Name: Hongmei Liu                      
Highest Education: PhD
Post: Associate professor
Phone: 86-755-25735737
Email: [email protected]

Education
1997-2001   Henan Normal University, Master degree
2001-2007   Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, PhD degree
2007-2010  Shenzhen Graduate University, Peking University, Postdoc research

Research interests
Molecular phylogenetics, taxonomy and biological reproduction

Publications
1. Liu Hong-Mei*, Jiang Ri-Hong, Guo Jian, Peter Hovenkamp, Leon R. Perrie, Lara Shepherd, Sabine Hennequin, Harald Schneider. 2013. Toward a phylogenetic classification of the climbing fern genus Arthropteris. Taxon, 62(4): 688-700
2. Liu Hong-Mei, Harald Schneider. 2013. Evidence supporting Davallia canariensis as a Late Miocene relict endemic to Macaronesia and Atlantic Europe. Australian Systematic Botany, 26: 378-385.
3. Liu Hong-Mei*, He Li-Juan, Harald Schneider. 2013. Towards the natural classification of tectarioid ferns: Confirming the phylogenetic relationships of Pleocnemia and Pteridrys (eupolypods I (eupolypods I). Journal of Systematics and Evolution (in press)
4. Guo Zhi-You, Liu Hong-Mei*. 2013. Gametophyte morphology and development of three species of Cyrtogonellum Ching (Dryopteridaceae). American Fern Journal, (In press)
5. Liu Hong-Mei*, Zhang Shou-Zhou. Ornamental grasses in Kew Gardens. Journal of Landscape Research 5(9): 19-20.
6. Liu Hong-Mei*, Robert J. Dyer, Guo Zhi-You, Meng Zhen, Li Jian-Hui, Harald Schneider. 2012. The Evolutionary Dynamics of Apomixis in Ferns: A Case Study from Polystichoid Ferns. Journal of Botany, Volume 2012, Article ID 510478, 11 pages, doi:10.1155/2012/510478
7. Liu Hong-Mei, Zhang Xian-Chun, Chen Zhi-Duan, Dong Shi-Yong, Qiu Yin-Long. 2007. Polyphyly of the fern family Tectariaceae sensu Ching: insights from cpDNA sequence data. Science in China Series C: life Science, 50: 789-798.
8. Liu Hong-Mei, Zhang Xian-Chun, Chen Zhi-Duan, Qiu Yin-Long. 2007. Inclusion of the Asiatic endemic genus Sorolepidium in Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae): evidence from the chloroplast rbcL and morphological evidence. Chinese Science Bulletin, 52: 631-638.
9. Liu Hong-Mei, Zhang Xian-Chun, Chen Zhi-Duan, Wang Wei, Qiu Yin-Long. 2007. Molecular phylogenetics of the fern family Dryopteridaceae inferred from chloroplast rbcL and atpB genes. International Journal of Plant Science, 168: 1311-1323.
10. Liu Hong-Mei, Zhang Xian-Chun, Wang Wei, Zeng Hui. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of two fern genera Cyrtogonellum and Cyrtomidictyum (Dryopteridaceae) from East Asia. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 10: 57-68.
11. Liu Hong-Mei, Zhang Xian-Chun. 2004. Selaginella decipiens Warb., a new record of Selaginella from China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica, 42: 89-92.
12. Wang Fa-Guo§, Liu Hong-Mei§, He Chun-Mei, Yang Dong-Mei, Xing Fu-Wu. Taxonomic implications of the evolution of spore ornamentation in Davalliaceae. Systematic Botany (§equally contributed, submitted)
13. Zhang Li-Bing, Liu Hong-Mei. Dryopteris tripinnatifida sp. nov. (subg. Nothoperanema; Dryopteridaceae) from Guangxi, China. Novon (in press)
14. Zhang Gang-Min, Zhang Xian-Chun, Chen Zhi-Duan, Liu Hong-Mei, Yang Wen-Li. 2007. First insights in the phylogeny of Asian cheilanthoid ferns based on sequences of two chloroplast markers. Taxon, 56: 369-378.