1. 管开云，田代科，云南秋海棠属植物三新种，云南植物研究，22，（2）129-134，2000  

2. guan kaiyun, ornamental plant resources in yunnan. international symposium on man and nature-landscape, horticulture and plant resources. iwatsuki, guan kaiyun eds. p.116-127，2001  

3. 管开云，中国花卉研究的进展，植物科学进展（第四卷）p. 59-368，2002  

4.向建英， 管开云*，杨俊波，应用its区序列对秋海棠属无翅组分类学问题探讨，云南植物研究，24（4）：455-462，2002  

5.guan kaiyun, wild flowers of yunnan, china and their horticultural potential, bulletin of the hyogo prefectural awaji landscape planning & horticulture academy, vol. 2 no. 2，2002  

6. 李宏哲，管开云*，马宏，五种中国秋海棠属植物的染色体数目，云南植物研究，27（1）：92-94，2005  

7. 管开云，李景秀，李宏哲，云南秋海棠属植物资源调查研究，园艺学报，32(1):74-80，2005  

8. guan kaiyun，fershalova t.d., tsybulya n.v., tian daike,antimicrobic activity of volatile emissions of some begonias from yunnan, china，acta botanica yunnanica， 27 (4):437-442，2005  

9. hong-zhe li, hong ma, kai-yun guan*, and ching-i peng, begonia rubinea (sect. platycentrum, begoniaceae), a new species from guizhou, china，botanical bulletin of academia sinica, 46:377-383，2005  

10. 管开云，李景秀、李宏哲，马宏，秋海棠新品种‘紫叶’、‘紫柄’、和‘大裂’，园艺学报，33(4):933，2006  

11. 管开云，李景秀、李宏哲，马宏，秋海棠新品种‘香皇后’、‘厚角’、‘芳菲’和‘丛茎’，园艺学报，33(5):1171，2006  

12. guan kaiyun, yamaguchi hirofumi, li jingxiu, li hongzhe, ma hong, traditiona uses of begonias (begoniaceae) in china，acta botanica yunnanica，29 (1):58-66，2007  

13. ai-rong li, kai-yun guan*, mycorrhizal and dark septate endophytic fungi of pedicularis species from northwest of yunnan province, china, mycorrhiza ，17，103-109，2007  

14. 沈云光，王仲朗，管开云*，国产13种鸳尾属植物的核型研究，植物分类学报， 45(5):601-618, 2007  

15．y.-q. ren and k.-y.guan*, effects of moist-chilling and ga₃ applications on seed germination of three pedicularis species from yunnan, china. seed science and technology, 36, 225-229, 2008  

16. hong-zhe li, hong ma, zhe-kun zhou and kai-yun guan*, a new species of begonia (begoniaceae) from guangxi, china. botanical journal of the linnean society, 157, 83-90, 2008  

17. ai-rong li, kai-yun guan*, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi may serve as another nutrient strategy for some hemiparasitic species of pedicularis (orobanchaceae), mycorrhiza, 18:429-436, 2008  

18. k.-y. guan, h. yamaguchi, h. ma, j.-x. li, h.-z. li, begonia germplasm resources of china, acta hort. 766. ishs, 337-348，2008  

19. nan jiang, wen-bin yu, hong-zhe li and kai-yun guan*. floral traits, pollination ecology and breeding system of three clematis species (ranunculaceae) in yunnan province, southwestern china. australian journal of botany, 58, 115–123，2010  

20. zi-juan wang & kai-yun guan*. genetic structure and phylogeography of a relict tree fern, sphaeropteris brunoniana (cyatheaceae) from china and laos inferred from cpdna sequence variations: implications for conservation. journal of systematics and evolution 49 (1): 72–79，2011  

21. hu, x. j.,yang, l. h.,*guan, k. y.  　　plant species biology, 27(3), pp 201-209, 2012. 

22. li, ai-rong, smith, sally e.,smith, f. andrew, guan, kai-yun. . annals of botany, 109(6), pp 1075-1080, 2012/5.  

23.代表性著作有《中国云南山茶花》、《云南高山花卉》、《云南花纪行》、《中国杜鹃花》（三卷）、《中国茶花图鉴》等。