Sun Hang, Professor, Ph.D.

      Position: 

  (1) Director of Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  (2) Head of Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  (3) Chairman of Yunnan Botanical Society.

     MAIN RESEARCH:

Plant Taxonomy and Biogegoraphy, mainly focus on Alpine flora origin, adaption and biogeography; The Plants of Sino-himalayan Region(Origin and dispersal of Sino-himalaya Elements); Flora of Yunnan (some groups of Papilionaceae) and wild edible plants.

FIELD WORK

Expedition to Qinghai-Tibet Plateau;Himalayas (Tibet), from E himalayas to W. himalayas, especially to Tsangpo Big Bend Gorge (Upper reach of Bramabutra), SE Tibet, and SW China(Yunnan,Sichuan and Guizhou). N. Thailand. Laos, Uzbekistan, Georigia, Indonesia. Total plant specimens collection more than 20,000 numbers.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS(SINCE 2006-)

283    Sun H, Li ZM, Landis JB, Qian LS, Zhang TC, Deng T. Effects of drainage reorganization on phytogeographic pattern in Sino-Himalaya. Alpine Botany. 2022;132(1):141-51.

282    Qian LS, Shi HH, Ou XK, Sun H. Elevational patterns of functional diversity and trait of Delphinium (Ranunculaceae) in Hengduan Mountains, China. Plant Diversity. 2022;44(1):20-9.

281    Parisod C, Lavergne S, Sun H, Kadereit JW. Plant evolutionary ecology in mountain regions in space and time. Alpine Botany. 2022;132(1):1-4.

280    Chen JT, Kuang TH, Huang XH, Zhang XJ, Sun H, Deng T. Taxonomic identity of Corydalis lidenii (Papaveraceae). Phytokeys. 2022(190):35-45.

279    Chen HL, Al-Shehbaz IA, Qian LS, Zhang JW, Xu B, Zhang TC, et al. Pulvinatusia (Brassicaceae), a new cushion genus from China and its systematic position. Phytokeys. 2022(189):9-28.

278    Zhou Z, Guo YJ, Yue JP, Chen HH, Tan YH, Sun H. Amblyanthus chenii (Primulaceae), a New Species and Generic Record from Xizang, China. Systematic Botany. 2021;46(1):152-61.

277    Zhang YZ, Qian LS, Spalink D, Sun L, Chen JG, Sun H. Spatial phylogenetics of two topographic extremes of the Hengduan Mountains in southwestern China and its implications for biodiversity conservation. Plant Diversity. 2021;43(3):181-91.

276    Zhang YZ, Deng T, Sun L, Landis JB, Moore MJ, Wang HC, et al. Phylogenetic patterns suggest frequent multiple origins of secondary metabolites across the seed-plant 'tree of life'. National Science Review. 2021;8(4).

275    Zhang YZ, Chen JG, Sun H. Alpine speciation and morphological innovations: revelations from a species-rich genus in the northern hemisphere. Aob Plants. 2021;13(3).

274    Zhang XJ, Fu QS, Chen JT, Li LJ, Luo PR, Peng JY, et al. Saxifraga viridiflora (Saxifragaceae), an unusual new species from Guangxi, China. Phytokeys. 2021(184):19-26.

273    Zhang X, Sun YX, Landis JB, Shen J, Zhang HJ, Kuang TH, et al. Transcriptomes of Saussurea (Asteraceae) Provide Insights into High-Altitude Adaptation. Plants-Basel. 2021;10(8).

272    Zhang X, Landis JB, Sun YX, Zhang HJ, Lin N, Kuang TH, et al. Macroevolutionary pattern of Saussurea (Asteraceae) provides insights into the drivers of radiating diversification. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 2021;288(1962).

271    Yusupov Z, Deng T, Volis S, Khassanov F, Makhmudjanov D, Tojibaev K, et al. Phylogenomics of Allium section Cepa (Amaryllidaceae) provides new insights on domestication of onion. Plant Diversity. 2021;43(2):102-10.

270    Yang Y, Peng H, Sun H. Taxonomic revision of Sageretia (Rhamnaceae) from China I: identities of S. lucida, S. thea var. cordiformis and S. yunlongensis, with the description of a new species S. ellipsoidea. Phytokeys. 2021(179):13-28.

269    Wu R, Lev-Yadun S, Sun L, Sun H, Song B. Higher Elevations Tend to Have Higher Proportion of Plant Species With Glandular Trichomes. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2021;12.

268    Wang SW, He XF, Chen JG, Sun H, Korner C, Yang Y. 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. 2021;131(1):89-102.

267    Wang SW, He XF, Chen JG, Sun H, Korner C, Yang Y. Elevation-specific responses of phenology in evergreen oaks from their low-dry to their extreme high-cold range limits in the SE Himalaya (Jan, 10.1007/s00035-020-00245-4, 2021). Alpine Botany. 2021;131(1):103-.

266    Rana SK, Rana HK, Luo D, Sun H. Estimating climate-induced 'Nowhere to go' range shifts of the Himalayan Incarvillea Juss. using multi-model median ensemble species distribution models. Ecological Indicators. 2021;121.

265    Rana SK, Luo D, Rana HK, O'Neill AR, Sun H. Geoclimatic factors influence the population genetic connectivity of Incarvillea arguta (Bignoniaceae) in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2021;59(1):151-68.

264    Rana SK, Luo D, Rana HK, Chen ST, Sun H. Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution of the montane genus Incarvillea Juss. (Bignoniaceae). Plant Diversity. 2021;43(1):1-14.

263    Rana HK, Rana SK, Sun H, Fujikawa K, Luo D, Joshi LR, et al. Saussurea talungensis (Asteraceae), a new species from Humla, Nepal Himalayas. Phytokeys. 2021(176):55-66.

262    Niu Y, Stevens M, Sun H. Commercial Harvesting Has Driven the Evolution of Camouflage in an Alpine Plant. Current Biology. 2021;31(2):446-+.

261    Luo D, Xu B, Li ZM, Sun H. 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. 2021;48(2):372-85.

260    Lin N, Landis JB, Sun YX, Huang XH, Zhang X, Liu Q, et al. Demographic history and local adaptation of Myripnois dioica (Asteraceae) provide insight on plant evolution in northern China flora. Ecology and Evolution. 2021;11(12):8000-13.

259    Li Q, Sun H, Boufford DE, Bartholomew B, Fritsch PW, Chen JH, et al. Grade of Membership models reveal geographical and environmental correlates of floristic structure in a temperate biodiversity hotspot. New Phytologist. 2021;232(3):1424-35.

258    Huang XH, Deng T, Chen ST, Landis JB, Lin N, Yang Y, et al. Western Tethys origin, tropical Asia and tropical America disjunction in Berchemia and reinstatement of Phyllogeiton (Rhamneae, Rhamnaceae). Taxon. 2021;70(3):515-25.

257    He XF, Wang SW, Sun H, Korner C, Yang Y. Water relations of "trailing-edge" evergreen oaks in the semi-arid upper Yangtze region, SE Himalaya. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2021;59(6):1256-65.

256    Fu QS, Huang XH, Landis JB, Liu PJ, Li LJ, Lv ZY, et al. Extinction risk in vascular plants and vertebrates is negatively correlated with family size. Global Ecology and Conservation. 2021;30.

255    Chen XF, Qian LS, Zhang YZ, Shi HH, Sun H, Chen JG. Alpine community recruitment potential is determined by habitat attributes in the alpine ecosystems of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains, SW China. Ecology and Evolution. 2021;11(23):17397-408.

254    Chen JG, Zhang YZ, Zhang HR, Schob C, Wang SW, Chang S, et al. 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. 2021;762.

253    Chen JG, Engbersen N, Stefan L, Schmid B, Sun H, Christian. Diversity increases yield but reduces harvest index in crop mixtures. Nature Plants. 2021;7(7):893-+.

252    Zhang X, Sun YX, Landis JB, Zhang JW, Yang LS, Lin N, et al. Genomic insights into adaptation to heterogeneous environments for the ancient relictualCircaeaster agrestis(Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales). New Phytologist. 2020;228(1):285-301.

251    Zhang X, Sun YX, Landis AO, Lv ZY, Shen J, Zhang HJ, et al. Plastome phylogenomic study of Gentianeae (Gentianaceae): widespread gene tree discordance and its association with evolutionary rate heterogeneity of plastid genes. Bmc Plant Biology. 2020;20(1).

250    Zhang L, Zhou XM, Liang ZL, Fan XP, Lu NT, Song MS, et al. 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. 2020;148.

249    Zhang L, Fan XP, Petchsri S, Zhou L, Pollawatn R, Zhang X, et al. Evolutionary relationships of the ancient fern lineage the adder's tongues (Ophioglossaceae) with description of Sahashia gen. nov. Cladistics. 2020;36(4):380-93.

248    Yang Y, Sun H, Korner C. Explaining the exceptional 4270 m high elevation limit of an evergreen oak in the south-eastern Himalayas. Tree Physiology. 2020;40(10):1327-42.

247    Yang LE, Peng DL, Li ZM, Huang L, Yang J, Sun H. Cold stratification, temperature, light, GA(3), and KNO3 effects on seed germination of Primula beesiana from Yunnan, China. Plant Diversity. 2020;42(3):168-73.

246    Xu Q, Lev-Yadun S, Sun L, Chen Z, Song B, Sun H. Spinescent patterns in the flora of Jiaozi Snow Mountain, Southwestern China. Plant Diversity. 2020;42(2):83-91.

245    Wang ZW, Zhang TC, Luo D, Sun WG, Sun H. 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. 2020;192(2):350-68.

244    Wang SH, Guan YL, Wang Q, Zhao JJ, Sun GL, Hu XY, et al. A mycorrhizae-like gene regulates stem cell and gametophore development in mosses. Nature Communications. 2020;11(1).

243    Wang SH, Guan YL, Wang Q, Zhao JJ, Sun GL, Hu XY, et al. A mycorrhizae-like gene regulates stem cell and gametophore development in mosses (vol 11, 2030, 2020). Nature Communications. 2020;11(1).

242    Tian B, Fu Y, Milne RI, Mao KS, Sun YS, Ma XG, et al. 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. 2020;58(3):247-62.

241    Sun YX, Deng T, Zhang AD, Moore MJ, Landis JB, Lin N, et al. Genome Sequencing of the Endangered Kingdonia uniflora (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales) Reveals Potential Mechanisms of Evolutionary Specialization. Iscience. 2020;23(5).

240    Sun WG, Wang HX, Wu R, Sun H, Li ZM. Karyomorphology of three endemic plants (Brassicaceae: Euclidieae and Arabideae) from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its significance. Plant Diversity. 2020;42(3):135-41.

239    Sun L, Luo J, Qian LS, Deng T, Sun H. The relationship between elevation and seed-plant species richness in the Mt. Namjagbarwa region (Eastern Himalayas) and its underlying determinants. Global Ecology and Conservation. 2020;23.

238    Sun GL, Bai SL, Guan YL, Wang SH, Wang Q, Liu Y, et al. Are fungi-derived genomic regions related to antagonism towards fungi in mosses? New Phytologist. 2020;228(4):1169-75.

237    Song B, Sun L, Lev-Yadun S, Moles AT, Zhang S, Jiang XL, et al. Plants are more likely to be spiny at mid-elevations in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, south-western China. Journal of Biogeography. 2020;47(1):250-60.

236    Song B, Stoll P, Peng DL, Sun H, Stocklin J. Demography of the giant monocarpic herb Rheum nobile in the Himalayas and the effect of disturbances by grazing. Annals of Botany. 2020;125(3):447-58.

235    Song B, Gao YQ, Stocklin J, Song MS, Sun L, Sun H. 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. 2020;193(2):276-86.

234    Shen J, Zhang X, Landis JB, Zhang HJ, Deng T, Sun H, et al. Plastome Evolution in Dolomiaea (Asteraceae, Cardueae) Using Phylogenomic and Comparative Analyses. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2020;11.

233    Rana SK, Rana HK, Ranjitkar S, Ghimire SK, Gurmachhan CM, O'Neill AR, et al. Climate-change threats to distribution, habitats, sustainability and conservation of highly traded medicinal and aromatic plants in Nepal. Ecological Indicators. 2020;115.

232    Rana HK, Luo D, Rana SK, Sun H. 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. 2020;10.

231    Qian LS, Chen JH, Deng T, Sun H. Plant diversity in Yunnan: Current status and future directions. Plant Diversity. 2020;42(4):281-91.

230    Peng JC, Ma XG, Wang YH, Sun H. New insights into the evolutionary history of Megacodon: Evidence from a newly discovered species. Plant Diversity. 2020;42(3):198-208.

229    Lv ZY, Zhang JW, Chen JT, Li ZM, Sun H. The complete chloroplast genome of Soroseris umbrella (Asteraceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources. 2020;5(1):637-8.

228    Luo YF, Wu XY, Sun H, Wu YG. Root-induced changes in aggregation characteristics and potentially toxic elements (PTEs) speciation in a revegetated artificial zinc smelting waste slag site. Chemosphere. 2020;243.

227    Huang HW, Sun H, Zhou ZK. Sharing earth with all life. Plant Diversity. 2020;42(4):209-10.

226    Hu A, Wang JJ, Sun H, Niu B, Si GC, Wang J, et al. Mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions: interplay between geology and contemporary environments. Isme Journal. 2020;14(4):931-44.

225    Han HD, He HS, Wu ZF, Cong Y, Zong SW, He JN, et al. Non-Structural Carbohydrate Storage Strategy Explains the Spatial Distribution of Treeline Species. Plants-Basel. 2020;9(3).

224    Favre A, Pringle JS, Heckenhauer J, Kozuharova E, Gao QB, Lemmon EM, et al. Phylogenetic relationships and sectional delineation within Gentiana (Gentianaceae). Taxon. 2020;69(6):1221-38.

223    Chen Z, Niu Y, Liu CQ, Sun H. Red flowers differ in shades between pollination systems and across continents. Annals of Botany. 2020;126(5):837-48.

222    Chen Z, Liu CQ, Sun H, Niu Y. The ultraviolet colour component enhances the attractiveness of red flowers of a bee-pollinated plant. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2020;13(3):354-60.

221    Chen JT, Zhang DG, Lv ZY, Huang XH, Liu PJ, Yang JN, et al. Oxytropis shennongjiaensis (Fabaceae), a new species from Hubei, Central China. Phytokeys. 2020(149):117-28.

220    Chen JG, Yang Y, Wang SW, Sun H, Schob C. Shrub facilitation promotes selective tree establishment beyond the climatic treeline. Science of the Total Environment. 2020;708.

219    Chen JG, Yang Y, Wang SW, Stocklin J, Peng DL, Sun H. Recruitment of the high elevation cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides is limited by competition, thus threatened by currently established vegetation. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2020;58(1):59-68.

218    Chen HL, German DA, Al-Shehbaz IA, Yue JP, Sun H. Phylogeny of Euclidieae (Brassicaceae) based on plastome and nuclear ribosomal DNA data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2020;153.

217    Adelalu KF, Zhang X, Qu XJ, Landis JB, Shen J, Sun YX, et al. Plastome Phylogenomic and Biogeographical Study on Thuja (Cupressaceae). Biomed Research International. 2020;2020.

216    Zhou Z, Hu JJ, Wen J, Sun H. Morphometric, phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses of Pyrularia (Santalales), a parasitic disjunct lineage between eastern Asia and eastern North America. Taxon. 2019;68(1):47-71.

215    Zhang YZ, Tang R, Huang XH, Sun WG, Ma XG, Sun H. Saussurea balangshanensis sp. nov. (Asteraceae), from the Hengduan Mountains region, SW China. Nordic Journal of Botany. 2019;37(4).

214    Zhang X, Zhang HJ, Landis JB, Deng T, Meng AP, Sun H, et al. Plastome phylogenomic analysis of Torreya (Taxaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2019;57(6):607-15.

213    Zhang X, Deng T, Moore MJ, Ji YH, Lin N, Zhang HJ, et al. Plastome phylogenomics of Saussurea (Asteraceae: Cardueae). Bmc Plant Biology. 2019;19.

212    Zhang TC, Qiao Q, Novikova PY, Wang Q, Yue JP, Guan YL, et al. Genome of Crucihimalaya himalaica, a close relative of Arabidopsis, shows ecological adaptation to high altitude. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2019;116(14):7137-46.

211    Zhang L, Lu NT, Zhou XM, Chen DK, Knapp R, Zhou L, et al. A plastid phylogeny of the Old World fern genus Leptochilus (Polypodiaceae): Implications for cryptic speciation and progressive colonization from lower to higher latitudes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2019;134:311-22.

210    Zhang HJ, Feng T, Landis JB, Zhang X, Meng AP, Deng T, et al. 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. 2019;191(3):305-14.

209    Zhang HJ, Feng T, Landis JB, Deng T, Zhang X, Meng AP, et al. Molecular Phylogeography and Ecological Niche Modeling of Sibbaldia procumbens s.l. (Rosaceae). Frontiers in Genetics. 2019;10.

208    Yusupov Z, Deng T, Liu CK, Lin N, Tojibaev K, Sun H. The complete chloroplast genome of Allium fistulosum. Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources. 2019;4(1):489-90.

207    Yang YQ, Pu YA, Yin X, Du JC, Zhou ZL, Yang DN, et al. A Splice Variant of BrrWSD1 in Turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) and Its Possible Role in Wax Ester Synthesis under Drought Stress. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2019;67(40):11077-88.

206    Yang Y, Chen YS, Zhang JW, Sun L, Sun H. Phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the mock buckthorn genus (Sageretia, Rhamnaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2019;189(3):244-61.

205    Yang LE, Cen HF, Sun H, LoFurno M, Maciejewski S, Goretsky WJ, et al. Oreocharis rubrostriata (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Kew Bulletin. 2019;74(2).

204    Xu MN, Heidmarsson S, Thorsteinsdottir M, Wasowicz P, Sun H, Deng T, et al. Infraspecific Variation of Huperzine A and B in Icelandic Huperzia selago Complex. Planta Medica. 2019;85(2):160-8.

203    Xu B, Luo D, Li ZM, Sun H. Evolutionary radiations of cushion plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Insights from molecular phylogenetic analysis of two subgenera of Arenaria and Thylacospermum (Caryophyllaceae). Taxon. 2019;68(5):1003-20.

202    Volis S, Fogel K, Tu TY, Sun H, Zaretsky M. Evolutionary history and biogeography of Mandragora L. (Solanaceae) (vol 129, pg 85, 2018). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2019;130:434-.

201    Qian H, Deng T, Sun H. Global and regional tree species diversity. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2019;12(2):210-5.

200    Peng DL, Sun L, Pritchard HW, Yang J, Sun H, Li ZM. Species distribution modelling and seed germination of four threatened snow lotus (Saussurea), and their implication for conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation. 2019;17.

199    Peng DL, Hu XJ, Sun H, Li ZM. Dry after-ripening, light, cold stratification and temperature effects on seed germination of Primula poissonii from Yunnan, China. Seed Science and Technology. 2019;47(3):301-6.

198    Maslin BR, Ho BC, Sun H, Bai L. Revision of Senegalia in China, and notes on introduced species of Acacia, Acaciella, Senegalia and Vachellia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Plant Diversity. 2019;41(6):353-466.

197    Makhmudjanov D, Yusupov Z, Abdullaev D, Deng T, Tojibaev K, Sun H. The complete chloroplast genome of Eremurus robustus (Asphodelaceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources. 2019;4(2):3366-7.

196    Ma XG, Wang ZW, Tian B, Sun H. 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. 2019;10.

195    Liu CQ, Sun H. Pollination in Lilium sargentiae (Liliaceae) and the first confirmation of long-tongued hawkmoths as a pollinator niche in Asia. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2019;57(1):81-8.

194    Liu CQ, Gao YD, Niu Y, Xiong YZ, Sun H. Floral adaptations of two lilies: implications for the evolution and pollination ecology of huge trumpet-shaped flowers. American Journal of Botany. 2019;106(5):622-32.

193    Lin N, Zhang X, Deng T, Zhang JW, Meng AP, Wang HC, et al. Plastome sequencing of Myripnois dioica and comparison within Asteraceae. Plant Diversity. 2019;41(5):315-22.

192    Li WQ, Shi MM, Huang Y, Chen KY, Sun H, Chen JH. Climatic Change Can Influence Species Diversity Patterns and Potential Habitats of Salicaceae Plants in China. Forests. 2019;10(3).

191    Huang XH, Deng T, Moore MJ, Wang HC, Li ZM, Lin N, et al. Tropical Asian Origin, boreotropical migration and long-distance dispersal in Nettles (Urticeae, Urticaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2019;137:190-9.

190    Huang XH, Deng T, Lin N, Lv ZY, Zhang X, Zhou Z, et al. Complete chloroplast genome sequences of Poikilospermum lanceolatum (Urticeae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources. 2019;4(2):2131-2.

189    Deng T, Lin N, Huang XH, Wang HC, Kim C, Zhang DG, et al. Phylogenetics of Mazaceae (Lamiales), with special reference to intrageneric relationships within Mazus. Taxon. 2019;68(5):1037-47.

188    Deng T, Abbott RJ, Li WQ, Sun H, Volis S. Genetic diversity hotspots and refugia identified by mapping multi-plant species haplotype diversity in China. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 2019;66(3-4):136-51.

187    Chen JH, Huang Y, Brachi B, Yun QZ, Zhang W, Lu W, et al. Genome-wide analysis of Cushion willow provides insights into alpine plant divergence in a biodiversity hotspot. Nature Communications. 2019;10.

186    Chen JG, He XF, Wang SW, Yang Y, Sun H. Cushion and shrub ecosystem engineers contribute differently to diversity and functions in alpine ecosystems. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2019;30(2):362-74.

185    Chen HL, Al-Shehbaz IA, Yue JP, Sun H. Sisymbrium linifolium and Sisymbriopsis schugnana (Brassicaceae), two new records from Xinjiang, China. Phytokeys. 2019(119):39-52.

184    Chen FH, Fu BJ, Xia J, Wu D, Wu SH, Zhang YL, et al. Major advances in studies of the physical geography and living environment of China during the past 70 years and future prospects. Science China-Earth Sciences. 2019;62(11):1665-701.

183    Adelalu KF, Qu XJ, Sun YX, Deng T, Sun H, Wang HC. Characterization of the complete plastome of western red cedar, Thuja plicata (Cupressaceae). Conservation Genetics Resources. 2019;11(1):79-81.

182    Zhou HX, Milne RI, Ma XL, Song YQ, Fang JY, Sun H, et al. Characterization of a L-Gulono-1,4-Lactone Oxidase Like Protein in the Floral Nectar of Mucuna sempervirens, Fabaceae. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2018;9.

181    Zhang YZ, Deng T, Li YB, Zhang XS, Tojbaev KS, Zhang JW, et al. Taxonomic revision of Carpesium linearibracteatum (Asteraceae: Inulinae) from China. Phytotaxa. 2018;371(2):111-8.

180    Yang LE, Meng Y, Peng DL, Nie ZL, Sun H. 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. 2018;126:221-32.

179    Yan MH, Fritsch PW, Moore MJ, Feng T, Meng AP, Yang J, et al. Plastid phylogenomics resolves infrafamilial relationships of the Styracaceae and sheds light on the backbone relationships of the Ericales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2018;121:198-211.

178    Volis S, Fogel K, Tu TY, Sun H, Zaretsky M. Evolutionary history and biogeography of Mandragora L. (Solanaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2018;129:85-95.

177    Sun Y, Moore MJ, Landis JB, Lin N, Chen L, Deng T, et al. Plastome phylogenomics of the early-diverging eudicot family Berberidaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2018;128:203-11.

176    Sun H, Yang YP, Zhou ZK. A few words on our commemoration of 80 years at KIB. Plant Diversity. 2018;40(4):139-40.

175    Song B, Stocklin J, Armbruster WS, Gao YQ, Peng DL, Sun H. Reversible colour change in leaves enhances pollinator attraction and reproductive success in Saururus chinensis (Saururaceae). Annals of Botany. 2018;121(4):641-50.

174    Rana HK, Sun H, Paudel A, Ghimire SK. Saussurea ramchaudharyi (Asteraceae), a new species from Nepal. Phytotaxa. 2018;340(3):271-6.

173    Qian H, Deng T, Beck J, Sun H, Xiao C, Jin Y, et al. Incomplete species lists derived from global and regional specimen-record databases affect macroecological analyses: A case study on the vascular plants of China. Journal of Biogeography. 2018;45(12):2718-29.

172    Niu Y, Sun H, Stevens M. Plant Camouflage: Ecology, Evolution, and Implications. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2018;33(8):608-18.

171    Maruyama T, Ezaki M, Shiba M, Yamaji H, Yoshitomi T, Kawano N, et al. Botanical origin and chemical constituents of commercial Saposhnikoviae radix and its related crude drugs available in Shaanxi and the surrounding regions. Journal of Natural Medicines. 2018;72(1):267-73.

170    Ma XG, Sun WG, Sun H. Historical introgression among the species of Rodgersia (Saxifragaceae) in mountainous forests of southwest China. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2018;125:93-9.

169    Luo D, Xu B, Rana SK, Li ZM, Sun H. Phylogeography of rare fern Polystichum glaciale endemic to the subnival zone of the Sino-Himalaya. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 2018;304(4):485-99.

168    Liu CQ, Niu Y, Peng DL, Sun H. 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. 2018;187(3):499-511.

167    Lin N, Moore MJ, Deng T, Sun H, Yang LS, Sun YX, et al. Complete plastome sequencing from Toona (Meliaceae) and phylogenomic analyses within Sapindales. Applications in Plant Sciences. 2018;6(4).

166    Lin N, Deng T, Moore MJ, Sun YX, Huang XH, Sun WG, et al. 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. 2018;9.

165    Li R, Qian LS, Sun H. Current progress and future prospects in phylofloristics. Plant Diversity. 2018;40(4):141-6.

164    Li M, Zhao JJ, Tang NW, Sun H, Huang JL. Horizontal Gene Transfer From Bacteria and Plants to the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Rhizophagus irregularis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2018;9.

163    Kim HT, Shin CH, Sun H, Kim JH. Sequencing of the plastome in the leafless green mycoheterotroph Cymbidium macrorhizon helps us to understand an early stage of fully mycoheterotrophic plastome structure. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 2018;304(2):245-58.

162    Guan YL, Liu L, Wang Q, Zhao JJ, Li P, Hu JY, et al. Gene refashioning through innovative shifting of reading frames in mosses. Nature Communications. 2018;9.

161    Deng T, Chen YS, Wang HC, Zhang XS, Volis S, Yusupov Z, et al. Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of Adenocaulon Highlight the Biogeographic Links between New World and Old World. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2018;5.

160    Chen YS, Deng T, Zhou Z, Sun H. Is the East Asian flora ancient or not? National Science Review. 2018;5(6):920-32.

159    Chen HL, Al-Shehbaz IA, Yue JP, Sun H. New insights into the taxonomy of tribe Euclidieae (Brassicaceae), evidence from nrITS sequence data. Phytokeys. 2018(100):125-39.

158    Chen HL, Al-Shehbaz IA, Yue J, Sun H. Solms-laubachia tianbaoshanensis (Brassicaceae), a new species from NW Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa. 2018;379(1):39-48.

157    Chang S, Chen JG, Su JQ, Yang Y, Sun H. Seasonal comparison of bacterial communities in rhizosphere of alpine cushion plants in the Himalayan Hengduan Mountains. Plant Diversity. 2018;40(5):209-16.

156    Zhou Z, Gu BJ, Sun H, Zhu H, Tan YH. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Euphorbiaceae tribe Epiprineae, with the description of a new genus, Tsaiodendron gen. nov., from south-western China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2017;184(2):167-84.

155    Zhou Z, Gu BJ, Sun H, Zhu H, Tan YH. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Euphorbiaceae tribe Epiprineae, with the description of a new genus, Tsaiodendron gen. nov., from south-western China (vol 184, pg 167, 2017). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2017;185(1):128-.

154    Yang Y, Zhang JW, Sun L, Sun H. Sageretia liuzhouensis (Rhamnaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa. 2017;309(3):229-37.

153    Yang Y, Chen JG, Schob C, Sun H. 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. 2017;8.

152    Wang Q, Sun H, Huang JL. Re-analyses of "Algal" Genes Suggest a Complex Evolutionary History of Oomycetes. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2017;8.

151    Sun H, Zhang JW, Deng T, Boufford DE. Origins and evolution of plant diversity in the Hengduan Mountains, China. Plant Diversity. 2017;39(4):161-6.

150    Song B, Stocklin J, Gao YQ, Peng DL, Sun H. 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. 2017;7(2):780-9.

149    Peng DL, Chen Z, Hu XJ, Li ZM, Song B, Sun H. Seed dormancy and germination characteristics of two Rheum species in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains. Plant Diversity. 2017;39(4):180-6.

148    Niu Y, Gong QB, Peng DL, Sun H, Li ZM. Function of male and hermaphroditic flowers and size-dependent gender diphasy of Lloydia oxycarpa (Liliaceae) from Hengduan Mountains. Plant Diversity. 2017;39(4):187-93.

147    Niu Y, Chen Z, Stevens M, Sun H. Divergence in cryptic leaf colour provides local camouflage in an alpine plant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 2017;284(1864).

146    Meng HH, Su T, Gao XY, Li J, Jiang XL, Sun H, et al. Warm-cold colonization: response of oaks to uplift of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains. Molecular Ecology. 2017;26(12):3276-94.

145    Ma XG, Sun WG, Zhu WD, Sun H. 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. 2017;25:20-8.

144    Luo D, Xu B, Li ZM, Sun H. 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. 2017;185(4):482-96.

143    Li XH, Sun H. Phylogenetic pattern of alpine plants along latitude and longitude in Hengduan Mountains Region. Plant Diversity. 2017;39(1):37-43.

142    Li X, Zhang XM, Li BQ, Wu YS, Sun H, Yang YP. Cadmium phytoremediation potential of turnip compared with three common high Cd-accumulating plants. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2017;24(27):21660-70.

141    Jia LB, Huang YJ, Sun H, Su T, Huang J, Zhou ZK. First fossil of Pterolobium (Leguminosae) from the Middle Miocene Yunnan, South China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 2017;242:21-32.

140    Huang YJ, Ji XP, Su T, Deng CL, Ferguson DK, Yu TS, et al. Habitat, climate and potential plant food resources for the late Miocene Shuitangba hominoid in Southwest China: Insights from carpological remains. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 2017;470:63-71.

139    Du JC, Hu SM, Yu Q, Wang CD, Yang YQ, Sun H, et al. Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of BrrTCP Transcription Factorsin Brassica rapa ssp rapa. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2017;8.

138    Deng T, Zhang JW, Meng Y, Volis S, Sun H, Nie ZL. Role of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau uplift in the Northern Hemisphere disjunction: evidence from two herbaceous genera of Rubiaceae. Scientific Reports. 2017;7.

137    Chen YS, Meseguer AS, Godefroid M, Zhou Z, Zhang JW, Deng T, et al. Out-of-India dispersal of Paliurus (Rhamnaceae) indicated by combined molecular phylogenetic and fossil evidence. Taxon. 2017;66(1):78-90.

136    Chen JG, Niu Y, Li ZM, Yang Y, Sun H. Sex allocation in gynodioecious Cyananthus delavayi differs between gender morphs and soil quality. Plant Reproduction. 2017;30(2):107-17.

135    Chen JG, Li YB, Yang Y, Sun H. How cushion communities are maintained in alpine ecosystems: A review and case study on alpine cushion plant reproduction. Plant Diversity. 2017;39(4):221-8.

134    Chen JG, Chang S, Niu Y, Li ZM, Yang Y, Sun H. Seed quality of the Sino-Himalayan endemic genus Cyananthus (Campanulaceae) increases with elevation and varies with life histories. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 2017;10(1):43-52.

133    Zhang DC, Ye JX, Sun H. Quantitative approaches to identify floristic units and centres of species endemism in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, south-western China. Journal of Biogeography. 2016;43(12):2465-76.

132    Zha HG, Milne RI, Zhou HX, Chen XY, Sun H. Identification and cloning of class II and III chitinases from alkaline floral nectar of Rhododendron irroratum, Ericaceae. Planta. 2016;244(4):805-18.

131    Yang YY, Meng Y, Wen J, Sun H, Nie ZL. Phylogenetic analyses of Searsia (Anacardiaceae) from eastern Asia and its biogeographic disjunction with its African relatives. South African Journal of Botany. 2016;106:129-36.

130    Yang LE, Sun H, Ehrendorfer F, Nie ZL. Molecular phylogeny of Chinese Rubia (Rubiaceae: Rubieae) inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA sequences. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2016;54(1):37-47.

129    Xie YP, Meng Y, Sun H, Nie ZL. Molecular Phylogeny of Gueldenstaedtia and Tibetia (Fabaceae) and Their Biogeographic Differentiation within Eastern Asia. Plos One. 2016;11(9).

128    Wang JJ, Yang YP, Sun H, Wen J, Deng T, Nie ZL, et al. The Biogeographic South-North Divide of Polygonatum (Asparagaceae Tribe Polygonateae) within Eastern Asia and Its Recent Dispersals in the Northern Hemisphere. Plos One. 2016;11(11).

127    Song B, Stocklin J, Gao YQ, Peng DL, Song MS, Sun H. Oviposition by mutualistic seed-consuming pollinators reduces fruit abortion in a recently discovered pollination mutualism. Scientific Reports. 2016;6.

126    Qiao Q, Xue L, Wang Q, Sun H, Zhong Y, Huang JL, et al. Comparative Transcriptomics of Strawberries (Fragaria spp.) Provides Insights into Evolutionary Patterns. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2016;7.

125    Qiao Q, Wang Q, Han X, Guan YL, Sun H, Zhong Y, et al. Transcriptome sequencing of Crucihimalaya himalaica (Brassicaceae) reveals how Arabidopsis close relative adapt to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Scientific Reports. 2016;6.

124    Peng DL, Song B, Yang Y, Niu Y, Sun H. Overlapping Leaves Covering Flowers in the Alpine Species Eriophyton wallichii (Lamiaceae): Key Driving Factors and Their Potential Impact on Pollination. Plos One. 2016;11(10).

123    Niu Y, Zhou Z, Sha W, Sun H. Post-floral Erection of Stalks Provides Insight into the Evolution of Fruit Orientation and Its Effects on Seed Dispersal. Scientific Reports. 2016;6.

122    Nie ZL, Funk VA, Meng Y, Deng T, Sun H, Wen J. Recent assembly of the global herbaceous flora: evidence from the paper daisies (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). New Phytologist. 2016;209(4):1795-806.

121    Matuszak S, Muellner-Riehl AN, Sun H, Favre A. Dispersal routes between biodiversity hotspots in Asia: the case of the mountain genus Tripterospermum (Gentianinae, Gentianaceae) and its close relatives. Journal of Biogeography. 2016;43(3):580-90.

120    Luo D, Yue JP, Sun WG, Xu B, Li ZM, Comes HP, et al. Evolutionary history of the subnival flora of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains: first insights from comparative phylogeography of four perennial herbs. Journal of Biogeography. 2016;43(1):31-43.

119    Li X, Zhang XM, Yang Y, Li BQ, Wu YS, Sun H, et al. Cadmium Accumulation Characteristics in Turnip Landraces from China and Assessment of Their Phytoremediation Potential for Contaminated Soils. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2016;7.

118    Jian HY, Zhang YH, Qiu XQ, Yan HJ, Wang QG, Zhang H, et al. Yalongjiang River Has Had an Important Role in the Dispersal and Divergence of Rosa soulieana in the Hengduan Mountains of China. Plos One. 2016;11(6).

117    Favre A, Michalak I, Chen CH, Wang JC, Pringle JS, Matuszak S, et al. Out-of-Tibet: the spatio-temporal evolution of Gentiana (Gentianaceae). Journal of Biogeography. 2016;43(10):1967-78.

116    Denchev TT, Sun H, Denchev CM, Boufford DE. A new smut fungus on a new grass: Sporisorium capillipedii-alpini (Ustilaginales) sp nov infecting Capillipedium alpinum (Poaceae) sp nov., from Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa. 2016;252(3):217-27.

115    Chen JG, Niu Y, Yang Y, Sun H. Sexual allocation in the gynodioecious species Cyananthus macrocalyx (Campanulaceae) at high elevations in the Sino-Himalaya Mountains. Alpine Botany. 2016;126(1):49-57.

114    Zhang YH, Zhang JW, Li ZM, Sun H. Genetic diversity of the weed species, Stellera chamaejasme, in China inferred from amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis. Weed Biology and Management. 2015;15(4):165-74.

113    Zhang YH, Yue JP, Sun H. Identification of twelve novel polymorphic microsatellite loci in the severe weed, Setellera chamaejasm L. (Thymelaeaceae). Journal of Genetics. 2015;94:E24-E6.

112    Zhang DG, Deng T, Kim C, Zhang JW, Nie ZL, Sun H. Epimedium tianmenshanensis (Berberidaceae), a new species from Hunan, China. Phytotaxa. 2015;222(1):33-43.

111    Wang ZW, Chen ST, Nie ZL, Zhang JW, Zhou Z, Deng T, et al. 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. 2015;10(12).

110    Volis S, Tu TY, Deng T, Zaretsky M, Fogel K, Sun H. Phylogeographic study of Mandragora L. reveals a case of ancient human assisted migration. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 2015;62(3):176-86.

109    Tan YH, Yang B, Li JW, Zhou SS, Lone S, Khaing KK, et al. Acranthera burmanica, a new species of Rubiaceae from Kachin State, Myanmar. Phytotaxa. 2015;238(1):92-6.

108    Song B, Stocklin J, Peng DL, Gao YQ, Sun H. 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. 2015;179(2):349-59.

107    Song B, Niu Y, Stocklin J, Chen G, Peng DL, Gao YQ, et al. Pollinator attraction in Cornus capitata (Cornaceae): the relative role of visual and olfactory cues. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2015;8(2):173-81.

106    Peng DL, Niu Y, Song B, Chen JG, Li ZM, Yang Y, et al. Woolly and overlapping leaves dampen temperature fluctuations in reproductive organ of an alpine Himalayan forb. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2015;8(2):159-65.

105    Niu Y, Zhang ZQ, Liu CQ, Li ZM, Sun H. A Sexually Dimorphic Corolla Appendage Affects Pollen Removal and Floral Longevity in Gynodioecious Cyananthus delavayi (Campanulaceae). Plos One. 2015;10(1).

104    Leong WC, Deng T, Sun H, Peng CI, Chung KF. Begonia difformis comb. & stat. nov (Sect. Platycentrum, Begoniaceae), a new species segregated from B. palmata D. Don. Phytotaxa. 2015;227(1):83-91.

103    Lee IS, Kim YS, Jung SH, Yu SY, Kim JH, Sun H, et al. Lignans from the stems and leaves of Brandisia hancei and their effects on VEGF-induced vascular permeability and migration of HRECs and DLAV formation in zebrafish. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 2015;79(4):581-6.

102    Lee IS, Jung SH, Lee YM, Choi SJ, Sun H, Kim JS. Phenolic Compounds from the Leaves and Twigs of Osteomeles schwerinae That Inhibit Rat Lens Aldose Reductase and Vessel Dilation in Zebrafish Larvae. Journal of Natural Products. 2015;78(9):2249-54.

101    Kim C, Deng T, Wen J, Nie ZL, Sun H. Systematics, biogeography, and character evolution of Deutzia (Hydrangeaceae) inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2015;87:91-104.

100    Kim C, Deng T, Chase M, Zhang DG, Nie ZL, Sun H. Generic phylogeny and character evolution in Urticeae (Urticaceae) inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA regions. Taxon. 2015;64(1):65-78.

99      Khan MPZ, Ahmad M, Zafar M, Sultana S, Ali MI, Sun H. Ethnomedicinal uses of Edible Wild Fruits (EWFs) in Swat Valley, Northern Pakistan. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2015;173:191-203.

98      Jian HY, Tang KX, Sun H. Phylogeography of Rosa soulieana (Rosaceae) in the Hengduan Mountains: refugia and 'melting' pots in the Quaternary climate oscillations. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 2015;301(7):1819-30.

97      Deng T, Nie ZL, Drew BT, Volis S, Kim C, Xiang CL, et al. Does the Arcto-Tertiary Biogeographic Hypothesis Explain the Disjunct Distribution of Northern Hemisphere Herbaceous Plants? The Case of Meehania (Lamiaceae). Plos One. 2015;10(2).

96      Chen JG, Yang Y, Stocklin J, Cavieres LA, Peng DL, Li ZM, et al. 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. 2015;8(2):199-210.

95      Chen JG, Schob C, Zhou Z, Gong QB, Li XH, Yang Y, et al. Cushion plants can have a positive effect on diversity at high elevations in the Himalayan Hengduan Mountains. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2015;26(4):768-77.

94      Zhu XX, Wen F, Sun H. Primulina glandaceistriata (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa. 2014;188(1):49-54.

93      Zhang ZQ, Zhu XF, Sun H, Yang YP, Barrett SCH. Size-dependent gender modification in Lilium apertum (Liliaceae): does this species exhibit gender diphasy? Annals of Botany. 2014;114(3):441-53.

92      Yue LL, Sun H. Montane refugia isolation and plateau population expansion: Phylogeography of Sino-Himalayan endemic Spenceria ramalana (Rosaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2014;52(3):326-40.

91      Xu B, Li ZM, Sun H. Plant diversity and floristic characters of the alpine subnival belt flora in the Hengduan Mountains, SW China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2014;52(3):271-9.

90      Wen J, Zhang JQ, Nie ZL, Zhong Y, Sun H. Evolutionary diversificatons of plants on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Frontiers in Genetics. 2014;5.

89      Wang Q, Wang XQ, Sun H, Yu Y, He XJ, Hong DY. Evolution of the platycodonoid group with particular references to biogeography and character evolution. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 2014;56(10):995-1008.

88      Wang Q, Sun H, Huang JL. The evolution of land plants: a perspective from horizontal gene transfer. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae. 2014;83(4):363-8.

87      Wang HC, Sun H. Rubus pseudofagifolius (subg. Lampobatus, Rosaceae), a replacement name for a Mexican bramble species and its lectotypification. Phytotaxa. 2014;159(1):29-30.

86      Sun H, Niu Y, Chen YS, Song B, Liu CQ, Peng DL, et al. Survival and reproduction of plant species in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2014;52(3):378-96.

85      Song B, Chen G, Stocklin J, Peng DL, Niu Y, Li ZM, et al. 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. 2014;203(4):1109-18.

84      Peng DL, Ou XK, Xu B, Zhang ZQ, Niu Y, Li ZM, et al. Plant sexual systems correlated with morphological traits: Reflecting reproductive strategies of alpine plants. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2014;52(3):368-77.

83      Niu Y, Chen G, Peng DL, Song B, Yang Y, Li ZM, et al. Grey leaves in an alpine plant: a cryptic colouration to avoid attack? New Phytologist. 2014;203(3):953-63.

82      Meng Y, Yang YP, Sun H, Deng T, Nie ZL. Chromosome numbers, karyotypes, and polyploidy evolution of Anaphalis species (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from the Hengduan Mountains, SW China. Caryologia. 2014;67(3):238-49.

81      Long C, Min YJ, Zhao XX, Yany CL, Sun H, Lu HY, et al. Origin area and migration route: Chloroplast DNA diversity in the arctic-alpine plant Koenigia islandica. Science China-Earth Sciences. 2014;57(8):1760-70.

80      Liu JQ, Duan YW, Hao G, Ge XJ, Sun H. Evolutionary history and underlying adaptation of alpine plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2014;52(3):241-9.

79      Li XH, Zhu XX, Niu Y, Sun H. Phylogenetic clustering and overdispersion for alpine plants along elevational gradient in the Hengduan Mountains Region, southwest China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2014;52(3):280-8.

78      Li GD, Kim C, Zha HG, Zhou Z, Nie ZL, Sun H. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the arctic-alpine genus Lagotis (Plantaginaceae). Taxon. 2014;63(1):103-15.

77      Favre A, Matuszak S, Sun H, Liu ED, Yuan YM, Muellner-Riehl AN. Two new genera of Gentianinae (Gentianaceae): Sinogentiana and Kuepferia supported by molecular phylogenetic evidence. Taxon. 2014;63(2):342-54.

76      Deng T, Zhang JW, Zhu XX, Zhang DG, Nie ZL, Sun H. Youngia zhengyiana (Asteraceae, Crepidinae), a new species from south China, with notes on the systematics of Youngia inferred from morphology and nrITS phylogeny. Phytotaxa. 2014;170(4):259-68.

75      Chen GF, Sun WG, Hong DY, Zhou Z, Niu Y, Nie ZL, et al. Systematic significance of cytology in Cyananthus ( Campanulaceae) endemic to the Sino-Himalayan region. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2014;52(3):260-70.

74      Zhu WD, Nie ZL, Wen J, Sun H. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Astilbe (Saxifragaceae) in Asia and eastern North America. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2013;171(2):377-94.

73      Zhou Z, Hong DY, Niu Y, Li GD, Nie ZL, Wen J, et al. 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. 2013;68(3):482-97.

72      Zhang JW, Boufford DE, Sun H. Systematic significance of achene morphology in Soroseris, Syncalathium and Parasyncalathium (Asteraceae: Cichorieae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2013;173(3):476-86.

71      Zha HG, Liu T, Zhou JJ, Sun H. MS-desi, a desiccation-related protein in the floral nectar of the evergreen velvet bean (Mucuna sempervirens Hemsl): molecular identification and characterization. Planta. 2013;238(1):77-89.

70      Yu SY, Lee IS, Jung SH, Lee YM, Lee YR, Kim JH, et al. Caffeoylated Phenylpropanoid Glycosides from Brandisia hancei Inhibit Advanced Glycation End Product Formation and Aldose Reductase in Vitro and Vessel Dilation in Larval Zebrafish in Vivo. Planta Medica. 2013;79(18):1705-9.

69      Wang HC, Zhou XM, Sun H, Wang YH. Acronema crassifolium sp nov (Apiaceae), a distinct new species from Yunnan, southwest China. Phytotaxa. 2013;87(3):39-44.

68      Wang HC, Wang YH, Sun H. Nomenclatural changes in Rubus (Rosaceae) mostly from China. Phytotaxa. 2013;114(1):58-60.

67      Wang HC, Sun H. Rubus tetsunii, a replacement name for the Chinese R. lobatus T. T. Yu & L. T. Lu (Rosaceae). Phytotaxa. 2013;79(2):63-4.

66      Wang HC, He ZR, Wang YH, Sun H. Bupleurum dracaenoides (Subgenus Bupleurum, Apiaceae): a New Shrubby Species from Southwestern China. Systematic Botany. 2013;38(4):1188-95.

65      Song B, Zhang ZQ, Stocklin J, Yang Y, Niu Y, Chen JG, et al. Multifunctional bracts enhance plant fitness during flowering and seed development in Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae), a giant herb endemic to the high Himalayas. Oecologia. 2013;172(2):359-70.

64      Song B, Stocklin J, Zhang ZQ, Yang Y, Sun H. Seed and microsite limitation in Rheum nobile, a rare and endemic plant from the subnival zone of Sino-Himalaya. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 2013;6(3-4):503-9.

63      Song B, Stocklin J, Gao YQ, Zhang ZQ, Yang Y, Li ZM, et al. Habitat-specific responses of seed germination and seedling establishment to soil water condition in two Rheum species in the high Sino-Himalayas. Ecological Research. 2013;28(4):643-51.

62      Nie ZL, Funk V, Sun H, Deng T, Meng Y, Wen J. Molecular phylogeny of Anaphalis (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae) with biogeographic implications in the Northern Hemisphere. J Plant Res. 2013;126(1):17-32.

61      Nie ZL, Deng T, Meng Y, Sun H, Wen J. Post-Boreotropical dispersals explain the pantropical disjunction in Paederia (Rubiaceae). Annals of Botany. 2013;111(5):873-86.

60      Lee IS, Yu SY, Jung SH, Lee YR, Lee YM, Kim JH, et al. Proanthocyanidins from Spenceria ramalana and Their Effects on AGE Formation in Vitro and Hyaloid-Retinal Vessel Dilation in Larval Zebrafish in Vivo. Journal of Natural Products. 2013;76(10):1881-8.

59      Kim C, Zha HG, Deng T, Sun H, Wu SG. Phylogenetic position of Kontumia (Polypodiaceae) inferred from four chloroplast DNA regions. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2013;51(2):154-63.

58      Huang WP, Sun H, Deng T, Razafimandimbison SG, Nie ZL, Wen J. Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the eastern Asian-eastern North American disjunct Mitchella and its close relative Damnacanthus (Rubiaceae, Mitchelleae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2013;171(2):395-412.

57      Fan DM, Yue JP, Nie ZL, Li ZM, Comes HP, Sun H. Phylogeography of Sophora davidii (Leguminosae) across the "Tanaka-Kaiyong Line', an important phytogeographic boundary in Southwest China. Molecular Ecology. 2013;22(16):4270-88.

56      Deng T, Zhang DG, Liu ZW, Tucker GC, Sun H, Wen J, et al. Oxalis wulingensis (Oxalidaceae), an Unusual New Species from Central China. Systematic Botany. 2013;38(1):154-61.

55      Deng T, Kim C, Zhang DG, Zhang JW, Li ZM, Nie ZL, et al. Zhengyia shennongensis: A new bulbiliferous genus and species of the nettle family (Urticaceae) from central China exhibiting parallel evolution of the bulbil trait. Taxon. 2013;62(1):89-99.

54      Chen JG, Yang Y, Zhang ZQ, Niu Y, Sun H. A nodding capitulum enhances the reproductive success of Cremanthodium campanulatum (Asteraceae) at high elevations in the Sino-Himalayan Mountains. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 2013;6(3-4):487-94.

53      Zhou Z, Wen J, Li GD, Sun H. Phylogenetic assessment and biogeographic analyses of tribe Peracarpeae (Campanulaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 2012;298(2):323-36.

52      Zha HG, Flowers VL, Yang M, Chen LY, Sun H. Acidic alpha-galactosidase is the most abundant nectarin in floral nectar of common tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Annals of Botany. 2012;109(4):735-45.

51      Yue LL, Chen G, Sun WB, Sun H. PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF BUDDLEJA CRISPA (BUDDLEJACEAE) AND ITS CORRELATION WITH DRAINAGE SYSTEM EVOLUTION IN SOUTHWESTERN CHINA. American Journal of Botany. 2012;99(10):1726-35.

50      Yue JP, Hu XY, Sun H, Yang YP, Huang JL. Widespread impact of horizontal gene transfer on plant colonization of land. Nature Communications. 2012;3.

49      Peng DL, Zhang ZQ, Xu B, Li ZM, Sun H. Patterns of flower morphology and sexual systems in the subnival belt of the Hengduan Mountains, SW China. Alpine Botany. 2012;122(2):65-73.

48      Nie ZL, Sun H, Manchester SR, Meng Y, Luke Q, Wen J. Evolution of the intercontinental disjunctions in six continents in the Ampelopsis clade of the grape family (Vitaceae). Bmc Evol Biol. 2012;12.

47      Meng Y, Nie ZL, Sun H, Yang YP. Chromosome numbers and polyploidy in Leontopodium (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of S.W. China. Caryologia. 2012;65(2):87-93.

46      Li GD, Yue LL, Sun H, Qian ZG. Phylogeography of Cyananthus delavayi (Campanulaceae) in Hengduan Mountains inferred from variation in nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2012;50(4):305-15.

45      Lee YM, Kim YS, Lee Y, Kim J, Sun H, Kim JH, et al. Inhibitory Activities of Pancreatic Lipase and Phosphodiesterase from Korean Medicinal Plant Extracts. Phytotherapy Research. 2012;26(5):778-82.

44      Zhang ZQ, Zhang YH, Sun H. The reproductive biology of Stellera chamaejasme (Thymelaeaceae): A self-incompatible weed with specialized flowers. Flora. 2011;206(6):567-74.

43      Zhang TC, Sun H. Phylogeographic structure of Terminalia franchetii (Combretaceae) in southwest China and its implications for drainage geological history. J Plant Res. 2011;124(1):63-73.

42      Zhang TC, Comes HP, Sun H. Chloroplast phylogeography of Terminalia franchetii (Combretaceae) from the eastern Sino-Himalayan region and its correlation with historical river capture events. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2011;60(1):1-12.

41      Zhang JW, Nie ZL, Wen J, Sun H. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of three closely related genera, Soroseris, Stebbinsia, and Syncalathium (Asteraceae, Cichorieae), endemic to the Tibetan Plateau, SW China. Taxon. 2011;60(1):15-26.

40      Zhang JW, Boufford DE, Sun H. Parasyncalathium JW Zhang, Boufford & H. Sun (Asteraceae, Cichorieae): A new genus endemic to the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains. Taxon. 2011;60(6):1678-84.

39      Yue XK, Yue JP, Yang LE, Li ZM, Sun H. Systematics of the genus Salweenia (Leguminosae) from Southwest China with discovery of a second species. Taxon. 2011;60(5):1366-74.

38      Niu Y, Yang Y, Zhang ZQ, Li ZM, Sun H. Floral closure induced by pollination in gynodioecious Cyananthus delavayi (Campanulaceae): effects of pollen load and type, floral morph and fitness consequences. Annals of Botany. 2011;108(7):1257-68.

37      Luo D, Liu D, Xu B, Nie ZL, Sun H, Li ZM. A karyological study of six species of Silene L. (Caryophyllaceae) from the Hengduan Mountains, SW China. Caryologia. 2011;64(1):10-3.

36      Deng T, Meng Y, Sun H, Nie ZL. Chromosome counts and karyotypes in Chaetoseris and Stenoseris (Asteraceae-Cichorieae) from the Hengduan Mountains of SW China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2011;49(4):339-46.

35      Chen G, Sun H, Sun WB, Norman E. Buddleja davidii and Buddleja yunnanensis: Exploring features associated with commonness and rarity in Buddleja. Flora. 2011;206(10):892-5.

34      Zhang YH, Volis S, Sun H. Chloroplast phylogeny and phylogeography of Stellera chamaejasme on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and in adjacent regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2010;57(3):1162-72.

33     Zha HG, Milne RI, Sun H. Asymmetric hybridization in Rhododendron agastum: a hybrid taxon comprising mainly F(1)s in Yunnan, China. Annals of Botany. 2010;105(1):89-100.

32      Yang Y, Niu Y, Cavieres LA, Sun H. 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. 2010;21(6):1048-57.

31      Tu TY, Volis S, Dillon MO, Sun H, Wen J. Dispersals of Hyoscyameae and Mandragoreae (Solanaceae) from the New World to Eurasia in the early Miocene and their biogeographic diversification within Eurasia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2010;57(3):1226-37.

30      Nie ZL, Sun H, Chen DA, Meng Y, Manchester SR, Wen J. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC DIVERSIFICATION OF PARTHENOCISSUS (VITACEAE) DISJUNCT BETWEEN ASIA AND NORTH AMERICA. American Journal of Botany. 2010;97(8):1342-53.

29      Meng Y, Sun H, Yang YP, Nie ZL. Polyploidy and new chromosome counts in Anaphalis (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2010;48(1):58-64.

28      Chen JH, Sun H, Wen J, Yang YP. Molecular phylogeny of Salix L. (Salicaceae) inferred from three chloroplast datasets and its systematic implications. Taxon. 2010;59(1):29-37.

27      Chen G, Sun WB, Sun H. Leaf epidermal characteristics of Asiatic Buddleja L. under scanning electron microscope: Insights into chromosomal and taxonomic significance. Flora. 2010;205(11):777-85.

26      Zhang JW, Nie ZL, Sun H. Cytological study on the genus Syncalathium (Asteraceae-Lactuceae), an endemic taxon to alpine scree of the Sino-Himalayas. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2009;47(3):226-30.

25      Zhang DC, Zhang YH, Boufford DE, Sun H. Elevational patterns of species richness and endemism for some important taxa in the Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China. Biodiversity and Conservation. 2009;18(3):699-716.

24      Zhang DC, Boufford DE, Ree RH, Sun H. The 29 degrees N latitudinal line: an important division in the Hengduan Mountains, a biodiversity hotspot in southwest China. Nordic Journal of Botany. 2009;27(5):405-12.

23      Yue JP, Sun H, Baum DA, Li JH, Al-Shehbaz IA, Ree R. Molecular phylogeny of Solms-laubachia (Brassicaceae) s.l., based on multiple nuclear and plastid DNA sequences, and its biogeographic implications. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2009;47(5):402-15.

22      Yang Y, Sun H. 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. 2009;41(4):515-21.

21      Nie ZL, Sun H, Meng Y, Wen J. Phylogenetic analysis of Toxicodendron (Anacardiaceae) and its biogeographic implications on the evolution of north temperate and tropical intercontinental disjunctions. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2009;47(5):416-30.

20      Jang DS, Lee GY, Lee YM, Kim YS, Sun H, Kim DH, et al. Flavan-3-ols Having a gamma-Lactam from the Roots of Actinidia arguta Inhibit the Formation of Advanced Glycation End Products in Vitro. Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 2009;57(4):397-400.

19      Chen G, Sun WB, Sun H. 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. 2009;47(3):231-6.

18      Zha HG, Milne RI, Sun H. Morphological and molecular evidence of natural hybridization between two distantly related Rhododendron species from the Sino-Himalaya. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2008;156(1):119-29.

17      Yue JP, Sun H, Li JH, Al-Shehbaz IA. A synopsis of an expanded Solms-laubachia (Brassicaceae), and the description of four new species from Western China. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2008;95(3):520-38.

16      Yue J, Feldheim KA, Sun H, Ree R. Ten microsatellite loci from Solms-laubachia eurycarpa (Brassicaceae). Molecular Ecology Resources. 2008;8(5):1023-5.

15      Yang Y, Korner C, Sun H. The ecological significance of pubescence in Saussurea medusa, a high-elevation Himalayan "woolly plant". Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 2008;40(1):250-5.

14      Tu TY, Dillon MO, Sun H, Wen J. Phylogeny of Nolana (Solanaceae) of the Atacama and Peruvian deserts inferred from sequences of four plastid markers and the nuclear LEAFY second intron. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2008;49(2):561-73.

13      Nie ZL, Wen J, Azurna H, Qiu YL, Sun H, Meng Y, et al. Phylogenetic and biogeographic complexity of Magnoliaceae in the Northern Hemisphere inferred from three nuclear data sets. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2008;48(3):1027-40.

12      Meng Y, Wen J, Nie ZL, Sun H, Yang YP. Phylogeny and biogeographic diversification of Maianthemum (Ruscaceae: Polygonatae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2008;49(2):424-34.

11      Chen JH, Sun H, Yang YP. Comparative morphology of leaf epidermis of Salix (Salicaceae) with special emphasis on sections Lindleyanae and Retusae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2008;157(2):311-22.

10      Zhang YH, Sun H. Two new species of Wikstroemia (Thymelaeaceae) from western Sichuan, China. Rhodora. 2007;109(940):448-55.

9        Zhang YH, Boufford DE, Sun H. Taxonomic note on Wikstroemia salicina (Thymelaeaceae). Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica. 2007;45(3):413-4.

8        Zhang JW, Sun H, Nie ZL. Karyological studies on the Sino-Himalayan endemic Soroseris and two related genera of tribe Lactuceae (Asteraceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2007;154(1):79-87.

7        Korner C, Donoghue M, Fabbro T, Hauser C, Nogues-Bravo D, Arroyo MTK, et al. Creative use of mountain biodiversity databases: The Kazbegi research agenda of GMBA-DIVERSITAS. Mountain Research and Development. 2007;27(3):276-81.

6        Chen G, Sun WB, Sun H. Ploidy variation in Buddleja L. (Buddlejaceae) in the Sino-Himalayan region and its biogeographical implications. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2007;154(3):305-12.

5        Zhang YH, Sun H. Cypripedium bouffordianum (Orchidaceae), a new species from western Sichuan, China. Annales Botanici Fennici. 2006;43(6):481-3.

4        Yue JP, Sun H, Al-Shehbaz IA, Li JH. Support for an expanded Solms-Laubachia (Brassicaceae): Evidence from sequences of chloroplast and nuclear genes. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2006;93(3):402-11.

3        Tu TY, Sun H, Bartholomew B, Nie ZL. Cytological study on Kelloggia (Rubiaceae), an intercontinental disjunct genus between eastern Asia and western North America. J Plant Res. 2006;119(4):397-400.

2        Nie ZL, Sun H, Li H, Wen J. Intercontinental biogeography of subfamily Orontioideae (Symplocarpus, Lysichiton, and Orontium) of Araceae in eastern Asia and North America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2006;40(1):155-65.

1        Nie ZL, Sun H, Beardsley PM, Olmstead RG, Wen J. Evolution of biogeographic disjunction between eastern Asia and eastern North America in Phryma (Phrymaceae). American Journal of Botany. 2006;93(9):1343-56.