My research interests include phylogenomics, biogeography, evolutionary genomics, population genomics, speciation, species delimitation, DNA barcoding, integrative taxonomy.

• 2007.09-2013.07 Ph.D. Botany, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• ​2003.09-2007.07 B.S. Biology, Jiujiang University

• ​2021.02- present: Associate Professor, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
• 2016.04-2021.01: Assistant Researcher, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
• 2016.03-2017.03: Visiting Scholar, Soltis Lab, Department of Biology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States

• 2013.08-2016.03: Postdoctoral Researcher, Molecular Phylogenetics and Biogeography Group, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China

   

First and corresponding author paper: 

1.      Han-Ning Duan, Yin-Zi Jiang, Jun-Bo Yang, Jie Cai, Jian-Li Zhao, Lu Li^*, Xiang-Qin Yu^*, 2024. Skmer approach improves species discrimination in taxonomically problematic genus Schima (Theaceae). Plant Diversity 46: 713-722. (SCI, JCR Top 15%, IF=4.6)

2.      Yue Zhao^#, Ya-Ping Chen^#, Bryan T. Drew, Fei Zhao, Maryam Almasi, Orzimat T. Turginov, Jin-Fei Xiao, Abdul G. Karimi, Yasaman Salmaki^*, Xiang-Qin Yu^*, Chun-Lei Xiang^*, 2024. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of Phlomoides (Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae) in China: Insights from molecular and morphological data. Plant Diversity 46: 462-475. (SCI, JCR Top 15%, IF=4.6)

3.      Yin-Zi Jiang^#, Jun-Bo Yang^#, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Jie Liu, Zheng-Shan He, Hua Peng, Shi-Xiong Yang^*, Chun-Lei Xiang^*, Xiang-Qin Yu^*, 2024. Species delimitation of tea plants (Camellia sect. Thea) based on super-barcodes. BMC Plant Biology 12: 181. (SCI, JCR Top 15%, IF=5.3)

4.      Yue Zhao^#, Ya-Ping Chen^#, Jing-Chen Yuan, Alan J. Paton, Maxim S. Nuraliev, Fei Zhao, F., Bryan T. Drew, Yasaman Salmaki, Orzimat T. Turginov, Miao Sun, Alexander N. Sennikov, Xiang-Qin Yu^*, Bo Li^*, Chun-Lei Xiang^*, 2023. Museomics in Lamiaceae: Resolving the taxonomic mystery of Pseudomarrubium. Current Plant Biology 35-36: 100300. (SCI, IF=5.4)

5.      Qiong Zhang, Ryan A. Folk, Zhi-Qiong Mo, Hang Ye, Zhao-Yuan Zhang, Hua Peng, Jian-Li Zhao^*, Shi-Xiong Yang^*, Xiang-Qin Yu^*, 2023. Phylotranscriptomic analyses reveal deep gene tree discordance in Camellia(Theaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 188: 107912. (SCI, JCR Top 20%, IF=4.1)

6.      Ya-Li Zhang^#, Xiang-Qin Yu^#, Yin-Zi Jiang, Yin Wu, Shi-Xiong Yang^*, 2023. Camellia renshanxiangiae, a synonym of C. punctata (Theaceae). Phytotaxa 609 (2): 157-162. (SCI, IF=1.1)

7.      Xiang-Qin Yu^{#, *}, Yin-Zi Jiang^#, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Chao-Nan Fu, Liang Fang, Hua Peng, Jun-Bo Yang^*, Shi-Xiong Yang^*, 2022. Species discrimination in Schima (Theaceae): Next-generation super-barcodes meet evolutionary complexity. Molecular Ecology Resources, 22: 3161-3175. (SCI, JCR Top 10%, IF=8.67)

8.      Jian-Li Zhao^#, Xiang-Qin Yu^#, W. John Kress, Ya-Li Wang, Yong-Mei Xia, Qing-Jun Li^*, 2022. Historical biogeography of the gingers and its implications for shifts in tropical rain forest habitats. Journal of Biogeography49:1339-1351. (SCI, JCR Top 20%, IF=4.32)

9.      Qiong Zhang, Lei Zhao, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Nelson A. Zamora, Shi-Xiong Yang, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Lian-Ming Gao, Hua Peng^*, Xiang-Qin Yu^*. 2022. Phylotranscriptomics of Theaceae: generic level relationships, reticulation and whole-genome duplication. Annals of Botany 129: 457-471. (SCI, JCR Top 15%, IF=4.35)

10.   Xiang-Qin Yu^#, En-De Liu^#, Zhen-Wen Liu, Bo Xiao, Jin-Lin Ma^*, Shi-Xiong Yang^*, 2021. Camellia luteocalpandria (Theaceae), a new species and the first discovery of sect. Calpandria in China. Phytotaxa 489(2): 223-228. (SCI, IF=1.05)

11.   Xiang-Qin Yu, Qiong Zhang, Yin-Zi Jiang, Hua Peng, Jian-Li Zhao^*, Shi-Xiong Yang^*, 2020. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Laplacea alpestris and its phylogenetic position. Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources 5 (3): 3807-3809. (SCI, IF=0.88)

12.   Qiong Zhang, Jian Luo, Jin-Lin Ma, Xiao-Juan Wei, Hua Peng, Shi-Xiong Yang^*, Xiang-Qin Yu^*, 2019. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Camellia mingii (Theaceae), a critically endangered yellow camellia species endemic to China. Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources 4: 1338-1340. (SCI, IF=0.48)

13.   Xiang-Qin Yu, Chun-Lei Xiang, Hua Peng^*, 2018. Taxonomy in the Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB): Progress during the past decade (2008–2018) and perspectives on future development. Plant Diversity, 40 (4): 147-157. (SCI, IF=1.86)

14.   Xiang-Qin Yu, Dan Yang, Cen Guo, Lian-Ming Gao^*, 2018. Plant phylogenomics based on genome-partitioning strategies: Progress and prospects. Plant Diversity, 40 (4): 158-164. (SCI, IF=1.86)

15.   Xiang-Qin Yu, Lian-Ming Gao, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Jun-Bo Yang, Liang Fang, Shi-Xiong Yang^*, De-Zhu Li^*, 2017. Insights into the historical assembly of East Asian subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests revealed by the temporal history of the tea family. New Phytologist 215 (3): 1235-1248. (SCI, JCR Top 5%, IF=7.33)

16.   Xiang-Qin Yu, Bryan T. Drew, Jun-Bo Yang, Lian-Ming Gao^*, De-Zhu Li^*, 2017. Comparative Chloroplast Genomes of Eleven Schima (Theaceae) Species: Insights into DNA Barcoding and Phylogeny. PLoS ONE: 12: e0178026. (SCI, JCR Top 30%, IF=2.80)

17.   Xiang-Qin Yu, Masayuki Maki, Bryan T. Drew, Alan J. Paton, Hsi-Wen Li, Jian-Li Zhao, John G. Conran, Jie Li^*, 2014. Phylogeny and biogeography of Isodon (Lamiaceae): rapid radiation in south-west China and Miocene overland dispersal into Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 183-194. (SCI, JCR Top 30%, IF=4.01)

18.   Xiang-Qin Yu, Tian-Hua He, Jian-Li Zhao, Qiao-Ming Li^*, 2014. Invasion genetics of Chromolaena odorata(Asteraceae): extremely low diversity across Asia. Biological Invasions 16: 2351-2366. (SCI, JCR Top 30%, IF=2.71)

19.   Xiang-Qin Yu, Qiao-Ming Li^*, 2011. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for a worldwide invasive weed, Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 98 (9): e259-261. (SCI, JCR Top 30%, IF=3.05)

20.   Xiang-Qin Yu, Yu-Long Feng, Qiao-Ming Li^*, 2010. Review of research advances and prospects of invasive Chromolaena odorata. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology 34 (5): 591-600.

 

Other co-author papers: 

1.      Yin-Zi Jiang, Xiang-Qin Yu, Tao Zhang, Hua Peng^*, Shi-Xiong Yang^*, 2023. Taxonomic notes on Camellia crassicolumna and its related species (Theaceae). Phytotaxa 595 (1): 109-114. (SCI, IF=1.1)

2.      Sheng-Yuan Qin, Zheng-Yu Zuo, Cen Guo, Xin-Yu Du, Shui-Yin Liu, Xiang-Qin Yu, Xiao-Guo Xiang, Jun Rong, Bing Liu, Zhi-Fang Liu, Peng-Fei Ma^*, De-Zhu Li^*, 2023. Phylogenomic insights into the origin and evolutionary history of evergreen broadleaved forests in East Asia under Cenozoic climate change. Molecular Ecology 32(11): 2850-2868. (SCI, JCR Top 15%, IF=6.62)

3.      Hong-Hu Meng^#, Can-Yu Zhang^#, Yi-Gang Song, Xiang-Qin Yu, Guan-Long Cao, Lang Li, Chao-Nan Cai, Jian-Hua Xiao, Shi-Shun Zhou, Yun-Hong Tan, Jie Li^*, 2022. Opening a door to the spatiotemporal history of plants from the tropical Indochina Peninsula to subtropical China. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 171: 107458. (SCI, JCR Top 30%, IF=4.28)

4.      Jian-Li Zhao, B Ram Paudel, Xiang-Qin Yu, Jie Zhang, Qing-Jun Li^*, 2021. Speciation along the elevation gradient: divergence of Roscoea species within the south slope of the Himalayas. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 164: 107292. (SCI, JCR Top 30%,  IF=4.28)

5.      Shi-Xiong Yang^*, Xiang-Qin Yu, 2022. Comment on the View that “Camellia sinensis Originated from Tertiary Magnolia latifolia”. Guangxi Forestry Science 51 (3): 298-306.

6.      Shi-Xiong Yang^*, Wei Fang, Xiang-Qin Yu, 2021. New Record of Camellia sect. Thea in Guangxi——Camellia crassicolumna var. multiplex. Guangxi Forestry Science 50 (5): 493-495.

7.      Zhen-Wen Liu, Sheng-Feng Chai, Fang-Yuan Wu, Pin-Ming Ye, Chang-Jie Jiang, Zhi-Rong Zhang, Xiang-Qin Yu, Jin-Lin Ma, Shi-Xiong Yang^*, 2020. Camellia rostrata, a new species of yellow camellias from Southwest China. Phytotaxa 459: 61-68. (SCI, IF=1.05) 

8.      Xing-Fu Zhu, Xiang-Qin Yu, Jian-Li Zhao^*, 2019. The complete chloroplast sequence of Roscoea humeana(Zingiberaceae): an alpine ginger in the Hengduan Mountains, China, Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources, 4 (1): 1398-1399. (SCI, IF=0.48)

1. Qiong Zhang, Ryan A. Folk, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Xiang-Qin Yu^*, Generic level relationships, reticulation and whole-genome duplication in Theaceae, Botanical Society of America, Botany 2022, 2022.07.24-7.27, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. (Oral Presentation)

2. Qiong Zhang, Ryan A. Folk, Jian-Li Zhao, Hua Peng, Shi-Xiong Yang, Xiang-Qin Yu^*. Transcriptome-based phylogeny of Theaceae, an economically and ecologically important family of Ericales. The symposium on “Plant Systematic and Evolution”, 2020.11.26-11.28, Jinghong, Yunnan, China (Oral presentation)
3. Xiang-Qin Yu, Lian-Ming Gao, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Jun-Bo Yang, Liang Fang, Shi-Xiong Yang, De-Zhu Li^*. Insights into the historical construction of East Asian subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests revealed by the temporal history of Theaceae. The XIX International Botanical Congress, 2017.7.23-7.29, Shenzhen, China. (Oral presentation)
4. Xiang-Qin Yu, Jie Li^*. 2013. Phylogenetics and biogeography of Isodon (Lamiaceae). Presented at the XV Member Congress of the Botanical Society of China, Nanchang, China. (Oral Presentation)

Collaborators                    University

Prof. Pamela S. Soltis        University of Florida

Prof. Douglas E. Soltis      University of Florida

Dr. Ryan A. Folk               Mississippi State University

已指导学生

蒋银子  硕士研究生  071001-植物学  

张琼  博士研究生  071001-植物学  

现指导学生

高昊烨  硕士研究生  086000-生物与医药  

唐怡曦  硕士研究生  071001-植物学  

1. The Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program "Young Talent" Project

2. The Third Prize of the Academic workshop of Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in 2016
3. Outstanding student of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013
4. The Second Prize of Di Ao Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013

1. The Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program "Young Talent" Project, 01/2023-12/2027

2. Applied Basic Research Project of Yunnan, 202201AT070621, 06/2023-05/2026
3. Open Research Fund of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Non-wood Forest Cultivation & Utilization, JB-22-01-01, 06/2022-12/2024
4. Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS, 2021393, 2021.02-2025.02
5. National Natural Science Foundation of China,32070369, 01/2021-12/2024
6. Open Research Fund of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Non-wood Forest Cultivation & Utilization, 19-B-01-03, CNY 80,000, 01/2019-12/2021
7. CAS "Light of West China" Program Category B 2018, 01/2019-12/2021
8. Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan (Yunnan University), 2018KF007, 11/2018-10/2020
9. National Natural Science Foundation of China，31700182, 01/2018-12/2020
10. Applied Basic Research Project of Yunnan, 2014FB167, 10/2014-09/2017
11.  China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2014M562352, 07/2014-03/2016
12. Visiting scholar grant from China Scholarship Council