Zengyuan Wu
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Taxonomy, Molecular phylogeny, Molecular ecology, Seed dispersal
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Taxonomy, Molecular phylogeny, Molecular ecology, Seed dispersal
Title: Professor
Email: wuzengyuan@mail.kib.ac.cn
Web-link of Research Group: https://people.ucas.ac.cn/~wuzengyuan?language=en
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Wu Z-Y, Milne RI, Liu J, Nathan R*, Corlett RT, Li D-Z*: The establishment of plants following long-distance dispersal. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2023, 38(3):289-300.
Wu Z-Y, Chapman MA, Liu J, Milne RI, Zhao Y, Luo Y-H, Zhu G-F, Cadotte MW, Luan M-B, Fan P-Z et al: Genomic variation, environmental adaptation, and feralization in ramie, an ancient fiber crop. Plant Communications 2024, 5:100942.
Wu Z-Y, Liu J, Provan J, Wang H, Chen CJ, Cadotte MW, Luo YH, Amorim BS, Li DZ*, Milne RI: Testing Darwin's transoceanic dispersal hypothesis for the inland nettle family (Urticaceae). Ecology Letters 2018, 21(10):1515-1529.
Wu Z-Y, Chapman MA, Milne RI, Liu J*, Luo Y-H, Fan P-Z, Zhu G-F, Weir JT, Corlett RT, Fu X-G et al: Climate-driven niche filtering limits post-dispersal establishment and genomic introgression in a riverine shrub. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2026, in press. DOI: 10.1111/JIPB.70336
Wu Z-Y, Milne RI, Liu J, Slik F, Yu Y, Luo Y-H, Monro AK, Wang W-T, Wang H, Kessler PJA et al: Phylogenomics and evolutionary history of Oreocnide (Urticaceae) shed light on recent geological and climatic events in SE Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2022, 175:107555.
Wu Z-Y, Monro AK, Milne RI, Wang H, Yi T-S, Liu J, Li D-Z*: Molecular phylogeny of the nettle family (Urticaceae) inferred from multiple loci of three genomes and extensive generic sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2013, 69(3):814-827.
Wu Z-Y, Milne RI, Chen C-J, Liu J, Wang H, Li D-Z*: Ancestral State Reconstruction Reveals Rampant Homoplasy of Diagnostic Morphological Characters in Urticaceae, Conflicting with Current Classification Schemes. PLOS ONE 2015, 10(11):e0141821.
Khan R#, Wu Z-Y#, Sun Z-Y, Mambo WW, Kipkoech A, Ahmad M, Luo Y-H, Li ZH, Li DZ*, Liu J*: Heterogeneous landscape shaped the phylogeographical pattern of Debregeasia orientalis (Urticaceae) in southwestern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 2025, online, DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boaf094.
Wu Z-Y, Li D-Z, Wang H, Wang W-T*: Two new species and one new variety of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from China. Annales Botanici Fennici, 2013. 75-78.
Wu Z-Y, Wang WT, Wang H, Li DZ: Two new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from southeast Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 2011(7):57-62.
Wu Z-Y, LI D-Z, Wang H, Wang W-T*: One new series with its only new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from southeast Yunnan, China. Plant Diversity 2012, 34(2):151-154.
Li Z-P, Qi H-L, Liu F-L, Zhao Y, Monro AK, Abdullah A, Song X-Y, Wang Y-H, Wu Z-Y*, Liu J*: Multi-scale evolutionary forces shape the phylogeography of an Old World disjunct plant genus Girardinia (Urticaceae). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2026, online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113970
Fu X-G#, Liu J#, Milne RI, Monro AK, Liu S-Y, Tian Q, Stull GW, Kipkoech A, Yi T-S*, Li D-Z*, Wu Z-Y*: A robust phylogenomic framework supports a revised intrafamilial classification of Urticaceae. Plant Diversity 2026, 48(2): 289-306.
Deng L-J, Li Y-L, Wang F-Y, Sun X-Q, Milne RI, Liu J*, Wu Z-Y*: Comparative metabolomics of two nettle species unveils distinct high-altitude adaptation mechanisms on the Tibetan Plateau. BMC Plant Biology 2025, 25:640.
Kipkoech A, Li K, Milne RI, Oyebanji OO, Wambulwa MC, Fu X-G, Wakhungu DA, Wu Z-Y*, Liu J*: An integrative approach clarifies species delimitation and biogeographic history of Debregeasia (Urticaceae). Plant Diversity 2025, 47：229-243.