1.Taxonomic synopsis ofBerberis(Berberidaceae) from the northern Hengduan mountains region in China, with descriptions of seven new species. Yao-Ke Li, Julian Harber, Chuan Peng, Zhi-Qiang Du,Yao-Wu Xing* , Chih-Chieh Yu*.Plant Diversity,2022.44:505-517.
2.Adaptive responses drive the success of polyploid yellowcresses (Rorippa, Brassicaceae) in the Hengduan Mountains, a temperate biodiversity hotspot. Ting-Shen Han*, Zheng-Yan Hu, Zhi-Qiang Du, Quan-Jing Zheng, Jia Liu, Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Yao-Wu Xing*. Plant Diversity.45 (2022)455-467. Doi:10.1016/j.pld.2022.02.002.
3.The complete chloroplast genome ofAndrosace erecta(Primulaceae) and its phylogenetic implication，Chuan Peng , Chih-Chieh Yu and Yao-Wu Xing*，MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B，2021, (6)7: 1987–1989.
5.Comparative phylogeography of Acanthocalyx(Caprifoliaceae) reveals distinct genetic structures in the Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains.Qi?Yong Mu,Chih?Chieh Yu,Yan Wang,Ting?Shen Han,Hui Wang,Wen?Na Ding,Qiu?Yue Zhang,Shook Ling Low,Quan?Jing Zheng,Chuan Peng,Zheng?Yan Hu,Yao?Wu Xing*.Alpine Botany.(2022) 132:153–168。
6.The diversification of the northern temperate woody flora–A case study of the Elm family (Ulmaceae) based on phylogenomic and paleobotanical evidence. Qiu-Yue Zhang, MinDeng, YanisBouchenak-Khelladi, Zhe-Kun Zhou, Guang-Wan Hu, Yao-Wu Xing*.Journal of Systematics and Evolution, doi: 10.1111/jse.12720
7.Fossil-Informed Models Reveal a Boreotropical Origin and Divergent EvolutionaryTrajectories in the Walnut Family (Juglandaceae). Qiu-Yue Zhang, RICHARD H. REE, NICOLAS SALAMIN, Yao-Wu Xing?,DANIELESILVESTRO?, SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY, DOI:10.1093/sysbio/syab030
8.A new Rorippa species (Brassicaceae), R. hengduanshanensis,from the Hengduan Mountains in China. Quan-Jing Zheng, Chin-Chieh Yu, Yao-Wu Xing*,Ting-Shen Han*. Phytotaxa, 2021, 480 (3): 210–222.https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.480.3.1
9.Extensive Miocene speciation in and out of Indochina: The biogeographic history ofTyphoniumsensustricto(Araceae) and its implication for the assembly of Indochinaflora. Shook Ling Low, Chih-Chieh Yu, ImHinOoi, WichanEiadthong, Alan Galloway, Zhe-Kun Zhou, Yao-Wu Xing*. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2021.59(3):419-428,doi: 10.1111///jse.12689
10.Notes on the type specimen of Acanthocalyxdelavayi (Caprifoliaceae) at Herbarium of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris (P). Qi-Yong Mu, Chih-Chieh Yu, Yao-WuXing*, Phytotaxa,2020, 451 (1): 090–092. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.451.1.8
11.Notes on the type specimen of Acanthocalyxdelavayi (Caprifoliaceae) at Herbarium of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris (P). Qi-Yong Mu, Chih-Chieh Yu, Yao-WuXing*, Phytotaxa,2020, 451 (1): 090–092. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.451.1.8
12.Ancient orogenic and monsoon-driven assembly of the world’s richest temperate alpine flora. Ding WN, Ree RH*, SpicerRA, Xing YW*, Science, 369, 578–581 (2020))
13.OligoceneLimnobiophyllum(Araceae) from the central Tibetan Plateau and its evolutionary and palaeoenvironmental implications.Shook Ling Low, Tao Su, Teresa E. V. Spicer, Fei-Xiang Wu, Tao Deng, Yao-Wu Xing*,Zhe-Kun Zhou*, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2020, 18(5):415-431. doi:10.1080/14772019.2019.1611673
14.Polyploidy promotes species diversification of Allium through ecological shifts.Ting Shen Han , Quan-Jing Zheng , Renske E. Onstein , Blanca M. Rojas-Andrés , Frank Hauenschild , Alexandra N. Muellner-Riehl , Yao-Wu Xing*, New Phytologist, 2020., 225:571–583. doi: 10.1111/nph.16098
15.Miocene Ulmus fossil fruits from Southwest China and their evolutionary and biogeographic implications. Zhang QY, Huang J, Jia LB, Su T, Zhou ZK, Xing YW*,Review of Palaeobotanyand Palynology. 2018. 259:198-206.doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.10.007
16.An early Oligocene occurrence of the palaeoendemic genus Dipteronia (Sapindaceae) from Southwest China, Wen-Na Ding, Jian Huang, Tao Su, Yao-Wu Xing*,Zhe-Kun Zhou*, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2018, 249: 16~23, doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2017. 11.002
17.Uplift-driven diversification in the Hengduan Mountains, a temperate biodiversity hotspot, Yaowu Xing, Richard H. Ree,Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017, 114:E3444–E3451, doi:10.1073/pnas.1616063114
18.Testing the biases in the rich Cenozoic angiosperm macrofossil record，Xing Y W*, Gandolfo MA, Onstein RE, et al.，International Journal of Plant Sciences，177(4): 371-388, 2016.doi: 10.1086///685388
19.Cenozoic biogeographical evolution of woody angiosperms using fossil distributions.Xing Y W*, M.A., Gandolfo, H.P., Linder. 2015. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 24(2015): 1290–1301. doi:10.1111/geb.12383
20.Fossils and a large molecular phylogeny show that the evolution of species richness, generic diversity and turn-over rates are disconnected. Xing Y W, Onstein, R.E., Carter, R.J., et al., 2014.. Evolution, 68 (10): 2821-2832, 2014, doi: 10.1111/evo.12489
21.A new Quercus species from the late Miocene of southwestern China and its ecological significance. Xing Y W, J.J. Hu, F.M.B. Jacques, et al., Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 193(2013): 99 - 109.doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.02.001
22.A new Quercus species from the late Miocene of southwestern China and its ecological significance. Xing Y W, J.J. Hu, F.M.B. Jacques, et al., Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 193(2013): 99 - 109.doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.02.001
23.A new Tsuga species from the upper Miocene of Yunnan, southwestern China and its palaeogeo graphic significance. Xing Y W, Liu YS, Su T, et al., Palaeoworld, 22(2013):159-167, doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2013.09.003
24.Palaeoclimatic estimation reveals a weak winter monsoon in southwestern China during the late Miocene: Evidence from plant macrofossils. Xing Y W, T Utescher, F. M. B. Jacques, T. Su, et al., Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 358-360(2012): 19-26. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.07.011
25.The rise of angiosperm-dominated herbaceous floras: Insights from Ranunculaceae.，Wang W , Lin L, Xiang X G , Ortiz R D C , Liu Y , Xiang K L , Yu S X , Xing Y W , et al., Scientific Reports, 6(2016):article number 27259
26.First occurrence of Cedrelospermum (Ulmaceae) in Asia and its biogeographic implications. Jia, L. B., Manchester, S. R., Su, T., Xing Y W., et al., Journal of Plant Research, 128(2015): 747-761.
27.A classification of Angiosperm evolutionary radiations triggers .Bouchenak-Khelladi Y., R.E., Onstein, Y.W., Xing, et al.,New Phytologist. 207(2015): 313-326.
28.Do Mediterranean‐type ecosystems have a common history?–insights from the Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). Onstein R.E, Carter R.J., Xing Y W, et al., Evolution. 69(2015): 756-771.
29.Specific positive relationship between stomatal frequency and pCO2 of Quercuspannosa (Fagaceae) indicates a low atmospheric pCO2 during the late Pliocene. Hu, J.J., Xing Y W,Turkington R., et al., Annals of Botany, 115(2015): 777–788.
30.As old as the mountains: the radiations of the Ericaceae. Schwery, O.M., R.E, Onstein, Y., Bouchenak-Khelladi, XingY W, et al.,New Phytologist, 207(2015): 355-367.
31.Diversification rate shifts in the Cape Floristic Region: the right traits in the right place at the right time. Onstein, R.E., R.J.,Carter, Xing Y W, et al., Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 16(6): 331-340, 2014.
32.Late Miocene southwestern Chinese floristic diversity shaped by the southeastern uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. Jacques, F.M.B., Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Xing Y W, et al., Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 411(2014): 208-215.
33.Late Miocene southwestern Chinese floristic diversity shaped by the southeastern uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. Jacques, F.M.B., Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Xing Y W, et al., Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 411(2014): 208-215.
34.Evolution of stomata and trichome density of the Quercusdelavayi complex since the late Miocene. Hu, Q, Xing Y W *, J.J., Hu, et al., Chinese Science Bulletin, 59(3): 310-319, 2014.
35.Fossil bamboos from the Middle Miocene in Yunnan, Southwest China. Wang L.,F. M. B. Jacques, T. Su, Xing Y W, et al., Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 197(2013): 253-265.
36.Evolution of stomata and trichome density of the Quercusdelavayi complex since the late Miocene. Hu, Q., Xing Y W *, J.J., Hu,et al., Chinese Science Bulletin, 58(2013): 2057-2067.
37.Regional constraints on leaf physiognomy and precipitation regression models: a case study from China. Su, T., R. A. Spicer, Y. S. Liu, Y.J. Huang, Xing Y W, et al., Bulletin of Geoscience, 88(3):595-608, 2013.
38.Post-Pliocene establishment of the present monsoonal climate in SW China: evidence from the late Pliocene Longmenmegaflora. Su, T., Jacques, F. M. B., Spicer, R. A., Liu, Y. S., Huang, Y. J., Xing Y W, et al., Climate of the Past, 9(2), 1675-1701, 2013.
39.The intensification of the East Asian winter monsoon contributed to the disappearance of Cedrus (Pinaceae) in southwestern China. Su T, Liu YS, Jacques F, Huang YJ, Xing Y W, et al., Quaternary Research , 80(2013): 316-325.
40.First discovery of Cucubalus (Caryophyllaceae) fossil, and its biogeographical and ecological implications.Huang, Y.J., Y.S. (C.) Liu, F.M.B. Jacques, Su T., Xing Y W, et al., Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 190(2013): 41-47.
41.Phylogeographic analysis reveals significant spatial genetic structure of Incarvilleasinensis as a product of mountain building. Shaotian Chen, Xing Y W, Tao Su, et al., BMC Plant Biology , 12(2012):58.
42.New fossil seeds of Sambucus (Adoxaceae) from the Late Pliocene of SW China. Huang, Y.J., F. Jacques, Y.S. Liu, Xing Y W et al., Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology ,171(2012): 152-163.
