Xiangqin Yu
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Phylogenomics, Population genomics, Biogeography, Species delimitation, DNA barcoding, Integrative taxonomy
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Phylogenomics, Population genomics, Biogeography, Species delimitation, DNA barcoding, Integrative taxonomy
Title: Associate Professor
Email: yuxiangqin@mail.kib.ac.cn
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Xiang-Qin Yu, Lian-Ming Gao, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Jun-Bo Yang, Liang Fang, Shi-Xiong Yang*, De-Zhu Li*, 2017. Insights into the historical assembly of East Asian subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests revealed by the temporal history of the tea family. New Phytologist, 215 (3): 1235-1248. (SCI, JCR Top 5%, IF=7.33)
Xiang-Qin Yu#, *, Yin-Zi Jiang#, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Chao-Nan Fu, Liang Fang, Hua Peng, Jun-Bo Yang*, Shi-Xiong Yang*, 2022. Species discrimination in Schima (Theaceae): Next-generation super-barcodes meet evolutionary complexity. Molecular Ecology Resources 22: 3161-3175. (SCI, JCR Top 10%, IF=8.67)
Qiong Zhang, Lei Zhao, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Nelson A. Zamora, Shi-Xiong Yang, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Lian-Ming Gao, Hua Peng*, Xiang-Qin Yu*. 2022. Phylotranscriptomics of Theaceae: generic level relationships, reticulation and whole-genome duplication. Annals of Botany 129: 457-471. (SCI, JCR Top 15%, IF=4.35)
Han-Ning Duan, Yin-Zi Jiang, Jun-Bo Yang, Jie Cai, Jian-Li Zhao, Lu Li*, Xiang-Qin Yu*, 2024. Skmer approach improves species discrimination in taxonomically problematic genus Schima (Theaceae). Plant Diversity 46: 713-722.
Yue Zhao#, Ya-Ping Chen#, Bryan T. Drew, Fei Zhao, Maryam Almasi, Orzimat T. Turginov, Jin-Fei Xiao, Abdul G. Karimi, Yasaman Salmaki*, Xiang-Qin Yu*, Chun-Lei Xiang*, 20 24. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of Phlomoides (Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae) in China: Insights from molecular and morphological data. Plant Diversity 46: 462-475.
Yin-Zi Jiang#, Jun-Bo Yang#, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Jie Liu, Zheng-Shan He, Hua Peng, Shi-Xiong Yang*, Chun-Lei Xiang*, Xiang-Qin Yu*, 2024. Species delimitation of tea plants (Camellia sect. Thea) based on super-barcodes. BMC Plant Biology 12: 181.
Yue Zhao#, Ya-Ping Chen#, Jing-Chen Yuan, Alan J. Paton, Maxim S. Nuraliev, Fei Zhao, F., Bryan T. Drew, Yasaman Salmaki, Orzimat T. Turginov, Miao Sun, Alexander N. Sennikov, Xiang-Qin Yu*, Bo Li*, Chun-Lei Xiang*, 2023. Museomics in Lamiaceae: Resolving the taxonomic mystery of Pseudomarrubium. Current Plant Biology 35-36: 100300. (SCI, IF=5.4)
Qiong Zhang, Ryan A. Folk, Zhi-Qiong Mo, Hang Ye, Zhao-Yuan Zhang, Hua Peng, Jian-Li Zhao*, Shi-Xiong Yang*, Xiang-Qin Yu*, 2023. Phylotranscriptomic analyses reveal deep gene tree discordance in Camellia (Theaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 188: 107912. (SCI, JCR Top 30%, IF=4.1)
Ya-Li Zhang#, Xiang-Qin Yu#, Yin-Zi Jiang, Yin Wu, Shi-Xiong Yang*, 2023. Camellia renshanxiangiae, a synonym of C. punctata (Theaceae). Phytotaxa 609 (2): 157-162. (SCI, IF=1.1)
Jian-Li Zhao#, Xiang-Qin Yu#, W. John Kress, Ya-Li Wang, Yong-Mei Xia, Qing-Jun Li*, 2022. Historical biogeography of the gingers and its implications for shifts in tropical rain forest habitats. Journal of Biogeography 49:1339-1351. (SCI, JCR Top 20%, IF=4.32)
Xiang-Qin Yu#, En-De Liu#, Zhen-Wen Liu, Bo Xiao, Jin-Lin Ma*, Shi-Xiong Yang*, 2021. Camellia luteocalpandria (Theaceae), a new species and the first discovery of sect. Calpandria in China. Phytotaxa 489(2): 223-228. (SCI, IF=1.05)
Xiang-Qin Yu, Chun-Lei Xiang, Hua Peng*, 2018. Taxonomy in the Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB): Progress during the past decade (2008–2018) and perspectives on future development. Plant Diversity, 40 (4): 147-157. (SCI, IF=1.86)
Xiang-Qin Yu, Dan Yang, Cen Guo, Lian-Ming Gao*, 2018. Plant phylogenomics based on genome-partitioning strategies: Progress and prospects. Plant Diversity, 40 (4): 158-164. (SCI, IF=1.86)
Xiang-Qin Yu, Bryan T. Drew, Jun-Bo Yang, Lian-Ming Gao*, De-Zhu Li*, 2017. Comparative chloroplast genomes of eleven Schima (Theaceae) species: insights into DNA barcoding and phylogeny. PLoS ONE, 12: e0178026. (SCI, JCR Top 30%, IF=2.80)
Xiang-Qin Yu, Masayuki Maki, Bryan T. Drew, Alan J. Paton, Hsi-Wen Li, Jian-Li Zhao, John G. Conran, Jie Li*, 2014. Phylogeny and biogeography of Isodon (Lamiaceae): rapid radiation in south-west China and Miocene overland dispersal into Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 183-194. (SCI, JCR Top 30%, IF=4.01)