in Jiayin County, Heilongjiang Province. Journal of Palaeogeography 12(4): 425-431
10. Yao YF, Liao WB, Song XY, Li CS, 2010. Current status and conservation of mangrove resources in Tielu Harbor, Sanya, Hainan. Marine Science Bulletin 29(2):150-155
11. Yao YF, Bruch AA, Mosbrugger V, Li CS*, 2011. Quantitative reconstruction of Miocene climate patterns and evolution in Southern China based on plant fossils. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 304(3-4):291-307
12. Qin F, Ferguson DK, Zetter R, Wang YF, Syabrya S, Li JF, Yang J, Li CS, 2011. Late Pliocene vegetation and climate of Zhangcun region, Shanxi, North China. Global Change Biology 17: 1850-1870
13. Yao YF, Bruch AA, Mosbrugger V, Li CS, 2011. Quantitative reconstruction of Miocene climate patterns and evolution in Southern China based on plant fossils. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 304: 291–307
14. D'Rozario A, Labandeira C, Guo WY, Yao YF, Li CS, 2011. Spatiotemporal extension of the Euramerican Psaronius component community to the Late Permian of Cathaysia: In situ coprolites in a P. housuoensis stem from Yunnan Province, southwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 306: 127-133
15. Li Y, Smith T, Liu CJ, Awasthi N, Yang J, Wang YF, Li CS, 2011. Endocarps of Prunus (Rosaceae: Prunoideae) from the early Eocene of Wutu, Shandong Province, China. Taxon 60 (2): 555-564
16. D'Rozario A, Sun B, Galtier J, Wang SJ, Guo WY, Yao YF, Li CS, 2011. Studies on the Late Permian permineralized tree fern Psaronius housuoensis sp. nov. from Yunnan Province, southwest China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 163: 247-263
17. Nosova N, Zhang JW, Li CS, 2011. Revision of Ginkgoites obrutschewii (Seward) Seward (Ginkgoales) and the new material from the Jurassic of Northwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 166: 286-294
18. Yao YF, Bera S, Naskar K, Liao WB, Li CS. 2011. A comparative study of mangrove floras in China and India. Forestry Studies in China 13(3): 173-182.
19. Yang J., Spicer R.A., Spicer T.E.V., Li C.S., 2011. 'CLAMP Online': a new web-based palaeoclimate tool and its application to the terrestrial Paleogene and Neogene of North America.Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments91: 163-183
20. Hao H, Ferguson DK, Chang H, Li CS*, 2012. Vegetation and climate of the Lop Nur area, China, during the past 7 million years. Climatic Change 113:323-338
21. Zhang QQ, Ferguson DK, Mosbrugger V, Wang YF, Li CS*, 2012. Vegetation and climatic changes of SW China in response to the uplift of Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 363-364: 23 - 36
22. Song XY, Yao YF, Wortley AH, Paudayal KN, Yang SH, Li CS*, Blackmore S, 2012. Holocene vegetation and climate history at Haligu on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Yunnan, SW China. Climatic Change 113:841-866
23. Guo CQ, Ochyra R, Wu PC, Seppelt RD, Yao YF, Bian LG, Li SP, Li CS, 2013. Warnstorfia exannulata, an aquatic moss in the Arctic: seasonal growth responses to global climate change. Climatic Change 119(2): 407-419
24. Yao YF, Bruch AA, Cheng YM, Mosbrugger V, Wang YF, Li CS*, 2012. Monsoon versus Uplift in Southwestern China–Late Pliocene Climate in Yuanmou Basin, Yunnan. PLoS ONE 7(5) e37760. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037760
25. Yao YF, Li X, Jiang HE, Ferguson DK, Hueber F, Ghosh R, Bera S, Li CS*, 2012. Pollen and Phytoliths from Fired Ancient Potsherds as Potential Indicators for Deciphering Past Vegetation and Climate in Turpan, Xinjiang, NW China. PLoS ONE 7(6)e39780. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039780
26. Jiang H, Yang J, Ferguson DK, Li Y, Wang C, Li CS, Liu C, 2012. Fruit stones from Tiao Lei’s tomb of Jiangxi in China, and their palaeoethnobotanical significance. Journal of Archaeological Science 40(4):1911 - 1917
27. Yao YF, Zhao Q, Bera S, Li XL, Li CS*, 2012 Pollen morphology of selected tundra plants from the high Arctic of Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Advances in Polar Science, 23: 103-115
28. Patra B, Bera S, Molchanoff S, Wang YF, Yang J, Li CS, 2012. Morpho-anatomy of Xerephedromiya ustjurtensis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) induced galls and intersexual variation of gall density in Ephedra distachya l. (Ephedraceae) from Ukraine. Acta Botanica Hungarica 2012. 54(3-4): 377-389
29. Cheng YM, Yin YF, Mehrotra RC, Li CS, 2012. A new fossil wood of Koelreuteria (Sapindaceae) from the Pliocene of China and remarks on the phytogeographic history of Koelreuteria IAWA Journal, 33 (3): 301–307
30. Jiang H, Wu Y, Wang H, Ferguson DK, Li CS, 2013*. Ancient plant use at the site of Yuergou, Xinjiang, China: implications from desiccated and charred plant remains. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 22:129-140
31. Wang Q, Spicer RA, Yang J, Wang YF*, Li CS*, 2013. The Eocene climate of China, the early elevation of the Tibetan Plateau and the onset of the Asian Monsoon. Global Change Biology 19: 3709–3728
32. Guo CQ, Ochyra R, Wu PC, Seppelt RD, Yao YF, Bian LG, Li SP, Li CS*, 2013. Warnstorfia exannulata, an aquatic moss in the Arctic: seasonal growth responses. Climatic Change 119:407–419
33. Guo CQ, Yao JX, Wu PC, Li CS, 2013. Early Miocen Mosses from Weichang, North China, and their environmental significance. Acta Geologica Sinica 87 (6): 801-840
34. Li JF, Abuduresule I, Hueber FM, Li WY, Hu XJ, Li YZ, Li CS*, 2013. Buried in Sands: Environmental Analysis at theArchaeological Site of Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China. PLoS One 8(7): e68957. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068957
35. Li Y, Awasthi N, Yang J, Li CS, 2013. Fruits of Schima (Theaceae) and seeds of Toddalia (Rutaceae) from the Miocene of Yunnan Province, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 193: 119–127
36. Mayr G, Yang J, De Bast E, Li CS, Smith T, 2013. A strigogyps-like bird from the Middle Paleocene of China with an unusual grasping foot. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(4):1–7
37. Liang XQ, Li Y, Kvaček Z, Wilde V, Li CS, 2013. Seeds of Weigela (Caprifoliaceae) from the Early Miocene of Weichang, China and the biogeographical history of the genus. Taxon 62(5): 1009-1018
38. Missiaen P, Sole F, De Bast E, Yang J, Li CS, Smith T. 2013. A new species of Archaeoryctes from the Middle Paleocene of China and the phylogenetic diversification of Didymoconidae. Geologica 16/4: 245-253
39. Tang YN, Li X, YaoYF, Ferguson DK, Li CS*, 2013. Environmental reconstruction of Tuyoq in fifth century and its bearing on Buddhism in Turpan, Xinjiang, China. PLoS One 9(1): e86363. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086363
2007
Hu, Y. Q., Ferguson, D. K., Li, C. S., Xiao, X. P., Wang, Y. F. 2007. Alseodaphne (Lauraceae) from the Pliocene of China and its paleoclimatic significance. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 146: 277-285
Cheng, Y. M., Wang, Y. F., Li, C. S. 2007. A new species of Millerocaulis （Osmundaceae）from the Midde Jurassic of China and its implication for evolution of Osmunda. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 168(9) :1351-1358
Yang, J., Wang, Y. F., Spicer, R. A., Mosbrugger, V., Li, C. S., Sun Q. G. 2007. Climatic reconstruction at the Miocene Shanwang Basin, China, using leaf margin analysis, CLAMP,coexistence approach, and overlapping distribution analysis American Journal of Botany. 94(4):599-608
Song, X. Y., Blacimore, S., Bear, S., Li, C. S.2007. Pollen analysis of spider webs from Yunnan, China. Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology. 145: 325-333
Jiang, H. E., Li, X., Ferguson, D. K., Wang, Y. F., Liu, C. J., Li, C. S.2007. The discovery of Capparis spinosa L. (Capparidaceae) in the Yanghai Tombs (2800 years B.P.), NW China, and its medicinal implications Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 113: 409-420
Hu, Y. Q., Zhang, Z. L., Bera, S., Ferguson, D. K., Li, C. S., Shao, W, B., Wang, Y. F.2007. What can pollen grains from theterracottaArmy tell us? Journal of Archaeological Science. 34: 1153-1157
Zhang, Y. L., Ferguson, D. K., Ablaev, A. G., Wang, Y. F., Li, C. S., Xie, L. 2007. Equisetum cf. Pratense (Equisetaceae) from the Miocene of Yunnan in Southwestern China and its paleoecological implications. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 168(3): 351-359
Jiang, H. E., Li, X., Liu C. J., Wang, Y. F., Li, C. S. 2007. Fruits of Lithospermum officinale L. (Boraginaceae) used as an early plant decoration (2500 years BP) in Xinjiang, China. Journal of Archaeological Science. 34: 167-170
2006
Wang, Y. F., Xiang, Q. P., Ferguson, D. K., Zastawniak, E., Yang, J. & Li, C. S. 2006. A new species of Keteleeria (Pinaceae) in the Shanwang Miocene flora of China and its phytogeographic connection with North America. Taxon. 55(1): 165-171
Liu, X. Q., Li, C. S.* & Wang, Y. F. 2006. The pollen cones of Ginkgo from the Early Cretaceous of China, and their bearing on the evolutionary significance. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 152(2): 133-144
Kou, X. Y., Ferguson, D. K., Xu, J. X., Wang, Y. F. & Li, C. S.* 2006. The reconstruction of paleovegetation and paleoclimate in the Late Pliocene of west Yunnan, China. Climatic Change. 77: 431-448
Jiang, H. E., Li, X., Zhao, Y. X., Ferguson, D. K., Huber, F. M., Bera, S., Wang, Y. F., Zhao, L. C., Liu, C. J. & Li, C. S.* 2006. A new insight into cannabis sativa (Cannabaceae) utilization from 2500-year-old Yanghai Tombs, Xinjiang, China. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 180: 414-422
Edwards, D., Li, C. S. & Raven, J. A. 2006. Tracheids in an early vascular plant: a tale of two branches. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 150: 115-130
2005
Zhao, Y. X., Li, C. S., Luo, X. D., Yi, T. M. & Zhou, J. 2005. Three new Urea derivatives from Pliocene-fossil Pinus armandii. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 88: 325-329
Wang, Y. F., Ferguson, D. K. & Li, C. S. 2005. Ceratophyllum (Ceratophyllaceae) from the Miocene of Eastern China and its paleoecological Significance. Systematic Botany. 30(4): 705-711
Sun, T. X., Edwards, D. & Li, C. S.* 2005. The stomatal apparatus of Lycopodium japonicum and its bearing on the stomata of the Devonian lycophyte Drepanophycus spinaeformis. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 149: 209-216
Mehrotra, R. C., Liu, X. Q., Li, C. S.*, Wang, Y. F. & Chauhan, M. S. 2005. Comparison of the Tertiary flora of southwest China and northeast India and its significance in the antiquity of the modern Himalayan flora. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 135: 145-163
Ma, Q. W., Li, F. L. & Li, C. S.* 2005. The coast redwoods (Sequoia, Taxodiaceae) from the Eocene of Heilongjiang and the Miocene of Yunnan, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 135: 117-129
2004
Zhao, Y. X., Li, C. S., Luo, X. D. & Zhou, J. 2004. A new Tricyclic 6-7-5ring diterpene from Pliocene fossil Tsuga dumosa. Heterocycles. 63: 861-864
Zhao, L. C., Wang, Y. F., Liu, C. J. & Li, C. S.* 2004. Climatic implications of fruit and seed assemblage from Miocene of Yunnan, southwestern China. Quaternary International. 117: 81-89
Zhao, L. C., Collinson, M. E. & Li, C. S.* 2004. Fruits and seeds of Ruppia (Potamogetonaceae) from the Pliocene of Yushe Basin, Shanxi, northern China and their ecological implications. Botanical Journal of Linnean Society. 145: 317-329
Yao, Y. F., Xi, Y. Z., Geng, B. Y. & Li, C. S.* 2004. The extine ultrastructure of pollen grains in Gnetum (Gnetaceae) from China and its bearing on the relationship with the ANITA group. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 146: 415-425
Xu, J. X., Ferguson, D. K., Li, C. S.*, Wang, Y. F. & Du, N. Q. 2004. Climatic and ecological implications of Late Pliocene Palynoflora from Longling, Yunnan, China. Quaternary International. 117: 91-103
Ma, Q. W., Li, C. S.*, Li, F. L. & Vickulin, S. V. 2004. Epidermal stomatal parameter of Chinese endemic Glyptosprobus Pensilis (Taxodiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 146: 153-162
Li, X. Q., Li, C. S., Lu, H. Y., Dodson, J. R. & Wang, Y. F. 2004. Paleovegetation and paleoclimate in middle-late Pliocene, Shanxi, central China. palaeography, Palaeoclimatolohy, Palaeoecology. 210: 57-66
Ian, G. J., Hilton, J., Collinson, M. E., Wang, S. J. & Li, C. S. 2004. Folia physiognomy in Cathaysiangigantopteridesand the potential to track Palaeozoic climates using an extinct plant group. Palaeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 205: 69-110
2003
Wang, Q., Li, C. S.*, Geng, B. Y. & Chitaley, S. 2003. A new species of Lepidostrobus from the Upper Devonioan of Xinjiang, China and its bearing on the phylogenetic significance of the order Isoetales. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 143: 55-67
Wang, Y. F., Li, C. S.* 2003. Collinson, M. E., Lin, J. & Sun, Q. G., Eucommia (Eucommiaceae), a potenitial biothermometer for the reconstruction of paleoenvironments. American Journal of Botany. 90: 1-7
Hilton, J. & Li, C. S. 2003. Reinvestigation of Nystroemia pectiniformis Halle, an enigmatic seed plant from the Upper Permian of China. palaeontology. 46 : 29-51
Liang, M. M., Bruch, A., Collinson, M., Mosbrugger, V., Li, C. S. & Sun, Q. G. 2003. Testing the climatic estimates from different palaeobotanical methods: an example from the Middle Miocene Shanwang flora of china. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 198: 279-301
2002
Sun, Q. G., Collinson, M. E., Li, C. S.*, Wang, Y. F. & Beerling, D. J. 2002. Quantitative reconstruction of palaeoclimate from the Middle Miocene Shanwang flora, eastern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 180: 315-329
2001
Wang, Y. F., Li, C. S.*, Li, Z. Y. & Fu, D. Z. 2001. Wuyunanthus gen. nov., a flower of Celastraceae from Paleocene of NE China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 323-327
Shang, H., Cui, J. Z. & Li, C. S.* 2001. Pityostrobus yixianensis sp. nov., a pinaceous cone from the Lower Cretaceous of NE China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 427-437
Liu, Z. H., Hilton, J. & Li, C. S.* 2001. Fertile pinnules of Danaeites rigida Gu and Zhi (Marattiales) from the Upper Permian of south China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 107-117
Hilton, J., Wang, S. J., Galtier, J. & Li, C. S. 2001. An early Permian plant assemblage from the Taiyuan formation of Northern China with compression/impression and permineralized preservation. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 114: 175-189
Hilton, J.,Rothwell, G. W., Li, C. S., Wang, S. J. & Galtier, J. 2001. Permineralized cardiocarpalean ovules in wetland vegetation from Early Permian volcaniclastic sediments of China. Palaeontology. 44: 811-825
Chen, L. Q., Li, C. S.*, Chaloner, W. G., Beerling, D. J., Sun, Q. G., Collinson, M. E. & Mitchell. 2001. P. L., Assessing the potential for the stomatal characters of extant and fossil Ginkgo leaves to signal atmospheric CO2 change. American Journal of Botany. 88: 1309-1315
2000
Liu, Z. H., Li, C. S.* & Hilton, J. 2000. Zhutheca Liu, Li et Hilton gen. nov., the fertile pinnules of Fascipteris dansata Gu et Zhi and their significance in marattialean evolution. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 109: 149-160
Li, C. S., Hueber, F. M. & Hotton, C. L. 2000. A neotype for Drepanophycus spinaeformis Göppert 1852. Canadian Journal of Botany. 78: 889-902
Li, C. S. & Hueber, F. M. 2000. Cervicornus wenshanensis, gen. et sp. nov, a Pragian (Early Devonian) plant with forked leaves from Yunnan Province, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 109: 113-119
Feng, G. P., Li, C. S.* 2000. Zhilin, S. G., Wang, Y. F. & Gabrielyan, I. G., Nyssidium jiayinense sp. nov. (Cercidiphyllaceae) of the Early Tertiary from NE China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 134: 471-484
1999
Sun, Q. G., Chen, L. Q. & Li, C. S. 1999. Impact of changing atmospheric CO2 concentratons over the Phanerozoic on stomatal parameters of vascular land plants. Chinese Science Bulletin. 44: 577-582
Liu, Y. J., Li, C. S.* & Wang, Y. F. 1999. Studies on FossilMetasequoiafrom Northeast China and Their Taxonomic Implication. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 130: 267-297
1998
Kenrick, P. & Li, C. S. 1998. An early non-calicified dasycladalean alga from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan Province, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 100: 73-88
1997
Li, C. S., Hilton, J. & Hemsley, A. R. 1997. Frasnian (Upper Devonian) evidence for the multiple origin of seed-like structures. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 123: 133-146
Li, C. S. & Edwards, D. 1997. A new microphyllous plant from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan Province, China. American Journal of Botany. 84: 1441-1448
1996
Li, C. S. & Edwards, D., Demersatheca. 1996. new genus of early land plants from the Lower Devonian, Yunnan Province, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 93: 77-88
1995
Li, C. S. & Edwards, D. 1995. A re-investigation of Halle’s Drepanophycus spinaeformis from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan Province, southern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 118: 163-192
1993
Li, C. S., Wang, Y. F., Li, Z. Y. & Fu, D. Z. 1993. An early fossil flower of angiosperms from northeast China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 38: 1889-1892
Fairon-Demaret, M. & Li, C. S. 1993. Lorophyton goense, gen et sp. nov. from the Lower Givetian of Belgium and a discussion of the Middle Devonian Cladoxylopsida. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 77: 1-22
1992
Li, C. S., Hsüa robusta. 1992. An Early Devinian plant from Yunnan, China and its bearing on some structures of early land plants. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 71: 121-147
Li, C. S. & Edwards, D. 1992. A new genus of early land plants with novel strobilar construction from the Lower Devonian Posongchong Formation, Yunnan Province, China. Palaeontology. 35: 257-272
