COMMUNICATIONS:No. 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China

　　　　

　　　　PERSONAL DATA:Title: Ph. D. Sex: Male Nationality: China

　　　　

　　　　Birth date and place: 8 May 1984, Shandong, China.

　　　　PRESENT POSITION:Assistant Professor (2014- present),

　　　　

　　　　State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany,

　　　　Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

　　　　RESEARCH AREA:Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Biogeography

　　　　

　　　　EDUCATION:B. S. (2001-2005): School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China.

　　　　

　　　　M. S. (2007-2009): State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany,

　　　　Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.

　　　　Ph. D. (2009-2013): State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change,

　　　　Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.

　　　　PUBLICATIONS:1.Xin YQ, Qin HY, Liu B. (2006) Taxonomy of seed plants - CAI. Beijing: Science Press

　　　　

　　　　2.Wang WT, Liu B. (2008) A new section with a new species of Anemone (Ranunculaceae) from Mt. Xiaowutai, China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 46(5): 552–580.

　　　　3.Liu B. 2009. Field guide to wild plants of China: Shandong. Beijing: Science Press

　　　　4.Ma KP, Chen GK, Liu B, Chen B. (2011) Asian Plant Conservation Report 2010. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

　　　　5.Yang Y, Mo X, Liu B. (2011) Color Flroa of the Sichuan Panzhihua Cycas National Nature Reserve in the Valey of the Jinsha River in Southwest China. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

　　　　6.Yang Y, Zhang LY, Liu B, van der Werff H. (2012) Leaf cuticular anatomy and taxonomy of Syndiclis (Lauraceae) and its allies. Systematic Botany 37(4): 861–878.

　　　　7.German DA, Chen WL, Smirnov SV, Liu B, Kutzev MG, Wang J, Shmakov AI, Kamelin RV. (2012) Plant genera and species new to China recently found in northwest Xinjiang. Nordic Journal of Botany 30: 61–69.

　　　　8.Liu S, Liu B, Zhu XY. (2013) Correction of the wrongly spelt scientific names in Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 51: 231–234.

　　　　9.Liu B, Yang Y, Xie L, Zeng G, Ma KP. (2013) Beilschmiedia turbinata: a newly recognized but dying species of Lauraceae from tropical Asia based on morphological and molecular data. PLoS ONE 8(6): 2.

　　　　10.Liu B, Yang Y, Ma KP. (2013) A new species of Caryodaphnopsis of Lauraceae from southeastern Yunnan of China. Phytotaxa 118(1): 1.

　　　　11.Zeng G#, Liu B#, van der Werff H, Ferguson DK, Yang Y. (2014) Origin and evolution of the unusual leaf epidermis of Caryodaphnopsis (Lauraceae). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 16: 296–309.

　　　　12.Liu B, Ye JF, Liu S, Wang Y, Yang Y, Lai YJ, Zeng G, Lin QW. (2015) Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Biodiversity Science 23(2): 225–231.

　　　　13.Yang Y*, Liu B. (2015) Species catalogue of Lauraceae in China: problems and perspectives. Biodiversity Science 23(2): 232–236.

　　　　14.Liu S, Liu B. (2015) New comments on the rules of choice of Chinese common names of genera of vascular plants in China. Biodiversity Science 23(2): 254–258.

　　　　15.Liu B, Hao, YQ, Yang Y*, Sun TT, Lai YJ, Zhang T, He F (2016) A new species of the Ranunculaceae from southwestern China based on morphological and molecular data. Phytotaxa 283(1): 43–53.

　　　　16.Chen ZD*, Yang T, Lin L, Lu LM, Li HL, Sun M, Liu B, Chen M et al. (2016) Tree of life for the genera of Chinese vascular plants. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 54(4): 277–306.

　　　　17.Liu B, Liu S (2016) A raeanalysis on the relationship between Chinese Plant Names “huanghuahao” “qinghao” and the original plant of artemisinin. China Terminology 2016(4): 43–47.

　　　　18.Wang WT, Liu B (2016) Higher Plants of China in Color, Volume 3. Beijing: Science Press.

　　　　19.Mu XY#, Liu B#, Zhu YX, Tong L, Lin QW, Zhang ZX* (2017) Holopogon pekinensis (Orchidaceae), a new heteromycotrophic species from Northern China. Phytotaxa 326(2): 151–155.

　　　　20.Zeng G, Liu B, Ferguson DK, Rohwer JG, Yang Y* (2017) Floral structure and ontogeny of Syndiclis (Lauraceae). Plos One 12(10): e0186358.

　　　　21.Lin QW#, Le CT#, Njenga DM#, Hao YQ, Liu B*, Yu WT, Chen ZD (2017) Bothriospermum longistylum (Boraginaceae), a neglected new species from North China. Nordic Journal of Botany, 56(1): 56–66.

　　　　22.Le CT#, Liu B#, Barrett RL, Lu LM, Wen J, Chen ZD (2017) Phylogeny and a new tribal classification of Opiliaceae (Santalales) based on molecular and morphological evidence, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 56(1): 56–66.

　　　　23.Lu LM#, Mao LF#, Yang T#, Ye JF#, Liu B#, Li HL#, Sun M#, Miller JT, Mathews S, Hu HH, Niu YT, Peng DX, Chen YH, Smith SA, Chen M, Xiang KL, Le CT, Dang VC, Lu AM, Soltis PS, Soltis DE, Li JH, Chen ZD*. 2018. Evolutionary History of the Angiosperm Flora of China. Nature, 554: 234–238.

　　　　24.Liu B#, Le CT#, Barrett RL, Nickrent DL, Chen ZD, Lu LM*, Vidal-Russell R* (2018) Historical biogeography of Loranthaceae (Santalales): Diversification agrees with emergence of tropical forests and radiation of songbirds, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 124: 199–212.

　　　　25.Dao BH, Liu B, Yang XK (2018) The rare, endangered and conserved plants of Dehong, Yunan, China. Beijing: Science Press.

　　　　26.Chen ZD, Lu AM, Liu B, Ye JF (2019) Tree of life for Chinese vascular plants. Beijing: Science Press.

　　　　27.Liu B#, Tan YH#, Liu S#, Olmstead RG, Min DZ, Chen ZD, Joshee N, Vaidya BN, Chung RCK, Li B* (2020) Phylogenetic relationships of Cyrtandromoea and Wightia revisited: A new tribe in Phrymaceae and a new family in Lamiales. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 58(1): 1–17.

　　　　28.Song Y#, Yu WB#, Tang YH#, Jin JJ, Wang B, Yang JB*, Liu B*, Corlett RT* (2020) Plastid phylogenomics improve phylogenetic resolution in the Lauraceae.. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 58(4): 423–439.

　　　　29.Hu HH#, Liu B#, Liang YS, Ye JF, Saqib S, Meng Z, Lu LM*, Chen ZD* (2020) An updated Chinese vascular plant tree of life: Phylogenetic diversity hotspots revisited. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 58(5): 663–672.

　　　　30.Liu B, Paszko B (2020) Calamagrostis hongii (Poaceae, Agrostidinae), a new species from southwestern China. PhytoKeys, 166: 41–55.

　　　　31.Liu B#, Jin WY#, Zhao LN, Yang Y (2020) A new species of Phoebe (Lauraceae) from south-western China. PhytoKeys, 140: 101–106.

　　　　# The authors contributed equally to the paper.* Author for correspondence.