Botany, Floristics, Biodiversity Conservation, Systematics & Evolution

Master of Sciences.
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

   

1992-02-- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1988-09--1992-01 Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2013-04--2013-05 visited in Royal Botanical Gardens, KEW and Edinbugh, cooperated research.
2010-09--2010-12 visited in Royal Botanical Gardens, KEW and Edinbugh, as Senior Visiting Scholar.
2007-02--2007-04 visited in Royal Botanical Gardens, KEW and Edinbugh, cooperated research.

   

1. Liang Zhang, Xue-Ping Fan, Sahanat Petchsri, Lin Zhou, Rossarin Pollawatn, Xin Zhang, Xin-Mao Zhou, Ngan Thi Lu, Ralf Knapp, Sahut Chantanaorrapint, Ponpipat Limpanasittichai, Hang Sun * , Xin-Fen Gao * and Li-Bing Zhang*. 2020. Evolutionary relationships of the ancient fern lineage the adder’s tongues (Ophioglossaceae) with description of Sahashia gen. nov. Cladistics. 10.1111/cla.12408

2. Cheng Zhang, Shi‑Qi Li , Yu Zhang, Zhang‑Ming Zhu, Jian‑Quan Liu, Xin‑Fen Gao*. 2019. Molecular and morphological evidence for the hybrid origin and matroclinal inheritance of an endangered wild rose, Rosa ×pseudobanksiae (Rosaceae) from China. Conservation Genetics 21：1-11.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01227-8.

3. Ke-Wang Xu, Liang  Zhang, Carl J. Rothfels, Alan R. Smith, Ronald Viane,David Lorence, Kenneth R. Wood, Cheng-Wei Chen, Ralf Knapp, Lin Zhou, Ngan Thi Lu, Xin-Mao Zhou, Hong-Jin Wei, Qiang Fan, Su-Fang Chen, Daniele Cicuzza, Xin-Fen Gao, Wen-Bo Liao* and Li-Bing Zhang*. 2019. A global plastid phylogeny of the fern genus Asplenium (Aspleniaceae). Cladistics 36: 22-71. Doi: 10.1111/cla.12384

4. Truong Van Do*  & Xin-Fen Gao. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the genus Flemingia (Leguminosae) from Indo-Chinese floristic region. Phytotaxa 429 (1): 001–038. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.429.1.1

5. Yun-Dong Gao* & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2020. Restore the name Lilium tenii H.Lév. (Liliaceae), which has priority over the later synonym L. lijiangense L.J.Peng. Phytotaxa 428 (3): 295–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.428.3.11.

6. Wentai Dai, Shiqi Li, Xinfen Gao*, Bo Xu*. 2020. The complete chloroplast genome of Acer pentaphyllum (Sapindaceae), a critically endangered maple endemic to China. Mitochondrial DNA Part B. VOL. 5(1), 470–471. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.170464

7. Cheng Zhang, Xianhua Xiong & Xinfen Gao*. 2019. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Rosa laevigata (Rosaceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4(2): 3556-3557. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1674200

8. Xian-Hua Xiong, Xin-Mao Zhou, Meng Li, Bo Xu, Heng-Ning Deng, Qi Yu, Xin-Fen Gao*. 2019. Pollen morphology in Rubus (Rosaceae) and its taxonomic implications. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 305 (8):705-716. DOI :10.1007/s00606-019-01600-7.

9. Mitra Lal Pathak, Muhammad Idrees , Bo Xu & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2019. Pollen morphology of subfamily Maloideae (Roseaceae) with special focus on the genus Photinia. Phytotaxa 404 (5): 171–189. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.404.5.1

10. Mingrui Chen , Cheng Zhang and Xinfen Gao*. 2019. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Rosa pricei (Rosaceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4(1), 1918-1919, DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1611394.

11. Liang Zhang, Ngan Thi Lu, Xin-Mao Zhou, De-Kui Chen, Ralf Knapp, Lin Zhou, Lei Guo,Thien Tam Luong, Hang Sun, Xin-Fen Gao*, Li-Bing Zhang*. 2019. A plastid phylogeny of the Old World fern genus Leptochilus (Polypodiaceae): Implications for cryptic speciation and progressive colonization from lower to higher latitudes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 134: 311-322.

12. Huai-Cheng Li, Xue-Li Zhao, Xin-Fen Gao* & Bo Xu*. 2019. Molecular Phylogeny of the genus Hylodesmum (Fabaceae). Phytotaxa 43(3): 221–229. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.403.3.6.

13. Mitra Lal Pathak, Muhammad Idrees , Yun-Dong Gao & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2019. A Taxonomic Revision of Photinia integrifolia (Rosaceae). Phytotaxa 401 (3): 179–189. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.401.3.3.

14. Xian-Hua Xiong, Wen-Bing Ju, Cheng Zhang, Jing-Chao Li & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2019. Rubus huagaoxiensis and R. lingtianus (Rosaceae), two new species from Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa 400 (1): 014–022. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.400.1.2.

15. Truong Van Do, Bo Xu & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2019. A new species and new records of Flemingia (Fabaceae) from Vietnam. Ann. Bot. Fennici 56: 41–48.

16. Ngan Thi Lu , Yu-Lan Peng , Xin-Fen Gao* & Li-Bing Zhang*. 2019. Woodsia kungiana sp. nov. (Woodsiaceae), a new fern from Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa 397 (3): 253–256. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.397.3.5

17. Yun-Dong Gao *, Xin-Fen Gao * and Aj Harris. 2019. Species Boundaries and Parapatric Speciation in the Complex of Alpine Shrubs, Rosa sericea (Rosaceae) Based on Population Genetics and Ecological Tolerances. Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol 10(article 321): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00321

18. Mingcheng Wang , Cheng Zhang , Mengmeng Li and Xinfen Gao*. 2019. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Rosa banksiae var normalis (Rosaceae). Mitochondrial DNA  PART B. 2019, VOL. 4, NO. 1, 969–970. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1580163

19. Ngan Thi Lu, Xin-Fen Gao*, Li-Bing Zhang*. 2019. Arachniodes hehaii (Dryopteridaceae), a new fern from Guizhou, China. Phytotaxa 392(1):84-86. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.392.1.9

20. Xianhua Xiong , Meng Li , Tongjun Liang, Wenbing Ju, Bo Xu, Li Zhang & Xinfen Gao*. 2019. Lectotypification of fifteen names of Rubus L. (Rosaceae) mainly from the Hengduan Mountains, China. Phytotaxa 391 (2): 150–154.http:// doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.391.2.10.

21. Ngan Thi Lu, Atsushi Ebihara, Hai He, Liang Zhang, Xin-Mao Zhou, Ralf Knapp, Peris Kamau, David Lorence, Xin-Fen Gao*, Li-Bing Zhang*. 2019. A plastid phylogeny of the fern genus Arachniodes (Dryopteridaceae).  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 133: 214–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.12.013

22. M. L. Pathak * , B. B Shrestha , L. Joshi , X. Gao and P. K. Jha. 2018. Anatomy of two Rhododendron species along the elevational  gradient,  Eastern Nepal. Banko Janakari, Vol 28(2), 2018, 32-44.

23. Ngan Thi Lu, Liang Zhang, Xin-Mao Zhou, Xin-Fen Gao*, & Li-Bing Zhang*. 2018. Three new species of the fern genus Arachniodes (Dryopteridaceae) from Vietnam. Phytotaxa 376 (3): 126–132.

24. 李林霖,高信芬,李诗琦,陈金元,郭丽娜, 何海^*, 徐波^*. 2018. 胡枝子叶片转录组特征分析及其EST-SSR标记的开发.应用与环境生物学报24(06): 1338-1349. DOI: 10.19675/j.cnki.1006-687x.2018.01034

25. 黎怀成，徐波^* ，高信芬^*.2018. 国产山蚂蝗属植物花粉形态及其分类意义. 应用与环境生物学报24(06): 1330-1337. DOI: 10.19675/j.cnki.1006-687x.2018.03005

26. 熊先华，徐波，鞠文彬，高云东，邓亨宁，高信芬*. 2018. 西藏墨脱悬钩子属植物小志(Notes on Rubus L．(Rosaceae) from Medog，Tibet，China). 广西植物（Guihaia）38(11): 1411-1421. DOI: 10．11931/guihaia．gxzw201803018.

27. Wen-Bin Ju, Qin Huang, Zhi-Yu Sun, Wen-Jun Huang, Huai-Cheng Li & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2018. Primula luteoflora (Primulaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa 367 (3): 297–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.367.3.10

28. Muhammad Idrees, Truong Van Do & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2018. A new species of Eriobotrya (Rosaceae) from Con Dao National Park, southern Vietnam. Phytotaxa 365 (3): 288–294. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.365.3.6.

29. Truong Van Do*, Bo Xu & Xin-Fen Gao. 2018. New synonyms, lectotypifications and taxonomical notes on the genus Flemingia (Phaseoleae, Papilionoideae, Leguminosae) from Thai-Indochinese floristic region. Phytotaxa 351 (1): 041–052. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.351.1.3

30. Ke-Wang Xu, Xin-Mao Zhou, Qian-Yi Yin, Liang Zhang, Ngan Thi Lu, Ralf Knapp,Thien Tam Luong, Hai He, Qiang Fan, Wan-Yi Zhao, Xin-Fen Gao, Wen-Bo Liao*,Li-Bing Zhang*. 2018. A global plastid phylogeny uncovers extensive cryptic speciation in the fern genus Hymenasplenium (Aspleniaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127 (2018) 203–216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.05.021

31. Xin-Mao Zhou, Liang Zhang, Ngan Thi Lu, Xin-Fen Gao*, and Li-Bing Zhang*. 2018. Pteridryaceae: A new fern family of Polypodiineae (Polypodiales) including taxonomic treatments. Journal of Systematics & Evolution. 56(2): 148-173.

32. Lu TN, Xin-Fen Gao & Li-Bing Zhang*. 2017. Proposal to conserve the name Polystichum omeiense against P. caruifolium (Dryopteridaceae). Taxon 66: 1468-1469. DOI  https://doi.org/10.12705/666.15

33. Truong Van Do*, Xin-Fen Gao. 2017. Aristolochia longeracemosa, a new synonym of A. chlamydophylla (Aristolochiaceae). Phytotaxa, 317(1), 76-78.

34. Li Shi-Qi, Zhang Cheng, Gao Xin-Fen*. 2017. Estimation of nuclear DNA content of 17 Chinese wild rose species by flow cytometry [J]. (应用流式细胞术测定 17种中国野生蔷薇核DNA含量). Plant Science Journal（植物科学学报），35（4）：558-585. DOI: 10.11913/PSJ.2095-0837.2017.40558.

35. Yu-Lan Peng, Xin-Fen Gao*, Li-Bing Zhang*. 2017. Youngia jiulongensis (Crepidinae, Cichorieae, Asteraceae), a New Species from Sichuan, China. Novon: 25(3):298-301. DOI: 10.3417/2015028.

36. Liang Zhang, Xin-Mao Zhou, De-Kui Chen, Eric Schuettpelz, Ralf Knapp, Ngan Thi Lu, Thien Tam Luong, Minh Tri Dang, Yi-Fan Duan, Hai He, Xin-Fen Gao*, and Li-Bing Zhang*. 2017: A global phylogeny of the fern genus Tectaria (Tectariaceae: Polypodiales) based on plastid and nuclear markers identifies major evolutionary lineages and suggests repeated evolution of free venation from anastomosing venation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114：295-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.020

37. Xin-Mao Zhou, Liang Zhang, Cheng-Wei Chen, Chun-Xiang Li, Yao-Moan Huang, De-Kui Chen, Ngan Thi Lu, Daniele Cicuzza, Ralf Knapp, Thien Tam Luong, Joel H. Nittal, Xin-Fen Gao*, Li-Bing Zhang*. 2017. A plastid phylogeny and character evolution of the Old World fern genus Pyrrosia (Polypodiaceae) with the description of a new genus: Hovenkampia (Polypodiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114: 271–294. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.020

38. Li-Na Guo & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2017. Genetic diversity and population structure of Indigofera szechuensis complex (Fabaceae) based on EST-SSR markers. Gene, 264: 26-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2017.04.047

39. Xue-Li Zhao, Xin-Fen Gao*, Zhang-Ming Zhu, Yun-Dong Gao & Bo Xu. 2017. The demographic response of a deciduous shrub (the Indigofera bungeana complex, Fabaceae) to the Pleistocene climate changes in East Asia. Scientific Reports. 7: 697. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-00613-x

40. Meng Li, Ohi-Toma Tetsuo, Yun-Dong Gao, Bo Xu, Zhang-Ming Zhu, Wen-Bin Ju, Xin-Fen Gao*. 2017. Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of Sorbus sensu stricto (Rosaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111: 76–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.018.

41. Yun-Dong Gao & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2017. Lectotypification of the name Lilium lancifolium (Liliaceae). Taxon 66(1): 172-174. DOI  https://doi.org/10.12705/661.12

42. Bo Xu, Xiaomao Zeng, Xin-Fen Gao*, Dong-Pil Jin, and Li-Bing Zhang*. 2017. ITS non-concerted evolution and rampant hybridization in the legume genus Lespedeza (Fabaceae). Scientific Reports. 7：40057. DOI: 10.1038/srep40057

43. Yundong Gao & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2016. Accommodating Nomocharis in Lilium (Liliaceae).. Phytotaxa 277(2): 205–210 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646 /phytotaxa. 277.2.8

44. Li-Na Guo, Xue-Li Zhao, Xin-Fen Gao*. 2016. De novo assembly and characterization of leaf transcriptome for the development of EST-SSR markers of the non-model species Indigofera szechuensis. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 68: 36-43.

45. Liang Zhang, Eric Schuettpelz, Carl J. Rothfels, Xin-Mao Zhou, Xin-Fen Gao* & Li-Bing Zhang*. 2016. Circumscription and phylogeny of the fern family Tectariaceae based on plastid and nuclear markers, with the description of two new genera: Draconopteris and Malaifilix (Tectariaceae). Taxon 65 (4) : 723–738. DOI  http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/654.3

46. Timothée Le Péchon, Hai He, Liang Zhang, Xin-Mao Zhou, Xin-Fen Gao & Li-Bing Zhang*. Using a multilocus phylogeny to test morphology-based classifications of Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae), one of the largest fern genera. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16: 55. DOI 10.1186/s12862-016-0626-z

47. Timothée Le Péchon*, Hai He, Liang Zhang, Xin-Mao Zhou, Xin-Fen Gao*, Li-Bing Zhang*. 2016. A well-sampled phylogenetic analysis of the polystichoid ferns (Dryopteridaceae) suggests a complex biogeographical history involving both boreotropical migrations and recent transoceanic dispersals. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 98: 324–336. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev. 2016. 02.018

48. Xue-Li Zhao, Xin-Fen Gao*, Bo Xu. 2016. Pollen morphology of Indigofera (Fabaceae) in China and its taxonomic implications. Plant Systematic & Evolution. 302(4):469-479. doi:10.1007/s00606-015-1275-1.

49. Xin-Mao Zhou,·Carl J Rothfels,·Liang Zhang,·Zhao-Rong He, Timothee Le Pechon, Hai He, Ngan Thi Lu, Ralf Knapp, David Lorence, Xing-Jin He, Xin-Fen Gao*, Li-Bing Zhang*. 2016. A large-scale phylogeny of the lycophyte genus Selaginella (Selaginellaceae: Lycopodiopsida) based on plastid and nuclear loci. Cladistics 32(4):360-389; DOI:10.1111/cla.12136

50. 邓亨宁, 高信芬* , 李先源, 周洪英. 2015. 无籽刺梨杂交起源: 来自分子数据的证据. 植物资源与环境学报, 24 (4): 10-17.

51. 杨晓慧，赵雪利，高信芬*. 2015. 四川木蓝复合群的形态特征变异及其ITS序列分析(Morphological Variation and ITS Sequence Analysis of the Indigofera szechuensis Complex).植物科学学报，33（6）：726-733. Doi: 10.11913/PSJ.2095-0837. 2015.60727.

52. Xin-Mao Zhou, Li-Ju Jiang, Liang-Zhang, Xin-Fen Gao, Zhao-Rong He* & Li-Bing Zhang*. 2015. Spore morphology of Selaginella (Selaginellaceae) from China and its systematic significance. Phytotaxa 237 (1): 001–067. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.237.1.1

53. Yu-Lan Peng, Wen-Bin Ju, Xin-Fen Gao*, Yun-Dong Gao. 2015. Youngia purpimea (Asteraceae), a new species from Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa. 236(2): 191-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.236.2.8

54. Meng Li, Xin-Fen Gao*. 2015. Sorbus dolichofoliolatus (Rosaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa. 227(2): 189-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/ phytotaxa. 227.2.9

55. 彭春巧, 赵雪利, 高信芬*. 2015. 基于cpDNA和ITS序列对庭藤复合群的居群遗传学研究. 植物科学学报33(4): 425-437. Doi: 10.11913/PSJ.2095-0837. 2015.40425

56. Xue-Li Zhao & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2015. Indigofera pseudonigrescens (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae): A new species from Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa 222 (3): 251-258. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.222.4.2

57. Zhang-Ming Zhu & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2015. Molecular evidence for the hybrid origin of Rosa lichiangensis (Rosaceae). Phytotaxa 222 (3): 221–228. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.222.3.5

58. Liang Zhang, Carl J. Rothfels, Atsushi Ebihara, Eric Schuettpelz, Timothee Le-Pechon, Peris Kamau, Hai He, Xin-Mao Zhou, Jefferson Prado, Ashley Field,George Yatskievych, Xin-Fen Gao* & Li-Bing Zhang*. 2015. A global plastid phylogeny of the brake fern genus Pteris(Pteridaceae) and related genera in the Pteridoideae. Cladistics 31: 406–423. Doi: 10.1111/cla.12094

59. Yun-Dong Gao, Zhang Yu, Xin-Fen Gao*, Zhang-Ming Zhu. 2015. Pleistocene glaciations, demographic expansion and subsequent isolation promoted morphological heterogeneity: A phylogeographic study of the alpine Rosa sericea complex (Rosaceae). Scientific Reports 5, 11698; doi: 10.1038/srep11698.

60. Zhang-Ming Zhu, Xin-Fen Gao*, Marie Fougère-Danezan. 2015. Phylogeny of Rosa sections Chinenses and Synstylae (Rosaceae) based on chloroplast and nuclear markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 87:50–64. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev

61. Timothée Le Péchon, Qiang Dai, Li-Bing Zhang, Xin-Fen Gao, and Hervé Sauquet. 2015. Diversification of Dombeyoideae (Malvaceae) in the Mascarenes: Old Taxa on Toung Islands? International Journal of Plant Sciences 176(3): 211–221. DOI:10.1086/679350

62. Marie Fougere-Danezan*, Simon Joly, Anne Bruneau, Xin-Fen Gao* and Li-Bing Zhang*. 2015. Phylogeny and biogeography of wild roses with specific attention to polyploids. Annals of Botany. 115: 275–291. doi:10.1093/aob/mcu245

63. Bo Xu, Xin-Fen Gao*, Libing Zhang. 2015. Lespedeza hengduanshanensis comb. & stat. nov. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Desmodieae) from the Hengduan Mountains of SW China. Phytotaxa 202 (2): 165–168. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/ phytotaxa.202.2.10

64. 鞠文彬，高信芬*，包维楷. 2014. 画稿溪国家级自然保护区珍稀植物桫椤种群结构与更新。植物科学学报，2014，32( 2) : 113 -121。

65. Yun-Dong Gao & Xin-Fen Gao*. 2014. Taxonomic notes on Chinese Lilium L. (Liliaceae) with proposal of three nomenclatural revisions. Phytotaxa 172 (2): 101–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.172.2.5

66. Liang Zhang, Xin-Mao Zhou, Xin-Fen Gao* & Li-Bing Zhang*. 2014. Pteris barklyae (Pteridaceae): A new combination and neotypication of Adiantum pallens for the fern flora of the Indian Ocean Islands. Phytotaxa 174 (2): 116–118.

67. Yulan Peng*, Xinfen Gao*, Renyuan Li, Guoxing Cao. 2014.Transcriptome Sequencing and De Novo Analysis of Youngia japonica Using the Illumina Platform. Plos One. 9(3): 1-10.

68. Yu-lan Peng, Yu Zhang, Xinfen Gao*, Lin-Jing Tong,Liang Li, Ren-Yuan Li, Zhang-Ming ZHU & Jun-Ren Xian. 2014. A phylogenetic analysis and new delimitation of Crepidiastrum(Asteraceae, tribe Cichorieae). Phytotaxa 159 (4): 241–255.

69. Yu-lan Peng, Xinfen Gao*, Lu Peng. 2013. Pollen morphology of Youngia and six related genera (Asteraceae: Cichorieae) and its systematic significance. Phytotaxa  139 (1): 39–62

70. Liang Zhang, Xinfen Gao* & Libing Zhang*, 2013. Polystichum hainanicola (Dryopteridaceae), a new fern species from Hainan Island, China. Phytotaxa 85 (1): 9–14.

71. Liang Zhang, Zhang-Ming Zhu, Xin-Fen Gao*, Li-Bing Zhang. 2013. Polystichum hubeiense (Dryopteridaceae), a New Fern Species from Hubei, China.  Annales Botanici Fennici 04/2013; 50(50):107-110. DOI:10.5735/085.050.0121

72. Bo Xu, Xin-Fen Gao, Li-Bing Zhang. 2013. Lespedeza jiangxiensis, sp. nov. (Fabaceae) from China based on molecular, palynological, and morphological Data, Systematic Botany, 38(1): 118–126.

73. Zhongrong Li, Ning Wu, Xinfen Gao*, Yan Wu, Krishna P. Oli. 2013. Species-level Phenological Responses to 'Global Warming' as Evidenced by Herbarium Collections in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, Biodiversity and Conservation, 22(1): 141-152.

74. Li-Bing Zhang*, Liang Zhang, Shi-Yong Dong, Emily B Sessa, Xin-Fen Gao and Atsushi Ebihara, 2012. Molecular circumscription and major evolutionary lineages of the fern genus Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 12:180.

75. Bo Xu, Ning Wu, Xin-Fen Gao*, Li-Bing Zhang*. 2012. Analysis of DNA sequences of six chloroplast and nuclear genes suggests incongruence, introgression, and incomplete lineage sorting in the evolution of Lespedeza (Fabaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62: 346-358.

76. 郑 霞，高信芬* ，徐 波，涂卫国. 2011. 七种木蓝属植物的染色体研究. 植物科学学报，，29( 4) :  417～422。

77. Bo Xu, Xin-Fen Gao*, Ning Wu, and Li-Bing Zhang*. 2011. Pollen Diversity and Its Systematic Implications in Lespedeza (Fabaceae). Systematic Botany, 36(2): 352-361.

78. 孙霞，高信芬*, 2010, 聚乙二醇（PEG）模拟干旱胁迫对干旱河谷5种木蓝种子萌发的影响，应用与环境生物学报，16（3）：317-322.

79. Peng Y-L., Wu N., Gao X-F.*, Fang Z-Q., Xiao W-Y. 2010. Soil seed banks in lakeshore wetland: relation to the extant vegetation. Polish Journal of Ecology. 58(3): 449-457.

80. Tu Wei-Guo, Gao Xin-Fen*, Wu Ning and Liu Shi-Hua. 2010. Altitudinal patterns of vascular plant richness on the west-facing slope of Mt. Jiuding in Western China. Polish Journal of Ecology. 58(2): 231-240.

81. 周晓，高信芬*，羊向东，李艳玲. 2009. 九寨沟景区秋季水体硅藻的海拔梯度变化，应用与环境生物学报，15（2）：161－168.

82. Xin-Fen Gao, Brain Schrire. 2009. Three new species of Indigofera (Leguminosae) from China. Novon, 19（2）：159-163.

    Tu Wei-Guo, Gao Xin-Fen*, Wu Ning and Liu Shi-Hua. 2009. A Novel Method for Floristic Quality Assessment, using the Vegetation of the west slope of the Jiuding Mountain, Sichuan, China as an Example. Nordic Journal of Botany 27(1): 61-68.

83. Peng YL, Gao XF*, Wu N & al. 2009. Growth dynamic characters of Equisetum fluviatile community at lakeshore swaps in Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve, China. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, Vol. 24(1): 45-51.

84. 彭玉兰，高信芬*. 2009. 四川菊科分布新纪录，广西植物29（1）：51－54.

85. 方志强，高信芬，孙成仁*. 2008. 冕宁县山体滑坡地段早期植物群落组成研究。西华师范大学学报( 自然科学版)，29（3）:249-257.

86. 韦筱媚，高信芬*，张丽兵*. 2008. 绢毛蔷薇复合体的分类学研究: 峨眉蔷薇与绢毛蔷薇同种吗?，植物分类学报，46 (6): 919–928.

87. Gao XF, YL Peng, M Liden & YW Wang. 2008. Three new species of Corydalis from Northwestern Sichuan. NOVON, 18: 330–335.

88. 涂卫国，高信芬*，刘士华，吴宁. 2008. 九顶山西坡汶川段植物区系的初步研究。应用与环境生物学报，14（3）:298-302.

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1. Floristics and Biodiversity from Sichuan to Himalaya via Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

2. Systematics and Evolution of Vascular Plants, especially Fabaceae and Rosaceae.

3. Phylogeography of some Important Taxa.

4. Speciation of Seed Plants.

5. Ex situ Conservation of wild rose species.

1 Sixth International Symposium on Rose Research & Cultivation. 2013-08, Germany
2 Sixth International Legume Conference. 2013-01. South Africa
3 XVII International Botanical Congress. 2005-07. Austria.
4 Fourth International Legume Conference. 2001-07. Australia.
5  XVI International Botanical Congress.1999-08. USA

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