中国科学院昆明植物研究所（以下简称“昆明植物所”）是中国科学院直属科研机构，是中国植物学、植物化学领域重要的综合性研究机构。昆明植物所以“原本山川 极命草木”为所训，旨在认识植物、利用植物、造福于民。 

建所初期，昆明植物所汇集了中国众多植物学名家学者，开启了国人研究云南植物的先河，老一辈植物学家，不惧工作的艰辛和生活的艰苦，一心科学报国，奠下云南植物学研究的深厚基石。1963年，昆明植物所提出“花开三带，果结八方。群芳争妍，万紫千红”办所方针，建设综合性研究所，开发利用植物资源为国民经济建设服务。 

建所以来，昆明植物所的各项事业发展始终与国家需求紧密结合。20世纪40年代，引种美烟大金元，试种栽培证明适生性，培育优质种苗，助力云南烟草业发展；20世纪50年代，积极投身橡胶宜林地考察，确定橡胶种植适宜区，打破帝国主义对新中国的封锁，为国家自力更生发展天然橡胶产业奠定了基础；1956年提出建立“自然保护区”，1999年提出建设“种质资源库”，为国家生物多样性保护提供前瞻性、战略性良策；2001年批准建设云南省第一个国家重点实验室，为植物化学学科发展和西部植物资源的可持续利用提供了战略支撑；编研《中国植物志》（中英文版）、《云南植物志》、《西藏植物志》、《中国种子植物区系地理》等专著，摸清了中国植物的家底，为植物资源持续利用打下科学基础；研发“天麻素”、“宫血宁”、“青阳参”、“咽康舒片”、“草乌甲素”、“神衰果素片”、“鞘蕊花”、“复方SH”、“奥生乐赛特”、“灯台叶碱”、“芬克罗酮”、“LFG-53”等一批新药，为国家天然药物发展做出重要贡献；解决天麻、松乳菇、块菌人工栽培，突破羊肚菌产业化关键技术，选育云南山茶、杜鹃、报春、兰花等新品种，破译茶树基因组，为云南地方经济产业发展提供支撑。  

Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as "Kunming Institute of Botany") is a research institution directly under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an important comprehensive research institution in the field of botany and phytochemistry in China. Kunming Plant is trained in "the original mountains and rivers of extreme vegetation", aiming to understand plants, use plants, benefit the people.

At the early stage of its establishment, Kunming Institute of Botany brought together many famous botanical scholars in China, which was the first time for Chinese people to study Yunnan plants. The older generation of botanists, unafraid of hard work and hard life, devoted themselves to serving the country with science, laying a solid foundation for Yunnan botanical research. In 1963, the Kunming Institute of Botany put forward that "flowers bloom in three zones, and fruit bears in all directions. The guideline of the Office is to build a comprehensive research institute and develop and utilize plant resources to serve the national economic construction.

Since its establishment, the development of various undertakings of Kunming Plant Institute has always been closely combined with the national needs. In the 1940s, Meiyanda Jinyuan was introduced for trial planting and cultivation to prove its suitability, and high-quality seedlings were cultivated to help the development of Yunnan tobacco industry. In the 1950s, he took an active part in the investigation of suitable rubber forests, determined suitable areas for rubber planting, broke the blockade of imperialism on New China, and laid the foundation for the development of natural rubber industry by the country; The establishment of a "nature reserve" in 1956 and a "germplasm resource bank" in 1999 have been proposed to provide forward-looking and strategic strategies for national biodiversity protection. The establishment of the first State Key Laboratory of Yunnan Province was approved in 2001, which provides strategic support for the development of phytochemistry and the sustainable utilization of plant resources in western China. In order to lay a scientific foundation for the sustainable utilization of plant resources in China, I compiled and researched the Flora of China (Chinese and English versions), the Flora of Yunnan, the Flora of Tibet and the Floristic Geography of Seed Plants of China. Research and development of a number of new drugs, such as "gastrodin", "Gongxuening", "Qingyangshen", "Yankangshu Tablet", "grass aconitine", "Shenshuigin tablet", "Sphingycosin", "Compound SH", "oxenoloxet", "Dendyapine", "Fincroxone", "LFG-53", etc., which have made important contributions to the development of national natural medicine; Solve the artificial cultivation of gastrodia elata, pinus mushroom and truffle, break through the key technology of the industrialization of morels, select and breed new varieties of Yunnan camellia, rhododendron, primrose and orchid, and decipher the tea tree genome to provide support for the development of local economy and industry in Yunnan.