The research primarily focuses on plant taxonomy, plant floristics, biogeography, and evolutionary biology. It includes in-depth studies on the flora of the Tibetan Plateau, the flora of the Chinese Himalayas, the formation of biogeographical patterns, and plant groups such as the Mimosaceae and Fabaceae. Extensive and systematic research has been conducted on the formation, evolution, and adaptive mechanisms of plant diversity on the Tibetan Plateau. This research has resulted in distinctive contributions:

1. Origins and Geographical Patterns of Alpine Plant Diversity on the Tibetan Plateau: The research has revealed the origins and mechanisms of the formation of geographical patterns of alpine plant diversity on the Tibetan Plateau, enriching the theory of the evolution and formation of biogeographical patterns. It has marked a shift in plant geography research in China from mere phenomenological description to mechanistic explanation.

2. Adaptive Mechanisms of Alpine Plant Diversity: In studying the adaptive mechanisms of alpine plants on the Tibetan Plateau, new mechanisms of adaptive evolution in alpine plants (such as the special structures of Saussurea and Rheum and the camouflaged coloration evolution in Fritillaria) have been discovered. These findings have led to a series of original and important results, promoting the transition of alpine plant functional ecology research in China from a non-existent field to an established one.

3. Field Surveys and Specimen Collections: The researcher has made significant contributions to investigating and collecting plant flora in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. They have led or participated in expeditions in regions such as the Xizang Plateau, Hengduan Mountains, much of Southwest China, Laos, and Uzbekistan, collecting over 20,000 plant specimens and more than 100,000 samples. Notably, a winter survey lasting over eight months in the Yarlung Zangbo River (Medog region) resulted in the collection of a vast amount of primary data, filling gaps in poorly studied areas of plant flora research and contributing to the study of Chinese plant diversity. This work has been widely acknowledged by peers and frequently cited in studies on plant diversity, including floristic studies, monographs, taxonomic revisions, and species catalogues.

Jan.2001  Further studying in Jodrell Laoboretory, Royal Botanical Gardens Kew.

Dec.1994  Ph.D. Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of  Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan , P. R. China.

Aug.1988  M.S. Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan P. R. China.

Jul.1983  B.S. Biology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China.

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[1]    Y. Z. Zhang,  J. A. Hogan,  Y. J. Ye,  X. Liu,  M. S. Song,  J. G. Chen, H. Sun Decoupled responses of soil microbial diversity and ecosystem functions to successive degeneration processes in alpine pioneer community. Science China-Life Sciences. (2025)  10.1007/s11427-024-2692-5

[2]    Han Zhang,  Pan Zhang,  Yang Niu,  Tongzhou Tao,  Gang Liu,  Congcong Dong,  Zeyu Zheng,  Zengzhu Zhang,  Ying Li,  Zhimin Niu,  Wenyu Liu,  Zemin Guo,  Shaoji Hu,  Yang Yang,  Minjie Li,  Hang Sun,  Susanne S. Renner, Jianquan Liu Genetic basis of camouflage in an alpine plant and its long-term co-evolution with an insect herbivore. Nature ecology & evolution. (2025)  10.1038/s41559-025-02653-3

[3]    Davron Dekhkonov,  Temur Asatulloev,  Ziyoviddin Yusupov,  Umida Tojiboeva,  Ibrokhimjon Ergashov,  Weibang Sun,  Tao Deng,  Hang Sun, Komiljon Tojibaev Comparative chloroplast genome and phylogenetic analysis of Central Asian tulips. Nordic Journal of Botany. (2025)  10.1111/njb.04460

[4]    Kai-Yun Chen,  Jin-Dan Wang,  Rui-Qi Xiang,  Xue-Dan Yang,  Quan-Zheng Yun,  Yuan Huang,  Hang Sun, Jia-Hui Chen Backbone phylogeny of Salix based on genome skimming data. Plant Diversity 47, 178-188. (2025)  10.1016/j.pld.2024.09.004

[5]    R. Wu,  S. Cun,  Y. Q. Gao,  R. Ma,  L. Zhang,  S. Lev-Yadun,  H. Sun, B. Song Distribution patterns of glandular trichomes in the flora of the Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 207, 83-94. (2024)  10.1093/botlinnean/boae035

[6]    B. B. Tiamiyu,  B. K. Ngarega,  X. Zhang,  H. J. Zhang,  L. J. Li,  J. Sun,  T. Deng, H. C. Wang Climate warming will affect the range dynamics of East Asian species: a maximum entropy approach. Trop Ecol 65, 650-663. (2024)  10.1007/s42965-024-00351-y

[7]    Q. Qiao,  Q. Cao,  R. A. Zhang,  M. Z. Wu,  Y. B. Y. Zheng,  L. Xue,  J. J. Lei,  H. Sun,  A. Liston, T. C. Zhang Genomic analyses provide insights into sex differentiation of tetraploid strawberry . Plant Biotechnol J 22, 1552-1565. (2024)  10.1111/pbi.14286

[8]    Xinyuan Kuai,  Quansheng Fu,  Hang Sun, Tao Deng Expeditionplus: The application of a gridded system in the integration of multidimensional environmental factors. Plant Diversity. (2024)  10.1016/j.pld.2024.01.001

[9]    J. T. Chen,  M. Liden,  X. H. Huang,  S. Q. Yang,  X. J. Zhang,  Q. Liu,  Q. L. Su,  G. J. Hua,  J. Luo, T. Deng (Papaveraceae): A new species from Xizang, China, based on plastome and morphological data. Ecology and Evolution 14. (2024)  ARTN e1122510.1002/ece3.11225

[10] Z. Zhou,  Z. Chen,  Z. M. Guo,  T. V. Do,  Y. Niu, H. Sun Taxonomic notes on (Orobanchaceae). Phytotaxa 633, 41-50. (2023)  10.11646/phytotaxa.633.1.5

[11] Zhang, Yazhou, Hogan, J. Aaron, Ye, Yaojun, Liu, Xin, Song, Minshu, Chen, Jianguo*, Sun, hang*: Decoupled responses of soil microbial diversity and ecosystem functions to successive degeneration processes in alpine pioneer community. Science China-Life Sciences 2024. 10.1007/s11427-024-2692-5.

[12] Zhang, Xu, Chen, Juntong, Guo, Hongtao, Gao, Shenghan, Ren, Baoqing, Sun, Yanxia, Deng Tao, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*: A high-quality genome assembly of the shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa). Scientific Data 2024, 11(1): 950.

[13] Zhang, Xinjian, Huang Xianhan, Landis, Jacob B., Fu, Quansheng, Chen, Juntong, Luo, Pengrui, Li, Lijuan, Lu, Hengyi, Sun, Hang*, Deng, Tao*: Shifts in reproductive strategies in the evolutionary trajectory of plant lineages. Science China-Life Sciences 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-024-2597-9.

[14] Luo, Pengrui, Yang, Qiyi, Huang, Xianhan, Zhang, Xinjian, Tan, Jinbo, Tu, Tieyao, David, J. Goyder, Michael, G. Gilbert, Deng, Tao*, Sun, Hang*. Lectotypification of Ceropegia driophila (Apocynaceae) and proposal of Ceropegia paohsingensis as a heterotypic synonym. Nordic Journal of Botany. 2024. e04489.

[15] Zhang, Qiuyu, Chen, Zhe, Sun, Hang*, Niu, Yang*: Intraspecific floral colour variation in three Pedicularis species. Plant Diversity 2024, 46(2): 274-279.

[16] Yang, Pengfei#, Niu, Mengqiu#, Fu, Quansheng, Qian, Lishen, Huang Meihong, Li, Zhimin, Sun, Hang*, Chen, Jianguo*: Ecosystem engineers can regulate resource allocation strategies in associated plant species. Frontiers in Plant Science 2024, 15: 1387951.

[17] Jung, Joonhyung, Deng, Tao, Kim, Yu Gyeom, Kim Changkyun, Sun, Hang*, Kim Joo-Hwan*: Comparative phylogenomic study of East Asian endemic genus, Corchoropsis Siebold & Zucc. (Malvaceae s.l.), based on complete plastome sequences. BMC Genomics 2024, 25(1): 854.

[18] Makhmudjanov, Dilmurod, Volis, Sergei, Yusupov, Ziyoviddin, Juramurodov, Inom, Tojibaev, Komiljon*, Deng, Tao*, Sun, Hang*, Central Asia revealed as a key area in evolution of Eremurus (Asphodelaceae), Plant Diversity, 46(3)(2024), 333-343, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2023.08.004.

[19] Yang, Shunquan, Chen, Juntong, Li, Zhimin, Huang, Xianhan, Zhang, Xu, Liu, Qun, Tojibaev, Komiljon, Sun, Hang*, Deng, Tao*, Comparative chloroplast genomes of Dactylicapnos species: insights into phylogenetic relationships, BMC Plant Biology, 24(2024), 350, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-04989-7.

[20] Rana, Santosh Kumar, Rana, Hum Kala, Landis, Jacob B, Kuang, Tianhui, Chen, Juntong, Wang, Hengchang, Deng, Tao*, Davis, Charles C,* Sun, Hang*, Pleistocene glaciation advances the cryptic speciation of Stellera chamaejasme L. in a major biodiversity hotspot, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13663.

[21] Zhang, XinJian, Jiang, KangZheng, Kuai, XinYuan., Chen, JunTong., Luo, PengRui, Sun, Hang*, Deng, Tao*, Taxonomic resurrection of Saxifraga lancangensis (Saxifragaceae), Botanical Studies, 65(1)(2024), 12, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40529-024-00418-y.

[22] Huang, Tao^#, Song, Bo^#, Chen, Zhe, Sun, Hang*, Niu, Yang*, Pollinator shift ensures reproductive success in a camouflaged alpine plant, Annals of Botany, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae075.

[23] Shi, Honghua., Yang, Bin, Lyu, Tong, Wang, Zhiheng*, Sun, Hang*, Contraction and expansion: global geographical variation in reproductive systems of Primula is driven by different mechanisms, Journal of Biogeography, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14849.

[24] Chen, Xufang, Qian, Lishen, Shi, Honghua, Zhang, Yazhou, Song, Minshu, Sun, Hang*, Chen, Jianguo*, Allelopathic potentials of surrounding vegetation on seedling establishment of alpine cushion Arenaria polytrichoides Edgew, Journal of Plant Ecology, 17(2)(2024), rtae026, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae026.

[25] Ye, Yaojun^#, Fu, Quansheng^#, Volis, Sergei, Li, Zhimin, Sun, Hang*, Deng, Tao*, Evolutionary correlates of extinction risk in Chinese angiosperm, Biological Conservation, 292(2024). 110549, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110549.

[26] Ma, Rong, Xu, Qi, Gao, Yongqian, Peng, Deli*, Sun, Hang*, Song, Bo*, Patterns and drivers of plant sexual systems in the dry-hot valley region of southwestern China, Plant Diversity, 46(2)(2024), 158-168.

[27] Chen, Xufang, Zhang, Yazhou, Qian, Lishen, Zhou, Renyu, Sun, Hang*, Chen, Jianguo*, Sex-specific facilitation and reproduction of the gynodioecious cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides on the Himalaya-Hengduan mountains, SW China, Plant Diversity, 46(2)(2024), 247-255.

[28] Song, Bo, Chen, Jiaqi, Lev-Yadun, Simcha, Niu, Yang, Gao, Yongqian, Ma, Rong, Armbruster, W. Scott*, Sun, Hang*, Multifunctionality of angiosperm floral bracts: a review, Biological Reviews, 99(3)(2024), 1100-1120.

[29] Cun, Shuang, Zhang, Chan, Chen, Jiaqi., Qian, Lishen, Sun, Hang*, Song, Bo*, Effects of UV-B radiation on pollen germination and tube growth: A global meta-analysis, Science of the Total Environment, 915(2024). 170097, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170097.

[30] Ma, Xiangguang, Ren, Yuebo, Sun, Hang*, Introgression and incomplete lineage sorting blurred phylogenetic relationships across the genomes of sclerophyllous oaks from southwest China, Cladistics, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12570.

[31] Huang, Deqing^#, Ma, Xiangguang^#, Sun, Hang*, Phylogenomic analyses and chromosome ploidy identification reveal multiple cryptic species in Allium sikkimense complex (Amaryllidaceae), Frontiers in Plant Science, 14(2024), 268546, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1268546.

[32] Chen, Jianguo^#, Chen, Xufang^#, Qian, Lishen, Zhang, Yazhou, Li, Bo, Shi, Honghua, Sun, Lu, Schöb, Christian, Sun, Hang*, Degeneration of foundation cushion species induced by ecological constraints can cause massive changes in alpine plant communities, Science China-Life Sciences, 67(3)(2024), 596-610.

[33] Luo, Pengrui, Sun, Hang*, First International Symposium on the Frontiers of Plant Diversity Conservation Research in the Pan-Third Pole Region, Kunming, China, August 2023, Taxon, 72(6)(2024), 1399-1400.

[34] Juramurodov, Inom, Makhmudjanov, Dilmurod, Liu, Peiliang, Yusupov, Ziyoviddin, Nikitina, Elena, Deng, Tao*, Tojibaev, Komiljon*, Sun, Hang*, Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography in Hedysarum (Hedysareae, Fabaceae) with a focus on Central Asian taxa, Taxon, 72(6)(2024), 1262-1284.

[35] Chen, Yongsheng, Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N., Yang, Yi, Liu, Jian, Dimitrov, Dimitar, Luo, Ao, Luo, Yuan, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Zhiheng*, (Chen et al., 2024; Chen et al., 2025; Kuai et al., 2024; Qiao et al., 2024; Samuel J. Smit et al., 2024; S. J. Smit et al., 2024; Tiamiyu et al., 2024; Wu et al., 2024)Dispersal modes affect Rhamnaceae diversification rates in a differentiated manner, Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 290(2011)(2023), 20231926, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1926.

[36] Peng, Junchu^#, Ma, Xiangguang^#, Sun, Hang*, Ancient allopatry and ecological divergence act together to promote plant diversity in mountainous regions: evidence from comparative phylogeography of two genera in the Sino-Himalayan region, Bmc Plant Biology, 23(1)(2023). 572, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04593-1.

[37] Chen, Zhe, Nevo, Omer, Valenta, Kim, Sun, Hang*, Niu, Yang*, Red fruits exhibit lower colour diversity than red flowers as perceived by birds, Functional Ecology, 37(12)(2023), 3164-3176. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14448.

[38] Sun, Yanxia^#, Zhang, Aidi^#, Landis, Jacod B., Shi, W.ei Zhang, Xiujun, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Genome assembly of the snow lotus species Saussurea involucrata provides insights into acacetin and rutin biosynthesis and tolerance to an alpine environment, Horticulture Research, 10(10)(2023), https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhad180.

[39] Chen, Zhe, Zhou, Zhuo, Guo, Zemin, Van Do, Truong, Sun, Hang*, Niu, Yang*, Historical development of karst evergreen broadleaved forests in East Asia has shaped the evolution of a hemiparasitic genus Brandisia (Orobanchaceae), Plant Diversity, 45(5)(2023), 501-512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2023.03.005.

[40] Feng, Tao^#, Pucker, Boas^#, Kuang, Tianhui^#, Song, Bo^#, Yang, Ya, Lin, Nan, Zhang, Huajie, Moore, Michael J., Brockington, Samuel F., Wang, Qingfeng, Deng, Tao*, Wang, Hengchang*, Sun, Hang*, The genome of the glasshouse plant noble rhubarb (Rheum nobile) provides a window into alpine adaptation, Communications Biology, 6(1)(2023), https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05044-1.

[41] Xu, Yuewen^#, Sun, Lu^#, Ma, Rong, Gao, Yongqian, Sun, Hang*, Song, Bo*, Does pollinator dependence decrease along elevational gradients? Plant Diversity, 45(4)(2023), 446-455, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2023.03.006.

[42] Chen, Juntong^#, Lidén, Magnus^#, Huang, Xianhan^#, Zhang, Liang, Zhang, Xinjian, Kuang, Tianhui, Landis, Jacob B., Wang, Dong, Deng, Tao*, Sun, Hang*, An updated classification for the hyper-diverse genus Corydalis (Papaveraceae: Fumarioideae) based on phylogenomic and morphological evidence, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13499

[43] Huang, Tao, Chen, Zhe, Xu, Bo, Sun, Hang*, Niu, Yang*, Camouflaged plants are shorter than non-camouflaged plants in the alpine zone, Biology Letters, 19(5)(2023), 20220560. http://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0560

[44] Luo, Dong, Song, Minshu, Xu, Bo, Zhang, Yu, Zhang, jianwen, Ma, Xiangguang, Hao, Xiaojiang*, Sun, Hang*, A clue to the evolutionary history of modern East Asian flora: Insights from phylogeography and diterpenoid alkaloid distribution pattern of the Spiraea japonica complex, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 184(2023), 107772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107772

[45] Lin, Nan^#, Liu, Qun^#, Landis, Jacob B, Rana, Hum Kala, Li, Zhimin, Wang, Hengchang*, Sun, Hang*, Deng, Tao*, Staying in situ or shifting range under ongoing climate change: A case of an endemic herb in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains across elevational gradients, Diversity and Distributions, 29(2023), 524-542.

[46] Sun, Yanxia^#, Zhang, Aidi^#, Zhang, Xu^#, Landis Jacob B, Zhang Huajie, Zhang Xiujun, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Insigths into the differentiation and adaptation within Circaeasteraceae from Circaeaster agrestis genome sequencing and resequencing, iScience, 26(3)(2023), 106159.

[47] Weng, Long^#, Jiang, Yunhui^# Wang, Yong^#, Zhang, Xuemei, Zhou, Ping, Wu, Mei, Li, Hongzhe*, Sun, Hang*, Chen, Shaotian*, Chloroplast genome characteristics and phylogeny of the sinodielsia clade (apiaceae: apioideae), BMC Plant Biology, 23(2023), 284. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04271-2

[48] Zhang, Xu, Kuang, Tianhui, Dong, Wenlin, Qian, Zhihao, Zhang, Huajie, Landis, Jacob B, Feng, Tao, Li, Lijuan, Sun, Yanxia, Huang, Jinling, Deng, Tao*, Wang, Hengchang*, Sun, Hang*, Genomic convergence underlying high-altitude adaptationin alpine plants, Journal of Intergrative Plant Biology, 65(7)(2023), 1620-1635.

[49] Zhang, Xinjian, Gornall, Richard J, Zhang, Zhouxin, Chen, Juntong, Sun, Hang*, Deng, Tao*, A re-examination of the circumscription of Saxifraga mengtzeana (Saxifragagaceae), Ecology and Evolution, 13(2023), 39886.

[50] Zhang, Xinjian, Zhang, Cheng, Kuai, Xinyuan, Chen, Juntong, Deng, Tao*, Sun, Hang, Saxifraga cataphracta (Saxifragaceae), a new species from Southwest China, Nordic Journal of Botany, 7(2023), e03933. http://doi.org/10.1111/njb.03933

[51] Chen, Hongliang, Al-Shehbaz Ihsan A, Qian Lishen, Zhang Jianwen, Xu Bo, Zhang Ticao, Yue, Jipei*, Sun, Hang*, Pulvinatusia (Brassicaceae), a new cushion genus from China and its systematic position, PhytoKeys, 189(2022), 9-28.

[52] Chen, Juntong^#, Kuang, Tianhui ^#, Huang, Xianhan, Zhang, Xinjian, Sun, Hang*, Deng, Tao*. Taxonomic identity of Corydalis lidenii (Papaveraceae), Phytokeys, 190(2022), 35-45.

[53] Fu, Quansheng^#, Huang, Xianhan^#, Li,Lijuan^#, Jin, Yi, Qian, Hong, Kuai, Xinyuan, Ye, Yaojun, Wang, Hengchang, Deng, Tao*, Sun, Hang*, Linking evolutionary dynamics to species extinction for flowering plants in global biodiversity hotspots, Diversity and Distributions, 28(2022), 2871-2885.

[54] Li, Lijuan^#, Xu, Xiaoting^#, Qian, Hong, Huang, Xianhan, Liu, Pengju, Landis, Jacob B, Fu, Quansheng, Sun, Lu, Wang, Hengchang*, Sun, Hang*, Deng, Tao*, Elevational patterns of phylogenetic structure of angiosperms in a biodiversity hotspot in eastern Himalaya, Diversity and Distribution, 28(2022), 2534-2548.

[55] Lv, Zhengyu^#, Yusupov, Ziyoviddin^#, Zhang, Daigui^#, Zhang, Yazhou, Zhang, Xiaoshuang, Lin, Nan, Tojibaev, Komiljon, Sun, Hang*, Deng,Tao*, Oreocharis xieyongii, an unusural new species of Gensneriaceae from western Hunan, China, Plant Diversity, 44(2022), 222-230.

[56] Qian, Lishen, Shi Honghua, Ou, Xiaokun*, Sun, Hang*, Elevational patterns of functional diversity and trait of Delphinium (Ranunculaceae) in Hengduan Mountains, China, Plant Diversity, 44(2022), 20-29.

[57] Rana, Hum Kala, Rana, Santosh Kumar, Luo, Dong*, Sun, Hang*, Existence of biogeographic barriers for the long-term Neogene-Quaternary divergence and differentiation of Koenigia forrestii in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 201(2023), 230-253.

[58] Rana, Santosh Kumar^#, Rana, Hum Kala^#, Stöocklin, Jürg, Ranjitkar, Sailesh, Sun, Hang*, Song, Bo*, Global warming pushes the distribution range of the two alpine 'glasshouse' Rheum species north-and upwards in the Eastern Himalayas and the Hengduan Mountains, Frontiers in Plant Science, 13(2022), 925296. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.925296

[59] Song, Bo^#, Sun, Lu^#, Barrett, Spencer C.H, Moles, Angela T, Luo, Yahuang, Armbruster, W. Scott, Gao, Yongqian, Zhang, Shuang*, Zhang, Zhiqiang*, Sun, Hang*, Global analysis of floral longevity reveals latitudinal gradients and biotic and abiotic correlates, New Phytologist, 235(2022), 22054-2065.

[60] Sun, Hang, When two biological species meet, will genetic exchange take place? National Science Review, 9(12)(2022), nwac 292.

[61] Shchegoleva, Natalia, V*, Nikitina, Elena, Vasilievna, Juramurodov, Inom J, Zverev, Andrei A, Turginov, Orzimat T, Jabborov, Anvarbek Munibillaevich, Yusupov, Ziyoviddin, Dekhkonov, Davron B, Deng, Tao, Sun, Hang*, A new species of Ranunuculus (Ranuculaceae) from Western Pamir-Alay, Uzbekistan lanuched to accelerat biodiversity research, PhytoKeys, 193(2022), 125-139.

[62] Yang, Lie, Sun, Lu, Peng, Deli, Chen, Guangjie, Sun, Hang*, Nie, Zelong*, The significance of recent diversification in the Northern Hemisphere in shaping the modern global flora revealed drom the herbaceous tribe of Rubieae (Rubiaceae), Molecular Phylogentics and Evolution, 177(2022), 107628.

[63] Yusupo, Ziyoviddin^#, Ergashov, Ibrokhimjon^#, Volis, Sergei, Makhmudjanov, Dilmurod, Dekhkonov, Davron, Khassanov, Furkat, Tojibaev, Komiljon*, Deng, Tao*, Sun, Hang*. Seed macro- and micromorphology in Allium (Amaryllidaceae) and its phylogenetic significance, Annals of Botany, 129(2022), 869-911.

[64] Zhang, Huajie^#, Zhang, Xu^#, Landis, Jacob B, Sun, Yanxia, Sun, Jiao, Kuang, Tianhui, Li, Lijuan, Tiamiyu, Bashir B, Deng, Tao, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Phylogenomic and comparative analyses of Rheum (Polygonaceae, Polygonoideae), Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 60(6)(2022), 1229-1240.

[65] Zhang, Huajie^#, Zhang, Xu^#, Sun, Yanxia, Landis, Jacob B, Li, Lijuan, Hu, Guangwan, Sun, Jiao, Tiamiyu, Bashir B, Kuang, Tianhui, Deng, Tao*, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*. Plastome phylogenomics and biogeography of the subfam. Polygonoideae (Polygoniaceae), Frontiers in Plant Science, 13(2022), 893201. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.893201

[66] Zhang, Yazhou^#, Qian, Lishen^#, Chen, Xufang, Sun, Lu, Sun, Hang*, Chen, Jianguo*, Diversity patterns of cushion plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A basic study for future conservation efforts on alpine ecosystems, Plant Diversity, 44(3)(2022), 231-242.

[67] Chen, Jianguo^#, Zhang, Yazhou^#, Zhang, Hongrui, Schob, Christian, Wang, Songwei, Chang, Shuai, Sun, Hang*, The positive effects of the alpine cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides on insect dynamics are determined by both physical and biotic factors, Science of The Total Environment, 762(2021), 143091.

[68] Chen, Xufang, Qian, Lishen, Zhang, Yazhou, Shi, Honghua, Sun, Hang*, Chen, Jianguo*, Alpine community recruitment potential is determined by habitat attributes in the alpine ecosystems of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains, SW China, Ecology and Evolution, 11(2021), 17397-17408.

[69] Fu, Quansheng^#, Huang Xianhan^#, Landis Jacob B, Liu Pengju, Li Lijuan, Lv Zhengyu, Chen Juntong, Wang Hengchang, Chen Jiahui, Jiang Xuelong, Jin Yi*, Sun, Hang*, Deng, Tao*, Extinction risk in vascular plants and vertebrates is negatively correlated with family size, Global Ecology and Conservation, 30(2021), e01781.

[70] He, Xiaofang, Wang, Songwei, Sun, Hang*, Korner, Christian*, Yang, Yang*, Water relations of "trailing-edge" evergreen oaks in the semi-arid upper Yangtze region, SE Himalaya, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 59(2021), 1256-1265.

[71] Huang, Xianhan^#, Deng, Tao^#, Chen Shaotian^#, Landis Jacob B, Lin, Nan, Yang, Yi, Hu, Guangwan, Zhou, Zhuo, Wang, Yuehua, Wang, Hengchang*, Tojibaev, Komiljon Sh*, Sun, Hang*, Western Tethys origin, tropical Asia and tropical American disjunction in Berchemia and renstatement of Phyllogeiton (Rhamneae, Rhamnaceae), Taxon, 70(3)(2021), 515-525.

[72] Lin, Nan, Landis, Jacob B., Sun, Yanxia, Huang, Xianhan, Zhang, Xu, Liu, Qun, Zhang, Huajie, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Deng, Tao*, Demographic history and local adaptation of Myripnois dioica (Asteraceae) provide insight on plant evolution in northern China flora, Ecology and Evolution, 11(2021), 8000-8013.

[73] Niu, Yang, Stevens, Martin*, Sun, Hang*, Commericial harvesting has driven the evolution of camouflage in alpine plant, Current Biology, 31(2021), 1-4.

[74] Rana, Hum Kala, Rana, Santosh Kumar, Sun, Hang*, Fujikawa, Kazumi, Luo Dong, Joshi, Laxmi Raj, Ghimire, Suresh Kumar*, Saussurea talungensis (Asteraceae), a new species from Humla, Nepal Himalayas, PhytoKeys, 176(2021), 55-66.

[75] Rana, Santosh Kumar, Ranan, Hum Kala, Luo, Dong*, Sun, Hang*, Estimating climate-induced ‘Nowhere ot go’ range shifts of the Himalayan Incarvillea Juss. using mutimodel median ensemble species distribution models, Ecological Indicators, 121(2021), 107127.

[76] Rana, Santosh Kumar, Luo, Dong, Rana, Hum Kala, Chen, Shaotian*, Sun, Hang*, Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution of the montane genus Incarvillea Juss. (Bignoniaceae), Plant Diversity, 43(1)(2021), 1-14.

[77] Sun, Hang*, Li Zhimin, Landis Jacob B, Qian Lishen, Zhang Ticao, Deng, Tao*, Effects of drainage reorganization on phytogeographic pattern in Sino-Himalaya, Alpine Botany, 132(2021), 141-151.

[78] Wu, Rui, Lev-Yadun, Simcha, Sun, Lu, Sun, Hang*, Song, Bo*, Higher elevations tend to have higher proportion of plant species with glandular trichomes, Frontiers in Plant Science, 12 (2021), 632464.

[79] Wang, Songwei, He, Xiaofang, Chen, Jianguo, Sun, Hang*, Korner, Christian*, Yang, Yang*, Elevation-specific responses of phenology in evergreen oaks from their low-dry to their extreme high-cold range limits in the SE Himalaya, Alpine Botany, 131 (2021), 89-102.

[80] Yang, Yi, Peng, Hua*, Sun, Hang*, Taxonomic revision of Sageretia (Rhamnaceae) from China I: identities of S. lucid, S. thea var. cordiformis and S. yunlongensis, with the description of a new species S. ellipsoidea. PhytoKeys, 179(2021), 13-28.

[81] Zhang, Xinjian^#, Fu, Quansheng^#, Chen, Juntong, Li, Lijuan, Luo, Pengrui, Peng, Jingyi, Huang, Xianhan, Sun, Hang*, Deng, Tao*, Saxifraga viridiflora (Saxifragaceae), an unusual new species from Guangxi, China. PhytoKeys, 184(2021), 19-26.

[82] Zhang, Xu^#, Landis Jacob B^#, Sun Yanxia, Zhang Huajie, Lin Nan, Kuang Tianhui, Huang Xianhan, Deng, Tao*, Wang, Hengchang*, Sun, Hang*, Macroevolution pattern of Saussurea (Asteraceae) provides insights into the drivers of radiating diversification, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(2021), 20211575.

[83] Zhang, Xu, Sun Yanxia, Landis Jacob B, Shen Jun, Zhang Huajie, Kuang Tianhui, Sun Wengguang, Sun Jiao, Tiamiyu Bashir B, Tao Deng, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Transcroptomes of Saussurea (Asteraceae) provide insights into high-altitude adaptation, Plants, 10(2021), 1715.

[84] Zhang, Yazhou, Chen, Jianguo*, Sun, Hang*, Alpine speciation and morphological innovations: revelations from a species-rich genus in the northern hemisphere, AoB Plants, 13(3)(2021), plab018.

[85] Zhang, Yazhou, Qian Lishen, Spalink Daniel, Sun Lu, Chen Jianguo*, Sun, Hang*, Spatial phylogenetics of two topographic extremes of the Hengduan Mountains in southwestern China and its implications for biodiversity conservation, Plant Diversity, 43(2021), 181-191.

[86] Zhang, Yongzeng^#, Deng, Tao^#, Sun, Lu^#, Landis, Jacob B.^#, Moore, Michael J., Wang, Hengchang, Wang, Yuehua, Hao, Xiaojiang, Chen, Jijun, Li, Shenghong, Xu, Maonian, Puno, Pema-Tenzin, Raven, Peter H*, Sun, Hang*, Phylogenetic patterns suggest frequent multiple origins of secondary metabolites across the seed plant “tree of life”. National Sciences Review, 8(2021), nwaa105. Doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa105.

[87] Zhou, Zhuo, Guo, Yongjie, Yue, Jipei, Chen, Hongliang, Tan, Yunhong*, Sun, Hang*, Amblyanthus chenii (Primulaceae), a new species and generic record from Xizang, China, Systematic Botany, 46 (1)( 2021), 152-161.

[88] Chen, Hongliang, German, Dmitry A., Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A., Yue, Jipei*, Sun, Hang*, Phylogeny of Euclidieae (Brassicaceae) based on plastome and nuclear ribosomal DNA data, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 153(2020), 106940.

[89] Chen, Jianguo, Yang, Yang, Wang, Songwei, Sun, Hang*, Schöb, Christian*, Shrub facilitation promotes selective tree establishment beyond the climatic treeline, Science of The Total Environment, 708(2020), 134618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134618

[90] Chen, Juntong^#, Zhang, Daigui^#, Lv, Zhenyu, Huang, Xianhan, Liu, Pengju, Yang, Jianing, Yang, Jingyuan, Tojibaev, Komiljon, Deng, Tao*, Sun, Hang*, Oxytropis shennongjiaensis (Fabaceae), a new species from Hubei, Central China, Phytokeys, 149(2020), 117-128.

[91] Chen, Zhe, Liu, Changqiu, Sun, Hang*, Niu, Yang*, The ultraviolet colour component enhances the attractiveness of red flowers of a bee-pollinated plant, Journal of Plant Ecology, 13(3)(2020), 354-360.

[92] Chen, Zhe^#, Niu, Yang^#*, Liu, Changqiu, Sun, Hang*, Red flowers differ in shades between pollination systems and across continents, Annals of Botany, 126(2020), 837-848.

[93] Deng, Tao^#, Lin, Nan^#, Huang, Xianhan, Wang, Hengchang, Kim, Changkyun, Zhang, Daigui, Zhu, Weidong, Yusupov, Ziyoviddin, Tojibaev, Komiljon Sh.*, Sun, Hang*, Phylogenetics of Mazaceae (Lamiales), with special reference to intrageneric relationships within Mazus, Taxon, 68(5)(2019), 1037-1047.

[94] Huang, Hongwen, Sun, Hang*, Zhou, Zhekun, Sharing earth with all life, Plant Diversity, 42(2020), 209-210.

[95] Luo, Dong, Bo, Xu, Li, Zhimin, Sun, Hang*, Biogeographical divides delineated by the three-step landforms of China and the East China Sea: Insights from the phylogeography of Kerria japonica, Journal of Biogeography, 48(2)(2020), 372-385.

[96] Lv, Zhenyu^#, Zhang, Jianwen^#, Chen, JunTong, Li, Zhimin*, Sun, Hang*, The complete chloroplast genome of Soroseris umbrella (Asteraceae), Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 5(1)(2020), 637-638.

[97] Peng, Junchu^#, Ma, Xiangguang^#, Wang, Yuehua, Sun, Hang*, New insights into the evolutionary history of Megacodon: Evidence from a newly discovered species, Plant Diversity, 42(3)(2020), 198-208.

[98] Qian, Lishen, Chen, Jiahui, Deng, Tao*, Sun, Hang*, Plant diversity in Yunnan: Current status and future directions, Plant Diversity, 42(4)(2020), 281-291.

[99] Rana, Santosh Kumar^#, Luo, Dong^#, Rana, Hum Kala, O'Neill, Alexander Robert, Sun, Hang*, Geoclimatic factors influence the population genetic connectivity of Incarvillea arguta (Bignoniaceae) in the Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains biodiversity hotspot, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 59(1)(2021), 151-168.

[100]       Rana, Santosh Kumar^#, Rana, Hum Kala^#, Ranjitkar, Sailesh, Ghimire, Suresh Kumar, Gurmachhan, Chandra Mohan, O'Neill, Alexander Robert, Sun, Hang*, Climate-change threats to distribution, habitats, sustainability and conservation of highly traded medicinal and aromatic plants in Nepal, Ecological Indicators, 115(2020), 106435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106435

[101]       Song, Bo, Gao, Yongqian, Stöcklin, Jürg, Song, Minshu, Sun, Lu, Sun, Hang*, Ultraviolet screening increases with elevation in translucent bracts of Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae), an alpine 'glasshouse' plant from the high Himalayas, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 193(2)(2020), 276-286

[102]       Song, Bo, Stoll, Peter, Peng, Deli, Sun, Hang*, Stöcklin, Jürg*, Demography of the giant monocarpic herb Rheum nobile in the Himalayas and the effect of disturbances by grazing, Annals of Botany, 125(3)(2020), 447-458.

[103]       Sun, Guiling^#, Bai, Shenglong^#, Guan, Yanlong, Wang, Shuanghua, Wang, Qia, Liu, Yang, Liu, Huan, Goffinet, Bernard, Zhou, Yun, Paoletti, Mathieu, Hu, Xiangyang, Haas, Fabian B., Fernandez-Pozo, Noe, Czyrt, Alia, Sun, Hang*, Rensing, Stefan A.*, Huang, Jinling*, Are fungi-derived genomic regions related to antagonism towards fungi in mosses? New Phytologist, 228(2020), 1169-1175.

[104]       Shen, Jun^#, Zhang, Xu^#, Landis, Jacob B., Zhang, Huajie, Deng, Tao, Sun Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Plastome evolution in Dolomiaea (Asteraceae, Cardueae) using phylogenomic and comparative analyses, Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 11(2020), 376. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00376

[105]       Sun, Lu^#, Luo, Jian^#, Qian, Lishen, Deng, Tao*, Sun, Hang*, The relationship between elevation and seed-plant species richness in the Mt. Namjagbarwa region (Eastern Himalayas) and its underlying determinants, Global Ecology and Conservation, 23(2020), e01053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01053

[106]       Sun, Wenguang, Wang, Haixia, Wu, Rui, Sun, Hang*, Li, Zhimin*, Karyomorphology of three endemic plants (Brassicaceae: Euclidieae and Arabideae) from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its significance, Plant Diversity, 42(3)(2020), 135-141.

[107]       Sun, Yanxia^#, Deng, Tao^#, Zhang, Aidi^#, Moore, Michael J., Landis, Jacob B., Lin, Nan, Zhang, Huajie, Zhang, Xu, Huang, Jinling, Zhang, Xiujun*, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Genome sequencing of the endangered Kingdonia uniflora (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales) reveals potential mechanisms of evolutionary specialization, iSciences, 23(5)(2020), 101124.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101124

[108]       Tian, Bin, Fu, Yi, Milne, Richard I., Mao, Kangshan, Sun, Yongshuai*, Ma, Xiangguang, Sun, Hang*, A complex pattern of post-divergence expansion, contraction, introgression, and asynchronous responses to Pleistocene climate changes in two Dipelta sister species from western China, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 58(3)(2020), 247-262.

[109]       Xu, Bo^#, Luo, Dong^#, Li, Zhimin, Sun, Hang*, Evolutionary radiations of cushion plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Insights from molecular phylogenetic analysis of two subgenera of Arenaria and Thylacospermum (Caryophyllaceae), Taxon, 68(5)(2019), 1003-1020.

[110]       Xu, Qi, Lev-Yadun, Simcha, Sun, Lu, Chen, Zhe, Song, Bo*, Sun, Hang*, Spinescent patterns in the flora of Jiaozi Snow Mountain, Southwestern China, Plant Diversity, 42(2)(2020), 83-91.

[111]       Yang, Yang, Sun, Hang*, Körner, Christian*, Explaining the exceptional 4270 m high elevation limit of an evergreen oak in the south-eastern Himalayas, Tree Physiology, 40(2020), 1327-1342.

[112]       Yusupov, Ziyoviddin, Deng, Tao, Volis, Sergei, Khassanov, Furkat, Makhmudjanov, Dilmurod, Tojibaev, Komiljon*, Sun, Hang*, Phylogenomics of Allium section Cepa (Amaryllidaceae) provides new insights on domestication of onion, Plant Diversity, 43(2021), 102-110.

[113]       Zhang, Liang^#, Fan, Xueping^#, Petchsri, Sahanat^#, Zhou, Lin, Pollawatn, Rossarin, Zhang, Xin, Zhou, Xinmao, Lu, Ngan Thi, Knapp, Ralf, Chantanaorrapint, Sahut, Limpanasittichai, Ponpipat, Sun, Hang*, Gao, Xinfen*, Zhang, Libing*, Evolutionary relationships of the ancient fern lineage the adder's tongues (Ophioglossaceae) with description of Sahashia gen. nov, Cladistics, 36(4)(2020), 380-393.

[114]       Zhang, Liang^#, Zhou, Xinmao^#, Liang, Zhenlong, Fan, Xueping, Lu, Ngan Thi, Song, Minshu, Knapp, Ralf, Gao, Xinfen*, Sun, Hang*, Zhang, Libing*, Phylogeny and classification of the tribe Lepisoreae (Polypodiaceae, pteridophyta) with the description of a new genus, Ellipinema gen. nov., segregated from Lepisorus, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 148(2020), 106803.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106803

[115]       Zhang, Xu^#, Sun, Yanxia^#, Landis, Jacob B., Lv, Zhenyu, Shen, Jun, Zhang, Huajie, Lin, Nan, Li, Lijuan, Sun, Jiao, Deng, Tao, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Plastome phylogenomic study of Gentianeae (Gentianaceae): widespread gene tree discordance and its association with evolutionary rate heterogeneity of plastid genes, BMC Plant Biology, 20(2020), 340. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02518-w

[116]       Zhang, Xu^#, Sun, Yanxia^#*, Landis, Jacob B., Zhang, Jianwen, Yang, Linsen, Lin, Nan, Zhang, Huajie, Guo, Rui, Li, Lijuan, Zhang, Yonghong, Deng, Tao, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Genomic insights into adaptation to heterogeneous environments for the ancient relictual Circaeaster agrestis (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales), New Phytologist, 228(2020), 285-301.

[117]       Chen, Hongliang, Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A., Yue, Jipei*, Sun, Hang*, Sisymbrium linifolium and Sisymbriopsis schugnana (Brassicaceae), two new records from Xinjiang, China, PhytoKeys, 119(2019), 39-52.

[118]       Chen, Jianguo, Yang, Yang, Wang, Songwei, Stöcklin, Jürg, Peng, Deli, Sun, Hang*, Recruitment of the high elevation cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides is limited by competition, thus threaten by currently established vegetation, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 58(1)(2020), 59-68.

[119]       Chen, Jiahui^#*, Huang, Yuan^#, Brachi, Benjamin^#, Yun, Quanzheng^#, Zhang, Wei, Lu, Wei, Li, Hongna, Li, Wenqing, Sun, Xudong, Wang, Guangyan, He, Jun, Zhou, Zhuo, Chen, Kaiyun, Ji, Yunheng, Shi, Mingming, Sun, Wenguang, Yang, Yongping*, Zhang, Rengang^#*, Abbott, Richard J.*, Sun, Hang*, Genome-wide analysis of Cushion willow provides insights into alpine plant divergence in a biodiversity hotspot, Nature Communications, 10(2019), 5230. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13128-y

[120]       Chen, Jianguo, He, Xiaofang, Wang, Songwei, Yang, Yang*, Sun, Hang*, Cushion and shrub ecosystem engineers contribute differently to diversity and functions in alpine ecosystems, Journal of Vegetation Science, 30(2019), 362-374.

[121]       Deng, Tao, Abbott, Richard J., Li, Wenqing, Sun, Hang*, Volis, Sergei*, Genetic diversity hotspots and refugia identified by mapping multi-plant species haplotype diversity in China, Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 66(3-4)(2019), 136-151.

[122]       Huang, Xianhan, Deng, Tao*, Lin, Nan, Lv, Zhenyu, Zhang, Xu, Zhou, Zhuo, Wang, Yuehua*, Sun, Hang*, Complete chloroplast genome sequences of Poikilospermum lanceolatum (Urticeae), Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4(2)(2019), 2131-2132.

[123]       Huang, Xianhan^#, Deng, Tao^#*, Moore, Michael J., Wang, Hengchang, Li, Zhimin, Lin, Nan, Yusupov, Ziyoviddin, Tojibaev, Komiljon Sh., Wang, Yuehua*, Sun, Hang*, Tropical Asian origin, boreotropical migration and long-distance dispersal in Nettles (Urticeae, Urticaceae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 137(2019), 190-199.

[124]       Liu, Changqiu, Gao, Yundong, Niu, Yang, Xiong, Yingze, Sun, Hang*, Floral adaptations of two lilies: implications for the evolution and pollination ecology of huge trumpet-shaped flowers, American Journal of Botany, 106(5)(2019), 622-632.

[125]       Liu, Changqiu, Sun, Hang*, Pollination in Lilium sargentiae (Liliaceae) and the first confirmation of long-tongued hawkmoths as a pollinator niche in Asia, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 57(1)(2019), 81-88.

[126]       Lin, Nan^#, Zhang, Xu^#, Deng, Tao, Zhang, Jianwen, Meng, Aiping, Wang, Hengchang, Sun, Hang*, Sun, Yanxia*, Plastome sequencing of Myripnois dioica and comparison within Asteraceae, Plant Diversity, 41(2019), 315-322.

[127]       Makhmudjanov, Dilmurod^#, Yusupov, Ziyoviddin^#, Abdullaev, Davlatali, Deng, Tao, Tojibaev, Komiljon, Sun, Hang*, The complete chloroplast genome of Eremurus robustus (Asphodelaceae), Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4(2)(2019), 3366-3367.

[128]       Ma, Xiangguang, Wang, Zhiwei, Tian, Bin*, Sun, Hang*, Phylogeographic analyses of the East Asian endemic genus Prinsepia and the role of the East Asian monsoon system in shaping a North-South divergence pattern in China, Frontiers in Genetics, 10(2019), 128. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00128

[129]       Rana, Hum Kala^#, Luo, Dong^#, Rana, Santosh Kumar, Sun, Hang*, Geological and climatic factors affect the population genetic connectivity in Mirabilis himalaica (Nyctaginaceae): Insight from phylogeography and dispersal corridors in the Himalaya-Hengduan biodiversity hotspot, Frontiers in Plant Science, 10(2020), 1721. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01721

[130]       Song, Bo^#, Sun, Lu^#, Lev-Yadun, Simcha, Moles, Angela T., Zhang, Shuang, Jiang, Xuelong, Gao, Yongqian, Xu, Qi, Sun, Hang*, Plants are more likely to be spiny at mid-elevations in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, south-western China, Journal of Biogeography, 47(1)(2020), 250-260.

[131]       Wang, Shuanghua, Guan, Yanlong, Wang, Qia, Zhao, Jinjie, Sun, Guiling, Hu, Xiangyang, Rnning, Mark P., Sun, Hang*, Huang, Jinling*, A mycorrhizae-like gene regulates stem cell and gametophore development in mosses, Nature Communications, 11(2020), 2030. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15967-6

[132]       Wang, Zhiwei, Zhang Ticao, Luo, Dong, Sun Wenguang, Sun, Hang*, Phylogeography of Excoecaria acerifolia (Euphorbiaceae) suggests combined effects of historical drainage reorganization events and climatic changes on riparian plants in the Sino-Himalayan region, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 192(2)(2020), 350-368.

[133]       Yang, Yi^#, Chen, Yongsheng^#, Zhang, Jianwen, Sun, Lu, Sun, Hang*, Phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the mock buckthorn genus (Sageretia, Rhamnaceae), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 189(2019), 244-261.

[134]       Yusupov, Ziyoviddin^#, Deng, Tao^#, Liu, Changkun, Lin, Nan, Tojibaev, Komiljon*, Sun, Hang*, The complete chloroplast genome of Allium fistulosum, Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4(1)(2019), 489-490.

[135]       Zhang, Huajie^#, Feng, Tao^#, Landis, Jacob B., Deng, Tao, Zhang, Xu, Meng Aiping, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Sun, Yanxia*, Molecular phylogeography and ecological niche modeling of Sibbaldia procumbens s.l. (Rosaceae), Frontiers in Genetics, 10(2019), 201. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00201

[136]       Zhang, Huajie^#, Feng, Tao^#, Landis, Jacob B., Zhang, Xu, Meng, Aiping, Deng, Tao, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Circumscription of the Sibbaldia procumbens complex (Potentilleae: Rosaceae) in China based on evidence from simple sequence repeat markers and morphology, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 191(2019), 305-314.

[137]       Zhang, Xu^#, Deng, Tao^#, Moore, Michael J., Ji, Yunheng, Lin, Nan, Zhang, Huajie, Meng, Aiping, Wang, Hengchang*, Sun, Yanxia*, Sun, Hang*, Plastome phylogenomics of Saussurea (Asteraceae: Cardueae), BMC Plant Biology, 19(2019), 290. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-019-1896-6

[138]       Zhang, Yazhou, Tang, Rong, Huang, Xianhan, Sun, Wenguang, Ma, Xiangguang, Sun, Hang*, Saussurea balangshanensis sp. nov. (Asteraceae), from the Hengduan Mountains region, SW China, Nordic Journal of Botany, 37(4)(2019), e02078. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.02078

[139]       Zhou, Zhuo, Hu, Jinjin, Wen, Jun*, Sun, Hang*, Morphometric, phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses of Pyrularia (Santalales), a parasitic disjunct lineage between eastern Asia and eastern North America, Taxon, 68(1)(2019), 47-71.

[140]       Chen, Hongliang, Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A., Yue, Jipei*, Sun, Hang*, Solms-laubachia tianbaoshanensis (Brassicaceae), a new species from NW Yunnan, China, Phytotaxa, 379(1)(2018), 39-48.

[141]       Chen, Hongliang, Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A., Yue, Jipei*, Sun, Hang*, New insights into the taxonomy of tribe Euclidieae (Brassicaceae), evidence from nrITS sequence data, PhytoKeys, 100(2018), 125-139.

[142]       Chang, Shuai, Chen, Jianguo, Su, Jianqiang*, Yang, Yang*, Sun, Hang*, Seasonal comparison of bacterial communities in rhizosphere of alpine cushion plants in the Himalayan Hengduan Mountains, Plant Diversity, 40(2018), 209-216.

[143]       Chen, Yongsheng^#, Deng, Tao^#, Zhou, Zhuo, Sun, Hang*, Is the East Asian flora ancient or not? National Science Review, 5(2018), 920-932.

[144]       Deng, Tao^#, Chen, Yongsheng^#, Wang, Hengchang, Zhang, Xiaoshuang, Volis, Sergei, Yusupov, Ziyoviddin, Qian, Hong, Sun, Hang*, Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Adenocaulon highlight the biogeographic links between New World and Old World, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5(2018), 162. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2017.00162

[145]       Liu, Changqiu, Niu, Yang, Peng, Deli, Sun, Hang*, Are superior ovaries damaged by the bills of flower-visiting birds and does this preclude adaptation to bird pollinators? Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 187(2018), 499-511.

[146]       Luo, Dong, Xu, Bo, Rana, Santosh Kumar, Li, Zhimin, Sun, Hang*, Phylogeography of rare fern Polystichum glaciale endemic to the subnival zone of the Sino-Himalaya, Plant Systematics and Evolution, 304(2018), 485-499.

[147]       Li, Meng, Zhao, Jinjie, Tang, Nianwu, Sun, Hang*, Huang, Jinling*, Horizontal gene transfer from bacteria and plants to the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis, Frontiers in Plant Science, 9(2018), 701. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00701

[148]       Lin, Nan^#, Deng, Tao^#, Moore, Michael J., Sun, Yanxia, Huang, Xianhan, Sun, Wenguang, Luo, Dong, Wang, Hengchang*, Zhang, Jianwen*, Sun, Hang*, Phylogeography of Parasyncalathium souliei (Asteraceae) and its potential application in delimiting phylogeoregions in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP)-Hengduan Mountains (HDM) hotspot, Frontiers in Genetics, 9(2018), 171.https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00171

[149]       Li, Rong, Qian, Lishen, Sun, Hang*, Current progress and future prospects in phylofloristics, Plant Diversity, 40(2018), 141-146.

[150]       Ma, Xiangguang, Sun, Wenguang, Sun, Hang*, Historical introgression among the species of Rodgersia (Saxifragaceae) in mountainous forests of southwest China, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 125(2018), 93-99.

[151]       Niu, Yang, Sun, Hang*, Stevens, Martin*, Plant camouflage: ecology, evolution, and implications, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 33(8)(2018), 608-618.

[152]       Peng, Deli, Hu, Xiaojian, Yang, Juan, Sun, Hang*, Seed dormancy, germination and soil seed bank of Lamiophlomis rotata and Marmoritis complanatum (Labiatae), two endemic species from Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains, Plant Biosystems-An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, 152(4)(2018), 642-648.

[153]       Song, Bo, Stöcklin, Jürg, Armbruster, W. Scott, Gao, Yongqian, Peng, Deli, Sun, Hang*, Reversible colour change in leaves enhances pollinator attraction and reproductive success in Saururus chinensis (Saururaceae), Annals of Botany, 121(2018), 641-650.

[154]       Sun, Hang, Yang, Yongping, Zhou, Zhekun*, A few words on our commemoration of 80 years at KIB, Plant Diversity, 40(2018), 139-140.

[155]       Sun, Yanxia, Moore, Michael J., Landis, Jacob B., Lin, Nan, Chen, Li, Deng, Tao, Zhang, Jianwen, Meng, Aiping, Zhang, Shoujun, Tojibaev, Komiljon Sh., Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Plastome Phylogenomics of the early-diverging eudicot family Berberidaceae, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 128(2018), 203-211.

[156]       Yang, Lie, Meng, Ying, Peng, Deli, Nie, Zelong*, Sun, Hang*, Molecular phylogeny of Galium L. of the tribe Rubieae (Rubiaceae) - Emphasis on Chinese species and recognition of a new genus Pseudogalium, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 126(2018), 221-232.

[157]       Yan, Minghui, Fritsch, Peter W., Moore, Michael J., Feng, Tao, Meng, Aiping, Yang, Jing, Deng, Tao, Zhao, Congxiao, Yao, Xiaohong, Sun, Hang*, Wang, Hengchang*, Plastid phylogenomics resolves infrafamilial relationships of the Styracaceae and sheds light on the backbone relationships of the Ericales, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 121(2018), 198-211.

[158]       Zhang, Yongzeng^#, Deng, Tao^#, Li, Yanbo, Zhang, Xiaoshuang, Tojibaev, Komiljon Sh., Zhang, Jianwen*, Sun, Hang*, Taxonomic revision of Carpesium linearibracteatum (Asteraceae: Inulinae) from China, Phytotaxa, 371(2)(2018), 111–118.

[159]       Chen, Jianguo, Chang, Shuai, Niu, Yang, Li, Zhimin, Yang, Yang*, Sun, Hang*, Seed quality of the Sino–Himalayan endemic genus Cyananthus (Campanulaceae) increases with elevation and varies with life histories, Plant Ecology & Diversity, 10(1)(2017), 43-52.

[160]       Chen, Jianguo, Niu, Yang, Li, Zhimin, Yang, Yang*, Sun, Hang*, Sex allocation in gynodioecious Cyananthus delavayi differs between gender morphs and soil quality, Plant Reproduction, 30(2017), 107-117.

[161]       Chen, Yongsheng, Meseguer, Andrea S., Godefroid, Martin, Zhou, Zhuo, Zhang, Jianwen, Deng, Tao, Kim, JooHwan, Nie, Zelong*, Liu, Yusheng (Christopher)*, Sun, Hang*, Out-of-India dispersal of Paliurus (Rhamnaceae) indicated by combined molecular phylogenetic and fossil evidence, Taxon, 66(1)(2017), 78-90.

[162]       Deng, Tao^#, Zhang, Jianwen^#, Meng, Ying, Volis, Sergei, Sun, Hang*, Nie, Zelong*, Role of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau uplift in the Northern Hemisphere disjunction: evidence from two herbaceous genera of Rubiaceae, Scientific Report, 7(2017), 13411. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13543-5

[163]       Li, Jingchao^#, Zhang, Jianwen^#, Zhang, Daigui, Deng, Tao, Volis, Sergey, Sun, Hang*, Li, Zhimin*, Phylogenetic position of the Chinese endemic genus Heterolamium: a close relative of subtribe Nepetinae (Lamiaceae), The Journal of Japanese Botany, 92(1)(2017), 12-19.

[164]       Li, Xinhui, Sun, Hang*, Phylogenetic pattern of alpine plants along latitude and longitude in Hengduan Mountains Region, Plant Diversity, 39(1)(2017), 37-43.

[165]       Luo, Dong, Xu, Bo, Li, Zhimin, Sun, Hang*, The ‘Ward Line-Mekong-Salween Divide’ is an important floristic boundary between the eastern Himalaya and Hengduan Mountains: evidence from the phylogeographical structure of subnival herbs Marmoritis complanatum (Lamiaceae), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 185(2017), 482-496.

[166]       Ma, Xiangguang, Sun, Wenguang, Zhu, Weidong, Sun, Hang*, Resolving the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the East Asian endemic genus Rodgersia (Saxifragaceae) using multilocus data, Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 25(2017), 20-28.

[167]       Niu, Yang, Chen, Zhe, Stevens, Martin, Sun, Hang*, Divergence in cryptic leaf colour provides local camouflage in an alpine plant, Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 284(1864)(2017), 1654. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1654

[168]       Peng, Deli, Chen, Zhe, Hu, Xiaojian, Li, Zhimin, Song, Bo*, Sun, Hang*, Seed dormancy and germination characteristics of two Rheum species in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains, Plant Diversity, 39(2017), 180-186.

[169]       Song, Bo, Stöcklin, Jürg, Gao, Yongqian, Peng, Deli, Song, Minshu, Sun, Hang*, Oviposition by mutualistic seed-consuming pollinators reduces fruit abortion in a recently discovered pollination mutualism, Scientific Reports, 6(2016), 29886. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep29886

[170]       Song, Bo, Stöcklin, Jürg, Gao, Yongqian, Peng, Deli, Sun, Hang*, Host specificity of two pollinating seed-consuming fly species is not related to soil moisture of host plant in the high Himalayas, Ecology and Evolution, 7(2)(2017), 780-789.

[171]       Sun, Hang*, Zhang, Jianwen, Deng, Tao, Boufford, David E.*, Origins and evolution of plant diversity in the Hengduan Mountains, China, Plant Diversity, 39(2017), 161-166.

[172]       Wang, Qia, Sun, Hang*, Huang, Jinling*, Re-analyses of "Algal" genes suggest a complex evolutionary history of Oomycetes, Frontiers in Plant Science, 8(2017), 1540. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01540

[173]       Yang, Yang*, Chen, Jianguo, Schöb, Christian, Sun, Hang*, Size-mediated interaction between a cushion species and other non-cushion species at high elevations of the Hengduan Mountains, SW China, Frontiers in Plant Science, 8(2017), 465. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00465

[174]       Yang, Yi, Zhang, Jianwen, Sun, Lu, Sun, Hang*, Sageretia liuzhouensis (Rhamnaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China, Phytotaxa, 309(3)(2017), 229-237.

[175]       Chen, Hongliang^#, Deng, Tao^#, Yue, Jipei, Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A., Sun, Hang*, Molecular phylogeny reveals the non-monophyly of tribe Yinshanieae (Brassicaceae) and description of a new tribe, Hillielleae, Plant Diversity, 38(2016), 171-182.

[176]       Chen, Jianguo, Niu, Yang, Yang, Yang*, Sun, Hang*, Sexual allocation in the gynodioecious species Cyananthus macrocalyx (Campanulaceae) at high elevations in the Sino-Himalaya Mountains, Alpine Botany, 126(1)(2016), 49-57.

[177]       Jian, Hongying, Zhang, Yonghong, Qiu, Xianqin, Yan, Huijun, Wang, Qigang, Zhang, Hao, Sun, Hang*, Yalongjiang River has had an important role in the dispersal and divergence of Rosa soulieana in the Hengduan Mountains of China, PLos One, 11(6)(2016), e0158586. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158586

[178]       Luo, Dong, Yue, Jipei, Sun, Wenguang, Xu, Bo, Li, Zhimin, Comes, Hans Peter*, Sun, Hang*, Evolutionary history of the subnival flora of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains: first insights from comparative phylogeography of four perennial herbs, Journal of Biogeography, 43(1)(2016), 31-43.

[179]       Nie, Zelong, Funk, Vicki A., Meng, Ying, Deng, Tao, Sun, Hang*, Wen, Jun*, Recent assembly of the global herbaceous flora: evidence from the paper daisies (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), New Phytologist, 209(4)(2016), 1795-1806.

[180]       Niu, Yang^#, Zhou, Zhuo^#, Sha, Wen, Sun, Hang*, Post-floral erection of stalks provides insight into the evolution of fruit orientation and its effects on seed dispersal, Scientific Reports, 6(2016), 20146. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20146

[181]       Peng, Deli, Song, Bo, Yang, Yang, Niu, Yang*, Hang Sun*, Overlapping leaves covering flowers in the alpine species Eriophyton wallichii (Lamiaceae): key driving factors and their potential impact on pollination, PLoS One, 11(10)(2016), e0164177. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164177

[182]       Zhang, Dacai, Ye, Jiangxia, Sun, Hang*, Quantitative approaches to identify floristic units and centres of species endemism in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, south-western China, Journal of Biogeography, 43(12)(2016), 2465-2476.

[183]       Zhang, Jianwen, Kilian, Norbert, Deng,Tao, Souliya, Onevilay, Sun, Hang*, Melanoseris henryi (Asteraceae-Cichorieae) revisited: A new record of genus and species from the Flora of Lao PHR with its systematic position, The Journal of Japanese Botany, 91 (2016) Suppl.,112-119.

[184]       Song, Bo, Niu, Yang, Stöcklin, Jürg, Chen, Gao, Peng, Deli, Gao, Yongqian, Sun, Hang*, Pollinator attraction in Cornus capitata (Cornaceae): the relative role of visual and olfactory cues, Journal of Plant Ecology, 8(2)(2015), 173-181.

[185]       Chen, Jianguo^#, Yang, Yang^#, Stöcklin, Jürg, Cavieres, Lohengrin A., Peng, Deli, Li, Zhimin, Sun, Hang*, Soil nutrient availability determines the facilitative effects of cushion plants on other plant species at high elevations in the south-eastern Himalayas, Plant Ecology & Diversity, 8(2)(2015), 199-210.

[186]       Chen, Jianguo^#, Schöb, Christian, Zhou, Zhuo, Gong, Qiangbang, Li, Xinhui, Yang, Yang^#*, Li, Zhimin*, Sun, Hang*, Cushion plants can have a positive effect on diversity at high elevations in the Himalayan Hengduan Mountains, Journal of Vegetation Science, 26(4)(2015), 768-777.

[187]       Deng, Tao, Nie, Zelong, Drew, Bryan T., Volis, Sergei, Kim, Changkyun, Xiang, Chun-Lei, Zhang, Jianwen, Wang Yuehua*, Sun, Hang*, Does the Arcto-Tertiary biogeographic hypothesis explain the disjunct distribution of Northern Hemisphere herbaceous plants? The case of Meehania (Lamiaceae), Plos One, 10(2)(2015), e0117171. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117171

[188]       Jian, Hongying, Tang, Kaixue, Sun, Hang*, Phylogeography of Rosa soulieana (Rosaceae) in the Hengduan Mountains: refugia and 'melting' pots in the Quaternary climate oscillations, Plant Systematics and Evolution, 301(2015), 1819-1830.

[189]       Kim, Changkyun^#, Deng, Tao^#, Chase, Mark, Zhang, Daigui, Nie, Zelong, Sun, Hang*, Generic phylogeny and character evolution in Urticeae (Urticaceae) inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA regions, Taxon, 64(1)(2015), 65-78.

[190]       Kim, Changkyun, Deng, Tao, Wen, Jun, Nie, Zelong, Sun, Hang*, Systematics, biogeography, and character evolution of Deutzia (Hydrangeaceae) inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences, Molec ular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 87(2015), 91-104.

[191]       Niu, Yang, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Liu, Changqiu, Li, Zhimin, Sun, Hang*, A sexually dimorphic corolla appendage affects pollen removal and floral longevity in gynodioecious Cyananthus delavayi (Campanulaceae), PLosOne, 10(1)(2015), e0117149, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117149

[192]       Peng, Deli, Niu, Yang, Song, Bo, Chen, Jianguo, Li, Zhimin, Yang, Yang*, Sun, Hang*, Woolly and overlapping leaves dampen temperature fluctuations in reproductive organ of an alpine Himalayan forb, Journal of Plant Ecology, 8(2)(2015), 159-165.

[193]       Song, Bo, Stöecklin, Jürg, Peng, Deli, Gao, Yongqian, Sun, Hang*, The bracts of the alpine  ‘glasshouse’ plant Rheum alexandrae (Polygonaceae) enhance reproductive fitness of its pollinating seed-consuming mutualist, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 179(2)(2015), 349-359.

[194]       Tan, Yunhong, Yang, Bin, Li, Jianwu, Zhou, Shishun, Lone, Shwe, Khaing, Kyi Kyi, Li, Ren, Huang, Jianping, Sun, Hang*, Acranthera burmanica, a new species of Rubiaceae from Kachin State, Myanmar, Phytotaxa, 238(1)(2015), 92-96.

[195]       Wang, Zhiwei, Chen, Shaotian, Nie, Zelong, Zhang, Jianwen, Zhou, Zhuo, Deng, Tao, Sun, Hang*, Climatic factors drive population divergence and demography: insights based on the phylogeography of a riparian plant species endemic to the Hengduan Mountains and adjacent regions, PLoS One, 10(12)(2015), e0145014. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145014

[196]       Zhang, Daigui^#, Deng, Tao^#, Kim, Changkyun^#, Zhang, Jianwen, Nie, Zelong, Sun, Hang*, Epimedium tianmenshanensis (Berberidaceae), a new species from Hunan, China, Phytotaxa, 222(1)(2015), 33-43.

[197]       Zhang, Yonghong, Yue, Jipei, Sun, Hang*, Identification of twelve novel polymorphic microsatellite loci in the severe weed, Stellera chamaejasme L. (Thymelaeaceae), Journal of Genetics, 94(2015), E24-E26.

[198]       Deng, Tao^#, Zhang, Jianwen^#, Zhu, Xinxin^#, Zhang, Daigui, Nie, Zelong, Sun, Hang*, Youngia zhengyiana (Asteraceae, Crepidinae), a new species from south China, with notes on the systematics of Youngia inferred from morphology and nrITS phylogeny, Phytotaxa, 170(4)(2014), 259-268. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.170.4.3

[199]       Li, Guodong, Kim, Changkyun, Zha, Hongguang, Zhuo, Zhou, Nie, Zelong, Sun, Hang*, Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the arctic-alpine genus Lagotis (Plantaginaceae), Taxon, 63(1)(2014), 103-115.

[200]       Li, Xinhui, Zhu, Xinxin, Niu, Yang, Sun, Hang*, Phylogenetic clustering and overdispersion for alpine plants along elevational gradient in the Hengduan Mountains Region, southwest China, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 52(3)(2014), 280-288. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12027

[201]       Niu, Yang, Chen, Gao, Peng, Deli, Song, Bo, Yang, Yang, Li, Zhimin, Sun, Hang*, Grey leaves in an alpine plant: a cryptic colouration to avoid attack? New Phytologist, 203(3)(2014), 953-963. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12834

[202]       Niu, Yang, Sun, Hang*, Alpine scree plants benefit from cryptic coloration with limited cost, Plant Signaling & Behavior, 9(2014), e29698, https://doi.org/10.4161/psb.29698

[203]       Peng, Deli, Ou, Xiaokun, Xu, Bo, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Niu, Yang, Li, Zhimin*, Sun, Hang* Plant sexual systems correlated with morphological traits: Reflecting reproductive strategies of alpine plants, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 52(3)(2014), 368-377.

[204]       Song, Bo, Chen, Gao, Stöcklin, Jürg, Peng, Deli, Niu, Yang, Li, Zhimin, Sun, Hang* A new pollinating seed consuming mutualism between Rheum nobile and a fly fungus gnat, Bradysia sp., involving pollinator attraction by a specific floral compound New Phytologist, 203(2014), 1109-1118.

[205]       Sun, Hang^#*, Niu, Yang^#, Chen, Yongsheng^#, Song, Bo, Liu, Changqiu, Peng, Deli., Chen, Jianguo, Yang, Yang*, Survival and reproduction of plant species in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 52(3)(2014), 378-396.

[206]       Wen, Jun*, Zhang, Jianqiang, Nie, Zelong, Zhong, Yang, Sun, Hang*, Evolutionary diversifications of plants on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Frontiers in Genetics, 5(2014), 1-16.

[207]       Xu, Bo, Li, Zhimin, Sun, Hang*, Plant diversity and floristic characters of the alpine subnival belt flora in the Hengduan Mountains, SW China, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 52(3)(2014), 271-279.

[208]       Yue, Liangliang, Sun, Hang*, Montane refugia isolation and plateau population expansion: Phylogeography of Sino-Himalayan endemic Spenceria ramalana (Rosaceae), Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 52(3)(2014), 326-340.

[209]       Zhu Xinxin, Wen Fang, Sun Hang*, Primulina glandaceistriata (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China, Phytotaxa, 188(1)(2014), 49-54.

[210]       Chen, Jianguo^#, Yang, Yang^#, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Niu, Yang, Sun, Hang*, A nodding capitulum enhances the reproductive success of Cremanthodium campanulatum (Asteraceae) at high elevations in the Sino–Himalayan Mountains, Plant Ecology, Diversity, 6(3-4)(2013), 487-494.

[211]       Deng, Tao^#, Kim, Changkyun^#, Zhang, Daigui, Zhang, Jianwen, Li, Zhimin, Nie, Zelong, Sun, Hang*, Zhengyia shennongensis: A new bulbiliferous genus and species of the nettle family (Urticaceae) from central China exhibiting parallel evolution of the bulbil trait, Taxon, 62(1)(2013), 89-99.

[212]       Fan, Dengmei, Yue, Jipei, Nie, Zelong, Li, Zhimin, Comes, Hans Peter*, Sun, Hang*, Phylogeography of Sophora davidii (Leguminosae) across the ‘Tanaka-Kaiyong Line’, an important phytogeographic boundary in Southwest China, Molecular Ecology, 22(2013), 4270-4288.

[213]       Kim, Changkyun, Zha, Hongguang, Deng, Tao, Sun, Hang*, Wu, Sugong*, Phylogenetic position of Kontumia (Polypodiaceae) inferred from four chloroplast DNA regions, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 51(2)(2013), 154-163.

[214]       Nie, Zelong, Deng, Tao, Meng, Ying, Sun, Hang*, Wen, Jun*, Post-Boreotropical dispersals explain the pantropical disjunction in Paederia (Rubiaceae), Annals of Botany, 111(5)(2013), 873-886.

[215]       Song, Bo, Stoecklin, Juerg, Gao, Yongqian, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Yang, Yang, Li, Zhiming, Sun, Hang*, Habitat-specific responses of seed germination and seedling establishment to soil water condition in two Rheum species in the high Sino-Himalayas, Ecological Research, 28(2013), 643-651.

[216]       Song, Bo, Stoecklin, Juerg, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Yang, Yang, Sun, Hang*, Seed and microsite limitation in Rheum nobile, a rare and endemic plant from the subnival zone of Sino-Himalaya, Plant Ecology & Diversity, 6(2013), 503-509.

[217]       Wang, Huanchong, Sun, Hang*, Rubus tetsunii, a replacement name for the Chinese R. lubatus T.T. Yu, L.T. Lu (Rosaceae), Phytotaxa, 79(2)(2013), 63-64.

[218]       Wang, Huanchong, Wang, Yuehua, Sun, Hang*, Nomenclatural changes in Rubus (Rosaceae) mostly from China, Phytotaxa, 114(2013), 58-60.

[219]       Wang, Huanchong, He, Zhaorong, Wang, Yuehua, Sun, Hang*, Bupleurum dracaenoides (Subgenus Bupleurum, Apiaceae): a New shrubby species from southwestern China, Systematic Botany, 38(2013), 1188-1195.

[220]       Zha, Hongguang, Liu, Tao, Zhou, Jingjiang*, Sun, Hang*, MS-desi, a desiccation-related protein in the floral nectar of the evergreen velvet bean (Mucuna semprvirens Hemsl.): molecular identification and characterization, Planta, 238(1)(2013), 77-89.

[221]       Zhou, Zhuo, Hong, Deyuan, Niu, Yang, Li, Guodong, Nie, Zelong, Wen, Jun*, Sun, Hang*, Phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses of the Sino-Himalayan endemic genus Cyananthus (Campanulaceae) and implications for the evolution of its sexual system, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 68(2013), 482-497.

[222]       Zhu, Weidong^#, Nie, Zelong^#, Wen, Jun*., Sun, Hang*, Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Astilbe (Saxifragaceae) in Asia and eastern North America, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 171(2013), 377-394. 

[223]       Zhang, Jianwen, Boufford, David E., Sun, Hang*, Systematic significance of achene morphology in Soroseris, Syncalathium and Parasyncalathium (Asteraceae: Cichorieae), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 173(2013), 476-486.

[224]       Li, Guodong, Yue, Liangliang, Sun, Hang*, Qian, Zigang*, Phylogeography of Cyananthus delavayi (Campanulaceae) in Hengduan Mountains inferred from variation in nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 50(4)(2012), 305-315.

[225]       Peng, Deli^#, Zhang, Zhiqiang^#, Xu, Bo, Li, Zhimin*, Sun, Hang*, Patterns of flower morphology and sexual systems in the subnival belt of the Hengduan Mountains, SW China, Alpine Botany, 122(2)(2012), 65-73.

[226]       Song, Bo^#, Zhang, Zhiqiang^#, Stocklin, Jurg, Yang, Yang, Niu, Yang, Chen, Jianguo, Sun, Hang*, Multifunctional bracts enhance plant fitness during flowering and seed development in Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae), a giant herb endemic to the high Himalayas, Oecologia, 172(2)(2012), 359-370.

[227]       Yue, Liangliang^#, Chen, Gao^#, Sun, Weibang*, Sun, Hang*, Phylogeography of Buddleja crispa (Buddlejaceae) and its correlation with drainage system evolution in southwestern China, American Journal of Botany, 99(10)(2012), 1726-1735.

[228]       Zha, Hongguang, Flowers, V. Lynn, Yang, Min, Chen, Lingyang, Sun, Hang*, Acidic α-galactosidase is the most abundant nectarin in floral nectar of common tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), Annals of Botany, 109(2012), 735-745.

[229]       Zhou, Zhuo, Wen, Jun, Li, Guodong, Sun, Hang*, Phylogenetic assessment and biogeographic analyses of tribe Peracarpeae (Campanulaceae), Plant Systematics and Evolution, 298(2012), 323-336.

[230]       Niu, Yang, Yang, Yang, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Li, Zhimin, Sun, Hang*, Floral closure induced by pollination in gynodioecious Cyananthus delavayi (Campanulaceae): effects of pollen load and type, floral morph and fitness consequences, Annals of Botany, 108(2011), 1257-1268.

[231]       Yue, Xuekun^#, Yue, Jipei^#, Yang, Lier, Li, Zhimin*, Sun, Hang*, Systematics of the genus Salweenia (Leguminosae) from Southwest China with discovery of a second species, Taxon, 60(5)(2011), 1366-1374.

[232]       Zhang, Jianwen, Boufford, David E., Sun, Hang*, Parasyncalathium J.W. Zhang, Boufford & H. Sun (Asteraceae, Cichorieae): A new genus endemic to the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains, Taxon, 60(6)(2011), 1678-1684.

[233]       Zhang, Jianwen, Nie, Zelong, Wen, Jun, Sun, Hang*, Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of three closely related genera, Soroseris, Stebbinsia, and Syncalathium (Asteraceae, Cichorieae), endemic to the Tibetan Plateau, SW China, Taxon, 60(1)(2011), 15-26.

[234]       Zhang, Ticao, Comes, Hans Peter*, Sun, Hang*, Chloroplast phylogeography of Terminalia franchetii (Combretaceae) from the eastern Sino-Himalayan region and its correlation with historical river capture events, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 60(2011), 1-12.

[235]       Zhang, Ticao, Sun, Hang*, Phylogeographic structure of Terminalia franchetii (Combretaceae) in southwest China and its implications for drainage geological history, Journal of Plant Research, 124(2011), 63-73.

[236]       Zhang, Zhiqiang^#, Zhang, Yonghong^#, Sun, Hang*, The reproductive biology of Stellera chamaejasme (Thymelaeaceae): A self-incompatible weed with specialized flowers, Flora, 206(2011), 567-574.

[237]       Chen, Gao, Sun, Weibang*, Sun, Hang*, Leaf epidermal characteristics of Asiatic Buddleja L. under scanning electron microscope: Insights into chromosomal and taxonomic significance, Flora, 205(11)(2010), 777-785.

[238]       Tu, Tieyao, Volis, Sergei, Dillon, Michael O., Sun, Hang*, Wen, Jun*, 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, 57(3)(2010), 1226-1237.

[239]       Yang, Yang, Niu, Yang, Cavieres, Lohengrin A., Sun, Hang*, Positive associations between the cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides (Caryophyllaceae) and other alpine plant species increase with altitude in the Sino-Himalayas, Journal of Vegetation Science, 21(6)(2010), 1048-1057.

[240]       Zha, Hongguang, Milne, Richard I., Sun, Hang*, Asymmetric hybridization in Rhododendron agastum: a hybrid taxon comprising mainly F₁s in Yunnan, China, Annals of Botany, 105(1)(2010), 89-100.

[241]       Zhang, Yonghong, Volis, Sergei, Sun, Hang*, Chloroplast phylogeny and phylogeography of Stellera chamaejasme on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and in adjacent regions, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57(3)(2010), 1162-1172.

[242]       Chen, Gao, Sun, Weibang, Sun, Hang*, Morphological characteristics of leaf epidermis and size variation of leaf, flower and fruit in different ploidy levels in Buddleja macrostachya (Buddlejaceae), Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 47(3)(2009), 231-236.

[243]       Nie, Zelong, Wen, Jun, Sun, Hang*, AFLP Analysis of Phryma (Phrymaceae) disjunct between Eastern Asia and Eastern North America, Acta Botanica Yunnanica, 31(4)(2009), 289-295.

[244]       Yang, Yang, Sun, Hang*, The bracts of Saussurea velutina (Asteraceae) protect inflorescences from fluctuating weather at high elevations of the Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 41(4)(2009), 515-521.

[245]       Zhang, Dacai, Boufford, David E., Ree, Richard H., Sun, Hang*, The 29°N latitudinal line: an important division in the Hengduan Mountains, a biodiversity hotspot in southwest China, Nordic Journal of Botany, 27(5)(2009), 405-412.

[246]       Zhang, Dacai, Zhang, Yonghong, Boufford, David E., Sun, Hang*, Elevational patterns of species richness and endemism for some important taxa in the Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China, Biodiversity and Conservation, 18(3)(2009), 699-716.

[247]       Zhang, Jianwen, Nie, Zelong, Sun, Hang*, Cytological study on the genus Syncalathium (Asteraceae-Lactuceae), an endemic taxon to alpine scree of the Sino-Himalayas, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 47(3)(2009), 226-230.

[248]       Nie, Zelong, Wen, Jun*, Azuma, Hiroshi, Qiu, Yinlong, Sun, Hang*, Meng, Ying, Sun, Weibang, Zimmer, Elizabeth A., Phylogenetic and biogeographic complexity of Magnoliaceae in the Northern Hemisphere inferred from three nuclear data sets, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 48(3)(2008), 1027-1040.

[249]       Yang, Yang, Korner, Christian*, Sun, Hang*, The ecological significance of pubescence in Saussurea medusa, a high-elevation Himalayan “woolly plant”, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 40(1)(2008), 250-255.

[250]       Zha, Hongguang, Milne, Richard Ian, Sun, Hang*, Morphological and molecular evidence of natural hybridization between two distantly related Rhododendron species from the Sino-Himalaya, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 156(1)(2008), 119-129.

[251]       Zhang, Jianwen, Sun, Hang*, Nie, Zelong, Karyological studies on the Sino-Himalayan endemic Soroseris and two related genera of tribe Lactuceae (Asteraceae), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 154(1)(2007), 79-87.

[252]       Zhang, Yonghong, Boufford, David E., Sun, Hang*, Taxonomic note on Wikstroemia salicina (Thymelaeaceae), Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica, 45(3)(2007), 413-414.

[253]       Tu, Tieyao, Sun, Hang*, Bartholomew, Bruce, Nie, Zelong, A cytological study on Kelloggia (Rubiaceae), an intercontinental disjunct genus between eastern Asia and western North America, Journal of Plant Research, 119(4)(2006), 397–400.

[254]       Wang, Hengchang, Sun, Hang*, Compton, J. A., Yang, Junbo, A phylogeny of Thermopsideae (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) inferred from nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 151(3)(2006), 365-373.

[255]       Yue, Jipei^#, Sun, Hang^#, Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A., Li, Jianhua*, Support for an expanded Solms-Laubachia (Brassicaceae): Evidence from sequences of chloroplast and nuclear genes, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 93(3)(2006), 402-411.

[256]       Zhang, Yonghong, Sun, Hang*, Cypripedium bouffordianum (Orchidaceae), a new species from western Sichuan, China, Annales Botanici Fennici, 43(2006), 481-483.

[257]       Nie, Zelong, Wen, Jun, Sun, Hang*, Bartholomew, Bruce, Monophyly of Kelloggia Torrey ex Benth. (Rubiaceae) and evolution of its intercontinental disjunction between western North America and eastern Asia, American Journal of Botany, 92(4)(2005), 642-652.

[258]       Tu, Tieyao, Sun, Hang*, Gu, Zhijian, Yue, Jipei, 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, 147(2005), 457-468.

[259]       Yue, Jipei, Al-Shehbaz, IhsanA., Sun, Hang*, Solms-laubachia zhongdianensis (Brassicaceae), a new species from the Hengduan Mountains of Yunnan, China, Annales Botanici Fennici, 42(2005), 155-158.

[260]       Yue, Jipei, Gu, Zhijian, Al-Shehbaz, Ishan A., Sun, Hang*, Cytological studies on the Sino-Himalayan endemic Solms-laubachia (Brassicaceae) and two related genera, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 145(2004), 77-86.

[261]       Nie, Zelong, Gu, Zhijian, Sun, Hang*, Cytological study of Tibetia (Fabaceae) in the Hengduan Mountains region, China, Journal of Plant Research, 115(2002), 17-22.

[262]       Sun, Hang, McLewin, Will, Fay, Michael F.*, Molecular Phylogeny of Helleborus (Ranunculaceae), with an emphasis on the East Asian-Mediterranean disjunction, Taxon, 50(2001), 1001-1018.

[263]       Sun Hang, Ming, Tianlu, The characters of leaf architecture and its systematic significance in the genus Camellia, Cathaya, 7(1995), 189-214.