Jianqiang Zhang
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
Area of expertise: Biogeography, phylogenomics, speciation
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
Area of expertise: Biogeography, phylogenomics, speciation
Title: Professor
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Liu, X. Y., Huang, L., Yang, Y. P., Li, Y. Y., Ma, Z. W., Wang, S. Y., ... & Zhang, J. Q.* (2025). Population genomic analysis unravels the evolutionary processes leading to budding speciation. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 67 (7), 1861–1878.
Huang, L., Yang, Y. P., Liu, X. Y., Qiu, L. F., Li, Y. Y., Ma, Z. W., ... & Zhang, J. Q.* (2025). Integrated analyses reveal extensive cytonuclear discordance and two new members of Rhodiola. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 63 (3), 737–752.
Qiu, L. F., Zhang, J. D., Li, Y., Liu, X. Y., Zhang, D. Q., Huang, L., ... & Zhang, J. Q.* (2024). The only purple-flower species in Actaea L. is pollinated by a hornet. Journal of Plant Ecology, 17(4), rtae061.
Zhang, D. Q., Liu, X. Y., Qiu, L. F., Liu, Z. R., Yang, Y. P., Huang, L., ... & Zhang, J. Q.* (2024). Two chromosome-level genome assemblies of Rhodiola shed new light on genome evolution in rapid radiation and evolution of the biosynthetic pathway of salidroside. The Plant Journal, 117(2), 464–482.
Liu, X. Y., Zhang, D. Q., & Zhang, J. Q.* (2023). Plastomic data shed new light on the phylogeny, biogeography, and character evolution of the family Crassulaceae. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 61(6), 990–1003.
Ren, C. Q., Zhang, D. Q., Liu, X. Y., & Zhang, J. Q.* (2023). Genomic data provide a robust phylogeny backbone for Rhodiola L. (Crassulaceae) and reveal extensive reticulate evolution during its rapid radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 186, 107863.
Zhong, D. L., Li, Y. C., & Zhang, J. Q.* (2022). Allopolyploid origin and niche expansion of Rhodiola integrifolia (Crassulaceae). Plant Diversity, 45 (2023), 36e44
Chang, X. P., Zhang, J. D., Li, X. F., Huang, L., Tian, X. H., Ren, Y., & Zhang, J. Q.* (2022). Morphological divergence and the Quaternary speciation of Actaea purpurea (Ranunculaceae) and its relatives. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 60(1), 43–54.
Xue, C., Geng, F. D., Li, J. J., Zhang, D. Q., Gao, F., Huang, L., ... Zhang, J. Q.* & Ren, Y.* (2021). Divergence in the Aquilegia ecalcarata complex is correlated with geography and climate oscillations: Evidence from plastid genome data. Molecular Ecology, 30(22), 5796–5813.
Zhao, D. N., Ren, C. Q., & Zhang, J. Q.* (2021). Can plastome data resolve recent radiations? Rhodiola (Crassulaceae) as a case study. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 197(4), 513–526.
Zhao, D. N., Ren, Y., & Zhang, J. Q.* (2020). Conservation and innovation: Plastome evolution during rapid radiation of Rhodiola on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 144, 106713.
Zhang, J. Q., Imerovski, I., Borkowski, K., Huang, K., Burge, D., & Rieseberg, L. H. (2019). Intraspecific genetic divergence within Helianthus niveus and the status of two new morphotypes from Mexico. American Journal of Botany, 106(9), 1229–1239.
Li, Y. C., Wen, J., Ren, Y., & Zhang, J. Q.* (2019). From seven to three: Integrative species delimitation supports major reduction in species number in Rhodiola section Trifida (Crassulaceae) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Taxon, 68(2), 268–279.
Li, Y. C., Zhong, D. L., Rao, G. Y., Wen, J., Ren, Y., and Zhang, J. Q.* (2018). Gone with the trees: Phylogeography of Rhodiola sect. Trifida (Crassulaceae) reveals multiple refugia on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 121, 110–120.
Zhang, J. Q., Meng, S. Y., Allen, G. A., Wen, J.*, & Rao, G. Y.* (2014). Rapid radiation and dispersal out of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of an alpine plant lineage Rhodiola (Crassulaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 77, 147–158.