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Kong, H.H., Condamine, F.L., Yang, L.Y., Harris, AJ, Feng, C., Wen, F., Kang, M. 2022. Phylogenomic and macroevolutionary evidence for an explosive radiation of a plant genus in the Miocene. Systematic Biology 71: 589–609.
Xu, M.Z. Yang, L.Y., Kong, H.H., Wen, F., Kang, M. 2021. Congruent spatial patterns of species richness and phylogenetic diversity in karst flora: Case study of Primulina (Gesneriaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59: 251–261.
Liu, W.Z., Xie, J.G., Zhou, H., Kong, H.H., Hao, G., Fritsch, P.W., Gong, W. 2021. Population dynamics linked to glacial cycles in Cercis chuniana F. P. Metcalf (Fabaceae) endemic to the montane regions of subtropical China. Evolutionary Applications 14:2647–2663.
Feng, C., Wang, J., Wu, L.Q., Kong, H.H., Yang, L.Y., Feng, C., Wang, K., Rausher, M., Kang, M. 2020. The genome of a cave plant, Primulina huaijiensis, provides insights into adaptation to limestone karst habitats. New Phytologist 227: 1249–1263.
Yang, L.H., Wen, F., Kong, H.H., Sun, Z.X., Su, L.Y., Kang, M. 2020. Two new combinations in Oreocharis (Gesneriaceae) based on morphological, molecular and cytological evidence. PhytoKeys 157: 43–58.
Xu, M.Z., Kong, H.H., Kang, M., Yang, L.Y. 2020. A new species of Primulina (Gesneriaceae) from Danxia landform in Jiangxi, China. Taiwania 65: 163–166.
Kong, H.H., Zhou, X.L., Zhou, B.F., Wen, F., Yang, L.Y. 2019. Primulina sichuanensis var. pinnatipartita (Gesneriaceae), a remarkable new variety from Chongqing, China. Phytotaxa 406:287–293.
Yang, L.H.#, Kong, H.H. #, Huang, J.P., Kang, M. 2019. Different species or genetically divergent populations? Integrative species delimitation of the Primulina hochiensis complex from isolated karst habitats. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 132:219–231. (#co-first author)
Sun, Z.X., Feng, C., Yang, L.Y., Kong, H.H.* 2019. Development of 16 single-copy nuclear gene markers for Oreocharis auricula (Gesneriaceae), a perennial herb in China. Applications in Plant Sciences 7: e11304. (*Author for correspondence)
Dong, S.Y., Xiao, Y., Kong, H.H., Feng, C., Harris, A.J., Yan, Y.H., Kang, M. 2019. Nuclear loci developed from multiple transcriptomes yield high resolution in phylogeny of scaly tree ferns (Cyatheaceae) from China and Vietnam. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139:106567.
One Thousand Plant Transcriptomes Initiative (113/130). 2019. One thousand plant transcriptomes and phylogenomics of green plants. Nature 574: 679–685.
Zhou, J., Liu, W.Z., Kong, H.H.*, Gong, W*. 2018. Identification of Microsatellites in Aconitum reclinatum (Ranunculaceae), a rare species endemic to North America. Applications in Plant Sciences 6: e1161. (*Author for correspondence)
Kong, H.H., Liu, W.Z., Yao, G., Gong, W. 2018. Characterization of the whole chloroplast genome of a rare and endangered species Aconitum reclinatum (Ranunculaceae) in the United States. Conservation Genetics Resources 10: 165–168.
Liu, W.Z., Kong, H.H., Zhou, J., Fritsch, P.W., Hao, G., Gong, W. 2018. Complete chloroplast genome of Cercis chuniana (Fabaceae) with structural and genetic comparison to six species in Caesalpinioideae. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19: 1286.
Kong, H.H., Condamine, F.L., Harris, A.J., Chen, J.L., Pan, B., M?ller M., Hoang, V.S., Kang, M.. 2017. Both temperature fluctuations and East Asian monsoons have driven plant diversification in the karst ecosystems from southern China. Molecular Ecology 26:6414–6429.
Kong, H.H. #, Liu, W.Z. #, Yao, G., Gong, W. 2017. A comparison of chloroplast genome sequences in Aconitum (Ranunculaceae): a traditional herbal medicinal genus. PeerJ 5:e4018. (#co-first author)
Kong, H.H., Zhang, Y., Hong, Y., Barker, M.S. 2017. Multilocus phylogenetic reconstruction informing polyploid relationships of Aconitum subgenus Lycoctonum (Ranunculaceae) in China. Plant Systematic and Evolution 303:727–744.
Wang, J., Ai, B., Kong, H.H., Kang, M. 2017. Speciation history of a species complex of Primulina eburnea (Gesneriaceae) from limestone karsts of south China, a biodiversity hotspot. Evolutionary Applications 10:919–934.
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 54:83–91. (*Author for correspondence)
Moeller M., Nishii K., Atkins H.J., Kong H.H., Kang M., Wei Y.G., Wen F., Hong X., Middleton D.J. 2016. An expansion of the genus Deinostigma (Gesneriaceae). Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 68:145–172.
Heiduk, A., Kong, H.H., Brake I, von Tschirnhaus, M., Tolasch, T., Troeger, A.G., Wittenberg, E., Francke, W., Meve, U., Dotterl, S. 2015. Deceptive Ceropegia dolichophylla fools its kleptoparasitic fly pollinators with exceptional floral scent. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3:66.
Zhang, Y., Kong, H.H., Yang, Q.E. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic status of the monotypic Chinese genus Anemoclema (Ranunculaceae). Plant Systematic and Evolution 301:1335–1344.
Gao, Y., Ai, B., Kong, H.H., Kang, M., Huang, H.W. 2015. Geographical pattern of isolation and diversification in karst habitat islands: a case study in the Primulina eburnea complex. Journal of Biogeography 42:2131–2144.
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Liede-Schumann S., Kong, H.H., Meve U., Thiv M. 2012. Thiv. Subtribe Tylophorinae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae: Asclepideae) re-visited. Taxon 61:803–825.
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