PUBLICATIONS for JENNY QIU-YUN XIANG

Xiang QY(J), JL Thorne, TK Seo, WH Zhang*, DT Thomas*, RE Ricklefs. 2008. Rates of nucleotide substitution in Cornaceae (Cornales) - pattern of variation and underlying causal factors. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. DOI: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49: 327-342

Peters*, M. D., Q-Y (Jenny) Xiang, D. T. Thomas, and J. Stucky. In press. Genetic analyses of the federally endangered Echinacea laevigata using amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) – Inferences in population genetic structure and mating system. Conservation Genetics DOI:10.1007/s10592-008-9509-1.

Manchester, S. R., Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang, T. M.Kodrul, and M. Akhmetiev. In press. Leaves of Cornus (Cornaceae) from the Paleocene of North America and Asia confirmed by thrichome characters. International Journal of Plant Sciences.

Harris* AJ, QY(J) Xiang, and David Thomas. In press. Molecular and Morphological Inference of the Phylogeny, Origin, and Biogeographic History of Aesculus L. (Sapindaceae or Hippocastanaceae). TAXON.

Krings, A., D. T. Thomas and Q-Y (Jenny) Xiang. 2008. On the generic circumscription of Gonolobus (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae): Evidence from molecules and morphology. Systematic Botany 33:403-415.

Xiang, Q.P., Q.-Y. (J.), Xiang, Y. Y. Guo, and X. C. Zhang. In press. Phylogeny of Abies (Pinaceae) inferred from ITS sequence data. TAXON.

Xiang QY(J) and DT Thomas*. 2008. Tracking character evolution and biogeographic history through time in Cornaceae – Does choice of methods matter? Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 46: 349-374.

Xiang, Q.-Y. In press. Aucubaceae, Helwingiaceae, and Toricelliaceae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (ed. K.Kubitzki). Vol. X. Asteridea (vol. Ed. J. W. Kadereit).

Zhang, W., Q-Y (Jenny) Xiang, D. T. Thomas, B. M. Wiegmann, and D. E. Soltis. 2008. Molecular evolution of PISTILLATA-like genes in the dogwood genus Cornus(Cornaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.12.022

Thomas, D. T., A. R. Ahedor, C. F. Williams, C. dePamphilis, D. J. Crawford, and Q-Y (Jenny) Xiang. 2008. Genetic analysis of a broad hybrid zone in Aesculus Sapindaceae) – Is there evidence of long-distance pollen dispersal? International Journal of Plant Sciences.

Fan*, C.Z., Q.-Y. (J) Xiang, D.L. Remington, M. D. Purugganan, B. M. Wiegmann. 2007. Evolutionary pattern of antR-Cor gene in the dwarf dogwoods complex (Cornus, Cornaceae). Genetica. August (online first) 130: 19-34.

Manchester, S. R., Q.-Y. (J) Xiang, Q.P. Xiang. 2007. Curtisia (Cornales) from the Eocene of Europe and its phytogeographic significance. Botanical Journal of Linnean Society 155: 127-137.

Xiang, Q.-Y. (J.), David T. Thomas*, Wenheng Zhang*, Steven R. Manchester, and Zack Murrell. 2006. Species level phylogeny of the Dogwood genus Cornus (Cornaceae) based on molecular and morphological evidence - implication in taxonomy and Tertiary intercontinental migration. Invited paper for the 2004 IAPT (International Association of Plant Taxonomy) symposium in Japan. TAXON 55: 9-30.

J. L. Modliszewski*, D. T. Thomas*, C. Z. Fan*, D. J. Crawford, C. W. dePamphilis, Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang. 2006. Ancestral chloroplast polymorphism and historical secondary contact in a broad hybrid zone of Aesculus (Sapindaceae). American Journal of Botany. 93: 377-388.

Xiang, (Jenny) Q.-Y. 2005.Cornales. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. May 2005. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., UK.

Xiang, (J.) Q.-Y. S. R. Manchester, D. Thomas*, W. H. Zhang*, C. Z Fan*. 2005. Phylogeny, biogeography, and molecular dating of Cornelian Cherries (Cornus, Cornaceae) - tracking Tertiary plant migration. Evolution 59: 1685-1700.

Xiang, Q.-Y. and D. E. Boufford. 2005. Cornaceae, Mastixiaceae, Toricelliaceae, Helwingiaceae, and Aucubaceae. Pp. 206-234. In: Wu, Z.Y. & P.H. Raven (eds). Flora of China. Vol. 14 (Apiaceae through Ericaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Houston, N. L., C. Z. Fan*, Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang, J.-M. Schulze, R. Jung, R. S. Boston. 2005. Phylogenetic analyses identify ten classes of the protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family in plants including single-domain PDI related proteins. Plant Physiology 137: 762-778.

Krings*, A. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 2005. Taxonomy of the Gonolobus complex (Apocynaceae – Asclepiadoideae) in the southeastern US: ISSR evidence and parsimony analysis. Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 147-159.

Fan*, C.Z., M. D. Purugganan, D. T. Thomas*, B. M. Wiegmann, and (J.) Q.-Y. Xiang. 2004. Heterogeneous evolution of the Myc-like anthocyanin regulatory gene and its phylogenetic utility in Cornus L. (Cornaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 580-594.

Xiang (J.) Q.-Y., W. H. Zhang*, R. E. Ricklefs, H. Qian, Z. D. Cheng, J. Wen, and J. H. Li. 2004. Regional differences in speciation and ITS Evolution: A comparison between eastern Asia and eastern North America. Evolution 58: 2175-2184.

Karlson, D.T., (Jenny) Q.-Y. Xiang, V. E. Stirm†, A. M Shirazi, Edward N. Ashworth. 2004. Phylogenetic analyses in Cornus substantiate ancestry of xylem supercooling freezing behavior and reveal lineage of desiccation related proteins. Plant Physiology 135: 1654-1665.

Xiang, Q. P., (J.) Q.-Y. Xiang, A. Liston, and X.C. Zhang. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships in Abies (Pinaceae): evidence from PCR-RFLP of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 145: 425-435.

Krings*, A. and Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang. 2004. The Gonolobus complex (Apocynaceae - Asclepiadoideae) in the southeastern United States. Sida 21: 103-116.

Xiang, (Jenny) Q.-Y., Y. Shui, and Z. Murrell. 2003. Cornus eydeana (Cornaceae), A New Cornelian Cherry from China –Notes on Systematics and Evolution. Systematic Botany 28(4): 757-764. Plate I. Plate II. Plate III.

Fan, C. Z.* and (Jenny) Q.-Y. Xiang. 2003. Phylogenetic analyses of Cornales based on 26S rDNA and combined 26S rDNA-matK-rbcL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 90 (9) 1357-1372.

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (I am one of the contributors). 2003. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of Linneaen Society 141: 399-436.

Xiang, Q.-Y., M. L. Moody, D. E. Soltis, C.-Z. Fan, and P. S. Soltis. 2002. Relationships within Cornales and circumscription of Cornaceae – matK and rbcL sequence data and effects of outgroups and long branches. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 24: 35-57.

Xiang, Q.-Y. (J.) and D. E. Boufford. 2002. Cornaceae, Aubaceae, and Helwingiaceae. Flora of China. English Version. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. E-version.

Xiang, Q.-Y. and D. E. Soltis. 2001. Dispersal-Vicariance analyses of intercontinental disjuncts: historical biogeographical implications for angiosperms in the Northern Hemisphere. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 162: S29-39.

Fan, C.-Z. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships within Cornus L. (Cornaceae) based on 26S rDNA sequences. American Journal of Botany. 88:1131-1138.

Soltis, D. E., M. Tago-Nakazawa, Q.-Y. Xiang, S. Kavano, J. Murata, M. Wakabayashi, and C. Hibsch-Hetter. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships in Chrysosplenium (Saxifragaceae) based on matK sequence data. American Journal of Botany. 88. 883-894.

Xiang, Q-.P., Q.-Y. Xiang, A. Liston, L.-K. Fu, and D.-Z. Fu. 2000. Length variation of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer in the genus Abies, with references to its systematic utility in Pinaceae. Acta Botanica Sinica. 42: 946-951.

Xiang, Q.-Y., D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, S. R. Manchester, and D. J. Crawford. 2000. Timing the eastern Asian-eastern North American floristic disjunction: molecular clock corroborates paleontological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15: 462-472. Erratum.

Xiang, Q.-Y. 1999. Systematic affinities of Grubbiaceae and Hydrostachyaceae within Cornales - insights from rbcL sequences. Harvard papers in Botany 4: 527-542.

Xiang, Q.-Y. and D. E. Soltis. 1998. rbcL sequence divergence and phylogenetic relationships of Cornaceae sensu lato. pp. 123-139 In D. E. Boufford & H. Ohba (editors), Sino-Japanese Flora - Its Characteristics and Diversification. The University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo.

Xiang, Q.-Y., D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of Cornaceae and close relatives inferred from matK and rbcL sequences American Journal of Botany 85: 285-297.

Xiang, Q.-Y., D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 1998. The eastern Asian, eastern and western-North American floristic disjunction: congruent phylogenetic patterns in seven diverse genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10: 178-190.

Xiang, Q.-Y., D. J. Crawford, A. D. Wolfe, Y.-C. Tang, and C. W. DePamphilis. 1998. Origin and biogeography of Aesculus L. (Hippocastanaceae): a molecular phylogenetic perspective. Evolution 52: 988-997.

Brochmann, C., Q.-Y. Xiang, S. J. Brunsfeld, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 1998. Molecular evidence for origins of polyploid Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae): the narrow arctic endemic S. svalbardensis and its widespread allies. American Journal of Botany 85:135-143.

Wolfe, A. D., Q.-Y. Xiang, and A. R. Kerphart. 1998. Diploid hybrid Speciation in Penstemon (Scrophulariaceae). Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, USA 95: 5112-5115.

Wolfe, A. D., Q.-Y. Xiang, and A. R. Kerphart. 1998. Assessing hybridization in natural populations of Penstemon (Scrophulariaceae) using hypervariable inter simple sequence repeat markers. Molecular Ecology 7: 1107-1125.

Xiang, Q.-Y., S. J. Brunsfeld, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 1996. Chloroplast DNA phylogeny of Cornus L. (Cornaceae) and its implications for biogeography and character evolution. Systematic Botany 21: 515-534.

Xiang, Q-Y. and R. H. Edye. 1995. Chromosome number of Cornus sessilis (Cornaceae): phylogenetic affinity and evolution of chromosome numbers in Cornus. Sida 16: 765-768.

Soltis, D. E., Q.-Y. Xiang, and L. Hufford. 1995. Relationships and evolution of Hydrangeaceae based on rbcL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 82: 504-514.

Xiang, Q.-Y., D. E. Soltis, D. R. Morgan, and P. S. Soltis. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships of Cornus L. sensu lato and putative relatives inferred from rbcL sequence data. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80: 723-734.

Xiang, Q.-Y. 1993. Cornaceae. Pp. 1356-1363. In W. T. Wang, S. G. Wu, K. Y. Lang, P. Q. Li, F. T. Pu & S. K. Chen, editors, Vascular Flora of the Hengduan Mountains, Vol. 1. Science Press, Beijing.

Chase, M., D. et al. (myself and 34 other authors). 1993. Phylogenetics of seed plants: an analysis of nucleotide sequences from the plastid gene rbcL. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80: 528-580.

Boufford, E. D. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 1992. Pachysandra (Buxaceae) Reexamined. Botanical Bulletin, Academia Sinica 33: 201-207.

Edye, R. H. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 1990. Fossil Mastixioid (Cornaceae) alive in eastern Asia. American Journal of Botany 77: 689-692.

Xiang, Q.-Y., 1989. Taxonomy of Cornus shindleri complex based on quantitative analysis of some characters. Bulletin of Botanical Research 9(1): 125-138.

Tang, Y.-C. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 1989. A reclassification of the genus Clematoclethra (Actinidiaceae) and further note on the methodology of plant taxonomy. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 27: 81-95.

Tang, Y.-C. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 1989. Cytological studies of Carex siderostricta Hance (Cyperaceae) and its importance in Phytogeography. Cathaya 1: 49-60.

Xiang, Q.-Y., 1987. System and synopsis of Cornus subgen. Syncarpea (Nakai) Q. Y. Xiang (Cornaceae). Bulletin of Botanical Research 7(2): 33-52.

Xiang, Q.-Y., 1987. A neglected character of Cornus L. s. l. with special reference to a new subgenus -- Sinocornus Q. Y. Xiang. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25: 25-131.

Tang, Y.-C., Q.-Y. Xiang, and Y.-L. Cao. 1987. Cytological studies on some plants of Sichuan and its neighboring regions (I). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 343-350.

Tang, Y.-C. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 1987. Cytological studies on some plants of East China (I). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25: 1-8.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:

2006 Xiang, Q.-Y. (J.), B. Moore, J. Thorne, and D. T. Thomas. Biogeographic and biological correlates of diversification in dogwoods: migration and evolution of fruits and inflorescences in space and time. Contributed paper, Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Stony Brook, NY.

2006 Zhang*, W. H., Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang. Diversification pattern, gene duplication, and positive selection of PISTILLATA-like genes – A case in the dogwood genus Cornus (Cornaceae). Contributed paper, Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Stony Brook, NY.

2006 Feng*, C. M., D. T., Thomas, Q.-Y. (J.). Xiang. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Alangiaceae – integrating evidence from DNA sequences, morphology, and fossils. Contributed paper, annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America (BSA). Chico, CA.

2006 Harris*, W., D. T. Thomas, Q.-Y. (J.). Xiang. Phylogeny and biogeography of the buckeye genus Sapindaceae) – A reevaluation with broader sampling, new method of phylogenetic dating, and new fossil evidence. Contributed paper, annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America (BSA). Chico, CA.

2006 Manchester. S. R., M. Deng, M., Q.-Y. (J.). Xiang. Systematics and fruit morphology of extant and fossil Mastixiaceae. Contributed paper, annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America (BSA). Chico, CA.

2006 Harris*, W., D. T. Thomas, Q.-Y. (J.). Xiang. Phylogeny and biogeography of the buckeye genus Sapindaceae) – A reevaluation with broader sampling, new method of phylogenetic dating, and new fossil evidence. Contributed paper, 32nd annual meeting of SEEPAGE (South-East Ecology, Population Genetics and Evolution), September, Greensboro, NC.

2006 Feng*, C. M., D. T., Thomas, Q.-Y. (J.). Xiang. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Alangiaceae – integrating evidence from DNA sequences, morphology, and fossils. Contributed paper, 32nd annual meeting of SEEPAGE (South-East Ecology, Population Genetics and Evolution), September, Greensboro, NC.

2005 Peters*, M.P., J.M. Stucky and J. Xiang. Analysis of genetic diversity and outcrossing rates in the federally endangered species Echinacea laevigata. 102nd Annual Meeting of North Carolina Academy of Science, March 18-20, 2005, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC.

2005 Zhang, Wenheng* and (J.) Qiuyun Xiang. Evolution of PISTILLATA homologs in Cornus (Cornaceae). Annual meeting of BSA (Botanical Society of America) and ASPT (American Society of Plant Taxonomy), Austin, Texas.

2005 Peters*, Melinda, Jon Stucky, Edward Vargo, and Jenny Xiang. Genetic diversity and outcrossing rate in the federally endangered Echinacea laevigata (Asteraceae) - inferred from amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). Annual meeting of BSA (Botanical Society of America) and ASPT (American Society of Plant Taxonomy), Austin, Texas.

2005 Xiang, (J.) Q.-Y. and W. H. Zhang*: Species diversity anomaly between eastern Asia and eastern North America - an explanation from unequal rate of speciation. –Oral presentation at SEEPAGE (South-East Ecology, Population Genetics and Evolution) 31st Annual Meeting, Hendersonville, NC.

2005 Zhang*, W. H., (J.) Q.-y. Xiang, and D. T. Thomas*. Gene duplication, selection, and rate of sequence evolution of PI homologous in dogwoods. - Oral presentation at SEEPAGE (South-East Ecology, Population Genetics and Evolution) 31st Annual Meeting, Hendersonville, NC.

2004 Zhang, Wenheng* and (J.) Qiuyun Xiang. Evolution of PISTILLATA homologs in Cornus (Cornaceae) - correlation to morphological diversification. Contributed talk at Annual Evolution meeting, Fort Collins, Colorado.

2004 Modliszewski*, J. and (J.) Q.-Y. Xiang. Chloroplast DNA inheritance, polymorphism, and historical interspecies gene flow in a broad hybrid zone of Aesculus L. (Sapindaceae). Contributed talk at Annual Evolution meeting, Fort Collins, Colorado.

2003 Xiang, (Jenny) Q.-Y., S. R. Manchester, D. Thomas*, W. H. Zhang*, and C. Z. Fan*. Phylogeny and Divergence Times of the Cornelian Cherries (Cornus subg. Cornus, Cornaceae) - Congruence Among Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood, and Bayesian Analyses, Hypotheses Testing, and Implications in Evolution and Biogoegraphy. Contributed paper to the BSA meeting (Botanical Society of America), Mobile, Al.

2003 Xiang, (Jenny) Q.-Y., T.-K. Seo, J. Thorne, W. H. Zhang*, and C. Z. Fan*. Phylogeny and Intercontinental Disjunct Biogeographic Patterns in Cornus (Cornaceae): Divergence Times and Evolutionary Rates. Contributed paper to the BSA meeting (Botanical Society of America), Mobile, Al.

2003 Fan*, C. Z., (Jenny) Q.-Y. Xiang . Characterization of anthocyanin regulatory gene in Cornus – utility in evolutionary studies of the genus. Contributed paper to the BSA meeting (Botanical Society of America), Mobile, Al.

2003 Zhang*, W. H. and (Jenny) Q.-Y. Xiang. Eastern Asian-Eastern North American Floristic Disjunction-Rates of Molecular Evolution after Isolation. Contributed paper to the BSA meeting (Botanical Society of America), Mobile, Al.

2003 Xiang, (Jenny) Q.-Y., D. Thomas, A. Richardson-Ahedor, and C. F. Williams. Microsatellite Polymorphism and Genetic Structure of a broad hybrid zone of Aesculus (Hippocastanaceae). Contributed paper to the BSA meeting (Botanical Society of America), Mobile, Al.

2003 Richardson-Ahedor, A., C.F. Williams, and Q.-Y. (Jenny) Xiang. Evidence of introgression in the Broad Hybrid Zone of the Buckeye Genus Aesculus L. (Hippocastanaceae). Contributed paper to the BSA meeting (Botanical Society of America), Mobile, Al.

2003 N. L. Houston, C. Z. Fan, Q.-Y. (Jenny) Xiang, R. Jung, and R. S. Boston. Characterization of a plant-specific PDI class with novel protein properties. Plant Biology 2003, Honolulu, HI. p.200.

2003 N. L. Houston, C. Z. Fan, Q.-Y. (Jenny) Xiang, R. Jung, and R. S. Boston. The Protein Disulfide Isomerase Multigene Family in Maize. 45th Annual Maize Genetics Conference, Lake Geneva, WI. p.43.

2002 N. L. Houston, Chuanzhu Fan, Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang, R. Jung, and R. S. Boston. Phylogenetic Analysis of Protein Disulfide Isomerase in Plants. 16th Annual North Carolina Plant Molecular Biology Consortium Retreat, Asheville, NC p.7.

2002 Xiang, (Jenny) Q.-Y., M.Moody, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. Effects of outgroups and long branches - An experiment with RASA and data from Cornales. Contributed paper for the BSA, ASPT annual meeting. Madison, WI. Abstract published on-line: http://www.2002.botanyconference.org/section12/abstracts/253.shtml

2002 C.-Z. Fan* and (Jenny) Q.-Y. Xiang. Sequence Variation of Flower Anthocyanin Regulatory Gene in Dwarf Dogwoods (Cornus L., Cornaceae) – Potential Utility in Studying Gene Evolution in Hybrids and Polyploids. Contributed paper for the BSA, ASPT annual meeting. Due to unexpected circumbstance, the Fan wasn’t able to go to the meeting. Presentation was canceled. Abstract published on-line: http://www.2002.botanyconference.org/section12/abstracts/212.shtml.

2001 Xiang, (Jenny) Q.Y. and C.-Z. Fan*. Phylogeography and hybridization of the Dwarf dogwoods complex from the Pacific Northwest of North Ameica. Contributed paper for Evolution annual meeting, Knoxville, TN. June.

2001 Fan*, C.-Z. and (Jenny) Q.-Y. Xiang. Systematic affinities of Grubbiaceae and Hydrostachyaceae in Cornales inferred from 26S rDNA sequence data. Contributed paper for BSA, ASPT annual meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 88 (6), supplement.

2000 Xiang, (Jenny) Qiu-Yun and D. E. Soltis. Phylogenetic patterns and divergent times of disjunct taxa: insights into historical biogeography of angiosperms in the Northern Hemisphere. Invited talk for symposium of HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF ANGIOSPERMS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. Annual BSA (Botanical Society of America) meeting, Portland, OR. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 87 (6), supplement.

2000 Chuan-Zhu Fan*, (Jenny) Qiu-Yun Xiang, Adjoa Richardson. Phylogenetic Relationships of Cornus L. Inferred from Nuclear DNA Sequences. Contributed paper for BSA annual meeting, Portland, OR. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 87 (6), supplement.

2000 Richardson*, Adjoa and (Jenny) Qiu-Yun Xiang. Microsatellite Analysis of the Hybrid Zone in the Buckeye Genus Aesculus L. (Hippocatanaceae). Contributed paper for BSA annual meeting, Portland, OR. Abstract Amer. J. Bot. 87 (6), supplement.

1999 Q.-Y. Xiang*, Circumscription and Relationships of Cornales, Invited talk at the IBC & XVI International Botanical Congress symposium: Phylogeny and Systematics of the Asteridae, St. Louis, MO, USA.

1998 Q.-Y. Xiang*, D. J. Crawford, C. W. DePamphilis, and A. D. Wolfe. Assessing genetic diversity in complex hybrid zones of Aesculus L. (Hippocastanaceae) using hypervariable DNA markers. Contributed paper at AIBS meeting (American Institute of Biological Sciences). Baltimore, MD. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 85(6), supplement.

1998 Q.-Y. Xiang* and Z. E. Murrelle. Relationships and biogeography of Cornus L. (Cornaceae) inferred from multiple molecular and morphological data sets. Contributed paper at AIBS. Baltimore, MD. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 85(6), supplement.

1997 A. D. Wolfe*, Q.-Y. Xiang, and A. R. Kerphart . Old wine in new skin - reassessing hybridization in Penstemon using microsatellite-based markers. Contributed paper at AIBS meeting. Montreal, Canada. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 84: 245- 246. Receiving the award of excellent presentation.

1997 Q.-Y. Xiang, D. J. Crawford*, A. D. Wolfe, and C. DePamphilis. Chloroplast DNA diversity in complex hybrid zones involving the four species of Aesculus L. (Hippocastanaceae) Sect. Pavia (Mill.) Persoon. Contributed paper at AIBS meeting. Aug. Montreal, Canada. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 84: 246.

1996 Q.-Y. Xiang* and D. J. Crawford. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Aesculus (Hippocastanaceae). Contributed paper at AIBS. Seattle, WA, USA. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot., 83:203.

1994 Q.-Y. Xiang*, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. Phylogenetic relationships and genetic divergence of disjunct taxa from eastern Asia and North America inferred from molecular data: examples from Cornaceae, Hydrangeaceae, and Saxifragaceae. Invited talk at AIBS symposium: Relationships between plants of eastern North America and eastern Asia. Knoxville, TN. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot., 81: 138-139.

1993 Q.-Y. Xiang* and D. E. Solits. rbcL sequence divergence and phylogenetic relationships of Cornaceae sensu lato. Invited talk at IBC (XV International Botanical Congress) symposium: Sino-Japanese Flora - Its Characteristics and Diversification. Yokohama, Japan.

1991 Q.-Y. Xiang*, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. Molecular systematics of Cornus L. s. l. based on restriction site analysis of chloroplast DNA. AIBS contributed paper. San Antonio, TX. Abstract published in Amer. J. Bot. 78: 230.

CONTRIBUTED POSTERS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:

2006. Feng*, C. M., D. T., Thomas, Q.-Y. (J.). Xiang. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Alangiaceae. 32nd annual meeting of SEEPAGE (South-East Ecology, Population Genetics and Evolution), September, Greensboro, NC

2005 Q.Y. (J.) Xiang. Species level phylogeny and biogeography of the Dogwood genus Cornus (Cornaceae) Inferred from matK and ITS Sequences and AFLP Data. XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 2005.

2005 Peng, Ching-I, Shih-Chung Hsu, Allison B. Matheson*, David T. Thomas* Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang. Phylogenetic relationships of Begonia with emphasis on the Chinese species - Evidence from ITS sequences. XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 2005.

2005 N. L. Houston, T. Yang, Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang, R. Jung, R. S. Boston. Gene Expression and Phylogenetic Relationships Reveal a Complex Protein Disulfide Isomerase Family. ASCB (American Society of Cell Biology) meeting. San Francisco, CA. (planned)

2005 Q.-Y. (J. ) Xiang and W. H. Zhang. Diversity, Biogeography, and Evolution of dogwoods, NCSU International Research Exposition.

2003 W. H. Zhang and Q.-Y. (J.) Xiang. Eastern Asian-eastern North American floristic disjunction – rate of molecular evolution after isolation. Annual BSA, ASPT meeting, Mobile, AL.