Shengwei Wang
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS, Wuhan, China
Area of expertise: Floristic pattern; macro-ecology and macro-evolution, biodiversity conservation
Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS, Wuhan, China
Area of expertise: Floristic pattern; macro-ecology and macro-evolution, biodiversity conservation
Title: Associate professor
Email: wangshengwei@wbgcas.cn
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Wan JN#, Wang SW#, Leitch AR#, Leitch IJ#, Jian JB#, Wu ZY, Xin HP, Rakotoarinivo M, Oujalalaina GE, Gituru RW, Dai C, Mwachala G, Bai MZ, Zhao CX, Wang HQ, Du SL, Wei N, Hu GW, Chen SC, Chen XY, Wan T*, Wang QF*. The rise of baobab trees in Madagascar. Nature. 2024; 629(8014): 1-9.
Wang SW#, Boru BH#, Njogu AW, Ochola AC, Hu GW, Zhou YD*, Wang QF. Floristic composition and endemism pattern of vascular plants in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2020; 58(1): 33-42.
Wang SW#, Zhou YD*, Musili PM, Mwachala G, Hu GW, Wang QF. Inventory incompleteness and collecting priority on the plant diversity in tropical East Africa. Biological Conservation. 2020; 241: 108313.
Wang SW#, He TT#, Xu FF#, Li XN, Yuan L, Wang QF, Liu HT*. Analysis of physiological and metabolite response of Celosia argentea to copper stress. Plant Biology. 2021; 23(2): 391-399.
Wan JN#, Wang SW#, Chen SC, Wan T*. Escarpment evolution in Madagascar unveils a pathway to understanding island biodiversity. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2025; 63(2): 205-207.
Du SL, Njenga MN, Mbuni YM, Kamau MJ, Wei N, Gituru RW, Mwachala G, Kaplin BA, Wang SW*, Wang QF. Diversity and conservation of medicinal plants in tropical East Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation. 2025; 34(2): 495-511.
Zhou YD#, Boru BH#, Wang SW#, Wang QF*. Species richness and phylogenetic diversity of different growth forms of angiosperms across a biodiversity hotspot in the horn of Africa. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2021; 59(1): 141-150.
Lyu WJ#, Du SL#, Ying JL, Ngumbau VM, Huang S, Wang SW*, Liu HT*. Spatial Patterns and Determinants of Endemic Taxa Richness in the Genus Viburnum (Adoxaceae) in China. Diversity. 2022; 14(9): 744.
Du SL#, Wang MX#, Wei N, Mwachala G, Hu GW, Wu L*, Wang SW* Wang QF. Contributions to the Flora of Tropical East Africa. Plants. 2023; 12(6): 1336.
Wan QS, Du SL, Chen Y, Li F, Salah R, Njenga MN, Li JT*, Wang SW*. Ecological Niche Differentiation and Response to Climate Change of the African Endemic Family Myrothannaceae. Plants. 2024; 13(11): 1544.
Ratsiferanarivo RT, Andrianjatovo HJ, Rakotonasolo F, Letsara R, Rakotoarinivo M, Wan T, Wang SW*, Wei N*, Wang QF. Carlephyton sajoreciae (Araceae, tribe Arophyteae) , a new species from Daraina, Northern Madagascar. PhytoKeys. 2025; 265: 61-69.
Chen Y, Wan QS, Du SL, Otieno HO, Andrianjatovo HJ, Njenga MN, Mbuni YM, Wei N, Li JT*, Wang SW*. Extinction Risk Assessment and Conservation of the Pachypodium Under Climate Change. Ecology and Evolution. 2025; 15(8): e71926.
Zinabu D, Ratsiferanarivo RT, Qiu XD, Eshetu G, Wondafrash M, Wang S-W*, Wei N*, Wang, Q. F. A new shrubby species of Euphorbia sect. Scatorhizae (E. subg. Chamaesyce; Euphorbiaceae) from southeastern Ethiopia. Phytotaxa, 2026, 758(1): 71-82.
Kipkemoi E, Munyao Mutie F, Qiu X-D, Kirika PM, Muchuku JK, Nyakudya E, Yan X, Wang S-W*, Wei N*, Wang Q-F. Adenia sajoreciae (Passifloraceae), a new species from Kenya and its phylogenetic placement. PhytoKeys. 2026; 276: 197-216.