State Key Laboratory of Systematics and Evolutionary Botany

　　　　Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　　　20 Nanxincun,Xiangshan, Beijing 100093,China

　　　　Tel:86-10-62836502; Fax:86-10-62836095　　　　E-mail:xiaoq_wang@ibcas.ac.cn

　　　　Education:

　　　　Ph. D., Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), August, 1997

　　　　M. S., Institute of Botany (CAS), August, 1992

　　　　B. A., Anhui Normal University, July, 1989

　　　　Professional Experience:

　　　　2003.7 - present Professor, Institute of Botany (CAS)

　　　　1998.7 - 1999.5 Visiting Scholar, Michigan State University, USA

　　　　1997.11 - 2003.6 Associate Professor, Institute of Botany (CAS)

　　　　1994.8 - 1997.11 Assistant professor, Institute of Botany (CAS)

　　　　1992.7 - 1994.8 Research Assistant, Institute of Botany (CAS)

　　　　Research Interests:

　　　　(1) Phylogeny, evolution and biogeography of seed plants, especially gymnosperms;

　　　　(2) Speciation and phylogeography of plants in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau;

　　　　(3) Evolution of gene families and molecular basis of adaptation;

　　　　(4) Plant DNA barcoding.

　　　　Other Activities:

　　　　2018.7 - Director, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　　　2016.7 - 2018.7 Executive Director, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　　　2015.7 - 2016.7 Vice Director, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　　　2011.10 - 2017.7 Director, State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, China

　　　　2006.6 - 2011.7 Director, Research Center for of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany (CAS)

　　　　2006.12 - 2011.7 Executive Director, State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, China

　　　　2002.6 - 2006.12 Deputy Director, Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany (CAS)

　　　　2009 - 2013 Director, Plant Taxonomy and Evolution Committee of Botanical Society of China

　　　　2013.12 - Associate Editor of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

　　　　2012.1 - Editor of Plant Biology

　　　　2007.2 - 2013.12 Editorial board member of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

　　　　2004 - 2008 Editor-in-Chief of Biodiversity Science

　　　　2004 - 2014 Editorial board member (Co-editor) of Journal of Integrative plant Biology

　　　　2002 - 2005 Editorial member of China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica

　　　　1999 - 2003 Executive Editor-in-Chief of Biodiversity Science

　　　　1999 - Editorial board member of Journal of Systematics and Evolution (formerly Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica)

　　　　Honor:

　　　　National Outstanding Ph. D. Dissertation of China, 1999

　　　　Special Prize of the President Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1997

　　　　Selected publications (* Corresponding author):

 

(70) Xia X-M, Yang M-Q, Li C-L, Huang S-X, Jin W-T, Shen T-T, Wang F, Li X-H, Yoichi W, Zhang L-H, Zheng Y-R, Wang X-Q*. Spatiotemporal evolution of the global species diversity of Rhododendron. Mol. Biol. Evol., 2022. 39: msab314.

(69) Liu X-Q, Xia X-M, Chen L, Wang X-Q*. Phylogeny and evolution of Cupressaceae: Updates on intergeneric relationships and new insights on ancient intergeneric hybridization. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 2022. 177: 107606.

(68) Liu Y-Y, Jin W-T, Wei X-X*, Wang X-Q. Phylotranscriptomics reveals the evolutionary history of subtropical East Asian white pines: further insights into gymnosperm diversification. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 2022. 168: 107403. 

(67) Jin W-T, Gernandt DS, Wehenkel C, Xia X-M, Wei X-X*, Wang X-Q*. 2021. Phylogenomic and ecological analyses reveal the spatiotemporal evolution of global pines. PNAS, 118, e2022302118.

(66) Feng Y-Y, Shen T-T, Shao C-C, Du H, Ran J-H*, Wang X-Q*. 2021. Phylotranscriptomics reveals the complex evolutionary and biogeographic history of the genus Tsuga with an East Asian-North American disjunct distribution. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 157: 107066.

(65) Wu H, Yu Q, Ran J-H, Wang X-Q*. 2021. Unbiased subgenome evolution in allotetraploid species of Ephedra and its implications for the evolution of large genomes in gymnosperms. Genome Biol. Evol., 13.

(64) Du H, Ran J-H , Feng Y-Y, Wang X-Q*. 2020. The flattened and needlelike leaves of the pine family (Pinaceae) share a conserved genetic network for adaxial-abaxial polarity but have diverged for photosynthetic adaptation. BMC Evol. Biol., 20: 131.

(63) Kan S-L, Shen T-T, Gong P, Ran J-H*, Wang X-Q. The complete mitochondrial genome of Taxus cuspidata (Taxaceae): eight protein-coding genes have transferred to the nuclear genome. BMC Evol. Biol., 20: 1.

(62) Shen, T.-T., Ran, J.-H.*, Wang, X.-Q.* 2019. Phylogenomics disentangles the evolutionary history of spruces (Picea) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: implications for the design of population genetic studies and species delimitation of conifers. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 141: 106612.

(61) Shao, C.-C., Shen, T.-T., Jin, W.-T., Mao, H.-J., Ran, J.-H.*, Wang, X.-Q.* 2019. Phylotranscriptomics resolves interspecific relationships and indicates multiple historical out-of-North America dispersals through the Bering Land Bridge for the genus Picea (Pinaceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 141: 106610.

(60) Liu, Y.-Y., Jin, W.-T., Wei, X.-X.*, Wang, X.-Q.* 2019. Cryptic speciation in the Chinese white pine (Pinus armandii): Implications for the high species diversity of conifers in the Hengduan Mountains, a global biodiversity hotspot. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 138: 114-125.

(59) Ran, J.-H.*, Shen, T.-T., Wu, H., Gong, X., Wang, X.-Q.* 2018. Phylogeny and evolutionary history of Pinaceae updated by transcriptomic analysis. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 129:106-116.

(58) Ran, J.-H., Shen, T.-T., Wang, M.-M., Wang, X.-Q.* 2018. Phylogenomics resolves the deep phylogeny of seed plants and indicates partial convergent or homoplastic evolution between Gnetales and angiosperms. Proc. R. Soc. B. 285: 20181012.

(57) Wang, H.-J., Li, W.-T., Liu, Y.-N., Yang, F.-S., Wang, X.-Q.* 2017. Resolving interspecific relationships within evolutionarily young lineages using RNA-seq data: an example from Pedicularis section Cyathophora (Orobanchaceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 107: 345-355.

(56) Liu, Y.-Y., Yang, K.-Z., Wei, X.-X., Wang, X.-Q. 2016. Revisiting the phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP) gene family reveals cryptic FLOWERING LOCUS T gene homologs in gymnosperms and sheds new light on functional evolution. New Phytol. 212: 730-744.

(55) Wu, H., Ma, Z., Wang, M.-M., Qin A.-L., Ran, J.-H., Wang, X.-Q.* 2016. A high frequency of allopolyploid speciation in the gymnospermous genus Ephedra and its possible association with some biological and ecological features. Mol. Ecol. 25: 1192-1210.

(54) Liu, Y.-N., Li,Y., Yang, F.-S.*, Wang, X.-Q.* 2016. Floral nectary, nectar production dynamics, and floral reproductive isolation among closely related species of Pedicularis. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 58: 178-187.

(53) Ran, J.-H., Shen, T.-T., Liu, W.-J., Wang, P.-P., Wang, X.-Q.* 2015. Mitochondrial introgression and complex biogeographic history of the genus Picea. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 93: 63-76.

(52) Wang, H.-J., Li, W.-T., Liu, Y.-N., Yang, F.-S.*, Wang, X.-Q.* 2015. Range-wide multilocus phylogenetic analyses of Pedicularis sect. Cyathophora (Orobanchaceae): Implications for species delimitation and speciation. Taxon 64: 959-974.

(51) Guo, Y.-Y., Luo, Y.-B., Liu, Z.-J.*, Wang, X.-Q.* 2015. Reticulate evolution and sea-level fluctuations together drove species diversification of slipper orchids (Paphiopedilum) in South-East Asia. Mol. Ecol. 24: 2838-2855.

(50) Hao, Z.-Z., Liu, Y.-Y., Nazaire, M., Wei, X.-X.*, Wang, X.-Q.* 2015. Molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary history of sect. Quinquefoliae (Pinus): implications for Northern Hemisphere biogeography. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 87: 65-79.75.

(49) Cun, Y.-Z., Wang, X.-Q.* 2015. Phylogeography and evolution of three closely related species of Tsuga (hemlock) from subtropical eastern Asia: further insights into speciation of conifers. J. Biogeogr. 42: 315-327

(48) Wang, X.-Q.*, Ran, J.-H. 2014. Evolution and biogeography of gymnosperms. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 75: 24-40.

(47) Liu, L., Hao, Z.-Z., Liu, Y.-Y., Wei, X.-X., Cun, Y.-Z., Wang, X.-Q. 2014. Phylogeography of Pinus armandii and its relatives: Heterogeneous contributions of geography and climate changes to the genetic differentiation and diversification of Chinese white pines. PLoS ONE 9: e85920.

(46) Nazaire, M., Wang, X.-Q., Hufford, L. 2014. Geographic origins and patterns of radiation of Mertensia (Boraginaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 101: 104-118.

(45) Ran, J.H.*, Shen, T.T., Liu, W.J., Wang, X.-Q.* 2013. Evolution of the bHLH genes involved in stomatal development: Implications for the expansion of developmental complexity of stomata in land plants. PLoS ONE 8: e78997.

(44) Qin, A.-L., Wang, M.-M., Cun, Y.-Z., Yang, F.-S., Wang, S.-S., Ran, J.-H., Wang, X.-Q.* 2013. Phylogeographic evidence for a link of species divergence of Ephedra in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions to the Miocene Asian aridification. PLoS ONE 8: e56243.

(43) Gao, H., Guo, D.-M., Ran, J.-H., Wang, X.-Q. 2012. Evolution of the 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase (4CL) gene family: Conserved evolutionary pattern and two new classes in gymnosperms. J. Syst. Evol. 50: 195-205.

(42) Yang, Z.-Y., Ran, J.-H., Wang, X.-Q.* 2012. Three genome-based phylogeny of Cupressaceae s.l.: Further evidence for the evolution of gymnosperms and Southern Hemisphere biogeography. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 64: 452-470.

(41) Guo, Y.-Y., Luo, Y.-B., Liu, Z.-J., Wang, X.-Q.* 2012. Evolution and biogeography of the slipper orchids: Eocene vicariance of the conduplicate genera in the Old and New World tropics. PLoS ONE 7: e38788.

(40) Yang, F.-S.*, Qin, A.-L., Li, Y.-F., Wang, X.-Q.* 2012. Great genetic differentiation among populations of Meconopsis integrifolia and its implication for plant speciation in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. PLoS ONE 7: e37196.

(39) Zhang, W., Wang, X.-Q., Li, Z.-Y. 2011. The protective shell: sclereids and their mechanical function in corollas of some species of Camellia (Theaceae). Plant Biol. 13: 688-692.

(38) Ran, J.-H., Wang, P.-P., Zhao, H.-J., Wang, X.-Q.* 2010. A test of seven candidate barcode regions from the plastome in Picea (Pinaceae). J. Int. Plant Biol. 52: 1109-1126.

(37) Guo, D.-M., Ran, J.-H., Wang, X.-Q.* 2010. Evolution of the cinnamyl/sinapyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD/SAD) gene family: the emergence of real lignin is associated with the origin of bona fide CAD. J. Mol. Evol. 71: 202-218.

(36) Cun, Y.-Z., Wang X.-Q.* 2010. Plant recolonization in the Himalaya from the southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Geographical isolation contributed to high population differentiation. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 56: 972-982.

(35) Wei, X.-X.*, Yang, Z.-Y., Li, Y., Wang, X.-Q.* 2010. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Pseudotsuga (Pinaceae): Insights into the floristic relationship between Taiwan and its adjacent areas. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 55: 776-785.

(34) Ran, J.-H., Gao, H., Wang, X.-Q.* 2010. Fast evolution of the retroprocessed mitochondrial rps3 gene in Conifer II and further evidence for the phylogeny of gymnosperms. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 54: 136-149.

(33) Wen, J., Xiang, Q.-Y., Qian, H., Li, J., Wang, X.-Q., Ickert-Bond, S.M. 2009. Intercontinental and intracontinental biogeography—patterns and methods. J. Syst. Evol. 47: 327-330.

(32) Yang, F.-S., Li, Y.-F., Ding, X., Wang, X.-Q.* 2008. Extensive population expansion of Pedicularis longiflora (Orobanchaceae) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its correlation with the Quaternary climate change. Mol. Ecol. 17: 5135-5145.

(31) Peng, D., Wang, X.-Q.* 2008. Reticulate evolution in Thuja inferred from multiple gene sequences: implications for the study of biogeographical disjunction between eastern Asia and North America.Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 47: 1190-1202.

(30) Kan,X.-Z., Wang, X.-Q.* 2007. Structural evolution of nrDNA ITS in Pinaceae and its phylogenetic implications. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 44: 765-777.

(29) Qiao, C.-Y., Ran, J.-H., Wang, X.-Q.* 2007. Phylogeny and biogeography of Cedrus (Pinaceae) inferred from sequences of seven paternal chloroplast and maternal mitochondrial DNA regions. Ann. Bot. 100:573-580.

(28) Yang, F.-S., Wang X.-Q.* 2007. Extensive length variation in the cpDNA trnT-trnF region of parasitic Pedicularis and its phylogenetic implications. Pl. Syst. Evol. 264: 251-264.

(27) Ran, J.-H., Wei, X.-X., Wang, X.-Q.* 2006. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Picea (Pinaceae): implications for phylogeographical studies using cytoplasmic haplotypes. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.41:405-419.

(26) Wei, X.-X., Wang, X.-Q.* 2004. Recolonization and radiation in Larix (Pinaceae): evidence from nuclear ribosomal DNA paralogues. Mol. Ecol. 13: 3115-3123.

(25) Wei, X.-X., Wang, X.-Q.* 2004. Evolution of 4-coumarate: coenzyme A ligase (4CL) gene and divergence of Larix (Pinaceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 31: 542-553.

(24) Hong D.-Y., Wang X.-Q., Zhang D.-M. 2004. Paeonia saueri (Paeoniaceae), a new species from the Balkans. Taxon 53: 83-90.

(23) Wei, X.-X., Wang, X.-Q.*, Hong, D.-Y. 2003. Marked intragenomic heterogeneity and geographical differentiation of nrDNA ITS in Larix potaninii (Pinaceae).J. Mol. Evol. 57: 623-635.

(22) Wei, X.-X., Wang, X.-Q.* 2003. Phylogenetic split of Larix: evidence from paternally inherited cpDNA trnT-trnF region.Pl. Syst. Evol. 239: 67-77.

(21) Yang, F.-S., Wang, X.-Q.*, Hong, D.-Y. 2003. Unexpected high divergence in nrDNA ITS and extensive parallelism in floral morphology of Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae).Pl. Syst. Evol. 240: 91-105.

(20) Song, B.-H., Wang, X.-Q.*, Wang, X.-R., Ding, K.-Y., Hong, D.-Y. 2003. Cytoplasmic composition in Pinus densata and population establishment of the diploid hybrid pine. Mol. Ecol. 12: 2995-3001.

(19) Liu, Z.-L., Zhang, D., Wang, X.-Q., Ma, X.-F., Wang, X.-R. 2003. Intragenomic and inter- specific 5S rDNA sequence variation in five Asian pines. Amer. J. Bot. 90: 17-24.

(18) Song, B.-H., Wang, X.-Q.*, Wang, X.-R., Sun, L.-J., Hong, D.-Y., Peng, P.-H. 2002．Maternal lineages of Pinus densata, a diploid hybrid. Mol. Ecol. 11: 1057-1063.

(17) Song, B.-H., Wang, X.-Q.*, Li, F.-Z., Hong, D.-Y. 2001. Further evidence for paraphyly of the Celtidaceae from the chloroplast gene matK. Pl. Syst. Evol. 22: 107-115.

(16) Wang, X.-Q., Tank, D.-C., Sang, T. 2000. Phylogeny and divergence times in Pinaceae: evidence from three genomes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17: 773-781.

(15) Wang, X.-Q.*, Shu, Y.-Q. 2000. Chloroplast matK gene phylogeny of Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae, with additional reference to the systematic position of Nageia. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 38:201-210.

(14) Liu, Z., Wang, X.-Q.*, Chen, Z.-D., Lin Q.,, Lu, A.-M. 2000. The phylogeny of Schisandraceae inferred from sequence analysis of the nrDNA ITS region. Acta Bot. Sin. 42: 758-761.

(13) Song, B.-H., Chen, Z.-D., Wang, X.-Q., Li, F.-Z. 2000. Sequence analysis of the ITS region of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) in Chinese Amaranthus and its systematic utility. Acta Bot. Sin. 42: 1184-1189.

(12) Ma, X.-J., Wang, X.-Q., Xu, Z.-X., Xiao, P.-G., Hong, D.-Y. 2000. RAPD variation within and among populations of ginseng cultivars. Acta Bot. Sin. 42: 587-590.

(11) Ma, X.-J., Wang, X.-Q., Sun, S.-S., Xiao, P.-G., Hong, D.-Y. 1999. A study on RAPD fingerprintings of wild mountain ginseng (Panax ginseng). Acta Pharm. Sin. 34: 312-316.

(10) Wang, X.-Q., Han, Y., and Hong, D.-Y. 1998. A molecular systematic study of Cathaya, a relic genus of the Pinaceae in China. Pl. Syst. Evol. 213: 165-172.

(9) Wang, X.-Q., Han, Y., and Hong, D.-Y. 1998. PCR-RFLP analysis of the chloroplast gene trnK in the Pinaceae, with special reference to the systematic position of Cathaya. Is. J. Plant Sci. 46: 265-271.

(8) Wang, X.-Q.*, Li, Z.-Y. 1998. The application of sequence analysis of rDNA fragment to the systematic study of the subfamily Cyrtandroideae (Gesneriaceae). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 36: 97-105.

(7) Wang, X.-Q.*, Deng, Z.-R., Hong, D.-Y. 1998. The systematic position of Beesia: evidence from ITS (nrDNA) sequence analysis. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 36: 403-410.

(6) Wang, X.-Q., Zou, Y.-P., Zhang, D.-M., Hong, D.-Y., and Liu, Z.-Y. 1997. Genetic diversity analysis by RAPD in Cathaya argyrophylla Chun et Kuang. Science In China (Series C), 40(2): 145－151.

(5) Wang, X.-Q., Han, Y., Deng, Z.-R., Hong, D.-Y. 1997. Phylogeny of the Pinaceae evidenced by molecular biology. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 35: 97-106.

(4) Wang, X.-Q., Hong, D.-Y. 1997. Progress in molecular systematics of plants in recent five years. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 35: 465-480.

(3) Wang, X.-Q.*, Zou, Y.-P., Zhang, D.-M., Zhang, Z.-X., Hong, D.-Y. 1996. Problems in the use of RAPD to the study of genetic diversity and systematics. Acta Bot. Sin. 38: 954-962.

(2) Wang, X.-Q., Li, Z.-Y., and Hong, D.-Y. 1994. A karyomorphological study of nine species in four genera of Ranunculaceae. Cathaya 6: 43-56.

(1) Wang, X.-Q., Hong, D.-Y., and Li, Z.-Y. 1993. A study on pollen and seed-coat in the tribe Cimicifugeae and some allied genera (Ranunculaceae). Cathaya 5: 131-149.