Areas of Focus
- Plant Systematics and Taxonomy (Leguminosae)
- Plant Cell Taxonomy
- International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
- Botanical Latin
Work Experience
- 2001-03 to Present - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher, Researcher
- 1999-03 to 2001-02 - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 1984-08 to 1987-08 - Northwest A&F University - Intern Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1995-10 to 1999-03 PhD: Tohoku University, Japan
- 1987-09 to 1990-07 Master's: Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1980-09 to 1984-07 Bachelor's: Lanzhou University
Publications
- Author citations for nomenclatural novelties published in volume 15 of Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS), Xiangyun Zhu, 2015
- New taxonomic entities and new synonyms of Leguminosae in China, Xiangyun Zhu, 2015
- Phylogeny of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae): Integrating molecular and morphological evidence into a new classification, Xiangyun Zhu, 2015
- To make a clearer definition of “gathering”, Xiangyun Zhu, 2014
- Proposal to move Appendix I into the main body of the Code as Chapter X, Xiangyun Zhu, 2014
- Diversification of the phaseoloid legumes: effects of climate change, range expansion and habit shift, Xiangyun Zhu, 2013
- Corrections of wrongly spelled scientific names in Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, Xiangyun Zhu, 2013
- Proposal to conserve the name Glycyrrhiza inflata against G. paucifoliolata (Leguminosae), Xiangyun Zhu, 2012
- Leaf epidermal characters and taxonomic revision of Schizophragma and Pileostegia (Saxifragaceae), Xiangyun Zhu, 2011
- Species Catalogue of China Volume I Spermatophytes IV, Xiangyun Zhu, 2015
- Medicinal Flora of China vol. 5, Xiangyun Zhu, 2016
Awards
- Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow (2006): Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow (2001): Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Third Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress (1998): Chinese Academy of Sciences