Jing-Yi Lu

Jing-Yi Lu

he/him

PhD | Evolutionary biologist

Publications

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Journal Articles

Published

  1. J-Y Lu, YW Xing, H T Luu, RH Ree. 2026. Testing macroevolutionary predictions of the Grant-Stebbins model in the origin of Aeschynanthus acuminatus. New Phytol. 249(6):3137-3148. doi: 10.1111/nph.70871. Link
  2. C-C Yu*, Z-Q Mo*, J-Y Lu, J-J Hu, J-B Yang, S-F Li, L-B Jia. 2025. Revisiting the Molecular Circumscription of Sladeniaceae sensu lato (Ericales): Insights from Phylogenetic Discordance. Am. J. Bot. 112:e70141. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.70141. Link
  3. K-S Chen*, J-Y Lu*, C-N Wang. 2019. Effective pollination of Aeschynanthus acuminatus (Gesneriaceae) by generalist passerines, in sunbird-absent East Asia. Sci. Rep. 9:17552. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53035-2. Link
  4. K-T Hsin*, J-Y Lu*, M Möller, C-N Wang. 2019. Gene duplication and relaxation from selective constraints of GCYC genes correlated with various floral symmetry patterns in Asiatic Gesneriaceae tribe Trichosporeae. PloS one 14(1):e0210054-e0210054. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210054. Link
  5. H-J Hsu, C-W He, W-H Kuo, K-T Hsin, J-Y Lu, Z-J Pan, C-N Wang. 2018. Genetic analysis of floral symmetry transition in African violet suggest involvement of trans-acting factor for CYCLOIDEA expression shifts. Front. Plant Sci. 9:1008. doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.01008. Link

In Review

  1. J-Y Lu*, S-J Ling*, M-X Ren, RH Ree. In Review. Sunbird pollination of Aeschynanthus moningerae and its implications for floral adaptations for hovering.
  2. Q Shen, N He, Y Kang, F Wang, J-Y Lu, Q Li. In Review. Multidimensional floral disparity in Rhododendron: Evolutionary constraints and environmental filtering in a generalized pollination system.

In Preperation

  1. J-Y Lu, YW Xing, H T Luu, RH Ree. In Prep. Pollinator-driven divergence and speciation in three Aeschynanthus species.
  2. Q Li, K Hu, J Wang, R Fuller, J-Y Lu, H Wang, J Liu, RH Ree, X Kou. In Prep. Genome-wide signatures and ecological strategies show the adaptation of an alpine Rhododendron along elevation.

* Authors contribute equally to this research