近期论文
1. Min Liao, Lara D Shepherd, Jun-Yi Zhang, Yu Feng, Sawai Mattapha, Li-Bing Zhang, Xin-Fen Gao, Bo Xu*. 2023.Phylogeny, biogeography, and character evolution of the genus Sophora s.l. (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 181: 107713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107713
2. Jia Miao, Liang-Ying Li, Zhen-Long Liang, Yu Feng, Cheng Zhang, Shi-Qi Li, Heng-Ning Deng, Jian Ru, Zhong-Yu Tang, Xin-Fen Gao*. 2025. Integrating morphology, ecology, and genomics: Unraveling the population genetic and evolution within the Rosa graciliflora complex, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 210: 108382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108382
3. Feng Yu, Yan Chaochao, Tu Wenqin, Yuan Yumei, Wang Jingbo, Chen Xiaojuan, Liu Changqiu Gao Yundong*. 2025. Multi-disciplinary evidence illuminates the speciation history of a monophyletic yet dimorphic lily group. Plant Diversity 47: 189-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2024.12.005
研究内容及方向
1. 区域植物多样性格局
开展特定区域的植物多样性调查编目，构建重要类群物种数据库及评估体系。
2. 物种形成维持机制和适应性进化
开展重点类群的系统分类和演化研究，解析重点物种的濒危机制，研究重点类群的物种形成和适应性进化机制。
3. 物种保育体系和保护策略
开展种质资源收集和保藏、人工繁育技术、就地保护、迁地保护和保护成效评估。
代表项目
1. 第二次青藏高原科考研究—横断山北段植物多样性调查研究，科技部重点研发项目子课题（2019QZKK05020107），2019-2024
2. 中国西南地区极小种群调查与种质保存—“川-渝”地区极小种群调查与种质保存，科技部基础资源调查专项课题（2017FY1000104），2017-2022
3. 濒危保护植物“姐妹”类群巴郎山杓兰和杓兰的比较研究，科技部重点研发项目子课题（2020YFE0203203），2020-2023
4. 五小叶槭资源现状评价及影响研究，大型央企科研项目，2022-2024
5. 重点保护与大峡谷保护区特有植物保护措施研究，大型央企科研项目，2023-2027
代表论文
1. B Xu*, M Liao, HN Deng, CC Yan, YY Lv, YD Gao, WB Ju, JY Zhang, LS Jiang, X Li, XF Gao*, 2022. Chromosome-level de novo genome assembly and whole-genome resequencing of the threatened species Acanthochlamys bracteata (Velloziaceae) provide insights into alpine plant divergence in a biodiversity hotspot. Molecular Ecology Resources 22 (4): 1582–1595
2. Y Feng, HP Comes, J Chen, S Zhu, R Lu, X Zhang, P Li, J Qiu, KM Olsen, Y Qiu*. 2023. Genome sequences and population genomics provide insights into the demographic history, inbreeding, and mutation load of two ‘living fossil’ tree species of Dipteronia. The Plant Journal 117: 177–192
3. M Liao, LD Shepherd, JY Zhang, Y Feng, S Mattapha, LB Zhang*, Xin-Fen Gao*, B Xu*. 2023. Phylogeny, biogeography, and character evolution of the genus Sophora s.l. (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 181: 107713
4. M Liao, XF Gao, JY Zhang, HN Deng, B Xu*, 2021. Comparative chloroplast genomics of Sophora species: evolution and phylogenetic relationships in the early-diverging legume subfamily Papilionoideae (Fabaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 778933
5. RF Jiao, BH Wu, ZL Liang, P Gao, XF Gao*. 2023. GLV reveal species differences and responses to environment in alpine shrub Rosasericea complex. Science of The Total Environment 896: 166146
