Junnan Wan
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Area of expertise: species diversity, population genomics, biodiversity conservation
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Area of expertise: species diversity, population genomics, biodiversity conservation
Title: Associate Professor
Email: wanjunnan@wbgcas.cn
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Wan J-N#, Wang S-W#, Leitch AR#, Leitch IJ#, Jian J-B#, Wu Z-Y, Xin H-P, Rakotoarinivo M, Onjalalaina GE, Gituru RW, Dai C, Mwachala G, Bai M-Z, Zhao C-X, Wang H-Q, Du S-L, Wei N, Hu G-W, Chen S-C, Chen X-Y, Wan T*, Wang Q-F*. 2024. The rise of baobab trees in Madagascar. Nature, 629: 1091-1099.
Wan J-N#, Mbari NJ#, Wang S-W, Liu B, Mwangi BN, Rasoarahona JRE, Xin H-P, Zhou Y-D, Wang Q-F*. 2021. Modeling impacts of climate change on the potential distribution of six endemic baobab species in Madagascar. Plant Diversity, 43: 117-124.
Wan J-N, Guo Y-P*, Rao G-Y*. 2020. Unraveling independent origins of two tetraploid Achillea species by amplicon sequencing. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 58: 913-924.
Han J-P#, Wan J-N#, Guan Z-L, Xu H, Wang Q-F, Wan T*. 2025. The origin, evolution, and diversification of MADS-box transcription factors in green plants. Plant Communications, 6: 101462.
Salah R, Ezzat M, Mkala EM, Dakhil MA, Wan T*, Wan J-N*. 2025. Variations in impacts of climate change on giant Lobelia species in East Africa. Diversity, 17: 274.
Xin H#, Wang Y#, Li Q#, Wan T#, Hou Y, Liu Y, Gichuki DK, Zhou H, Zhu Z, Xu C, Zhou Y, Liu Z, Li R, Liu B, Lu L, Jiang H, Zhang J, Wan J, Aryal R, Hu G, Chen Z, Gituru RW, Liang Z*, Wen J*, Wang Q*. 2022. A genome for Cissus illustrates features underlying its evolutionary success in dry savannas. Horticulture Research, 9: uhac208.
Liu P-L, Wan J-N, Guo Y-P, Ge S, Rao G-Y*. 2012. Adaptive evolution of the chrysanthemyl diphosphate synthase gene involved in irregular monoterpene metabolism. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12: 214.