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Ph.D., Johannes Gutenberg University at Mainz, Germany, 2002
M.S., Chengdu Institute of Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1990
B.S., Lanzhou University, China, 1987
General Research Interests
Flora of China
Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of ferns and seed plants
Biogeography of intercontinental disjunctions of plants and high mountain plants
Conceptual issues of systematic biology
Research Emphases
Production of Flora of China Illustrations volumes
Systematics of pteridophytes, especially Polystichum and "fern-allies"
Phylogeny and biogeography of selected seed plant groups, e.g., Cucurbitales,
Primulaceae and Rosa
Selected Publications
Zhang, L-B and H He. 2009a. Polystichum minutissimum,
sp. nov. (sect. Haplopolystichum, Dryopteridaceae): The smallest
Polystichum found in a karst cave in China. Botanical Studies.
Zhang, L-B and H He. 2009b. Polystichum weimingii sp. nov.
(sect. Metapolystichum, Dryopteridaceae) from southern Yunnan, China.
Systematic Botany 34: 13-16.
Zhang, L-B and H He. 2009c. Polystichum peishanii (sect.
Haplopolystichum, Dryopteridaceae): A new fern species from limestone area
in Guizhou, China. Botanical Studies. 50: 101-106 (cover article).
Wei, X-M, L-B Zhang, and X-F Gao. 2008. A systematic study of
Rosa sericea (Rosaceae) complex: Are R. omeiensis and
R. sericea conspecific? Journal of Systematics and Evolution
46: 919–928.
Cusimano, N, L-B Zhang, and SS Renner. 2008. Reevaluation
of the cox1 group I intron in Araceae and angiosperms indicates a history dominated
by loss rather than horizontal transfer. Molecular Biology and Evolution
25: 265–276.
Zhang, L-B. 2007. [Chinese Translation of] McNeill, J, FR
Barrie, HM Burdet, V Demoulin, DL Hawksworth, K Marhold, DH Nicolson, J Prado,
PC Silva, JE Skog, JH Wiersema, and NJ Turland (eds.). 2006. International Code
of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code) adopted by the Seventeenth International
Botanical Congress Vienna, Austria, July 2005. Beijing: Science Press & St. Louis:
Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
Zhang, L-B, MP Simmons, and SS Renner. 2007. A phylogeny of
Anisophylleaceae based on six nuclear and plastid loci: Ancient disjunctions and
recent dispersal between South America, Africa, and Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics
and Evolution. 44: 1057-1067
Kocyan A, L-B Zhang, H Schaefer, and SS Renner. 2007. A
multi-locus chloroplast phylogeny for the Cucurbitaceae and its implications for
character evolution and classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
44: 553-577.
Simmons MP, L-B Zhang, CT Webb, and K Mueller. 2007. A penalty of
using anonymous dominant markers (AFLPs, ISSRs, and RAPDs) for phylogenetic inference.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 528-542.
Zhang, L-B, Q-E Yang, NJ Turland, and J McNeill. 2007. Main
changes in the new edition of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
－the “Vienna Code”. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 45 (2):
251-255.
Zhang, L-B, Silva, PC, J McNeill, and NJ Turland. 2007. On the
terms in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Acta Phytotaxonomica
Sinica 45: 593-598.
Simmons, MP, L-B Zhang, CT Webb, and A Reeves. 2006. How can
third codon positions outperform first and second codon positions in phylogenetic
inference? An empirical example from the seed plants. Systematic Biology
55: 245-258.
Zhang, L-B, MP Simmons, A Kocyan, and SS Renner. 2006. Phylogeny
and evolution of the Cucurbitales based on DNA sequences of nine loci from three
genomes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 305-322.
Zhang, L-B, and MP Simmons. 2006. Phylogeny and delimitation
of the Celastrales inferred from nuclear and plastid genes. Systematic Botany
31: 107-121.
Simmons, MP*, L-B Zhang*, CT Webb, A Reeves, and JA Miller. 2006.
The relative performance of Bayesian and parsimony approaches when sampling characters
evolving under homogeneous and heterogeneous sets of parameters. Cladistics
22: 171-185 (*co-first authors).
Zhang, L-B, and JW Kadereit. 2005. Typification and synonymization
in Primula sect. Auricula (Primulaceae). Taxon 54: 775-788.
Zhang, L-B, and JW Kadereit. 2004a. Nomenclature of Soldanella
L. (Primulaceae). Taxon 53: 741-752.
Zhang, L-B, and JW Kadereit. 2004b. Classification of Primula
sect. Auricula (Primulaceae) based on two molecular data sets (ITS, AFLPs),
morphology and geographical distribution. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
146: 1-26.
Zhang, L-B, HP Comes, and JW Kadereit. 2004. The temporal course of
Quaternary diversification in the European high mountain endemic Primula sect.
Auricula (Primulaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 165:
191-207 (cover article).
Renner, SS, L-B Zhang, and J Murata. 2004. A chloroplast phylogeny of
Arisaema (Araceae) illustrates Tertiary floristic links between Asia, North
America, and East Africa. American Journal of Botany 91: 881-888.
Renner, SS, and L-B Zhang. 2004. Biogeography of the Pistia
clade (Araceae) based on cp and mtDNA sequences and Bayesian divergence time inference.
Systematic Biology 53: 422-432.
Zhang, L-B. 2004. Equisetaceae, Huperziaceae, Isoetaceae, Lycopodiaceae,
Psilotaceae. In: Wu, C-Y (ed.), Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae. Beijing: Science
Press. Vol. 6 (3), edited by Zhang, X-C
Zhang, L-B, and SS Renner. 2003. The deepest splits in Chloranthaceae
as resolved by chloroplast sequences. International Journal of Plant Sciences
164(6 Suppl.): 383-392.
Zhang, L-B, and JW Kadereit. 2002. The systematics of Soldanella
L. (Primulaceae) based on morphological and molecular (ITS, AFLPs) evidence. Nordic
Journal of Botany 22: 129-169.
Zhang, L-B, HP Comes, and JW Kadereit. 2001. Phylogeny and Quaternary
history of the European montane/alpine endemic Soldanella (Primulaceae) based on
ITS and AFLP variation. American Journal of Botany 88: 2331-2345.
Zhang, L-B. 2001. Polystichum sect. Metapolystichum,
sect. Neopolystichum. Pp. 52–60, 84–117. In: Wu, C.-Y. (ed.), Flora
Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae. Beijing: Science Press. Vol. 5 (2), edited by Kung,
H.-S.
Zhang, L-B, and H-S Kung. 2000a. The reclassification of Lycopodiaceae
(s. str.) in China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 38: 266-275.
Zhang, L-B, and H-S Kung. 2000b. An outline of the taxonomy and
distribution of Equisetaceae in China. In: Zhang, X-C, and K-H Shing (eds.), Ching
Memorial Volume 82-88. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House.
Zhang, L-B, and H-S Kung. 1999a. On the taxonomy of
Phlegmariurus (Herter) Holub (Huperziaceae) sect. Huperzioides H. S.
Kung et L. B. Zhang (sect. nov.) in China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 37:
40-53.
Zhang, L-B, and H-S Kung. 1999b. A new section of the fern genus
Polystichum Roth -- sect. Neopolystichum Ching. Acta Phytotaxonomica
Sinica 37: 81-86.
Zhang, L-B, and H-S Kung. 1998a. A taxonomic study of
Huperzia Berhn. (s. str.) sect. Huperzia in China. Acta
Phytotaxonomica Sinica 36: 521-529.
Zhang, L-B and H-S Kung. 1998b. New materials of the fern genus
Polystichum Roth from west China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 36:
465-468.
Kung, H-S and L-B Zhang. 1998c. Study on the genus
Polystichum Roth sect. Lasiopolystichum Daigobo from China.
Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 36: 242-254.
Kung, H-S and L-B Zhang. 1996. The features of the pteridophyte
flora of Mt. Gongga (Minya Gonkar), Sichuan, China. Acta Botanica Yunnanica
18: 176-184.
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