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Morphology, molecular phylogeny and biogeography revealed two new Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) species in Chinese waters
Biao-Biao Niu, Qi-Xiang Zheng, Yang Liu, Nina Lundholm, Sing Tung Teng, Xu-Dan Lu, Rui-Wei Ran, Li Zhang, Yang Li
J Syst Evol 2024, 62 (4): 621-636.   doi: 10.1111/jse.13016
Online Date: 06 September 2023
Time to update the sectional classification of Ilex (Aquifoliaceae): New insights from Ilex phylogeny, morphology, and distribution
Yi Yang, Lei Jiang, En-De Liu, Wei-Li Liu, Li Chen, Yi-Xuan Kou, Deng-Mei Fan, Shan-Mei Cheng, Zhi-Yong Zhang, and Hua Peng
J Syst Evol 2023, 61 (6): 1036-1046.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12935
Online Date: 02 December 2022
Plastomic data shed new light on the phylogeny, biogeography, and character evolution of the family Crassulaceae
Xiao-Ying Liu, Dan-Qing Zhang, and Jian-Qiang Zhang
J Syst Evol 2023, 61 (6): 990-1003.   doi: 10.1111/jse.13003
Online Date: 18 July 2023
Phylogenomic insights into the reticulate evolution of Camellia sect. Paracamellia Sealy (Theaceae)
Sheng-Yuan Qin, Kai Chen, Wen-Ju Zhang, Xiao-Guo Xiang, Zheng-Yu Zuo, Cen Guo, Yao Zhao, Lin-Feng Li, Yu-Guo Wang, Zhi-Ping Song, Ji Yang, Xiao-Qiang Yang, Jian Zhang, Wei-Tao Jin, Qiang Wen, Song-Zi Zhao, Jia-Kuan Chen, De-Zhu Li, and Jun Rong
J Syst Evol 2024, 62 (1): 38-54.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12948
Online Date: 11 January 2023
The evolutionary history and distribution of cactus germplasm resources, as well as potential domestication under a changing climate
Darya Khan, AJ Harris, Qamar U. Zaman, Hong-Xin Wang, Jun Wen, Jacob B. Landis, and Hua-Feng Wang
J Syst Evol 2024, 62 (5): 858-875.   doi: 10.1111/jse.13042
Online Date: 25 January 2024
Geographic patterns and environmental correlates of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of aquatic plants in China
Ya-Dong Zhou, Hong Qian, Ke-Yan Xiao, Qing-Feng Wang, and Xue Yan
J Syst Evol 2023, 61 (6): 979-989.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12939
Online Date: 07 December 2022
Phylogeography and introgression between Pinus kesiya and Pinus yunnanensis in Southeast Asia
Jie Gao, Kyle W. Tomlinson, Wei Zhao, Baosheng Wang, Ralph Sedricke Lapuz, Jing-Xin Liu, Bonifacio O. Pasion, Bach T. Hai, Souvick Chanthayod, Jin Chen, and Xiao-Ru Wang
J Syst Evol 2024, 62 (1): 120-134.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12949
Online Date: 31 January 2023
The Bryophyte Phylogeny Group: A revised familial classification system based on plastid phylogenomic data
Yun-Feng Li, Lian Luo, Yang Liu, Qiang He, Ning-Ning Yu, Naren Gaowa, Zhao-Qin Yi, Jun-Jie Wang, Wei Han, Tao Peng, Boon-Chuan Ho, Xiaolan He, Li Zhang, Zhi-Duan Chen, Yu Jia, Qing-Hua Wang
J Syst Evol 2024, 62 (4): 577-588.   doi: 10.1111/jse.13063
Online Date: 12 March 2024
Chloroplast genomes and ribosomal DNA provide insights into divergence and morphological evolution of alpine Tongoloa
Ling-Jian Gui, Deng-Feng Xie, Chang Peng, Ting Ren, Li-Ying Yu, Song-Dong Zhou, Xing-Jin He
J Syst Evol 2025, 63 (1): 72-84.   doi: 10.1111/jse.13028
Online Date: 27 November 2023
Plant species richness hotspots and related drivers across spatial scales in small Mediterranean islands
Riccardo Testolin, Fabio Attorre, Vanessa Bruzzaniti, Riccardo Guarino, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Michele Lussu, Stefano Martellos, Michele Di Musciano, Salvatore Pasta, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Francesco Santi, Piero Zannini, and Alessandro Chiarucci
J Syst Evol 2024, 62 (2): 242-256.   doi: 10.1111/jse.13034
Online Date: 27 November 2023
First fossil evidence of samaras of Ventilago Gaertn. (Rhamnaceae) from India and its implications
Taposhi Hazra, Sampa Kundu, Subir Bera, Tapan Chakraborty, and Mahasin Ali Khan
J Syst Evol 2023, 61 (6): 1079-1090.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12936
Online Date: 02 December 2022
A cytosystematic study of the Dianthus virgineus complex (Caryophyllaceae) in the Central Mediterranean
Jacopo Franzoni, Giovanni Astuti, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Giulio Barone, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Liliana Bernardo, Angelino Carta, Fabio Conti, Gianniantonio Domina, Božo Frajman, Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo, Duilio Iamonico, Mauro Iberite, Luigi Minuto, Marco Sarigu, Ana Terlević, Alessia Turini, Lucia Varaldo, Daniel Volgger, Lorenzo Peruzzi
J Syst Evol 2024, 62 (4): 589-602.   doi: 10.1111/jse.13025
Online Date: 23 October 2023
Enhanced precipitation has driven the evolution of subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests in eastern China since the early Miocene: Evidence from ring-cupped oaks
Dong-Mei Jin, Quan Yuan, Xi-Ling Dai, Gregor Kozlowski, Yi-Gang Song
J Syst Evol 2024, 62 (4): 677-686.   doi: 10.1111/jse.13022
Online Date: 15 October 2023
Chemical communication between plants and insects
Pengjuan Zu, Da-Yong Zhang, and Yi-Bo Luo
J Syst Evol 2023, 61 (3): 441-444.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12955
Online Date: 19 May 2023
Geographic distribution, conservation effectiveness, and gaps for national key protected wild plants in China
Fei Qin, Xiao-Xia Zhang, Yun-Feng Huang, Lei Wu, Wei-Bin Xu, Tian-Tian Xue, Wen-Di Zhang, Qin Liu, Jiang-Hong Yu, Jie-Jing Gao, Rainer W. Bussmann, Juan Wang, and Sheng-Xiang Yu
J Syst Evol 2023, 61 (6): 967-978.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12941
Online Date: 07 December 2022
Almost half of the Gymnura van Hasselt, 1823 species are unknown: Phylogeographic inference as scissors for cutting the hidden Gordian knot and clarify their conservation status
Suellen M. Gales, Kristene T. Parsons, Ellen E. Biesack, Jonathan Ready, Raquel Siccha-Ramirez, Leonardo C. Rosa, Ricardo Rosa, Matheus M. Rotundo, Roger Bills, Alan Erik S. Rodrigues, Luis Fernando S. Rodrigues-Filho, Jan McDowell, João Bráullio L. Sales
J Syst Evol 2024, 62 (4): 715-738.   doi: 10.1111/jse.13027
Online Date: 05 November 2023
Perianth evolution and implications for generic delimitation in the eucalypts (Myrtaceae), including the description of the new genus, Blakella
Michael D. Crisp, Bui Q. Minh, Bokyung Choi, Robert D. Edwards, James Hereward, Carsten Kulheim, Yen Po Lin, Karen Meusemann, Andrew H. Thornhill, Alicia Toon, and Lyn G. Cook
J Syst Evol 2024, 62 (5): 942-962.   doi: 10.1111/jse.13047
Online Date: 23 January 2024
Chemicals mediate the interaction between plant-associated fungi and insects
Yang Xu, Lei Xu, and Hong He
J Syst Evol 2023, 61 (3): 506-517.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12956
Online Date: 12 May 2023
A new red alga preserved with possible reproductive bodies from the 518-million-year-old Qingjiang biota
Rui-Yun Li, Lin-Hao Cui, Dong-Jing Fu, and Xing-Liang Zhang
J Syst Evol 2023, 61 (6): 1091-1101.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12942
Online Date: 15 December 2022
A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) III: An update
Robert J. Soreng, Paul M. Peterson, Fernando O. Zuloaga, Konstantin Romaschenko, Lynn G. Clark, Jordan K. Teisher, Lynn J. Gillespie, Patricia Barberá, Cassiano A. D. Welker, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, De-Zhu Li, and Gerrit Davidse
J Syst Evol 2022, 60 (3): 476-521.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12847
Online Date: 11 March 2022
Genomic architectural variation of plant mitochondria—A review of multichromosomal structuring
Zhi-Qiang Wu, Xue-Zhu Liao, Xiao-Ni Zhang, Luke R. Tembrock, and Amanda Broz
J Syst Evol 2022, 60 (1): 160-168.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12655
Online Date: 08 July 2020
Evolutionary origin of species diversity on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
Kang-Shan Mao, Yi Wang, and Jian-Quan Liu
J Syst Evol 2021, 59 (6): 1142-1158.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12809
Online Date: 25 August 2021
Fine‐scale genetic structure of Tujia and central Han Chinese revealing massive genetic admixture under language borrowing
Guang-Lin He, Ying-Xiang Li, Meng-Ge Wang, Xing Zou, Hui-Yuan Yeh, Xiao-Min Yang, Zheng Wang, Ren-Kuan Tang, Su-Min Zhu, Jian-Xin Guo, Ting Luo, Jing Zhao, Jin Sun, Zi- Yang Xia, Hao-Liang Fan, Rong Hu, Lan-Hai Wei, Gang Chen, Yi- Ping Hou, and Chuan-Chao Wang
J Syst Evol 2021, 59 (1): 1-20.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12670
Online Date: 05 August 2020
A phylogenomic perspective on gene tree conflict and character evolution in Caprifoliaceae using target enrichment data, with Zabelioideae recognized as a new subfamily
Hong-Xin Wang, Diego F. Morales-Briones, Michael J. Moore, Jun Wen, and Hua-Feng Wang
J Syst Evol 2021, 59 (5): 897-914.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12745
Online Date: 05 April 2021
Capturing single-copy nuclear genes, organellar genomes, and nuclear ribosomal DNA from deep genome skimming data for plant phylogenetics: A case study in Vitaceae
Bin-Bin Liu, Zhi-Yao Ma, Chen Ren, Richard G. J. Hodel, Miao Sun, Xiu-Qun Liu, Guang-Ning Liu, De-Yuan Hong, Elizabeth A. Zimmer, and Jun Wen
J Syst Evol 2021, 59 (5): 1124-1138.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12806
Online Date: 21 July 2021
Phylogeny and biogeography of the hollies (Ilex L., Aquifoliaceae)
Xin Yao, Yu Song, Jun-Bo Yang, Yun-Hong Tan, and Richard T. Corlett
J Syst Evol 2021, 59 (1): 73-82.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12567
Online Date: 07 January 2020
Correlations among oligonucleotide repeats, nucleotide substitutions, and insertion–deletion mutations in chloroplast genomes of plant family Malvaceae
Abdullah, Furrukh Mehmood, Iram Shahzadi, Zain Ali, Madiha Islam, Muhammad Naeem, Bushra Mirza, Peter J. Lockhart, Ibrar Ahmed, and Mohammad Tahir Waheed
J Syst Evol 2021, 59 (2): 388-402.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12585
Online Date: 14 March 2020
A new classification of Cyperaceae (Poales) supported by phylogenomic data
Isabel Larridon, Alexandre R. Zuntini, Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, Russell L. Barrett, Julian R. Starr, A. Muthama Muasya, Tamara Villaverde, Kenneth Bauters, Grace E. Brewer, Jeremy J. Bruhl, Suzana M. Costa, Tammy L. Elliott, Niroshini Epitawalage, Marcial Escudero, Isabel Fairlie, Paul Goetghebeur, Andrew L. Hipp, Pedro Jiménez-Mejías, Izai A.B. Sabino Kikuchi, Modesto Luceño, José Ignacio Márquez-Corro, Santiago Martín-Bravo, Olivier Maurin, Lisa Pokorny, Eric H. Roalson, Ilias Semmouri, David A. Simpson, Daniel Spalink, W. Wayt Thomas, Karen L. Wilson, Martin Xanthos, Félix Forest, and William J. Baker
J Syst Evol 2021, 59 (4): 852-895.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12757
Online Date: 08 May 2021
A framework infrageneric classification of Carex (Cyperaceae) and its organizing principles
Global Carex Group, Eric H. Roalson, Pedro Jiménez-Mejías, Andrew L. Hipp, Carmen Benítez-Benítez, Leo P. Bruederle, Kyong-Sook Chung, Marcial Escudero, Bruce A. Ford, Kerry Ford, Sebastian Gebauer, Berit Gehrke, Marlene Hahn, Muhammad Qasim Hayat, Mathias H. Hoffmann, Xiao-Feng Jin, Sangtae Kim, Isabel Larridon, Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, Yi- Fei Lu, Modesto Luceño, Enrique Maguilla, Jose Ignacio Márquez-Corro, Santiago Martín-Bravo, Tomomi Masaki, Mónica Míguez, Robert F. C. Naczi, Anton A. Reznicek, Daniel Spalink, Julian R. Starr, Uzma, Tamara Villaverde, Marcia J. Waterway, Karen L. Wilson, and Shu-Ren Zhang
J Syst Evol 2021, 59 (4): 726-762.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12722
Online Date: 28 December 2020
Comparative analysis of complete plastid genome reveals powerful barcode regions for identifying wood of Dalbergia odorifera and D. tonkinensis (Leguminosae)
Ming Qin, Cheng-Jie Zhu, Jun-Bo Yang, Mohammad Vatanparast, Rowan Schley, Qiang Lai, Dan-Yan Zhang, Tie-Yao Tu, Bente B. Klitgård, Shi-Jin Li, and Dian-Xiang Zhang
J Syst Evol 2022, 60 (1): 73-84.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12598
Online Date: 08 May 2020
A multilocus phylogeny of the moss genus Didymodon and allied genera (Pottiaceae): Generic delimitations and their implications for systematics
Juan A. Jiménez, María J. Cano , and Juan Guerra
J Syst Evol 2022, 60 (2): 281-304.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12735
Online Date: 11 February 2021
Fine-scale north-to-south genetic admixture profile in Shaanxi Han Chinese revealed by genome-wide demographic history reconstruction
Guang-Lin He, Meng-Ge Wang, Ying-Xiang Li, Xing Zou, Hui-Yuan Yeh, Ren-Kuan Tang, Xiao-Min Yang, Zheng Wang, Jian-Xin Guo, Ting Luo, Jing Zhao, Jin Sun, Rong Hu, Lan-Hai Wei, Gang Chen, Yi-Ping Hou, and Chuan-Chao Wang
J Syst Evol 2022, 60 (4): 955-972.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12715
Online Date: 11 December 2020
Plastid and nuclear phylogenomic incongruences and biogeographic implications of Magnolia s.l. (Magnoliaceae)
Shan-Shan Dong, Ya-Ling Wang, Nian-He Xia, Yang Liu, Min Liu, Lian Lian, Na Li, Ling-Fei Li, Xiao-An Lang, Yi-Qing Gong, Lu Chen, Ernest Wu, and Shou-Zhou Zhang
J Syst Evol 2022, 60 (1): 1-15.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12727
Online Date: 15 January 2021
Phylogenomic relationships and species identification of the olive genus Olea (Oleaceae)
Wen-Pan Dong, Jia-Hui Sun, Yan-Lei Liu, Chao Xu, Yi-Heng Wang, Zhi-Li Suo, Shi-Liang Zhou, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, and Jun Wen
J Syst Evol 2022, 60 (6): 1263-1280.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12802
Online Date: 17 June 2021
Grasses through space and time: An overview of the biogeographical and macroevolutionary history of Poaceae
Timothy J. Gallaher, Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, Fernando O. Zuloaga, De-Zhu Li, Lynn G. Clark, Christopher D. Tyrrell, Cassiano A.D. Welker, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, and Jordan K. Teisher
J Syst Evol 2022, 60 (3): 522-569.   doi: 10.1111/jse.12857
Online Date: 27 April 2022