Areas of Focus
- Systematics and taxonomy of seed plants
- Floristic geography
- Conservation
Work Experience
- 2005-07 to Present - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2002-07 to 2003-08 - Missouri Botanical Garden, USA - Visiting Scholar
- 2002-07 to 2005-06 - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1997-09 to 2002-07 PhD in Science: Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1993-09 to 1997-07 Bachelor's in Science: Inner Mongolia University
Publications
- Protognetaceae: a new gnetoid macrofossil family from the Jurassic of northeastern China, Yang Yong, 2017
- Floral structure and ontogeny of Syndiclis (Lauraceae), Yang Yong, 2017
- 中国裸子植物物种濒危和保育现状, 杨永, 2017
- 中国高等植物受威胁物种名录, 杨永, 2017
- A new gnetalean macrofossil from the Early Cretaceous and its evolutionary significance, Yang Yong, 2017
- Nomenclature notes on Phoebe chekiangensis (Lauraceae), Yang Yong, 2017
- A new species of the Ranunculaceae from southwestern China based on morphological and molecular data, Yang Yong, 2016
- Is Ephedra lepidosperma (Ephedraceae) a validly published name?, Yang Yong, 2016
- Correcting the type designations of Caryodaphnopsis baviensis and C. laotica (Lauraceae), Yang Yong, 2016
- Cuticular features of Cryptocarya (Lauraceae) from Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Indo-China and its taxonomic implications, Yang Yong, 2016
- 交互式检索表提升分类学研究与应用效率:以兰科植物为例, 杨永, 2016
- 中国被子植物科属概览: 依据APG III系统, 杨永, 2015
- 中国裸子植物的多样性和地理分布, 杨永, 2015
- 中国樟科物种编目: 问题和展望, 杨永, 2015
- Macrofossil evidence unveiling evolution and ecology of early Ephedraceae, Yang Yong, 2015
- Parallel evolution of leaf morphology in Gnetophytes, Yang Yong, 2015
- (2408) Proposal to conserve the name Ephedrites cheniae (Liaoxia cheniae) against Potamogeton jeholensis (fossil Gnetales: Ephedraceae), Yang Yong, 2015
- Origin and evolution of the unusual leaf epidermis of Caryodaphnopsis (Lauraceae), Yang Yong, 2014
- A systematic classification of Ephedraceae: living and fossil, Yang Yong, 2014
- Chengia laxispicata gen. et sp. nov., a new ephedroid plant from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, Northeast China: evolutionary, taxonomic, and biogeographic implications, Yang Yong, 2013
- The earliest fleshy cone of Ephedra from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Northeast China, Yang Yong, 2013
- Beilschmiedia turbinata: a newly recognized but dying species of Lauraceae from tropical Asia based on morphological and molecular data, Yang Yong, 2013
- A new species of Caryodaphnopsis Airy Shaw (Lauraceae) from southeastern Yunnan, China, Yang Yong, 2013
- 麻黄属的起源时间讨论, 杨永, 2011
- Cuticular diversity of the seed outer envelope in Ephedra (Ephedraceae) with a discussion on its systematic significance, Yang Yong, 2011
- Notes on the typification of Beilschmiedia xizangensis (Lauraceae), Yang Yong, 2011
- Venation pattern of Syndiclis Hook. f. and its related genera, Yang Yong, 2010
- New insights into the species problem, Yang Yong, 2010
- Proposal to conserve the name Machilus (Lauraceae) with a conserved type, Yang Yong, 2008
- The nomenclature of fossil Ephedraceae, Yang Yong, 2007
- Asymmetrical development of biovulate cones resulting in uniovulate cones in Ephedra rhytidosperma (Ephedraceae), Yang Yong, 2007
- Proposal to conserve the name Ephedrites (fossil Ephedraceae) with a conserved type, Yang Yong, 2006
- Correcting the type designation of Phoebe calcarea S. K. Lee et F. N. Wei (Lauraceae), Yang Yong, 2006
- Morphology and affinities of an Early Cretaceous fossil - Ephedra archaeorhytidosperma sp. nov. (Ephedraceae- Gnetopsida), Yang Yong, 2005
- A new species of Ephedra L. (Ephedraceae) from Sichuan, China with a note on its systematic significance, Yang Yong, 2005
- Ontogeny of triovulate cones of Ephedra intermedia and origin of the outer envelope of ovules of Ephedraceae, Yang Yong, 2004