Wenbin Yu
Editors, Plant Diversity
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, China
Area of expertise: Phylogeny, population genetics, conservation genetics, molecular evolution
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, China
Area of expertise: Phylogeny, population genetics, conservation genetics, molecular evolution
Title: Professor & Dr.
Email: yuwenbin@xtbg.ac.cn
Web-link of Research Group: https://xtbg.cas.cn/2022/kywzq/brg/eiwxn/
Selected publications:
Chen H.-Y. Zhang Z.-R., Yao X., Ya J.-D., Jin X.-H., Ya J.-D., Lu L., Li D.-Z., Yang J.-B.*, Yu W.-B.* Plastid phylogenomics provides new insights into the systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cymbidium (Orchidaceae). Plant Diversity. 46: 448-461.
Chen L.-Q., Li X., Yao X., Li D.-Z., Barrett C., dePamphilis C. W., Yu W.-B.* 2024: Variations and reduction of plastome are associated with the evolution of parasitism in Convolvulaceae. Plant Molecular Biology. 114: 40.
Jiang N., Dong, L.-N., Yang J.-B., Tan, Y.-H. Wang H, Randle C.P., Li, D.-Z.*, Yu, W.-B.* 2022. Herbarium phylogenomics: Resolving the generic status of the enigmatic Pseudobartsia (Orobanchaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 60: 1118-1128.
Jin J.J.#, Yu W.-B.#, Yang J.-B., Song Y., dePamphilis C.W., Yi T.-S.*, Li D.-Z.* 2020. GetOrganelle: a fast and versatile toolkit for accurate de novo assembly of organelle genomes. Genome Biology. 21: 241.
Li H.-T., Luo Y., Gan L., Ma P.-F., Gao L.-M., Yang J.-B., Cai J., Gitzendanner M.A., Fritsch P.W., Zhang T., Jin J.-J., Zeng C.-X., Wang H., Yu W.-B., Zhang R., van der Bank M., Olmstead R.G., Hollingsworth P.M., Chase M.W., Soltis D.E., Soltis P.S., Yi T.-S., Li D.-Z. 2021. Plastid phylogenomic insights into relationships of all flowering plant families. BMC Biology. 19: 232.
Li X., Yang J.-B., Wang H., Song Y., Corlett R.T., Yao X., Li D.-Z., Yu W.-B.* 2021. Plastid NDH pseudogenization and gene loss in a recently derived lineage from the largest hemiparasitic plant genus Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae). Plant and Cell Physiology. 62: 971-984.
Liu R., Wang W.-J., Wang H., Ree R.H., Li D.-Z.*, Yu W.-B.* 2024. Plant species diversification in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains region: an example from an endemic lineage of Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae) in the role of floral specializations and rapid range expansions. Cladistics. 40: 636-652.
Yao X., Zhang Z.-R., Yang J.-B., Corlett R.T., Li D. -Z.*, Yu W.-B.* 2025. An updated plastome phylogeny and molecular dating of Apocynaceae, with an emphasis on histories of biogeography and diversification in tropical and subtropical Asia. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 63: 1519-1535.
Yu W.-B.*, Tang G.-D., Zhang L., Corlett R.T. 2020. Decoding the evolution and transmissions of the novel pneumonia coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/HCoV-19) using whole genomic data. Zoological Research. 41: 247-257.
Wu Y., Liu R., Wang W.-J., Li D.-Z., Burgess K. S.*, Yu W.-B.*, Wang H.*. 2025. High species discrimination in Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): Plastid genomes and traditional barcodes equally effective via parsimony-informative sites. Plant Diversity. 47: 920-930.