Taxonomy, DNA barcoding, molecular phylogeny and biogeography of tropical and subtropical flora, especially the orchid tree genus Bauhinia and the teh rosewood genus Dalbergia of the legume family; Evolution of heterostyly in flowering plants and evolution of plant breeding system.

• • （1） Invasive Asteraceae plants can enhance community stability by changing pollination network structure, yet cause intense pollen disturbance to native plants in an oceanic island community, Biological Invasions, 2023, corresponding author.
    （2） Multiple interaction networks reveal that Lepidoptera larvae and adults prefer various host plants for diet and pollination, Integrative Zoology, 2023, corresponding author.
    （3） Three new combinations in the genus Phanera (Fabaceae: Cercidoideae) including the lectotypification of Bauhinia strychnifolia, PHYTOTAXA, 2023, corresponding author.
    （4） 国产柿属（Diospyros）的叶表皮形态研究及其分类学意义, Leaf Epidermal Morphology of Diospyros from China and Its Taxonomic Significance, 热带亚热带植物学报, 2023,  the 3rd author.
    （5） The complete plastid genome sequence of Lysidice brevicalyx (Fabaceae: Detarioideae), an arbor species endemic to China, MITOCHONDRIAL DNA. PART B, RESOURCES, 2023, the 4th author.
    （6） Genomic evidence supports the genetic convergence of a supergene controlling the distylous floral syndrome, NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 2023, the 8th author.
    （7） Two new synonyms of Ormosia semicastrata (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae, Ormosieae), PHYTOTAXA, 2023, corresponding author.
    （8） Comprehensive transcriptomic profiling reveals complex molecular mechanisms in the regulation of style-length dimorphism in Guettarda speciosa (Rubiaceae), a species with "anomalous" distyly, FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 2023, the 5th author
    （9） Genome-wide expansion and reorganization during grass evolution: from 30 Mb chromosomes in rice and Brachypodium to 550 Mb in Avena, BMC Plant Biology, 2023, the 7th author.
    （10） The complete plastid genome of Cheniella didyma (H.Y.Chen) R.Clark & Mackinder (Leguminosae), Mitochondrial DNA Part B:RESOURCES, 2022, corresponding author.
    （11） 酸枝木类原植物分类学概述, Species of Suanzhi Wood:A Taxonomic Review, 热带亚热带植物学报, 2022, the 5th author.
    （12） Comparative analysis of complete plastid genome reveals powerful barcode regions for identifying wood of Dalbergia odorifera and D. tonkinensis (Leguminosae), JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, 2022, the corresponding author.
    （13） Plastid phylogenomics and biogeography of the medicinal plant lineage Hyoscyameae (Solanaceae), PLANT DIVERSITY, 2021, the 5th author.
    （14） Isolation, Characterization and Antioxidant, Tyrosinase Inhibitory Activities of Constituents from the Flowers of Cercis glabra 'Spring-1', RECORDS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS, 2021, the 10th author.
    （15） Soil fungal diversity and community assembly: affected by island size or type?, FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY, 2021, the 6th author.
    （16） Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Caryopemon giganteus Pic (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), MITOCHONDRIALDNAPARTBRESOURCES, 2020, the 4th author.
    （17） The complete plastid genome of Bauhinia variegata L. var. variegata (Leguminosae), MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES, 2020, the 5th author.
    （18） The complete chloroplast genome of Microcycas calocoma (Miq.) A. DC. (Zamiaceae, Cycadales) and evolution in Cycadales, PEERJ, 2020, the 4th author.
    （19） The complete plastid genome of Hong Kong Orchid Tree, Bauhinia x blakeana Dunn (Leguminosae), MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES, 2019, corresponding author.
    （20） The complete plastid genome sequence of Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv. (Leguminosae), MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES, 2019, corresponding author.
    （21） Evolution of CYCLOIDEA-like genes in Fabales: Insights into duplication patterns and the control of floral symmetry, MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 2019, corresponding author.
    （22） Corrigendum to "Evolutionary history and biogeography of Mandragora L. (Solanaceae)" Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 129 (2018) 85–95, MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 2019, the 3rd author.
    （23） Evolution and Functional Insights of the CYCLOIDEA-like Genes Controlling Floral Symmetry in Fabales, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2019, corresponding author.
    （24） Complete plastid genome of Suriana maritima L. (Surianaceae) and its implications in phylogenetic reconstruction of Fabales, JOURNAL OF GENETICS, 2019, corresponding author.
    （25） Evolutionary history and biogeography of mandragora l. (Solanaceae) (vol 129, pg 85, 2018), MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 2019, the 3rd author.
    （26） The complete plastid genome of Zenia insignis Chun (Leguminosae), MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES, 2019, corresponding author.
    （27） DNA barcoding the flowering plants from the tropical coral islands of Xisha (China), ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2018, corresponding author.
    （28） Phylogenetic relationship of Clauseneae (Rutaceae) inferred from plastid and nuclear DNA data and taxonomic implication for some major taxa, NORDIC JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 2018, the 2nd author.
    （29） Quercus pseudosetulosa, a new species of Quercus sect. Ilex (Fagaceae) from Dawanshan Island, Guangdong, China, PHYTOTAXA, 2018, corresponding author.
    （30） A karyological study of Suriana maritima L. (Surianaceae) from Xisha Islands of South China Sea, CARYOLOGIA, 2018, corresponding author.
    （31） Revised phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cosmopolitan aquatic plant genus Typha (Typhaceae), SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2018, the 2nd author.
    （32） 国产鸡血藤属和崖豆藤属（豆科）的花粉形态及其系统学意义, Pollen Morphology of Callerya Endl.and Millettia Wight et Arn.(Leguminosae)from China and Its Systematic Implications, 热带亚热带植物学报, 2018, the 3rd author.
    （33） Evolutionary history and biogeography of Mandragora L. (Solanaceae), MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 2018, the 3rd. author.
    （34） Evolution of sexual systems and growth habit in Mussaenda (Rubiaceae): Insights into the evolutionary pathways of dioecy, MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 2018, the 6th author.
    （35） Stillingia: A newly recorded genus of Euphorbiaceae from China, PHYTOTAXA, 2017, corresponding author.
    （36） (2371) Proposal to conserve the name Dalbergia polyphylla Benth. against D-polyphylla Poir. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), TAXON, 2015, the 3rd author.
    （37） Phylogeographic study of Mandragora L. reveals a case of ancient human assisted migration, ISRAEL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES, 2015, the 2nd author.
    （38） 基于DNA条形码的玉叶金花属植物鉴定研究, Identification of plants in Mussaenda L.based on DNA barcoding, 中草药, 2015, the 5th author.
    （39） Proposal to conserve the name Dalbergia polyphylla Benth. against D. polyphylla Poir. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), Taxon, 2015, 
    （40） 印度黄檀属（豆科）一新异名, 热带亚热带植物学报, 2015, the 3rd author.
    （41） Phylogenetic position of Guihaiothamnus (Rubiaceae): Its evolutionary and ecological implications, MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 2014, the 2nd author.
    （42） Re-Establishment of the Genus Ania Lindl. (Orchidaceae), PLOS ONE, 2014, the 4th author.
    （43） A New Synonym of Dalbergia (Leguminosae), TAIWANIA, 2014, the 2nd author.
    （44） Bauhinia hekouensis (Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae), a new species from China, Novon, 2013, the 1st author.
    （45） 红果黄檀一新异名, 热带亚热带植物学报, 2013, the 2nd author.
    （46） Bauhinia hekouensis (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae), a New Species from Yunnan, China, NOVON, 2013, the 1st author.
    （47） Phylogenetic position of Wenchengia (Lamiaceae): A taxonomically enigmatic and critically endangered genus, TAXON, 2012, the 3rd author.
    （48） Dispersals of Hyoscyameae and Mandragoreae (Solanaceae) from the New World to Eurasia in the early Miocene and their biogeographic diversification within Eurasia, MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 2010, the 1st author.
    （49） Complete nucleotide sequence and gene arrangement of the mitochondrial genome of the crab-eating frog Fejervarya cancrivora and evolutionary implications, GENE, 2009, the 5th author.
    （50） Biogeographic diversification in Nolana (Solanaceae), a ubiquitous member of the Atacama and Peruvian Deserts along the western coast of South America, JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, 2009, the 2nd author.
    （51） Phylogeny of Nolana (Solanaceae) of the Atacama and Peruvian deserts inferred from sequences of four plastid markers and the nuclear LEAFY second intron, MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 2008, the 1st author.
    （52） Phylogeny of Nolana (Nolaneae, Solanoideae, Solanaceae) as inferred from granule-bound starch synthase I (GBSSI) sequences, TAXON, 2007, the 2nd author.
    （53） A cytological study on Kelloggia (Rubiaceae), and intercontinental disjunct genus between eastern Asia and western North America, Journal of Plant Researc, 2006, the 1st author.
    （54） Cytological studies on the Sino-Himalayan endemic Anisodus and four related genera from the tribe Hyoscyameae (Solanaceae) and their systematic and evolutionary implications, BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 2005, the 1st author.
    
• • 发表著作

2023-2027,  Guangdong Flagship Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research(2023B0303050001), ¥2,590,000

2022-2026,  Key-Field Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province”,  ¥600,000

2023-2025, Foundation of Guangzhou Forestry Bureau, ¥900,000

2022-2024, the Guangdong Provincial Special Fund for Natural Resource Affairs on Ecology and Forestry Construction （GDZZDC20228704）, ¥7,500,000

2021-2024, National Science Foundation of China, ¥580,000

2018-2021, Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province (2019B030316020), ¥1,000,000

2016-2020，Flora of tropical islands, CAS, ¥1,500,000

2015-2016, Seed resources of southern China. Kunming Institute of Botany, ¥98,000

2015－2016, Guangdong Forestry Department, A Survey of rare and endangered plant species in Zhuhai and Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, ¥300,000

2013-2014, Plant specimen collections from the Tibet Plateau, Guangdong Museum, ¥300,000

2013－2018, Science Ministry of China, Survey of Biological Resources of the Tropical Coastal and Insular Regions of China (subproject), ¥300,000

2013-2016, CNFS, Origin and biogeographic diversification of the pantropic genus Bauhinia (Leguminosae), ¥800,000

2011-2012, GDNFS, Molecular evolution of Cycloidea-like genes in the legume family and the development of flower symmetry, ¥30,000

2011-2013, CNFS, Molecular evolution of Cycloidea-like genes in the legume family and the development of flower symmetry, ¥190,000

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李盛春  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

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