刘莹

基本信息

姓名：刘莹

性别：女 

职称：副教授

导师类型：博士生导师

学历：博士

网页：https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ying-Liu-26

电子邮箱：liuyng73@mail.sysu.edu.cn

研究方向

主要从事植物分类与系统发育研究，运用整合系统学方法厘清类群间的演化关系，准确界定分类单元，构建稳定可靠的分类系统。同时还关注类群的演化历史，探讨其多样性格局、形成机制及关键性状的遗传基础。

教育经历

2005.09-2010.06  中国科学院植物研究所   植物学，博士（硕博连读）

2000.09-2004.06  中山大学   生命科学学院   生物科学专业，学士    

工作经历

2023.05-至今    中山大学  生态学院   副教授         

2015.01-2023.04   中山大学  生命科学学院  副教授    

2012.08-2014.12   中山大学  生命科学学院  讲师    

2010.09-2012.07   中山大学  生命科学学院  师资博士后    

学术成就

在SCI刊物上以第一作者或通讯作者（包括共同第一和共同通讯）发表论文40余篇，其中包括分类与系统发育方向的主流刊物Taxon、Journal of Systematics and Evolution、Molecular phylogenetics and evolution、Systematic Botany、Frontiers in Plant Science、Phytokeys等。

主持和参加项目

国家自然科学基金面上项目：野牡丹科蜂斗草族复合群系统发育与进化历史研究，32170220，2022.01-2025.12，58万，主持

广东省自然科学基金面上项目：野海棠属基于形态及基因组重测序数据的整合物种界定，2021A1515011214，2021.01-2023.12，10万，主持

国家自然科学基金面上项目：野牡丹科锦香草属及野海棠属的系统学研究，31770214，2018.01-2021.12，60万，主持

国家自然科学基金青年基金：菊科蒲儿根属的分子系统学研究，31100160，2012.1-2012.12，10万，主持

深圳市野生动植物保护管理处：薇甘菊入侵遗传机制研究项目，2013.12- 2016.11，30万，主持

国家自然科学基金面上项目：野牡丹属姐妹种毛菍和野牡丹适应性分化的遗传基础，31670210，2017.1-2020.12，62万，参与

国家重点研发计划：红树林生物资源DNA条形码的数据采集，2017.2-2021.2，参与

广东省科技厅科技计划项目：展毛野牡丹重要性状的遗传基础及新品种培育，2017.5-2020.4，参与

广东省科技厅科技计划项目：锦香草种质资源的收集、评价与开发利用，2015.9-2018.8，参与

论文专著

Dai, J. H., Zhou, R. C., Liu, Y.* (2025) Phylogeny, species delimitation, and biogeographical history of Bredia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 207, 108326.

Zhuang, Q. Y., Dai, J. H., Zou, C. Y., Liu, Y., Yu, Z. Y., Jiang, X., Zhou, Q. J., Zhu, Z. M., Zhang, W. X., Guo, X. B., Zhou, R.C., Liu, Y.* (2025) Generic delimitation in the Cyphotheca-Plagiopetalum-Sporoxeia clade, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 205, 108290.

Zhou, S. X., Ma, K. N., Mower, J. P. *, Liu, Y. *, Zhou, R. * (2024) Leaf variegation caused by plastome structural variation: an example from Dianella tasmanica. Horticulture Research, 11(3), uhae009.

Liu, Y. *, Dai, J. H., Zhuang, Q. Y., Zou, C. Y., Ma, K. N. (2024) Resurrection of Perilimnastes (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) with description of a new species P. nana. PhytoKeys, 238, 11.

Jiang, X. Y., Chen, Y. P., Yuan, L. X., Lei, C. Y., Liu, Y.*, Fan, Q. * (2024) Paraphlomis octopus (Lamiaceae), A New Species from Southern China. Systematic Botany, 49(2), 444-454.

Dai, J. H., Van Do, T., Liu, Y.* (2023) Four new species of Perilimnastes (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) from Vietnam. PhytoKeys, 235, 1.

Huang, G., Wu, W., Chen, Y., Zhi, X., Zou, P., Ning, Z.L., Fan, Q., Liu, Y., Deng, S. L., Zeng, K., Zhou, R. C. (2023). Balancing selection on an MYB transcription factor maintains the twig trichome color variation in Melastoma normale. BMC biology, 21(1), 1-19.

Zhou, Q. J., Dai, J. H., Lin, C. W., Ng, W. L., Van Do, T., Wai, J. S., Michelangeli, F.A., Reginato, M., Zhou, R. C.*, Liu, Y.* (2022). Out of chaos: Phylogenomics of Asian Sonerileae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 175, 107581.

Liu, Y.*, Veranso-Libalah, M.C., Kadereit, G., Zhou, R.C., Quakenbush, J.P., Lin, C.W., Wai, J.S., (2022). Systematics of the Tribe Sonerileae, in: Goldenberg, R., Michelangeli, F.A., Almeda, F. (Eds.), Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae. Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 321–343.

Yu, R. X., Zhou, S. Y., Chen, X. L., Fang, D. M., Yue, X. Y., Ma, K. N., Zhou, R. C., Liu, Y.* (2022). Exploring the Species Limits in Balanophora Subgenus Balania. Systematic Botany, 47(3), 869-875.

Yu, R., Sun, C., Zhong, Y., Liu, Y., Sanchez-Puerta, M. V., Mower, J. P., Zhou, R. (2022). The minicircular and extremely heteroplasmic mitogenome of the holoparasitic plant Rhopalocnemis phalloides. Current Biology, 32(2), 470-479.

Dai, J. H., Nong, S. Y., Guo, X. B., Van Do, T., Liu, Y., Zhou, R. C., Liu, Y.* (2022).  Three new species of Bredia (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) from the Sino-Vietnamese border area. PhytoKeys, 195, 107-125.

Su, Y. L., Liu, Y., Liu, Y.* (2021). A new species of Phyllagathis (Melastomataceae, Sonerileae) from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa, 500(2), 117-124.

Chen, H. L., Nong, S. Y., Liu, Y., Liu, Y.* (2021). A new species of Phyllagathis (Melastomataceae, Sonerileae) from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa, 509(2), 225-232.

Yu, R. X., Zhou, S. Y., Li, Y. Q., Ma, K. N., Li, Y. Y., Huang, L. S., Zhou, R. C., Liu, Y.* (2021). Two New Species of Balanophora (Balanophoraceae) from South China. Systematic Botany, 46(4), 1053-1066.

Dai, J. H., Zhuang, Q. Y., Zhou, R. C., Wai, J. S., Van Do, T., Liu, Y.* (2020). Generic affiliation of Phyllagathis phamhoangii (Melastomataceae) from Vietnam. Phytotaxa 470(3), 217-225.

Dai, J. H., Zhou, Q. J., Zhou, R. C., Liu, Y.* (2020). A new species of Bredia (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) from Sichuan, China. PhytoKeys 152, 1.

Zhou, S., Ni, S., Dai, J. H., Zhou, Q. J., Zhou, R. C.*, Liu, Y.* (2020). Natural hybridization between Phyllagathis and Sporoxeia species produces a hybrid without reproductive organs. PLoS One 15(1), e0227625

Kartonegoro, A.*, Liu, Y., Mota de Oliveira, S., Van Welzen, P. (2020). A taxonomic revision of Pseudodissochaeta (Melastomataceae, Dissochaeteae). Phytotaxa, 468(2), 159-174.

Zou, C. Y., Liu, Y., Liu, Y.* (2020). Sinosenecio ovatifolius (Asteraceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa, 460(2), 149-159.

Zhong, Y.*, Yu, R., Chen, Y., Zhou, R., Liu, Y. (2020). The complete chloroplast genomes of the mangrove fern Acrostichum aureum. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 5(3), 2258-2259.

Zhou, Q.J., Dai, J. H., Zhou, R. C., Liu, Y.* (2019). A new species of Tashiroea (Melastomataceae, Sonerileae) from Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa, 414(6), 269-279.

Banerjee, A. K., Mukherjee, A., Guo, W., Liu, Y., Huang, Y.* (2019). Spatio-temporal patterns of climatic niche dynamics of an invasive plant Mikania micrantha Kunth and its potential distribution under projected climate change. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 291.

Liu, Y., Xu, Y., Yang, Q. E.* (2019). Sinosenecio peltatus (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a remarkably distinctive new species from Guangdong, China. Phytotaxa, 406(3), 206-212.

Dai, J. H., Lin, C. W., Zhou, Q. J., Li, C. M., Zhou, R. C., Liu, Y.* (2019). The specific status of Melastoma kudoi (Melastomataceae, Melastomeae). Bot. Stud. 60(1), 5.

Dai, J. H., Zhou, Q. J., Yu, Z. Y., Zhou, R. C., Liu, Y.* (2019). A new species of Fordiophyton (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) from Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 122, 15.

Zhou, Q. J., Lin, C. W., Dai, J. H., Zhou, R. C.*, Liu, Y.* (2019). Exploring the generic delimitation of Phyllagathis and Bredia (Melastomataceae): A combined nuclear and chloroplast DNA analysis. J. Syst. Evol. 57 (3), 256–267.

Zhou, Q. J., Dai, J. H., Lin, C. W., Denda, T., Zhou, R. C., Liu, Y.* (2019). Recircumscription of Bredia and resurrection of Tashiroea (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) with description of a new species T. villosa. PhytoKeys 127, 121–150.

Zhou, Q. J., Lin, C. W., Ng, W. L., Dai, J. H., Denda, T., Zhou, R. C.*, Liu, Y. * (2019). Analyses of plastome sequences improve phylogenetic resolution and provide new insight into the evolutionary history of Asian Sonerileae/Dissochaeteae. Front. Plant. Sci. 10, 1477.

Guo, W., Liu, Y., Ng, W. L., Liao, P. C., Huang, B. H., Li, W. X., Li, C. M., Shi, X. G., Huang, Y.* (2018). Comparative transcriptome analysis of the invasive weed Mikania micrantha with its native congeners provides insights into genetic basis underlying successful invasion. BMC genomics, 19(1), 1-17.

Zhou, R. C., Zhou, Q. J., Liu, Y.* (2018). Bredia repens (Melastomataceae), a new species from Hunan, China. Systematic Botany, 43(2), 544-551.

Liu, Y., Chen, Y., Boufford, D. E.* (2018). Faberia pinnatifida (Asteraceae; Cichorieae), a new species from Sichuan, China. Systematic Botany, 43(1), 316-324.

Huang, G. L., Liu, Y., Wu, W., Ng, W. L., Ning, Z. L., Zhang, R. J., Fan Q., Zhou, R. C.* (2018). Multi-locus analyses indicate that Melastoma dendrisetosum, an endemic and endangered shrub in Hainan, is a distinct species. Systematic Botany, 43(1), 258-265.

Zhou, Q. J., Ng, W. L., Wu, W., Zhou, R. C., Liu, Y.* (2018). Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Tigridiopalma magnifica (Melastomataceae). Conservation Genetics Resources, 10, 571-573.

Sui, X., Mao, L., Liu, Y., He, F.* (2018). Mapping relative extinction risk for biodiversity conservation. Biological Conservation, 226, 168-176.

Gong, W., Liu, Y., Chen, J., Hong, Y., Kong, H. H.* (2016). DNA barcodes identify Chinese medicinal plants and detect geographical patterns of Sinosenecio (Asteraceae). Journal of systematics and Evolution, 54(1), 83-91.

Liu, Y., Yang, Q. E.* (2014). Cytotaxonomy of Dubyaea glaucescens (Compositae–Cichorieae). Nordic Journal of Botany, 32(6), 871-874.

Liu, Y. *, Ren, C. (2014). Cytotaxonomy of Prenanthes faberi (Compositae–Cichorieae). Nordic Journal of Botany, 32(1), 115-118.

Liu, Y., Chen, Y. S., Yang, Q. E.* (2013). Generic status, circumscription, and allopolyploid origin of Faberia (Asteraceae: Cichorieae) as revealed by ITS and chloroplast DNA sequence data. Taxon, 62(6), 1235-1247.

Liu, Y., Yang, Q. E.* (2012). Sinosenecio jiangxiensis (Asteraceae), a new species from Jiangxi, China. Botanical Studies, 53(3).

Liu, Y., Deng, T., & Yang, Q. E.* (2012). Karyology of the genus Faberia (Cichorieae–Asteraceae) and its systematic implications. Nordic Journal of Botany, 30(3), 365-371.

Chen, Y. L., Liu, Y., Yang, Q. E. et al., (2011). Sinosenecio B. Nord. In : Wu, Z. Y. & Raven, P. H. (eds.), Flora of China Volume 20-21 (Asteraceae). Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis, pp. 464-481.

Chen, Y. L., Liu, Y., Yang, Q. E. et al., (2011). Hainanecio Y. Liu & Q. E. Yang. In : Wu, Z. Y. & Raven, P. H. (eds.), Flora of China Volume 20-21 (Asteraceae). Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis, pp. 544

Liu, Y., Zhang, D. G., Yang, Q. E.* (2011). Sinosenecio albonervius (Asteraceae), a new species from Hunan and Hubei, China. Botanical Studies (Taipei, Taiwan), 52, 359-365.

Liu, Y., Yang, Q. E.* (2011). Sinosenecio sichuanicus (Asteraceae), a new species from Sichuan, China. Botanical Studies, 52(2), 219-223.

Liu, Z. Y., Liu, Y., Yang, Q. E.* (2011). Sinosenecio nanchuanicus (Asteraceae), a new species small in size yet high in chromosome number from Chongqing, China. Botanical Studies, 52(1).

Liu, Y., Yang, Q. E.* (2011). Hainanecio, a new genus of the Senecioneae, Asteraceae from China. Botanical Studies, 52(1), 115-120.

Liu, Y., Yang, Q. E.* (2011). Floral micromorphology and its systematic implications in the genus Sinosenecio (Senecioneae-Asteraceae). Plant systematics and evolution, 291, 243-256.

Liu, Y., Yang, Q. E.* (2011). Cytology and its systematic implications in Sinosenecio (Senecioneae-Asteraceae) and two closely related genera. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 291, 7-24.

Liu, Y., Zhang, D. G., Yang, Q. E.* (2010). Sinosenecio hupingshanensis (Asteraceae), a new species from Hunan and Hubei, China. Bot Stud, 51, 387-394.

Liu, Y., Yang, Q. E.* (2010). Sinosenecio yilingii (Asteraceae), a new species from Sichuan, China. Bot Stud, 51, 269-275.

Liu, Y., Chen, G. X., Yang, Q. E.* (2009). Sinosenecio baojingensis (Asteraceae), a new species from Hunan, China. Bot Stud, 50, 107-113.

Zhang, D. G., Liu, Y., Yang, Q. E.* (2008). Sinosenecio jishouensis (Compositae), a new species from north-west Hunan, China. Bot Stud, 49, 287-294.

Liu, Y., Peng, C. I., Yang, Q. E.* (2007). Validation of the name Parasenecio morrisonensis (Compositae-Senecioneae) for a species endemic to Taiwan. Taxon, 56(2), 583-584.