1. Direction:

Biogeography and Evolutionary Ecology

2. MAJOR RESEARCH INTEREST

• Biogeographic and diversification patterns of Orchidaceae and Gesneriaceae

3. EDUCATION

• 2006.09-2010.06: Ph.D., Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Supervisors: Prof. Zhi-Duan Chen

• 2003.09-2006.07: M.Sc. Department of Biogeography and Ecology, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Supervisor: Prof. Zhe-Kun Zhou

•1999.09- 2003.07: B.Sc. Southwest Forestry University, China.

4. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

• 2018.12-: Associated Professor, School of Life Sciences, Nanchang University, China

• 2017.03-2018.11: Associated Professor, Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• 2010.07-2017.02: Assistant Professor, Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

5. Recent Publications  (* corresponding author):

(1) Wang KY, Zhou P, Cui YF, Liu YZ, Zhang WG, Pan B, Huang YS, Guo ZY, Li ZY, Li ZY, Jin WT, Zhang Q*, Guo CC*, Xiang XG*. 2025. The chromosome-level genome of Hemiboea subcapitata provides new insights into karat adaptation. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 63(6):135–1369.

(2) Zhang PY, Zhou P, Liu YZ, Xu ZW, Gong LQ, Xiang XG*. 2025. Distribution dynamics of wide-ranged and narrow-ranged species from the Pliocene to the future: Insights from Asian endemic Holcoglossum (Orchidaceae). Ecology and Evolution, 15: e71301.

(3) Lei WS, Zhou P, Pei ZL, Liu YZ, Luo Y, Xiang XG*. 2024. Plastome evolution and comparative analyses of a recently radiated genus Vanda (Aeridinae, Orchidaceae). International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25: 9538.

(4) Zhou P, Lei WS, Shi YK, Liu YZ, Luo Y, Li JH, Xiang XG*. 2024. Plastome evolution, phylogenomics, and DNA barcoding investigation of Gastrochilus (Aeridinae, Orchidaceae), with a focus on the systematic position of Haraella retrocalla. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25: 8500.  

(5) Yan H, Zhou P, Wang W, Ye JF, Tan SL, Guo CC, Zhang WG, Zhu ZW, Liu YZ, Xiang XG*. 2024. Biogeographical historical of Pterocarya (Juglandaceae) inferred from phylogenomic and fossil data. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 62(6): 1165–1176.

(6) Zhou P, Li JH, Liu YZ, Luo Y*, Xiang XG*. 2023. Species richness disparity in tropical terrestrial herbaceous floras: Evolutionary insight from Collabieae (Orchidaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 186: 107860.  

(7) Cui YF^#, Zhou P^#, Xiang KL, Zhang Q, Yan H, Zhang LG, Pan B, Huang YS, Guo ZY, Li ZY, Xiang XG*. 2023. Plastome evolution and phylogenomics of Trichosporeae (Gesneriaceae) with its morphological characters appraisal. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14: 1160535.

(8) Xiang XG, Deng CY, Yan H, Liu YJ, Liu ZC, Cheng K, Ban QM, Lang YX. 2023. Carya luana C.-Y. Deng et X.-G. Xiang, sp. nov. (Juglandaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China, identified based on whole plastome phylogeny and morphometrics. Nordic Journal of Botany, 5: e03867.

(9) Zhang LG, Li XQ, Jin WT, Liu YJ, Zhao Y, Rong J, Xiang XG*. 2023. Asymmetric migration dynamics of the tropical Asian and Australasian floras. Plant Diversity, 45:20-26.

(10) Li XQ, Xiang XG*, Zhang Q, Jabbour F, Ortiz R del C, Erst AS, Li ZY, Wang W*. 2022. Immigration dynamics of tropical and subtropical Southeast Asian limestone karst floras. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, 289: 20211308.

(11) Li Y, Jin WT, Zhang LG, Zhou P, Luo Y, Zhu ZW, Xiang XG*. 2022. Biogeography and diversification of the tropical and subtropical Asian genus Gastrochilus (Orchidaceae, Aeridinae). Diversity, 14, 396.

(12) Yan H, Zhang JS, Ye JF, Guo CC, Xiang XG*. 2021. Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Pterocarya macroptera var. delavayi (Juglandaceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6: 1344–1345.

(13) Guo ZY, Wu ZW, Xu WB, Li ZY, Xiang XG*.2020. Paraboea dolomitica (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China. PhytoKeys 153: 37–48.

(14) Zhao JH, Zhou P, Li XQ, Zhang LG, Jin XH, Xiang XG*. 2020. Temporal and spatial pattern of Holcoglossum Schltr. (Orchidaceae), an East Asia endemic genus, based on nuclear and chloroplast genes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 245.

(15) Li XQ, Guo ZY, Li Y, Zhou P, Chen XH, Li ZY, Xiang XG *. 2019. Hemiboea guangdognensis comb. & stat. nov., a cryptic species segregated from H.subcapitata (Gesneriaceae) based on morphological and molecular data. Nordic Journal of Botany 37: e02574.

(16) Xiang XG, Xiang KL, Ortiz Rosa Del C, Jabbour Florian, Wang Wei*. 2019. Integrating palaeontological and molecular data uncovers multiple ancient and recent dispersals in the pantropical Hamameliaceae. Journal of Biogeography. 46: 2622–2631.

(17) Wu ZW, Guo ZY, Deng CY, Li ZY, Xiang XG*. 2019. Hemiboea albifolia, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Guizhou, China. PhytoKeys. 122: 79–86.

(18) Guo ZY, Li ZY, Xiang XG*. 2018. Oreocharis duyunensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China. Nordic Journal of Botany. 36: 01514.

(19) Li SW, Han MQ, Li XJ, Li ZY, Xiang XG*. 2018. Hemiboea suiyangensis (Gesneriaceae): a new species from Guizhou, China. PhytoKeys. 99: 99–106.