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Li-Bing Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Curator
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
USA
office phone: +1-314-577-9454
fax: +1-314-577-9596
email: libing.zhang@mobot.org
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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, 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.
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.
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.
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. 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. 1998. A taxonomic study of Huperzia Berhn. (s. str.) sect.
Huperzia in China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 36: 521-529.
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