Research group of Plant Taxonomy

> Research Interests

Mainly on Plant Taxonomy of Eastern Asian seed plants
1. The Taxonomic Literature of Eastern Asian Higher Plants
2. Alien Invasive Plant of China
3. Shanghai Metroflora
4. Systematics and Taxonomy ofEuonymus (Celastraceae)
5. Taxonomic Revision of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) in Eastern and Southern Asia
6. Natural History of Metasequoia, a living fossil
7. Taxonomic Revision of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) of Eastern and Southern Asia
8. History of Plant Taxonomy in China 
9. Chinese Plant Names Index

Major Ongoing Projects 

1）Alien Invasive Flora of China
“Alien Invasive Flora of China” was officially approved in May 2014, which was financially supportted by special foundation for national basic research of the Ministry of Science and Technology, China (Grant no. 2014FY120400, 2014-2018).
The invasion of alien species has becoming a worldwide hotspot, and how to prevent the serious damage of alien invasive species to local ecosystems and biodiversity has become a major problem to all human, especially like developing country of China. Currently, invasive plants of China has been a serious threat to our environment, biodiversity, economic and human security, especially since the reform and opening up since 1980s, with the globalization of trade and the extensive movement of population, the spread of invasive plants is increased rapidly. However, there is no one complete information of invasive plants in China, from which we can learn that how many species have become hazardous or been potentially harmful, what are the natural and geographical factors in their home origin, their biological and ecological characteristics, the invasive ways, distribution and the damage of their invasion, the nature and the trend of the invasion, how to prevent and treat, and so on.

In this project, great efforts will be made to collect comprehensive literatures of invasive plants in China and abroad. As result, more than 3,000 literatures were consulted, which involved in all aspects of invasive plants, such as taxonomy, ecology, physiology, molecular biology and sociology. According to these literatures, more than 800 species of invasive plants in China, belongs to 92 families and 445 genera in vascular plants, has been catalogued.

The distribution patterns of alien invasive species in China were preliminary learned through analyzing the distribution of invasive plants in each province and the number of species in special areas. Moreover, in order to learn the spread and distribution of invasive plants, we cooperated with other universities and research institutes throughout of China to inspect and recorded specimens of these invasive plants. Hopefully, Invasive Flora of China will be primary target in near future!

《The Survey Reports on Chinese Alien Invasive Plants》(2014) has been published. This is another book about Chinese alien invasive plants after《The Checklist of the Chinese Alien Invasive Plants 》(2013) published. In this book, the complete information of Chinese invasive plants has been recorded based on different regional. The book is divided into two part, Part Ι includes the northeast, north, northwest, central and eastern China, and Part II includes the south china, central south, southwest China, scientific names and Chinese names index. Basic overview of each region including physical geography conditions of municipalities and regions, analysis of vegetation and flora and invasive alien species. The information of specimens were collected from 54 major national herbaria in China.

　　《Illustrations of Alien Invasive Plants in China》 (2016) has been published. It includes 51 families, 153 genera, 254 species (includes infraspecific taxa). The color pictures, plant habitat, seedlings, roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, similar species, Chinese name and scientific name, and other important information are provided in this book.  The book won the second prize of the 30th science and technology books in East China science and technology press in 2017.

　　With the study extends, the information of invasive plants is also constantly changing, especially in terms of species, quantity, distribution, grade, etc. So it is particularly important to make a comprehensive revision on the basis of the original list. The whole book is divided into two parts: text and appendix. The text contains 465 species of invasive plants which belong to 69 families, 251 genera，and the appendix includes appendix 1 (98 species recommended for exclusion) and appendix 2(282 domestic species). 《The Checklist of the Chinese Alien Invasive Plants》is expected to be published in 2018.

2 ） Investigation of naturalized plants in China
The purpose of this project is to find out the species, source and distribution of naturalized plants in China, and to provide basic data for the subject of "Alien Invasive Flora of China". The English version of The Checklist of the Chinese naturalized Plants will published in 2018. This book includes 958 species of naturalized plants belonging to 486 genera and 106 families in China, and two appendices (66 species of cultivated species and 501 species of domestic species) will be provided for the collection of species that have been misreported as naturalized plants in the previous literature. It provides a scientific name, Chinese name, original document, name source, provincial distribution, origin and detailed references for each naturalized plants.

3 ） Shanghai Metroflora Project
The project will collect all of data both of native and naturalized vascular plants comprehensively throughout Shanghai within area nearly 7000 km2, and their distribution and status of all of vascular plants will be surveyed in order to provide evidence not only for protection and utilization of urban living resources but also for reconstruction and recovery of natural habitats. 

Based on investigation of plant species, the Shanghai Metroflora Project has planned to gridding of about 320 squares of 5 by 5 km, and sorting out the data of plant species, about 151 families 602 genera and 1198 wild species, and 154 families 727 genera 1792 cultivated species,. And the research work will cover the dynamic changes of both native plants and naturalized plants in Shanghai, including their historical and current situation, and present all information of plants including their basic information of habitat and distribution within 18 Districts (Counties) of Shanghai.

《The Keys of Shanghai Vascular Plants》comprises wide and cultivated plants except cultivated varieties in shanghai, about 202 families, 1100 genera, 2991 species (includes infraspecific taxa). It's the latest achievements in shanghai plant research after《The Checklist of Shanghai Vascular Plants》(2013) published. It was laid a good foundation to write Shanghai Metropolitan Flora in the future.

Based on four years investigation of plant species, the project has accumulated lots of data and established the shanghai digital flora website(http://shflora.ibiodiversity.net/aboutus.html). The project won the Shanghai Songjiang District Science and Technology Progress third prize in 2016.

Series of Illustrated flora of Shanghai is divided into three volumes: herbs, trees and shrubs, indoor ornamentals. 《Illustrated flora of Shanghai》-Herbs (2016) includes 119 families, 609 genera, 1674 species (includes infraspecific taxa), 3261 color photo.《Illustrated Flora of Shanghai》-Trees and Shrubs (2017) includes 104 families, 349 genera, 2134 species (includes infraspecific taxa), more than 4000 color photo. The photos in this book mainly come from the research group first-hand information, basically covers woody plant in Shanghai.

 
More information on Shanghai Metropolitan Flora：http://shflora.ibiodiversity.net/aboutus.html

4 ） Systematics and Taxonomy of genus Aristolochia subgenus Siphisia
National Natural Science Foundation of China（2014-2017）：we had visited more than 20 nature reserves, forest parks to carry out the collection of Aristolochia species. We collected a lot of specimens and living material included Aristolochia transsecta, Aristolochia forrestiana and Aristolochia utriformis which accumulated a lot of experimental material for taxonomy and molecular phylogenetic studies. In addition, we had collected more than 40 species, 1000 photographs and whole information of Aristolochia specimens online, which laid a good foundation for further research.

The phylogenetic relationships of Aristolochia was constructed based on the combined dataset of two nuclear DNA fragments and five chloroplast DNA regions. Forty more samples of was collected in 2016 and included in the analysis. The monophyly of this subgenus is strongly supported, which provide evidence for the taxonomic treatment of A. subgen. Siphisia as an independent genus. The phylogenetic reconstruction reveals three major clades within this subgenus (eastern Asian Clade, North American Clade and Aristolochia serpentaria Clade). Rapid radiation has been detected within the Sino-Himalaya group of eastern Asian Clade. The molecular dating analysis and ancestral area reconstruction analysis suggest that, the origin of this subgenus was estimated to be during Paleocene to Oligocene, this genus diversified during Miocene to Pliocene.

We focused on the taxonomy treatment, the analysis of morphological variations, and the phylogeny reconstruction of Aristolochia during the year 2017, and completed the following works: (1) 37 samples representing 27 species of this genus were collected through field investigation; taxonomic revisions of Aristolochia austroyunnanensis and A. dabieshanensis were made; and a new species, Aristolochia hyperxantha, was described and illustrated. (2) A study on the of variation of leaf venation patterns was conducted on 40 species of Aristolochia Subgenus Siphisia, suggesting the taxonomic significance of the characteristic of leaf venation. (3)Samples collected in this year were sequenced; the phylogeny of the subgenus Siphisia was reconstructed using about 50 species, which resolved the relationships of major lineages of Aristolochia and reflected distinguished geographic patterns. Biogeographic analysis revealed multiple vicariance and dispersal events occurred during the Miocene to Pleistocene, and suggested continental drift and climatic oscillations may significantly influenced the formation of present intercontinental disjunct distribution patterns and the diversification of this subgenus.

5 ） Chinese Plant Names Index
The project aims at to solve the above problems systematically. The objectives of this project is dealing with the taxonomic literature of new taxa, name changes, synonyms, records and typifications for all of the vascular plants distributed in China by steps, systematically collecting the information from the literature and digitally publishing the information. Specialized researchers will be able to retrieve the specific information after registration. These documents will be browsed, downloaded, borrowed, or accessed using the document delivery services according to the policy of the publisher company or database services.

The database of Bibliography of Chinese Vascular Plants for New Taxonomic Data contains the following items: a, Publication information: the name of book or journal, publishing year, volume, number and the page number range; b, Article information: author(s), title and language; and c, Taxa information: name of taxon, category of taxonomic treatment, page of taxon, type specimen and the herbaria in where the specimens preserved, distribution in the world and China, and other pertinent information if possible. The database will be opened to professional scholars, and information retrieval of all items can be realized through a database entry.

As a part of the renewal of A Bibliography of Eastern Asiatic Botany (1936) and A Bibliography of Eastern Asiatic Botany Supplement I (1958), the project of Chinese Plant Names Index only includes the work of vascular plants distributed in China, and will be completed in about five years. Two books in the series will be published before July 2018, covering more than 8000 taxonomic literatures from 2000 to 2016. In the next five years, six books will also be added to fill gaps in the previous literatures, thus forming a complete database of plant taxonomic literature in China since 1958. The database website has also been debugged and will be released when the data is finalized.

6 ） 《A Checklist of Woody Plants from East Asia》
There are 152 families, 1264 genera, 11885 species, 141 subspecies and 1653 varieties of native woody plants from East Asia in the checklist; among them, 11families, 38genera, 224 species and 74 varieties are gymnosperms, and 141 families, 1226 genera, 11661 species, 141 subspecies and 1579 varieties are Angiosperms; and among later, 136 families, 1167 genera, 10988 species, 141 subspecies and 1563 varieties are Dicots, and 5 families, 59 genera, 673 species and 16 varieties are Monocots. In total, there are 13679 taxa (including species, subspecies and varieties) among 152 families, 1264 genera, and 4940 taxa (about 36.1%) are widely distributed, but 8739 taxa(about 63.9%) are endemic to East Asia; and among the endemic, 8110 taxa in China, 857 taxa in Japan and 337 taxa in Koreas, which represented by 92.8%, 9.8%, 3.9% respentively.

> Selected Publication

• Books:
  1. Jinshuang Ma, 2017, A Checklist of Woody Plants from East Asia, Zhengzhou: Henan Science and Technology Press.
  2. Jinshuang Ma(Editors in Chief), 2017, Illustrated Flora of Shanghai - Trees and Shrubs. 413 pages; Zhengzhou：Henan Science and Technology Press (Chinese).
  3. Yuan Wang, Jinshuang Ma (Editors in Chief), 2016, Illustrated flora of Shanghai-Herbs.335 pages; Zhengzhou：Henan Science and Technology Press (Chinese).
  4. Jing Yan, Xiaoling Yan, Jinshuang Ma (Editors in Chief), Zhanghua Wang, Huiru Li (Vice Editors in Chief), 2016, Illustrations of Alien Invasive Plants in China. Shanghai: Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers (Chinese).
  5. Yansheng Chen (Editors in Chief), Xiaosi Guo，Jianping Chen, Chen Du (Associate Editors), 2016, The Checklist of Shaanxi Vascular Plants. Beijing: Higher Education Press (Chinese).
  6. Jinshuang Ma, Peter W. Ball, Geoffrey A. Levin, 2016, Celastraceae. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. Flora of North America North of Mexico. 20+ vols. New York and Oxford. Vol. 12, pp. 111-132.
  7. Turland, N., 2015, The Code Decoded: A User's Guide to the International Code of Nomenclature for Alage, Fungi, and plants. Translation Group of The Code Decoded (translate to Chinese). Beijing：Higher Education Press. 2015 (Chinese).
  8. Jinshuang Ma (Chief Editor), Xiaoling Yan (standing vice editor), 2014, The survey reports on chinese alien invasive plants (Two Part). Beijing：Higher Education Press.
  9. Jinshuang Ma (Chief Editor), Wang Y (standing vice editor), Li HR (vice editors), 2014, The keys of shanghai vascular plants. Beijing: Higher Education Press. 
  10. Jinshuang Ma (Chief Editor), 2013, The Checklist of Chinese Invasive Plants, 324 pages; Beijing: High Education Press (Chinese), 
  11. Jinshuang Ma(Chief Editor), 2013, The Checklist of Shanghai Vascular Plants, 442 pages; Beijing: High Education Press (Chinese), 
  12. Jinshuang Ma, 2011, The Outline of Taxonomic Literature of Eastern Asian Higher Plants, 504 p, Beijing: High Education Press (Chinese).
  
  

  Papers:
  

  1. Lingli Deng, Shuai Liao, Cheng Du, Jinshuang Ma* & David E Boufford*, 2017, Names of Chinese Plant Taxonomists – Order Out of Chaos. Taxon, 66(3):781-784. 
  2. Yunjuan Zuo, Jun Wen, Shiliang Zhou, 2017, Intercontinental and intracontinental biogeography of the eastern Asian - eastern North American disjunct Panax (the ginseng genus, Araliaceae), emphasizing its diversification processes in eastern Asia. Molecular Phylogenet Evolution, 117: 60-74 
  3. Xinxin Zhu, Shuai Liao, Zengpeng Sun, Aiguo Zhen & Jinshuang Ma*, 2017, The taxonomic revision of Asian Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) II: Identities of Aristolochia austroyunnanensis and A. dabieshanensis, and A. hyperxantha—a new species from Zhejiang, China. Phytotaxa, 313(1): 61-76. 
  4. Ce Shang*, Shuai Liao*, 2017, Yongjie Guo & Zhixiang Zhang, Dianyuea gen. nov. (Salicaceae: Scyphostegioideae) from southwestern China. Novon, 35(4): 499-505. 
  5. Xinxin Zhu, Shuai Liao, Zhengxu Ma, Bo Xu, Zhanghua Wang, Yuan Wang & Jinshuang Ma, 2017, The taxonomic revision of Asian Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) III: Two new taxa of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) and morphological revision for the flower character of A. obliqua from Yunnan, China, Phytotaxa, 332(3): 269-279. 
  6. Huiru Li, Yuan Wang, Xiaoling Yan, Zhanghua Wang, Jing Yan, Jinshuang Ma*, 2017, New data of Shanghai flora. Journal of East China Normal University (Natural Science), 1:132-138. (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  7. Zhanghua Wang, Yuan Wang, Jing Yan, Jinshuang Ma*, 2017, Ipomoea wrightii A.Gray —a newly naturalized species of mainland of China. Guihaia, 38(12): 1533-1536. (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  8. Jing Yan, Zhanghua Wang, Xiaoling Yan, Huiru Li, Jinshuang Ma*, 2017, New records of eight alien plants distributed in Jiangxi Province. Journal of Plant Resources and Environment, 26(03): 118-120. (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  9. Jing Yan, Xiaoling Yan, Zhanghua Wang, Huiru Li, Jinshuang Ma*, 2017, Distribution pattern and rating of alien invasive plants in Anhui Province. Plant Science Journal, 35(05): 679-690. (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  10. Long Zhang, Jing Yan, Jiayuan Mao, Jiuxi Shi, 2017, Structural analysis of urban forest communities at different latitudes of the Yangtze River Delta Region. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 36(9): 2394-2402. (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  11. Cheng Du, Wendy L. Applequist, Peiliang Liu & Jinshuang Ma*, 2016, Proposal to conserve the name Astragalus membranaceus Fisch. ex Bunge against A. membranaceus Moench (Leguminosae). Taxon, 65(2): 392–393. 
  12. Yunpeng Zhao*, Xiaoling Yan*, Graham Muir*, Qiongyan Dai, Marcus A. Koch & Chengxin Fu, 2016, Incongruent range dynamics between co-occurring Asian temperate tree species facilitated by life history traits. Ecology and Evolution, 6(8): 2346–2358. 
  13. Cheng Du, Yunjuan Zuo, Yuan Wang, Quanru Liu, Jinshuang Ma, 2016, Revision of seven species of Euonymus (Celastraceae) from East and South Asia. Phytotaxa, 288 (1): 019–031. 
  14. Xinxin Zhu, Shuai Liao, Lin Zhang, ZhangHua Wang, Cheng Du & Jinshuang Ma*, 2016, The taxonomic revision of Asian Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) I: Confirmation and illustration of A. austroszechuanica, A. faucimaculata and A. yunnanensis var. meionantha from China. Phytotaxa, 261 (2): 137–146. 
  15. Ce Shang, Shuai Liao, Zhixiang Zhang, and Liangcheng Zhao*, 2016, A New Combination for a Chinese Species of Wikstroemia (Thymelaeaceae). Novon, 24: 399–400. 
  16. Li He, Shuai Liao, Shipin Chen & Zhixiang Zhang*, 2016, Nomenclatural notes of Salix wangiana and S. zangica var. tibetica (Salicaceae). Phytotaxa, 245(1): 071–074. 
  17. Liang Zhao, XiWang Jiang, Yunjuan Zuo, Xiao-Lin Liu, SiewWai Chin, Rosemarie Haberle, Daniel Potter, ZhaoYang Chang, Jun Wen*, 2016, Multiple Events of Allopolyploidy in the Evolution of the Racemose Lineages in Prunus (Rosaceae) Based on Integrated Evidence from Nuclear and Plastid Data. Plos One, 11(6): e0157123. 
  18. Qingsong Yang, Guochun Shen, Heming Liu, Zhanghua Wang, Zunping Ma, Xiaofeng Fang, Jian Zhang, Xihua Wang, 2016, Detangling the Effects of Environmental Filtering and Dispersal Limitation on Aggregated Distributions of Tree and Shrub Species: Life Stage Matters, Plos One, 11(5): e0156326. 
  19. Shuangxi Yan, Huijie Liu, Lele Lin, Shuai Liao, Jinyu Li, Linying Pei & Lei Xie, 2016, Taxonomic status of Clematis acerifolia var. elobata, based on molecular evidence. Phytotaxa, 268(3): 209-219. 
  20. Ying Tang, Xinxin Zhu, Hua Peng* & Jinshuang Ma, 2016, Hemipilia galeata (Orchideae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Fujian Province, southeastern China. Phytotaxa, 245 (4): 271–280. 
  21. Huiru Li, Yuan Wang, Jinshuang Ma*, 2016, New records for alien plants in Shanghai. Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Science), 2: 153-159. (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  22. Huiru Li, Xiaoling Yan, Jing Yan, Zhanghua Wang, Jinshuang Ma*, New naturalized plant in Zhejiang. Weed Science, 34(1): 31-35 (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  23. Huiru Li, Xiaoling Yan, Jing Yan, Zhanghua Wang, Jinshuang Ma*, New naturalized plant in Jiangsu Province. Weed Science, 34(2): 42-44 (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  24. Xinxin Zhu, Lin Zhang, Zhixiang Hua, Guangfu Chen, Shuai Liao&Jinshuang Ma*, 2015, Aristolochia weixiensis, a new species of Aristolochiaceae from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa, 230 (1): 54–60. 
  25. Cheng Du, Yunjuan Zuo, Lei Wu, Quanru Liu & Jinshuang Ma*, 2015, Revision of five species of Euonymus (Celastraceae) from East and South Asia. Phytotaxa, 213 (3): 225–242. 
  26. Quanru Liu, Cheng Du, Yuanjuan Zuo, Zanghua Wang, Jinshuang Ma, 2015, The new record of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) and Euonymus Celastraceae) from Vietnam. Journal of Fairylake Botanical Garden, 13 (3-4): 7–10. 
  27. Jinshuang Ma, 2015, The XIX International Botanical Congress: The task of plant taxonomists from China. Journal of Fairylake Botanical Garden,13(3-4): 58-60 (in Chinese). 
  28. Wenpan Dong, Chao Xu, Changhao Li, Jiahui Sun, Yunjuan Zuo, Shuo Shi, Tao Cheng, Junjie Guo & Shiliang Zhou, 2015, Ycf1, the most promising plastid DNA barcode of land plants. Scientific reports, 5: 8348. 
  29. Huiru Li, Yuan Wang, Jinshuang MA, 2015, Current Status and Conservation Strategies of Endangered Plants from Shanghai. Plant Science Journal, 33(3): 336-345 (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  30. Yunjuan Zuo, Jun Wen*, Jinshuang Ma, Shiliang Zhou, 2015, Evolutionary radiation of the Panax bipinnatifidus species complex (Araliaceae) in the Sino-Himalayan region of eastern Asia as inferred from AFLP analysis. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 53(3): 210-220. 
  31. Zhanghua Wang, Jing Yan, Xiaoling Yan, Huiru Li, Jinshuang Ma*, 2015, Acmella radicans var. debilis (Kunth) R. K. Jansen (Asteraceae), A Newly Naturalized Plant in China. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany, 23(6):643-646. 
  32. Yuan Wang, Huiru Li, Jinshuang Ma*, 2015, Alien plants in shanghai and rating of their invasion. Plant Diversity and Resources, 37(2):185-202.(in Chinese with English abstract). 
  33. Qiushi Wang, Yuan Wang, Xiaoling Yan, Xianfeng Zeng, Jinshuang Ma, Hongqing Li, 2015, Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell. — A Newly Naturalized Plant of Mainland of China. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany, 23(3): 284-288. (in Chinese with English abstract) 
  34. Jing Yan, Xiaoling Yan, Zhanghua Wang, Huiru Li, Jinshuang Ma*, 2015, New records of five species of alien plants in Anhui province. Journal of Plant Resources and Environment, 2015, 24(3):109-111. (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  35. Xianfeng Zeng, Heyuan Qiu, Zehua Zheng, Jinshuang Ma, 2014, The alien invasive plant in Hainan Island, Journal of Fairylake Botanical Garden, 13(1-2): 17-26 
  36. Haiyang Shou, Xiaoling Yan, Jinshuang Ma*, 2014, Nomenclatural Notes on Alien Invasive Vascular Plants in China (3). Plant Diversity and Resources, 36(6): 763-770. 
  37. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong*, Do Van Hai, Bui Hong Quang, Nguyen The Cuong, Nguyen Sinh Khang, Dang Quoc Vu & Jinshuang Ma*, 2014, Aristolochia xuanlienensis, a new species of Aristolochiaceae from Vietnam. Phytotaxa, 188(4):176-180 
  38. Xiaoling Yan, Haiyang Shou, Jinshuang Ma*, 2014, The alien invasive plant in zhejiang province, China. Plant Diversity and Resources, 36(1): 77-88. (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  39. Xiaoling Yan, Quanru Liu, Haiyang Shou, Xianfeng Zeng, Yong Zhang, Li Chen, Yan Liu, Haiying Ma, Shuyan Qi, Jinshuang Ma*, 2014, The categorization and analysis on the geographic distribution patterns of Chinese alien invasive plants. Biodiversity Science, 22(5): 667-676. (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  40. Cheng Du, Jinshuang Ma, 2014, Introduction to Asian Floras. Advances in biodiversity conservation and research in China X. 67-80. (in Chinese with English abstract).
  41. Jinshuang MA, 2014, Current status and challenges of Chinese plant taxonomy. Chinese Science Bulletin, 59(6):510. 
  42. Jinshuang Ma, Yan Liu, Fanan Wei, 2013, A new species of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa, 87(3): 45–49. 
  43. Cheng Du, Yunjuan Zuo, Jinshuang Ma*, 2013, Revision of three species of Euonymus (Celastraceae) from China. Phytotaxa, 109(1): 45–53. 
  44. Cheng Du, Peiliang Liu, Yuan Lu, Zaimin Jiang, 2013, Newly Recorded Plant Species to Shaanxi, China. Journal of Northwest Forestry University, 28(2): 86-88. (Chinese with English abstract). 
  45. Xiaoling Yan, Haiyang Shou, Jinshuang Ma*, 2012, The Problem and Status of the Alien Invasive Plants in China. Plant Diversity and Resources, 34(3): 287-313 (Chinese with English abstract). 
  46. Haiyang Shou, Xiaoling Yan, Jinshuang Ma*, 2012, Nomenclatural Notes on Alien Invasive Vascular Plants in China (II). Plant Diversity and Resources, 34(4): 347-353. 
  47. Yuan Wang, Huiru Li, Bingjie Ge, Jinshuang Ma*, 2012, Review on Shanghai Vascular Plants. Guihaia, 32(6): 854-859 (Chinese with English abstract). 
  48. Xiaoling Yan, Jinshuang Ma*, 2011, Nomenclatural Notes on Alien Invasive Vascular Plants in China. Plant Diversity and Resources, 33(1): 132-144. 
  49. Jinshuang Ma, 2010, Nomenclatural Notes on Alien Vascular Plants in North America Originated from East Asia. Acta Botanical Yunnanica, 32(1): 14-24. 
  50. Jinshuang Ma, 2010, The Invasive Plants of North America – A Primary Analysis. Acta Botanical Yunnanica, Suppl. XVII: 1-18. 51. Jinshuang Ma, 2010, A Review of Leafy Spurge, Euphorbia esula (Euphorbiaceae), the Most Aggressive Invasive Alien in North America. Acta Botanical Yunnanica Suppl. XVII: 19-45.

> Team Members

Principal Investigator (PI) MA Jinshuang, Ph D., Professor Tel: 86-21-67657816 Fax: 86-21-67657811 E-mail: majinshuang@sibs.ac.cn, jinshuangma@gmail.com Address: Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences / Chenshan Botanical Garden 3888 Chenhua Road, Songjiang Shanghai 201602 China

Research Assistants（in alphabetical order）

	DU Cheng M.S., Research Assistant Tel: 021-37792288-918 E-mail:  caragana_tu@hotmail.com		LI Huiru M.S., Research Assistant Tel: 021-37792288-918 Email:  wwwlihuiru@163.com
	WANG Zhanghua M.S., Research Assistant Tel: 021-37792288-920 E-mail: wangzh19881213@gmail.com		WANG Yuan Research Assistant Tel: 021-37792288-933 E-mail:  wangyuanensis@gmail.com
	YAN Xiaoling Ph.D., Research Assistant Tel: 021-37792288-920 E-mail:  sx_yxl@163.com		YAN Jing M.S., Research Assistant Tel: 021-37792288-918 E-mail: 709486662@qq.com
	ZUO Yunjuan Ph D., Research Assistant Tel: 021-37792288-918 E-mail:  zuo.yunjuan@gmail.com

> Postgraduate

LI Xiaoqin  M.S.    2014
DENG Lingli  M.S.    2016

> graduate

WANG Qiushi   M.S.    2012

YAO Chiyuan Ph D   2012