Zelong Nie
Editors, Plant Diversity
Jishou University, Jishou, China
Area of expertise: Phylogenetics, Biogeography, Evolution
Jishou University, Jishou, China
Area of expertise: Phylogenetics, Biogeography, Evolution
Title: Professor
Email: niez@jsu.edu.cn
Selected publications:
He, G.-H., Meng, Y., Zhang, M.-H., Wang, D., Meng, R., Zhang, L., Chu, Z.-F., Wen, J., Nie, Z.-L., 2025. Extensive genome-wide phylogenetic discordance is due to incomplete lineage sorting in the rapidly radiated East Asian genus Nekemias (Vitaceae). Annals of Botany 135, 925–934.
Wang, D., Meng, Y., Zhang, M.-H., Zhang, L., Wen, J., Nie, Z.-L., 2025. Genomic enrichment data illuminate rapid and reticulate evolution of Ampelopsis (Vitaceae) in East Asia. Taxon 24, 1078–1090.
Wu, D., Meng, Y., Wen, J., Nie, Z.-L., 2025. Phylogeographic history of Parthenocissus (Vitaceae) in North America based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. Frontiers in Plant Science 16, 1521784.
Wu, S.-D., Meng, R., Nie, Z.-L., Song, M.-Y., Chen, X.-R., Wen, J., Meng, Y., 2025. Conserved genome structure and phylogenetic insights for the heterogeneous subfamily of Convallarioideae (Asparagaceae) revealed from plastome data. BMC Plant Biology 25, 710.
Xie, Y.-Y., Nie, Z.-L., Zhang, M.-H., Song, M.-Y., Wen, J., Meng, Y., 2025. Target enrichment data reveal rapid divergence with reticulate evolution of Maianthemum (Asparagaceae: Convallarioideae) in the Himalayan-Hengduan Mountains and eastern Asia. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 63, 85–98.
Qin, Y.-Q., Zhang, M.-H., Yang, C.-Y., Nie, Z.-L., Wen, J., Meng, Y., 2024. Phylogenomics and divergence pattern of Polygonatum (Asparagaceae: Polygonateae) in the north temperate region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 190, 107962.
Zhang, L., Meng, Y., Wang, D., He, G.-H., Zhang, J.-M., Wen, J., Nie, Z.-L., 2024. Plastid genome data provide new insights into the dynamic evolution of the tribe Ampelopsideae (Vitaceae). BMC Genomics 25, 247.
Nie, Z.-L., Hodel, R., Ma, Z.-Y., Johnson, G., Ren, C., Meng, Y., Ickert-Bond, S.M., Liu, X.-Q., Zimmer, E., Wen, J., 2023. Climate-influenced boreotropical survival and rampant introgressions explain the thriving of New World grapes in the north temperate zone. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 65, 1183–1203.
Yang, L.-E., Sun, L., Peng, D.-L., Chen, G.-J., Sun, H., Nie, Z.-L., 2022. The significance of recent diversification in the Northern Hemisphere in shaping the modern global flora revealed from the herbaceous tribe of Rubieae (Rubiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 177, 107628.
Meng, R., Luo, L.-Y., Zhang, J.-Y., Zhang, D.-G., Nie, Z.-L., Meng, Y., 2021. The deep evolutionary relationships of the morphologically heterogeneous Nolinoideae (Asparagaceae) revealed by transcriptome data. Frontiers in Plant Science 11, 584981.
Meng, R., Meng, Y., Yang, Y.-P., Nie, Z.-L., 2021. Phylogeny and biogeography of Maianthemum (Asparagaceae: Nolinoideae) revisited with emphasis on its divergence pattern in SW China. Plant Diversity 43, 93–101.
Jiang, Y., Gao, M., Meng, Y., Wen, J., Ge, X.-J., Nie, Z.-L., 2019. The importance of the North Atlantic land bridges and eastern Asia in the post-Boreotropical biogeography of the Northern Hemisphere as revealed from the poison ivy genus (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139, 106561.
Chu, Z.-F., Wen, J., Yang, Y.-P., Nie, Z.-L., Meng, Y., 2018. Genome size variation and evolution in the grape family Vitaceae. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 56, 273–282.
Nie, Z.-L., Funk, V.A., Meng, Y., Deng, T., Sun, H., Wen, J., 2016. Recent assembly of the global herbaceous flora: evidence from the paper daisies (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). New Phytologist 209, 1795–1806.
Yang, L.-E., Sun, H., Ehrendorfer, F., Nie, Z.-L., 2016. Molecular phylogeny of Chinese Rubia (Rubiaceae: Rubieae) inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA sequences. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 54, 37–47.