Peng Hua
Professor
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography
Kunming Institute of Botany
China
Biography
PENG Hua, Professor of Botany and Curator of Herbarium of Kunming Institute of Botany (KUN). Major research interests include 1) classical taxonomy on Poaceae; 2) systematic study of several highly isolated taxa at higher ranks and characteristic elements in East Asia, such as Carlemanniaceae, Sladeniaceae, Monotropoideae (Ericaceae), Chelonopsis (Labiatae), Cichorieae (Asteraceae), and Amitostigma (Orchidaceae); 3) population genetics and phylogeography of endangered or evolutionary significant plant species, such as Dipentoden sinicus, Ellisiophyllum pinnatum, Sladenia celastrifolia, Craspedolobium unijugum and Chimaphila japonica; 4) floristic study on certain regions, especially those with transitional and typical flora, including Wuliang mountain, Xiaobaicaoling mountain, Yongde snow mountain, Jiaozi snow mountain, Cangshan mountain and northwest region of Yunnan.
Research Interest
floristic study on certain regions, population genetics and phylogeography of endangered or evolutionary significant plant species, classical taxonomy on Poaceae
Publications
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Xiang CL, Dong ZH, Peng H, Liu ZW. Trichome micromorphology of the East Asiatic genus Chelonopsis (Lamiaceae) and its systematic implications. Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 2010 Dec 31;205(7):434-41.
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Liu YC, Peng H. Miscanthus subgen. Rubimons subgen. nov.(Poaceae) and Miscanthus villosus sp. nov. from southwest Yunnan, China. Nordic Journal of Botany. 2010 Dec 1;28(6):670-2.
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Liu ZW, Zhou J, Liu ED, Peng H. A molecular phylogeny and a new classification of Pyrola (Pyroleae, Ericaceae). Taxon. 2010 Dec 1;59(6):1690-700.
