研究方向与内容：
主要通过以下四个方向的研究探索世界蔷薇科植物的系统发育、进化以及多样性。1、使用系统发育基因组学（phylogenomics）的手段构建蔷薇科各个类群的系统发育框架；2、以蔷薇科为案例探讨网状进化（杂交、多倍化、不完全谱系分选、基因渐渗以及无融合生殖等）在驱动植物多样性中的作用；3、使用人工智能（AI）中深度学习（deep learning）的手段探索标本馆/博物馆馆藏的标本在植物系统学与分类学中的应用；4、利用整合系统学的手段，综合多学科的证据（植物系统学、植物分类学、基因组学、生态学、古植物学、生物信息学以及生物地理学等）进行蔷薇科各个类群的物种划分工作，并完成业界同行认可的专著性研究。
#代表共同一作
1. Liu B-B, Ren C, Kwak M, Hodel RGJ, Xu C, He J, Zhou WB, Huang CH, Ma H, Qian GZ, Hong DY, Wen J. 2022. Phylogenomic conflict analyses in the apple genus Malus s.l. reveal widespread hybridization and allopolyploidy driving diversification, with insights into the complex biogeographic history in the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13246
2. Hodel RGJ, Zimmer EA, Liu B-B, Wen J. 2022. Synthesis of nuclear and chloroplast data combined with network analyses supports the polyploid origin of the apple tribe and the hybrid origin of the Maleae - Gillenieae clade. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 820997.
3. Su N#, Liu B-B#, Wang J-R#, Tong R-c, Ren C, Chang Z-Y, Zhao L, Potter D, Wen J. 2021. On the species delimitation of the Maddenia group of Prunus (Rosaceae): Evidence from plastome and nuclear sequences and morphology. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 743643.
4. Liu B-B, Ma ZY, Ren C, Hodel RGJ, Sun M, Liu XQ, Liu GN, Hong DY, Zimmer EA, Wen J. 2021. Capturing single‐copy nuclear genes, organellar genomes, and nuclear ribosomal DNA from deep genome skimming data for plant phylogenetics: A case study in Vitaceae. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59: 1124-1138.
5. Liu BB, Campbell CS, Hong DY, Wen J. 2020. Phylogenetic relationships and chloroplast capture in the Amelanchier-Malacomeles-Peraphyllum clade (Maleae, Rosaceae): Evidence from chloroplast genome and nuclear ribosomal DNA data using genome skimming. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 147: 106784.
6. Liu BB#, Liu GN#, Hong DY, Wen J. 2020. Eriobotrya belongs to Rhaphiolepis (Maleae, Rosaceae): Evidence from chloroplast genome and nuclear ribosomal DNA data. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 1731.
7. Liu BB#, Wang YB#, Hong DY, Wen J. 2020. A synopsis of the expanded Rhaphiolepis (Maleae, Rosaceae). PhytoKeys 154: 19-55.
8. Liu BB#, Liu GN#, Hong DY, Wen J. 2020. Typification of 23 names in Eriobotrya (Maleae, Rosaceae). PhytoKeys 139: 99-118.
9. Wen J, Herron SA, Yang X, Liu BB, Zuo YJ, Harris AJ, Kalburgi Y, Johnson G, Zimmer EA. 2020. Nuclear and chloroplast sequences resolve the enigmatic origin of the Concord grape. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 263.
10. Wang YB#, Liu BB#, Nie ZL, Chen HF, Chen FJ, Figlar RB, Wen J. 2020. Major clades and a revised classification of Magnolia and Magnoliaceae based on whole plastid genome sequences via genome skimming. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 58(5): 673-695.
11. Liu GN, Liu BB, Wen J, Wang YB. 2020. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Magnolia mexicana DC. (Magnoliaceae) from Central America. Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources 5(1): 798-799.
12. Liu BB, Hong DY, Zhou SL, Xu C, Dong WP, Johnson G, Wen J. 2019. Phylogenomic analyses of the Photinia complex support the recognition of a new genus Phippsiomeles and the resurrection of a redefined Stranvaesia in Maleae (Rosaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 57: 678-694.
13. Liu BB, Hong DY. 2017. A taxonomic revision of four complexes in the genus Pourthiaea (Rosaceae). Magnolia Press, Aucland. 1-75. (monograph)
14. Liu BB, Hong DY. 2016. A taxonomic revision of the Pourthiaea villosa complex (Rosaceae). Phytotaxa 244: 201-247.
15. Liu BB, Hong DY. 2016. Identity of Pourthiaea podocarpifolia (Rosaceae). Phytotaxa 269: 221-230.
16. Liu B-B, Hong D-Y. 2017. A taxonomic revision of four complexes in the genus Pourthiaea (Rosaceae). Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press. (专著)
位于北京西部香山脚下的中国科学院植物研究所是我国系统与进化生物学领域的第一个国家重点实验室
