Ma Xiang-Guang, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

Research Interests

(1)   Taxonomy and molecular systematics of some representative plants of East Asia

(2)   Patterns and mechanisms of plant speciation in mountainous regions of southwest China.

Publications

(1) Jin-Bo Tan, Sheng-Bin Jia, Xing-Jin He, Xiang-Guang Ma*. Accommodating Haplosphaera in Hansenia (Apiaceae) based on morphological and molecular evidence. Phytotaxa, 2020, 464: 207-216.

(2) Jun-Chu Peng#, Xiang-Guang Ma#, Yue-Hua Wang, Hang Sun*. New insights into the evolutionary history of Megacodon: Evidence from a newly discovered species. Plant Diversity, 2020, 42: 198-208.

(3) Xiang-Guang Ma, Zhi-Wei Wang, Bin Tian*, Hang Sun*. 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: Article 128

(4) Xiang-Guang Ma, Chen-Yang Liao*, Yi Chen, Han-Wen Xu. Ferula paeoniifolia sp. nov. (Apiaceae) from Sichuan, China. Nordic Journal of Botany, 2019: e01751.

(5) Xiang-Guang Ma, Wen-Guang Sun, Hang Sun*. Historical introgression among the species of Rodgersia (Saxifragaceae) in mountainous forests of southwest China. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2018, 125, 93–99.

(6) Chen-Yang Liao, Jia-Zhen Zhang, Jin-Bo Tan, Yi Chen, Xiang-Guang Ma*. Angelica muliensis sp. nov. (Apiaceae) from Sichuan, southwest China. Nordic Journal of Botany, 2018: e01668.

(7) Xiang-Guang Ma, Wen-Guang Sun, Wei-Dong Zhu, Hang Sun*. 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: 20–28.

(8) Wen-Guang Sun#, Xiang-Guang Ma#, Jian-Wen Zhang, Fu-Ming Su, Yong-Hong Zhang, Zhi-Min Li*. Karyotypes of nineteen species of Asteraceae in the Hengduan Mountains and adjacent regions. Plant Diversity, 2017, 39: 194–201.

(9) Xiang-Guang Ma, Cai Zhao, Chang-Bao Wang, Qian-Long Liang, Xing-Jin He*. Phylogenetic analyses and chromosome counts reveal multiple cryptic species in Bupleurum commelynoideum (Apiaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2015, 53: 104–116.

(10) Xiang-Guang Ma, Xing-Jin He*. Bupleurum shanianum sp. nov. (Apiaceae) from China. Nordic Journal of Botany, 2015, 33: 71–73.

(11) Xiang-Guang Ma, Cai Zhao, Qian-Long Liang, Xing-Jin He*. 2013. Bupleurum baimaense (Apiaceae), a new species from Hengduan Mountains, China. Annales Botanici Fennici, 2013, 50: 379–385.