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  Li-Bing Zhang, Ph.D., Associate 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

Ph.D., Johannes Gutenberg University at Mainz, Germany, 2002
M.S., Chengdu Institute of Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1990

Li-Bing Zhang
Discovering a new fern species of
Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae)
endemic to a single karst cave
in northern Guangxi, China.
  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

    I. Systematics and phylogeny of pteridophytes and lycophytes:

  • He H and L-B Zhang. 2011. Polystichum cavernicola, sp. nov. (sect. Haplopolystichum, Dryopteridaceae) from a karst cave in Guizhou, China and its phylogenetic affinities. Botanical Studies 52: 121-127.
  • He H and L-B Zhang. 2010. Pteris xiaoyingae, sp. nov. (sect. Pteris) from a karst cave in China based on morphological and palynological evidence. Systematic Botany 35: 695-700.
  • He H and L-B Zhang. 2010. Polystichum kungianum, sp. nov. (sect. Mastigopteris, Dryopteridaceae) from Chongqing, China. Botanical Studies 51: 395-401.
  • Zhang L-B, H He, and Q Luo. 2010. Polystichum puteicola, sp. nov. (sect. Haplopolystichum, Dryopteridaceae) from a karst sinkhole in Guizhou, China based on molecular, palynological, and morphological evidence. Botanical Studies 51: 127-136.
  • Zhang L-B and H He. 2010. Polystichum speluncicola sp. nov. (sect. Haplopolystichum, Dryopteridaceae) based on morphological, palynological, and molecular evidence with reference to the non-monophyly of Cyrtogonellum. Systematic Botany 34: 13-19.
  • 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 50: 353-358.
  • 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).
  • Zhang L-B. 2004. Equisetaceae, Huperziaceae, Isoetaceae, Lycopodiaceae, Psilotaceae. Pp. 1-85, 224-245. In: Wu C-Y (ed.), Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae. Beijing: Science Press. Vol. 6 (3), edited by Zhang X-C.
  • 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.
  • Kung H-S and L-B Zhang. 2001. New pteridophyte records from Sichuan, China and their geographical significance. Fern Gazette 16: 195-199.
  • 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. Pp. 82-88. In: Zhang X-C and K-H Shing (eds.), Ching Memorial Volume Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Zhang L-B and H-S Kung. 2000c. Taxonomy of Huperzia Bernh. (s. str.) sect. Serratae (Rothm.) Holub in China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 38: 13-22.
  • Zhang L-B, and H-S Kung. 2000d. Two sections of Phlegmariurus (Herter) Holub (Huperziaceae) from China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 38: 23-29.
  • 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. 1998. 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.
  • Zhang L-B. 1996. On the foliar epidermis of Chinese sect. Metapolystichum Tagawa and sect. Neopolystichum (Polystichum, Dryopteridaceae) in China. Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology 2: 361-368.
  • Zhang L-B and H-S Kung. 1996a. Taxonomic study on the fern genus Polystichum sect. Metapolystichum Tagawa from China (III). Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 34: 194-203.
  • Zhang L-B and H-S Kung. 1996b. Taxonomic study on the fern genus Polystichum sect. Metapolystichum Tagawa from China (II). Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 34: 68-76.
  • Zhang L-B and H-S Kung. 1995a. Taxonomic study on the fern genus Polystichum sect. Metapolystichum Tagawa from China (I). Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 33: 469-475.
  • Zhang L-B and H-S Kung. 1995b. Four new species of the fern genus Polystichum sect. Metapolystichum from China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 33: 308-312.
  • Kung H-S, L-B Zhang, and X-S Guo. 1995a. New materials of pteridophytes from Mt. Gongga (Minya Gonkar), Sichuan, China. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 17: 420-422.
  • Kung H-S, L-B Zhang, and X-S Guo. 1995b. New materials of Dryopteris from Mt. Gongga (Minya Gonkar), Sichuan, China. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 17: 159-161.
  • Zhang L-B, Z-R Wang, and X-S Guo. 1995a. New ferns of Athyriaceae from Mt. Gongga (Minya Gonkar), Sichuan, China. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 17: 302-304.
  • Zhang L-B, H-S Kung, and X-S Guo. 1995b. New taxa of Polystichum Roth from Mt. Gongga (Minya Gonkar), Sichuan, China. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 17: 25-29.
  • Zhang L-B and H-S Kung. 1994. Studies on the spore morphology of Chinese sect. Metapolystichum (Polystichum, Dryopteridaceae). Acta Botanica Yunnanica 16: 273-278.
  • Kung H-S and L-B Zhang. 1994. A new species of Polystichum Roth from Burma and SW China. Acta Phytotaxnomica Sinica 32: 370-371.
  • Zhang L-B. 1994. A taxonomic study on the fern genus Polystichum sect. Metapolystichum from Sichuan, China. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 16: 131-138.
  • Zhang L-B. 1992. A study on the cladistic relationships of the genus Polystichum Roth sect. Metapolystichum Tagawa using the method of maximal same step length. Advances in Plant Taxonomy in Northern China, 1: 118-125.
  • II. Systematics of flowering plants:

  • Xu B, X-F Gao, N Wu, and L-B Zhang. 2011. Pollen diversity and its systematic implications in Lespedeza (Fabaceae). Systematic Botany 36:
  • Zhang G-C and L-B Zhang. 2011. Impatiens shimianensis sp. nov. (Balsaminaceae): A new species from Sichuan, China based on morphological and molecular evidence. Systematic Botany 36:
  • Wei X-M, and X-F Gao, L-B Zhang. 2008. A systematic study of Rosa sericea (Rosaceae) complex: Are R. omeiensis and R. sericea conspecific? Journal of Systematics and Evolution 46: 919-928.
  • 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 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.
  • III. Phylogeny and biogeography of high-mountain plants:

  • Kadereit JW, H Goldner, N Holstein, G Schorr, and L-B Zhang. 2011. The stability of Quaternary speciation - a case study in Primula sect. Auricula. Alpine Botany DOI: 10.1007/s00035-010-0084-y.
  • 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).
  • Zhang L-B. 2002. Phylogeny, biogeography, and systematics of Soldanella L. and Primula L. sect. Auricula Duby (Primulaceae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Goettingen: Cuvillier Verlag. 157pp.
  • 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.
  • IV. Phylogeny, biogeography, and evolution of pantropical seed plants:

  • Michalak I, L-B Zhang, and SS Renner. 2010. Transatlantic, transpacific, and trans-Indian Ocean dispersal events in the small Gondwanan Laurales family Hernandiaceae. Journal of Biogeography 37: 1214-1226.
  • 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, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 and SS Renner. 2003. The deepest splits in Chloranthaceae as resolved by chloroplast sequences. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164(6 Suppl.): 383-392.
  • V. Theoretical systematics:

  • Simmons MP, L-B Zhang, and K Müller. 2010. Phylogenetic inference using non-redundant coding of dependent characters vs. alternative approaches when applied to protein-coding genes. Cladistics 26: 1-11.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • VI. Botanical nomenclature:

  • 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, 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.
  • 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.
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