Jun Wen
Research Botanist & Curator
Phone: 202-633-4881
Fax: 202-786-2563
E-mail Address: wenj@si.edu
Postal Address
(Mail and Packages):
MRC-166/Botany
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Courier Address:
National Museum of Natural History
West Loading Dock
10th and Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20560-0166
Research Interests
Monographic, phylogenetic, biogeographic and ethnobotanical studies of the ginseng family (Araliaceae) and the grape family (Vitaceae); Systematics and biogeography of intercontinental disjunct plants in the Northern Hemisphere; Biogeography of Asia; Systematics and conservation of medicinal plants of Asia; Biodiversity inventory and conservation studies in Asia.
Recent Publications - (All Publications)
Dillon, M.O., Tu, T., Xie, L. and Wen, J. 2009. Biogeographic diversification in Nolana (Solanaceae), a ubiquitous member of the Atacama and Peruvian Deserts along the western coast of South America. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 47(5): 457-476.
Luebert, F., Wen, J. and Dillon, M.O. 2009. Systematic placement and biogeographical relationships of the monotypic genera Gypothamnium and Oxyphyllum (Asteraceae: Mutisioideae) from the Atacama Desert. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 32-51.
Nie, Z., Sun, H., Meng, Y. and Wen, J. 2009. Phylogenetic analysis of Toxicodendron (Anacardiaceae) and its biogeographic implications on the evolution of north temperate and tropical intercontinental disjunctions. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 47(5): 416-430.
Ren, Z., Zhu, B., Ma, E., Wen, J., Tu, T., Cao, Y., Hasegawa, M. and Zhong, Y. 2009. Complete nucleotide sequence and gene arrangement of the mitochondrial genome of the crab-eating frog Fejervarya cancrivora and evolutionary implications. Gene 441(1-2): 148-155.
Sun, B.L., Zhang, C.Q., Lowry, P.P. and Wen, J. 2009. Cryptic dioecy in Nyssa yunnanensis (Nyssaceae), a critically endangered species from tropical eastern Asia. Annals of Missouri Botanical Garden 96: 672-684.
Wen, J. and Ickert-Bond, S.M. 2009. Evolution of the Madrean–Tethyan disjunctions and the North and South American amphitropical disjunctions in plants. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 47(5): 331-348.
Wen, J., Xiang , Q.(., Qian, H., Li, J., Wang, X. and Ickert-Bond, S.M. 2009. Intercontinental and intracontinental biogeography—patterns and methods. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 47(5): 327-330.
Xie, L., Wagner, W.L., Rhee, R.H., Berry, P.E. and Wen, J. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, divergence time estimates, and historical biogeography of Circaea (Onagraceae) in the Northern Hemisphere. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 53: 995-1009.
Li, D., Cai , J. and Wen, J. 2008. Tapisciaceae. Pp. 496 in Wu, C.Y., Hong, D. and Raven, P.H. (eds.). Flora of China; Vol. 11. Beijing; St. Louis: Science Press; Missouri Botanical Garden.
Li, D., Cai , J. and Wen, J. 2008. Staphyleaceae. Pp. 498-504 in Wu, C.Y., Hong, D. and Raven, P.H. (eds.). Flora of China ; Vol. 11. Beijing; St. Louis: Science Press; Missouri Botanical Garden.
Luebert, F. and Wen, J. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis and evolutionary diversification of Heliotropium sect. Cochranea (Heliotropiaceae) in the Atacama Desert. Systematic Botany 33: 390-402.
Meng, Y., Wen, J., Nie, Z., Sun, H. and Yang, Y. 2008. Phylogeny and biogeographic diversification of Maianthemum (Ruscaceae: Polygonatae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 49(2): 424-434.
Nie, Z., Wen, J., Azuma, H., Qiu, Y., Sun, H., Meng, Y., Sun, W. and Zimmer, E.A. 2008. Phylogenetic and biogeographic complexity of Magnoliaceae in the Northern Hemisphere inferred from three nuclear data sets. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48(3): 1027-1040.
Shui, Y. and Wen, J. 2008. Proposal to recommend citation of herbarium serial numbers of type specimens. Taxon 57: 315.
Soejima, A., Wen, J., Zapata, M. and Dillon, M.O. 2008. Phylogeny and putative hybridization in the subtribe Paranepheliinae (Liabeae, Asteraceae), implications for classification, biogeography, and Andean orogeny. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 46: 375-390.
Tian, H., Chen, X., Wang, J., Xue, J., Wen, J., Mitchell, G. and Zhou, S. 2008. Development and characterization of microsatellite loci for lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). Conservation Genetics 9(5): 1385-1388.
Tian, H., Xue, J., Wen, J., Mitchell, G. and Zhou, S. 2008. Genetic diversity and relationships of lotus (Nelumbo) cultivars based on allozyme and ISSR markers. Scientia Horticulturae 116: 421-429.
Tu, T., Dillon, M.O., Sun, H. and Wen, J. 2008. Phylogeny of Nolana (Solanaceae) of the Atacama and Peruvian deserts inferred from sequences of four plastid markers and the nuclear LEAFY second intron. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(2): 561-573.
Wen, J. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Vitaceae (the grape family). South African Journal of Botany 74(2): 382-383.
Wen, J., Berggren, S.T., Lee, C., Ickert-Bond, S., Yi, T., Yoo, K., Xie, L., Shaw, J. and Potter, D. 2008. Phylogenetic inferences in Prunus (Rosaceae) using chloroplast ndhF and nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 46: 322-332.
Wen, J., Zhu, Y.-., Lee, C.-., Widjaja, E. and Saw, L.G. 2008. Evolutionary Relationships of Araliaceae in the Malesian Region : a Preliminary Analysis. Materials and Methods. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 30: 391-399.
Xu, X.-., Ke, W.-., Yu, X.-., Wen, J. and Ge, S. 2008. A preliminary study on population genetic structure and phylogeography of the wild and cultivated Zizania latifolia (Poaceae) based on Adh1a sequences. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 116: 835-843.
Yi, T., Wen, J., Golan-Goldhirsh, A. and Parfitt, D.E. 2008. Phylogenetics and reticulate evolution in Pistacia (Anacardiaceae). American Journal of Botany 95(2): 241-251.
Chen, Z.D., Ren, H. and Wen, J. 2007. Vitaceae. Pp. 173-222 in Wu, C.Y., Hong, D. and Raven, P.H. (eds.). Flora of China. St. Louis, USA: Sceince Press, Beijing and Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
Chen, Z.D. and Wen, J. 2007. Leeaceae. Pp. 169 in Wu, C.Y., Hong, D. and Raven, P.H. (eds.). Flora of China. St. Louis, USA: Science Press, Beijing and Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
Dillon, M.O., Tu, T., Soejima, A., Yi, T., Nie, Z., Tye, A. and Wen, J. 2007. Phylogeny of Nolana (Nolaneae, Solanoideae, Solanaceae) as inferred from granule-bound starch synthase I (GBSSI) sequences. Taxon 56(4): 1000-1011.
Ickert-Bond, S., Pigg, K.B. and Wen, J. 2007. Comparative infructescence morphology in Altingia Noronha and discordance between morphological and molecular phylogenies. American Journal of Botany 94: 1094-1115.
Nie, Z.L., Wen, J. and Sun, H. 2007. Phylogeny and biogeography of Sassafras (Lauraceae) disjunct between eastern Asia and eastern North America. Plant Systematics and Evolution 267: 191-203.
Wen, J. 2007. Leeaceae. Pp. 221-225 in Kubitzki, K. (ed.). Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. 9.
Wen, J. 2007. Vitaceae. Pp. 467-479 in Kubitzki, K. (ed.). Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. 9.
Wen, J., Loc, P.K., Hiep, N.T., Regalado, J., Averyanov, L.V. and Lee, C. 2007. An unusual new species of Trevesia from Vietnam and its implications on generic delimitation in Araliaceae. Taxon 56(4): 1261-1268.
Wen, J., Nie, L., Soejima, A. and Meng, Y. 2007. Phylogeny of Vitaceae based on the nuclear GAII gene sequences. Canadian Journal of Botany 85: 731-745.
Yi, T.S., Miller, A.J. and Wen, J. 2007. The phylogeny of Rhus (Anacradiaceae) based on sequences of nuclear NIA-i3 intron and chloroplast trnC-D suggests reticulate evolution. Systematic Botany 32: 379-391.
Yoo, K.O. and Wen, J. 2007. Phylogeny of Carpinus and Coryloideae (Betulaceae) based on chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal sequence data. Plant Systematics and Evolution 267: 25-35.
Ickert-Bond, A. and Wen, J. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of Altingiaceae: evidence from combined analysis of five non-coding chloroplast regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 512-528.
Nie, Z., Sun, H., Olmstead, R.G. and Wen, J. 2006. Evolution of biogeographic disjunction between eastern Asia and eastern North America in Phryma (Phrymaceae). American Journal of Botany 93: 1343-1356.
Nie, Z.L., Sun, H., Li, H. and Wen, J. 2006. Intercontinental biogeography of subfamily Orontioideae (Symplocarpus, Lysichiton, and Orontium) of Araceae in eastern Asia and North America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 155-165.
Pandey, A.K., Wen, J. and Dogra, V.V. 2006. Plant Taxonomy: Advances and Relevance. The CBS Publishers & Distributors. 541 pages.
Soejima, A. and Wen, J. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of the grape family (Vitaceae) based on three chloroplast markers. American Journal of Botany 93: 278-287.
Wen, J. and Chen, D. 2006. Cayratia lanceolata (C.L. Li) J. Wen & Z.-D. Chen, a new nomenclatural combination in Vitaceae from China. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 28: 471-472.
Wen, J. and Lowry Ii, P.P. 2006. New species and new combinations in Brassaiopsis (Araliaceae) from Vietnam and southwestern China. Adansonia 28: 181-190.
Wen, J. and Pandey, A.K. 2006. Intiating DNA molecular systematic studies in a developing country. Pp. 31-43 in Pandey, A.K., Wen, J. and Dogra, V.V. (eds.). Plant Taxonomy: Advances and Relevance.
Zhou, S.L., Funamoto, T., Huang, H. and Wen, J. 2006. Discovery of Abelia spathulata (Caprifoliaceae) in eastern China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 44: 467-470.
Zhou, S.L., Renner, S.S. and Wen, J. 2006. Molecular systematics and inter- and intracontinental biogeography of Calycanthaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 1-15.
Zhu, Y.P., Wen, J. and Zhang, Y. 2006. Evolutionary relationships and diversification of Stachyuraceae based on sequences of four chloroplast regions and nuclear ribosomal ITS region. Taxon 55: 931-940.
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