• Diversification of flowering plants in space and time 

      Dimitrov, Dimitar; Xu, Xiaoting; Su, Xiangyan; Shrestha, Nawal; Liu, Yunpeng; Kennedy, Jonathan D.; Lyu, Lisha; Nogués-Bravo, David; Rosindell, James; Yang, Yong; Fjeldså, Jon; Liu, Jianquan; Schmid, Bernhard; Fang, Jingyun; Rahbek, Carsten; Wang, Zhiheng (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The rapid diversification and high species richness of flowering plants is regarded as ‘Darwin’s second abominable mystery’. Today the global spatiotemporal pattern of plant diversification remains elusive. Using a newly ...
    • Global distribution and evolutionary transitions of angiosperm sexual systems 

      Wang, Yunyun; Luo, Ao; Lyu, Tong; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Xu, Xiaoting; Freckleton, Robert P.; Yaoqui, Li; Su, Xiangyan; Li, Yichao; Liu, Yunpeng; Sandanov, Denis; Li, Qingjun; Hao, Zhanqing; Liu, Shuguang; Wang, Zhiheng (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Angiosperm sexual systems are fundamental to the evolution and distribution of plant diversity, yet spatiotemporal patterns in angiosperm sexual systems and their drivers remain poorly known. Using data on sexual systems ...
    • Global patterns of species richness of the holarctic alpine herb Saxifraga: The role of temperature and habitat heterogeneity 

      Liu, Lian; Xu, Xiaoting; Zhang, Lei; Li, Yaoqi; Shrestha, Nawal; Neves, Danilo M; Wang, Qinggang; Chang, Hong; Su, Xiangyan; Liu, Yunpeng; Wu, Jianyong; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Wang, Zhiheng; Jianquan, Liu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The effects of contemporary climate, habitat heterogeneity and long-term climate change on species richness are well studied for woody plants in forest ecosystems, but poorly understood for herbaceous plants, especially ...
    • Spatio-temporal patterns in the woodiness of flowering plants 

      Luo, Ao; Xu, Xiaoting; Liu, Yunpeng; Li, Yaoqi; Su, Xiangyan; Li, Yichao; Lyu, Tong; Dimitrov, Dimitar Stefanov; Larjavaara, Markku; Peng, Shijia; Chen, Yongsheng; Wang, Qinggang; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.; Pellissier, Loïc; Schmid, Bernhard; Wang, Zhiheng (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Aim Woody and herbaceous habits represent one of the most distinct contrasts among angiosperms, and the proportion of woody species in floras (i.e., “woodiness” hereafter) represents a fundamental structural element of ...