General
Zeng-Yuan Wu, Associate Professor  to Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KIB/CAS). Major research interests include 1) Taxonomy of Urticaceae; 2) Phylogenomics of Urticaceae 3)Biogeography of Urticaceae . Email: wuzengyuan@mail.kib.ac.cn


Research Areas

Taxonomy, phylogenomics, and boiogeography

Education

2005.09-2009.07   Yunnan University, China   Bachelor Degree

2009.09-2015.01    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences    PhD Degree

Experience

2012.12-2013.12  Natural History Museum, London & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Joint training PhD student)

2016.09-2017.09   Aberystwyth University, UK (Academic visitor)

Work Experience

2015.02-2018.12  Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Assistant professor)

2019.01-now  Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Associate professor)

Publications

Wu, Z. Y., & Li, D. Z. (2018). Urticaceae. In D. Z. Li (Ed.), A dictionary of the families and genera of chinese vascular plants (Vol. 1). Beijing: Science Press.

Wu, Z. Y., & Li, D. Z. (2020). Urticaceae. In D. Z. Li (Ed.), The families and genera of chinese vascular plants (Vol. 2, pp. 1057-1074). Beijing: Science Press.


Papers

(1)    Wu, Z. Y., Wang, W. T., Wang, H., & Li, D. Z.* (2011). Elatostema densistriolatum sp. nov., E. latistipulum sp. nov. and E. cyrtandrifolium var. hirsutum var. nov. (Urticaceae) from southwest China. Nordic Journal of Botany, 29, 227-232.

(2)    Wu, Z. Y., Wang, W. T., Wang, H., & Li, D. Z.* (2011). Two new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from southeast Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys, 7, 57-62.

(3)    Wu, Z. Y., Li, D. Z., Wang, H., & Wang, W.T. *(2012). One new series with its only new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from southeast Yunnan, China. Plant Diversity and Resources, 34(2), 151-154.

(4)    Wu, Z. Y., Wang, H., & Li, D. Z.* (2012). Supplementary description of achenes of seven species in Elatostema (Urticaceae). Guihainia, 32(5), 603-606.

(5)    Wu, Z. Y., Wang, H., & Li, D. Z.* (2012). Supplementary description of inflorescences of three species in Elatostema (Urticaceae). Plant Diversity ang Resources, 34(1), 13-16.

(6)    Wu, Z. Y., Li, D. Z., Wang, H., & Wang, W. T.* (2013). Two new species and one new variety of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from China. Annales Botanici Fennici, 50, 75-78.

(7)    Wu, Z. Y., Monro, A. K., Milne, R. I., Wang, H., Yi, T. S., Liu, J., & Li, D. Z.* (2013). Molecular phylogeny of the nettle family (Urticaceae) inferred from multiple loci of three genomes and extensive generic sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69(3), 814-827. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.022.

(8)    Wu, Z. Y., Milne, R. I., Chen, C. J., Liu, J., Wang, H., & Li, D. Z.* (2015). Ancestral state reconstruction reveals rampant homoplasy of diagnostic morphological characters in Urticaceae, conflicting with current classification schemes. PLoS ONE, 10(11), e0141821. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141821.

(9)    Wang, W.T.*, & Wu, Z. Y. (2016). Six new species of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from Yunnan. Plant diversity, 1, 19-25.

(10) Wu, Z. Y., Du, X. Y., Milne, R. I., Liu, J., & Li, D. Z.* (2017). Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Cecropia pachystachyaMitochondrial DNA Part B, 2(2), 735-737.

(11) Wu, Z. Y., Du, X. Y., Milne, I. R., Liu, J., & Li, D. Z.* (2018). Complete chloroplast genome sequences of two Boehmeria species (Urticaceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 3(2), 937-938.

(12) Wu, Z. Y., Liu, J., Provan, J., Wang, H., Chen, C. J., Cadotte, W. M., ...Li, D. Z.* Milne, I. R. (2018). Testing Darwin's transoceanic dispersal hypothesis for the inland nettle family (Urticaceae). Ecology Letters, 21, 1515-1529.

(13) Liu, J., Milne, I. R., Cadotte, W. M., Provan, J., Wu, Z. Y., Zhu, G. F., . . . Li, D. Z Li, D. Z.*. (2018). Protect Third Pole’s fragile ecosystem. Science, 362(6421), 1368.

(14) Wang, W. T.*, & Wu, Z. Y. (2019). Elatostema nanxiense, a new species of Urticaceae from Yunnan Province. Guihainia, 39(3), 294-296.

(15) Wang, R. N., Liu, J., Li, Z. H *, & Wu, Z. Y. *(2019). Complete chloroplast genome sequences of Debregeasia orientalis (Urticaceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4(1), 1830-1831.

(16) Wang, R.-N., Milne, R. I., Du, X.-Y., Liu, J. *, & Wu, Z. Y. * (2020). Characteristics and mutational hotspots of plastomes in Debregeasia (Urticaceae). Frontiers in Genetics, 11, 729.

(17) Sun, Z.-Y., Liu, J., Wambulwa, M. C., Li, Z. H. *, & Wu, Z. Y. * (2021). The complete chloroplast genome sequences of an endemic species of Urticaceae (Debregeasia hekouensis). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6(11), 3300-3302.

(18) Wambulwa, M. C., Fan, P. Z., Milne, R., Wu, Z. Y., Luo, Y. H., Wang, Y. H., . . . Li, D. Z*., Liu, J*. (2021). Genetic analysis of walnut cultivars from southwest China: Implications for germplasm improvement. Plant diversity.

(19) Wambulwa, M. C., Milne, R., Wu, Z. Y., Spicer, R. A., Provan, J., Luo, Y.-H., . . . Li, D. Z*., Liu, J*. (2021). Spatiotemporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: Current knowledge and future perspectives. Ecology and Evolution, n/a(n/a). doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7906.

(20) Ogoma,C. A., Liu, J., Stull, G, W., Wambulwa, M. C., Oyebanji, O., Milne, R. I., Monro, A. K., Zhao, Y., Li, D. Z.*, Wu, Z. Y.*. (2022). Deep insights into the plastome evolution and phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Urticeae (family Urticaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 870949.

(21) Wambulwa, M. C., Luo, Y. H., Zhu G. F., Mile, R. I., Wachira, F. N., Wu, Z. Y., Wang H., Gao, L. M., Li, D. Z.*, Liu, J.*. (2022). Determinants of genetic structure in a highly heterogeneous landscape in Southwest China. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 779989.

(22) Wu, Z. Y., Milne, R. I., Liu, J., Slik, F., Yu, Y., Luo, Y.-H. et al. (2022). Phylogenomics and evolutionary history of Oreocnide (Urticaceae) shed light on recent geological and climatic events in SE Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 175, 107555.

(23) Wu, Z. Y., Milne, R.I., Liu, J., Nathan, R.*, Corlett, R. T. & Li, D. Z.*. (2023). The establishment of plants following long-distance dispersal. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 38, 289-300.

Research Interests

Taxonomy, Phylogeny, phylogenomics. biogeography

Collaboration

Dr.   Alex   Monro

Royal   Botanical Gardens, Kew

Dr. Richard     Milne

Edinburgh   University

Prof.   Jim   Provan

Aberystwyth   University

Prof.   Marc   Cadotte

Toronto   University, Canada


Students

现指导学生

付小刚  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

Honors & Distinctions

(1)Member of CAS’ Youth Innovation Promotion Association

(2)Yunnan Young & Elite Talent