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ISSN: 2468-2659
CN: 53-1233/Q

Huafeng Wang

Junior Editors, Plant Diversity

Hainan University, Haikou, China
Area of expertise: Plant taxonomy, urban plant diversity, germplasm resource evaluation

Hainan University, Haikou, China
Area of expertise: Plant taxonomy, urban plant diversity, germplasm resource evaluation

Title: Professor

Email:  hfwang@hainanu.edu.cn 

Selected publications (no more than 15):

Hong‐Xin Wang. Diego F. Morales‐Briones. Michael J. Moore. Jun Wen. Hua‐Feng Wang*. A phylogenomic perspective on gene tree conflict and character evolution in Caprifoliaceae using target enrichment data, with Zabelioideae recognized as a new subfamily, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2021. 59(5): 1077–1096. 

Hong-Xin Wang. Huan Liu. Michael J. Moore. Sven Landrein. Bing Liu. Zhi-Xin Zhu. Hua‐Feng Wang* . Plastid phylogenomic insights into the evolution of the Caprifoliaceae s.l. (Dipsacales),Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2019. 139: 106562.

Qing-Hui Sun. Diego F. Morales-Briones. Hong-Xin Wang. Jacob B. Landis. Jun Wen. Hua‐Feng Wang* . Target sequence capture data shed light on the deeper evolutionary relationships of subgenus Chamaecerasus in Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2023.184: 107769. 

Qamar U. Zaman. Ali Raza. Rafaqat Ali Gill. Muhammad Azhar Hussain. Hua‐Feng Wang*. Rajeev K. Varshney . New possibilities for trait improvement via mobile CRISPR-RNA, Trends in Biotechnology, 2023.41(11): 1345–1359.

Qamar U. Zaman. Ali Raza. Jorge Lozano-Juste. Li Chao. Michael G.K. Jones. Hua‐Feng Wang*.Rajeev K. Varshney*. Engineering plants using diverse CRISPR-associated proteins and deregulation of genome-edited crops, Trends in Biotechnology, 2024.42(5): 560–577.

Qing-Hui Sun, Diego F Morales-Briones , Hong-Xin Wang , Jacob B Landis , Jun Wen , Hua-Feng Wang*. Phylogenomic analyses of the East Asian endemic Abelia (Caprifoliaceae) shed insights into the temporal and spatial diversification history with widespread hybridization, Annals of Botany, 2022.129(2): 171–184.

Xiu-Rong Ke, Diego F. Morales-Briones, Hong-Xin Wang, Qing-Hui Sun, Jacob B. Landis, Jun Wen, Hua-Feng Wang*. Nuclear and plastid phylogenomic analyses provide insights into the reticulate evolution, species delimitation, and biogeography of the Sino‐Japanese disjunctive Diabelia (Caprifoliaceae), Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2021.59(6): 1107–1125.

Guo-Qing Wang, Rosa A. Scherson, Diego Vera, Yun-Hao Bai, Jun Wen, Lin-Yuan Guo, Alice C. Hughes, Hua-Feng Wang*. Spatial patterns and drivers of native plant diversity in Hainan, China,Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2023.61(5): 843–858.

Xia-Lan Cheng, Josep Padullés Cubino, Kelly Balfour, Zhi-Xin Zhu, Hua-Feng Wang*. Drivers of spontaneous and cultivated species diversity in the tropical city of Zhanjiang, China, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022. 67: 127444.

Hai-Li Zhang, Josep Padullés Cubino, Mir Muhammad Nizamani, AJ Harris, Xia-Lan Cheng,Liangjun Da, Zhongchang Sun, Hua-Feng Wang*. Wealth and land use drive the distribution of urban green space in the tropical coastal city of Haikou, China, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022.71: 127554.

Mei-Hui Zhu,Qian Li,Jia-Li Yuan,Josep Padullés Cubino,Joel B. Johnson, Jian-Peng Cui, Mir Muhammad Nizamani, Zhi-Xin Zhu*, Hua-Feng Wang*. The influence of greening management and landscape patterns on plant diversity in urban green spaces in Danzhou, China, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2025.104: 128654.

Hai-Li Zhang,Mir Muhammad Nizamani,Josep Padullés Cubino,AJ Harris, Lin-Yuan Guo,Jing-Jiang Zhou, Hua-Feng Wang*. Habitat heterogeneity explains cultivated and spontaneous plant richness in Haikou City, China, Ecological Indicators, 2023.154: 110704.

Qamar U. Zaman , Ali Raza , Liu Hui, Mian Faisal Nazir, Vanika Garg , Muhammad Ikram, Guoqing Wang, Wei Lv, Darya Khan, Aamir Ali Khokhar, Zhang You, Annapurna Chitikineni, Babar Usman, Cui Jianpeng, Xulong Yang, Shiyou Zuo, Peifeng Liu, Sunjeet Kumar, Mengqi Guo, Zhi-Xin Zhu, Girish Dwivedi, Yong-Hua Qin, Rajeev K. Varshney*, Hua-Feng Wang*. 2025. Chromosome-level genome assembly of the autotetraploid yellow pitaya provides novel insights into evolution of trait patterning in pitaya species with different ploidy. Genome Biology. 26:234.   

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