Selected publications in last 5 years: 

1. Caroline S. Weckerle, Franz K. Huber, Yang Yongping and Sun Weibang. 2006. Plant knowledge of the Shuhi in the Hengduan mountains, Southwest China. Economic Botany 60: 3-23.

2. Meng Ying, Hong-Yan Xie, Ze-Long Nie, Zi-Jian Gu and Yong-Ping Yang*. 2006. A karyomorphological study on four species of Meconopsis Vig. (Papaveraceae) from the Hengduan mountains, SW China. Caryologia 59: 1-6.

3. Meng Ying, Yang Yong-Ping and Caroline S. Weckerle. 2006. Conservation status of Maianthemum species in the Hengduan mountains: a case study analyzing the impact of new policies on wild collected plant species. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 4:167-173.

4. Ying Meng, Jun Wen, Ze-Long Nie, Hang Sun and Yong-Ping Yang*. 2008. Phylogeny and biogeographic diversification of Maianthemum (Ruscaceae: Polygonatae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49:424-434.

5. Zhao Fang and Yang Yong-Ping*. 2008. Reproductive allocation in a dioecious perennial Oxyria sinensis (Polygonaceae) along altitudinal gradients. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 46:830-835.

6. Li Yang, Zhao Yan-Li, Huang Ning, Zheng Yong-Tang, Yang Yong-Ping*, Li Xiao-Li. 2008. Two new phenolic glycosides from Viscum articulatum. Molecules 13: 2500-2508.

7. Chen Jia-Hui, Sun Hang, Yang Yong-Ping*. 2008. Comparative morphology of leaf epidermis of Salix (Salicaceae) with special emphasis on sections Lindleyanae and Retussae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157:311-322.

8. Chen Jia-Hui, Sun Hang and Yang Yong-Ping*. 2008. Leaf epidermal micro-features of Salix (Salicaceae) under scanning electronic microscope and its taxonomical significance. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 30:1-7.

9. Chen Jia-Hui, Sun Hang and Yang Yong-Ping*. 2008. Cladistic analysis of the genus Salix (Salicaceae). Acta Botanica Yunnanica 30:38-46.

10. Zhang De-Quan and Yang Yong-Ping*. 2008. A statistical and comparative analysis of genetic diversity detected by different molecular markers. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 30:159-167.

11. Yang Li , Si-Feng Wang , Yan-Li Zhao, Ke-Chun Liu, Xi-Min Wang, Yong-Ping Yang* and Xiao-Li Li. 2009. Chemical Constituents from Clematis delavayi var. spinescens. Molecules 14:4433-4439.

12. Caroline S. Weckerle, Robert Ineichena, Franz K. Huber and Yongping Yang. 2009. Mao’s heritage: Medicinal plant knowledge among the Bai in Shaxi, China, at a crossroads between distinct local and common widespread practice. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 123:213–228.

13. Jia-Hui Chen, Zhi-Zhi Du, Yue-Mao Shen and Yong-Ping Yang*. 2009. Aporphine alkaloids from Clematis parviloba and their antifungal activity. Archives of Pharmacal Research 32:3-5.

14. Deng-Mei Fan and Yong-Ping Yang*. 2009. Altitudinal variations in flower and bulbil production of an alpine perennial, Polygonum viviparum L. (Polygonaceae). Plant Biology 11:493–497.

15. Xiao-Li Li, Yang Li, Si-Feng Wang, Yan-Li Zhao, Ke-Chun Liu, Xi-Min Wang and Yong-Ping Yang*. 2009. Ingol and ingenol diterpenes from the aerial parts of Euphorbia royleana and their antiangiogenic activities. Journal of Natural Products 72:1001–1005.

16. Fan Deng-Mei and Yang Yong-Ping*.2009. Reproductive performance in two populations of Polygonum viviparum (Polygonaceae) under different habitats. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 31:153-157.

17. Ying Meng, Hang Sun, Yong-Ping Yang, Ze-Long Nie. 2010. Polyploidy and new chromosome counts in Anaphalis (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 48:58-64.

18. Yun Wang, Li-Hua Meng, Yong-Ping Yang* and Yuan-Wen Duan. 2010. Change in floral orientation in Anisodus luridus (Solanaceae) protects pollen grains and facilitates development of fertilized ovules. American Journal of Botany 97:1618-1624.

19. Yan-Li Zhao, Qiu-Xia He, Yang Li, Si-Feng Wang, Ke-Chun Liu, Yong-Ping Yang* and Xiao-Li Li. 2010. Chemical constituents of Excoecaria acerifolia and their bioactivities. Molecules 15:2178-2186.

20. Jia-Hui Chen, Hang Sun, Jun Wen and Yong-Ping Yang*. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of Salix L. (Salicaceae) inferred from three chloroplast datasets and its systematic implications. Taxon 59:29-37.

21. Franz K. Huber, Robert Ineichen, Yongping Yang and Caroline S. Weckerle. 2010. Livelihood and conservation aspects of non-wood forest product collection in the Shaxi valley, Southwest China. Economic Botany 64: 189-204.

22. De-Quan Zhang Lian-Ming Gao, Yong-Ping Yang*. 2010. Genetic diversity and structure of a traditional Chinese medicinal plant species, Fritillaria cirrhosa (Liliaceae) in southwest China and implications for its conservation, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 38:236-242.

23. Wang Yun, Hu Li-Juan, Duan Yuan-Wen and Yang Yong-Ping*. 2010. Altitudinal variation in reproductive allocation of Bergenia purprascens (Saxifragaceae). Acta Botanica Yunnanica 32:270-280.

24. Katie Konchar, Xiao-Li Li, Yong-Ping Yang and Eve Emshwiller. 2011. Phytochemical variation in Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don (Chuan Bei Mu) in relation to plant reproductive stage and timing of harvest. Economic Botany 65: 283-294.

25. Yan-Li Zhao, Si-Feng Wang, Yang Li, Qiu-Xia He, Ke-Chun Liu, Yong-Ping Yang* and Xiao-Li Li. 2011. Isolation of chemical constituents from the aerial parts of Verbascum thapsus and their antiangiogenic and antiproliferative activities, Archieves of Pharmacal Research 34:703-707.

26. Yang Li, Yan-Li Zhao, Yong-Ping Yang and Xiao-Li Li. 2011. Chemical constituents of Viscum album var. meridianum, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 39: 849-852.

27. Chan Zhang, Rebecca E. Irwin, Yun Wang, Ya-Ping He, Yong-Ping Yang* and Yuan-Wen Duan. 2011. Selective seed abortion induced by nectar robbing in the selfing plant Comastoma pulmonarium. New Phytologist 192: 249–255.

28. Jia-Hui Chen, Yan Zhou and Yong-Ping Yang. 2011. Isolation and characterization of 20 new microsatellite loci in Coriaria nepalensis (Coriariaceae), American Journal of Botany e141–e143.

29. Liu Ya-Hui, Meng Ying, Yang Yong-Hong and Yang Yong-Ping. 2011. Chromosome numbers and karyotypes of six Oxytropis species (Fabaceae) from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Plant Diversity and Resources 33: 423 -431.

30. Zhang Chan, Hu Li-Juan, Wang Yun, Duan Yuan-Wen and Yang Yong-Ping. 2011. Effects of the position on floral traits and reproductive success of Comastoma pulmonarium (Gentianaceae). Plant Diversity and Resources 33: 495 -502.

　　31. Wang Lin-Lin, Zhao Ming-Fu, Wang Yun, Duan Yuan-Wen and Yang Yong-Ping. 2011. A preliminary study on geographical variations in floral traits of Halenia elliptica (Gentianaceae) based on herbaria. Plant Diversity and Resources 33: 503-508.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS 

1. Ying Meng, Jun Wen, Ze-Long Nie, Hang Sun and Yong-Ping Yang*. 2008. Phylogeny and biogeographic diversification of Maianthemum (Ruscaceae: Polygonatae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49:424-434.

2. Xiao-Li Li, Yang Li, Si-Feng Wang, Yan-Li Zhao, Ke-Chun Liu, Xi-Min Wang and Yong-Ping Yang*. 2009. Ingol and ingenol diterpenes from the aerial parts of Euphorbia royleana and their antiangiogenic activities. Journal of Natural Products 72:1001–1005.

3. Jia-Hui Chen, Hang Sun, Jun Wen and Yong-Ping Yang*. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of Salix L. (Salicaceae) inferred from three chloroplast datasets and its systematic implications. Taxon 59(1):29-37.

4. De-Quan Zhang Lian-Ming Gao, Yong-Ping Yang*. 2010. Genetic diversity and structure of a traditional Chinese medicinal plant species, Fritillaria cirrhosa (Liliaceae) in southwest China and implications for its conservation. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 38:236-242.

5. Chan Zhang, Rebecca E. Irwin, Yun Wang, Ya-Ping He, Yong-Ping Yang* and Yuan-Wen Duan. 2011. Selective seed abortion induced by nectar robbing in the selfing plant Comastoma pulmonarium. New Phytologist 192: 249–255.