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Rong Li
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunnan
Language: Chinese, English
Plant Taxonomy
Biogeography
Phylogeny
Evolution
Biodiversity
Conservation
Species Diversity
Flora
Botany
Ecology
Areas of Focus
- Plant Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Plant Phylogeny and Evolutionary Biology
Work Experience
- 2003.08 – Present - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher, Associate Researcher, Researcher
- 2013.12 – 2014.11 - University of Maryland, Department of Biology - Visiting Scholar
- 2008.04 – 2010.03 - Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2000.10 – 2000.12 - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Visiting Scholar
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000-08--2003-07 PhD in Science: Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1997-09--2000-07 MSc in Science: Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1993-09--1997-06 BSc in Science: College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University
Publications
- Diversity pattern and conservation of Monocotyledon in Yunnan, China, Yan-Li Wen, Rong Li, 2024
- Finding Pedicularis fastigiata, a long-lost critically endangered plant species of China, Rong Li, Wenbin Yu, 2024
- A new species of Dichocarpum (Ranunculaceae) from northeastern Yunnan, China, Rong Li, Yan-Li Wen, Yong-Li Zhao, En-De Liu, Wei Li, 2024
- A new species of Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae) from western Yunnan, China, Jun Sun, Yan-Li Wen, Rong Li, 2023
- Honoring a legend: Celebrating the life and legacy of Professor Heng Li, Hui-Jun Guo, Jin-Ling Huang, Yun-Heng Ji, Rong Li, Chun-Lin Long, Qin-Er Yang, Yong-Ping Yang, Ting-Shuang Yi, 2023
- Phylogenetic diversity and its distribution pattern of asterids in Yunnan angiosperms flora, Hanjie Zhou, Ruxuan Yang, Rong Li, 2022
- Evolutionary history of rosids in Yunnan angiosperms, Ruxuan Yang, Hanjie Zhou, Rong Li, 2022
- Phylogenetic relatedness of woody angiosperm assemblages and its environmental determinants along a subtropical elevational gradient in China, Juan Yue, Rong Li, 2021
- A phylogenetic perspective on the evolutionary processes of floristic assemblages within a biodiversity hotspot in eastern Asia, Rong Li, Juan Yue, 2020
- Conserving Meconopsis smithiana, a critically endangered plant species in Yunnan, China, Rong Li, Mengyu Wang, Juan Yue, Zhiyou Wang, 2020
- Discovery of new populations of the vulnerable plant Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora in Yunnan, China, Rong Li, Yun Xiong, Jun Sun, 2019
- Finding Lysimachia robusta, a long-lost endemic plant species of China, Rong Li, 2019
- Current progress and future prospects in phylofloristics, Rong Li, Lishen Qian, Hang Sun, 2018
- Phylofloristics: a case study from Yunnan, China, Rong Li, Hang Sun, 2017
- Using a mega-phylogeny of seed plants to test for non-random patterns of areal-types across the Chinese tree of life, Rong Li, 2016
- Phylogeny and diversification of Chinese Araliaceae based on nuclear and plastid DNA sequence data, Rong Li, Jun Wen, 2016
- Rediscovery of the supposedly extinct Pedicularis humilis in the eastern Himalayas, Rong Li, Xiaochun Shi, Wenbin Yu, Shi Feng, Weibang Sun, 2016
- Seed plant phylogenetic diversity and species richness in conservation planning within a global biodiversity hotspot in eastern Asia, Rong Li, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Haiying Yu, Heng Li, 2015
- A phylogenetically informed delineation of floristic regions within a biodiversity hotspot in Yunnan, China, Rong Li, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Jie Yang, Yuhua Wang, 2015
- A new species of Coelogyne (Orchidaceae) from western Yunnan, China, Rong Li, Zhiling Dao, 2014
- Phylogeny and biogeography of Asian Schefflera (Araliaceae) based on nuclear and plastid DNA sequence data, Rong Li, Jun Wen, 2014
- A new species of Rubia (Rubiaceae) from western Yunnan, China, Rong Li, Heng Li, 2013
- Complete sequencing of five Araliaceae chloroplast genomes and the phylogenetic implications, Rong Li, Pengfei Ma, Jun Wen, Tingshuang Yi, 2013
- Phylogeny and biogeography of Dendropanax (Araliaceae), an amphi-Pacific disjunct genus between tropical/subtropical Asia and the neotropics, Rong Li, Jun Wen, 2013
- A new species of Hydrocotyle (Umbelliferae) from western Yunnan, China, Rong Li, Heng Li, 2013
- Meconopsis xiangchengensis (Papaveraceae), a new species from Sichuan, China, Rong Li, Jie Yang, Zhiling Dao, 2012
- Lloydia nana, a new species of Liliaceae from China, Rong Li, Heng Li, 2012
- Ligusticum gongshanense sp. nov. (Umbelliferae) from western Yunnan, China, Rong Li, Fa-Ding Pu, Heng Li, 2012
- Pleurospermum tripartitum sp. nov. (Umbelliferae) from western Yunnan, China, Rong Li, Fa-Ding Pu, Heng Li, 2012
- Isolation and characterization of 21 microsatellite loci in Cardiocrinum giganteum var. yunnanense (Liliaceae), an important economic plant in China, Rong Li, Jie Yang, Junbo Yang, Zhiling Dao, 2012
- Is Remusatia (Araceae) monophyletic? Evidence from three plastid regions, Rong Li, Tingshuang Yi, Heng Li, 2012
- Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Pyrenaria complex (Theaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences, Rong Li, Jun-Bo Yang, Shi-Yong Yang, De-Zhu Li, 2011
- Aletris simpliciflora sp. nov. (Nartheciaceae) from southeast Xizang, China, Rong Li, Shudong Zhang, 2011
- Seed plant species diversity and conservation in the northern Gaoligong mountains in western Yunnan, China, Rong Li, Zhiling Dao, Heng Li, 2011
