目录
2014.04 – 2017.06，中国科学院昆明植物研究所，中国西南野生生物种质资源库，博士后，合作导师：李德铢 研究员
2013.07 – 2013.12，环境保护部南京环境科学研究所，生物多样性研究室
2007.09 – 2009.12，中国科学院大学，中国科学院华南植物园，植物学专业，理学硕士，导师：张奠湘 研究员
2003.09 – 2007.06，湖南科技大学，生命科学学院，生物科学专业，理学学士
目前主要针对唇形科、石竹科、叶下珠科、棕榈科及水龙骨科等类群开展以下研究工作：
（1）分类修订：基于形态解剖学、孢粉学及分子生物学等综合研究手段对维管植物类群开展分类修订工作，澄清属与物种水平的分类学问题；
（2）系统发育研究：利用核基因组与叶绿体基因组序列数据重建目标类群的生命之树，揭示主要支系和属种的分类学范畴与系统演化关系，探讨目标类群不同基因组的进化机制；
（3）植物多样化形成和维持机制：基于所得系统发育框架，结合古地质、古气候和化石证据推断类群的起源、分化和现今地理分布格局形成的历史；研究物种多样化的限制和驱动因子；探讨植物性状演化式样。
2. 国家自然科学基金-面上项目：从棕榈科看热带雨林的时空动态演化历史（主持）；
3. 国家自然科学基金-青年科学基金项目：基于叶绿体基因组的石竹目系统发育基因组学研究（主持）；
4. 广东省基础与应用基础研究基金项目：钩枝藤科与双钩叶科“食肉”习性丢失机制及钩枝藤科生物地理学研究（主持）；
5. 东莞市林业科学研究所合作项目：2024年樟科大径材树种引种筛选和繁育研究（主持）；
6. 中国科学院东南亚生物多样性研究中心-青年人才培养计划项目：叶下珠科算盘子属系统演化及其与传粉昆虫协同进化关系的研究（主持）；
7. 广东省应用植物学重点实验室开放基金课题：喀斯特代表类群雀舌木属（叶下珠科）的分类与资源收集（主持）；
8. 东莞市林业科学研究所合作项目：丹霞梧桐化学成分测试分析服务项目（主持）；
9. 云南省首批博士后定向培养资助项目：石竹目系统发育研究 （主持）。
(1) 刘子晨, 陈文娜, 黄久香, 李玉玲, 姚纲. 2025. 中新世中晚期干旱气候的建立对龙树科物种分化的潜在影响. 植物生态学报 50: 123-133.
(2) Song Z, Yao G, Ren C, Jiang K, Xu D, Li S. 2026. Phylogenomics and Biogeography of the Eastern Asian–Eastern North American Disjunct Genus Hylodesmum (Fabaceae). Biological Diversity, Published Online: doi:10.1002/bod2.70020
2025年：
(1) Yao G, Xue B, Wang W, Barrett C, Liu T-J, Rivas-Chamorro M, Millan B, Ge X-J. 2025. Pre-Miocene evolutionary dynamics of tropical rainforests from a dated phylogeny of the palm family. New Phytologist 248: 968-983.
(2) Xu W-B, Zhang S-J, Cen H-F, He J, Yao G. 2025. Leptopus longipedicellatus, a new species of Leptopus (Phyllanthaceae) from Guangxi Province, China. Taiwania 70(4): 599‒605.
(3) Zhang LJ, Hembry DH, Hao K, Wu YH, Yao G, Sun QL, Liu TT, Luo SX. 2025. Network structure variation across scales offers clues to the macroevolutionary persistence of specialized mutualisms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 292: 20250926.
2024年：
(1) Xue B, Huang E, Zhao G, Wei R, Song Z, Zhang X, Yao G. 2024. ‘Out of Africa’ origin of the pantropical staghorn fern genus Platycerium (Polypodiaceae) supported by plastid phylogenomics and biogeographical analysis. Annals of Botany 133: 697‒709.
(2) Song ZQ, Yao G. 2024. Glochidion yangchunense (Phyllanthaceae), a new species with discoid flowers from Guangdong Province, China. PhytoKeys 239: 229‒238.
(3) Lin Y, Yao G, Huang C, Chao Z, Tian E. 2024. Molecular evidence provides new insights into the evolutionary origin of an ancient traditional Chinese medicine, the domesticated "Baizhi". Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1388586.
(4) Yao G, Luo SX, Huang JX, Song ZQ. 2024. Glochidion liangkwangense (Phyllanthaceae), a new species from Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces, China. Phytotaxa 677: 95‒101.
(5) 陈文娜, 李良涛, 周璐, 姚纲. 2024. 太行山近期隆升促进太行花属(蔷薇科)谱系分化. 植物学报59 (5): 763‒773.
(6) 谭淦, 姚纲. 2024. 唇形科刺蕊草属系统发育和分类学研究进展. 热带亚热带植物学报32(5):675‒684.
(7) 吴思霓, 谭淦, 王炳谋, 姚纲. 2024. 秋海棠新品种‘黑山’. 园艺学报51(S1): 141‒142.
2023年：
(1) Yao G, Zhang YQ, Barrett C, Xue B, Bellot S, Baker WJ, Ge XJ. 2023. A plastid phylogenomic framework for the palm family (Arecaceae). BMC Biology 21: 50.
(2) Xue B, Song Z, Cai J, Ma Z, Huang J, Li Y, Yao G. 2023. Phylogenetic analysis and temporal diversification of the tribe Alsineae (Caryophyllaceae) with the description of three new genera, Hesperostellaria, Reniostellaria and Torreyostellaria. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1127443.
(3) 姚纲, 刘成, 罗世孝, 蔡杰. 2023. 云雾算盘子(叶下珠科)分类小记. 热带亚热带植物学报 31(1): 101–105.
(4) Xue B, Huang E, Yao G, Zhao G, Huang J. 2023. Hoya spectatissima (Gentianales, Apocynaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 222: 69–74.
(5) 宋柱秋, 叶文, 董仕勇, 金梓超, 钟星杰, 王震, 张步云, 徐晔春, 陈文俐, 李世晋, 姚纲, 徐洲锋, 廖帅, 童毅华, 曾佑派, 曾云保, 陈又生. 2023. 广东省高等植物多样性编目和分布数据集. 生物多样性 31(9): 23177.
(6) 姚纲, 李玉玲, 张卓欣. 2023. 校园植物对农林高校植物学课程的价值挖掘与应用探索. 花卉 441: 178–180.
(7) 姚纲, 李玉玲, 黄久香, 张卓欣. 2023. 新林科背景下农林高校植物分类学课程优化实践探索——以华南农业大学为例. 国家林业和草原局管理干部学院学报 89: 24–29 & 50.
2022年：
(1) Yuan L, Tan G, Zhang W, Xue B, Deng J, Liu L, Yao G. 2022. Molecular and morphological evidence for a new species of Pogostemon (Lamiaceae) from Hainan Island, China. PhytoKeys 188: 177–191.
(2) Yao G, Liu ZC, Lang YX, Liao DS, Xu JB, Luo SX, Deng CY. 2022. Glochidion malingheense (Phyllanthaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China. Phytotaxa 561(1): 104–110.
(3) Yao G, Huang Y, Chen HY, Yi SR. 2022. Nymphanthus calcicole (Phyllanthaceae)—a new species from Southeast Chongqing, China. Phytotaxa 552(1): 84–90.
(4) 张文华, 郭永杰, 李玉玲, 姚纲. 2022. 白毛算盘子(叶下珠科)在中国无分布. 广西植物42(10): 1645–1651.
(5) Chheang P, Hembry DH, Yao G, Luo SX. 2022. Diversity and species-specificity of brood pollination of leafflower trees (Phyllanthaceae: Glochidion) by leafflower moths (Lepidoptera: Epicephala) in tropical Southeast Asia (Cambodia). Plant Diversity 44: 191–200.
2021年：
(1) Yao G, Xue B, Liu K, Li YL, Huang JX, Zhai JW. 2021. Phylogenetic estimation and morphological evolution of Alsineae (Caryophyllaceae) shed new insight into the taxonomic status of the genus Pseudocerastium. Plant Diversity 43: 299–307.
(2) Zhang WH, Zhu XX, Xue B, Liu ED, Li YL, Yao G. 2021. Molecular and morphological evidence for a new species of Leptopus (Phyllanthaceae) from Southeast Yunnan, China. PeerJ 9: e11989.
(3) 姚纲, 薛彬娥. 2021. 基于分子与形态证据的桃色无心菜(石竹科)分类地位探讨. 热带亚热带植物学报 29(2): 132–138.
(4) 姚纲, 黄宝优, 戴碧淇, 连凯铭, 罗世孝. 2021. 叶下珠科珠子木属一新异名. 热带亚热带植物学报29(3): 317–322.
(5) Zhao F, Wu YW, Drew BT, Yao G, Chen YP, Cai J, Liu ED, Li B, Xiang CL. 2021. Systematic Placement of the Enigmatic Southeast Asian Genus Paralamium and an Updated Phylogeny of Tribe Pogostemoneae (Lamiaceae Subfamily Lamioideae). Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 646133.
(6) Song ZQ, Yao G, Jiang KW, Liao JJ, Xu DX. 2021. Spatholobus discolor, a new synonym of Craspedolobium unijugum (Fabaceae). Phytotaxa 489(3): 263–274.
(7) Huang EF, Yao G, Jiang RH, Yang LL, Xi W, Zhang ZS, Zhang XC. 2021. Hoya pyrifolia (Apocynaceae), a new species from south-western Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 174: 95–106.
2020年：
(1) Yao G, Song ZQ, Xue BE, Shi S, Li YL, Luo SX. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the genus Glochidion (Phyllanthaceae) in Taiwan, China. PhytoKeys 159: 137–159.
(2) Wu YB, Yao G. 2020. Characterization of the complete plastid genome of Craniotome Rchb., a monotypic genus of Pogostemoneae, Lamiaceae. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5(3): 2992‒2993.
(3) Xue B, Wang LY, Yao G. 2020. Re-lectotypification of Shivparvatia glanduligera, the type of the genus Shivparvatia (Alsineae, Caryophyllaceae). PhytoKeys 166: 129‒134.
(4) 黄久香, 陈文娜, 李玉玲, 姚纲. 2020. 基于多个叶绿体基因序列片段重建广义苋科系统发育关系. 植物学报 55(4): 457–467.
(5) Xue B, Ding HB, Yao G, Shao YY, Fan XJ, Tan YH. 2020. From Polyalthia to Polyalthiopsis (Annonaceae): transfer of species enlarges a previously monotypic genus. PhytoKeys 148: 71–91.
(6) Tu WH, Wang BM, Huang Y, Yao G, Huang JX, Li YL. 2020. Begonia guangdongensis, a new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Guangdong, China. PhytoKeys 162: 29–36.
(7) Zhang CY, Liu TJ, Mo XL, Huang HR, Yao G, Li JR, Ge XJ, Yan HF. 2020. Comparative analyses of the chloroplast genomes of Patchouli plants and their relatives in Pogostemon (Lamiaceae). Plants 9: 1497.
(8) Li YL, Tong Y, Ye DP, Yao G, Xing FW. 2020. Oberonia integrilabris (Orchidaceae), a new species from China. Phytotaxa 432(1): 104‒110.
2019年：
(1) Yao G, Jin JJ, Li HT, Yang JB, Mandala VS, Croley M, Mostow R, Douglas NA, Chase MW, Christenhusz MJM, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Smith SA, Brockington SF, Moore MJ, Yi TS, Li DZ. 2019. Plastid phylogenomic insights into the evolution of Caryophyllales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134: 74‒86.
(2) Yao G, Huang JX, Li YL. 2019. Complete plastid genome sequence of a medical herb, Anisomeles indica (L.) Kuntze (Lamiaceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4(2): 2782‒2783.
(3) Yao G, Song ZQ, Li YL, Shi S, Luo SX. 2019. Exclusion of Glochidion coccineum (Phyllanthaceae) from the flora of China. Phytotaxa 408(3): 215‒221.
(4) Li YL, Huang JX, Yao G. 2019. Characterization of the complete plastid genome of Psammosilene tunicoides (Caryophyllaceae), an endangered medical herb endemic to south-western China. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4(2): 2798‒2799.
(5) 姚纲. 2019. 中国粟米草科分类修订. 热带亚热带植物学报 27(6): 713‒720.
(6) 姚纲, 李玉玲, 罗世孝. 2019. 中国算盘子属植物省级分布新记录. 西北植物学报 39(7): 1322‒1324.
(7) Song ZQ, Yao G, Pan B, Li JW, Huang XX, Tan YH, Xu DX. 2019. Return Verdesmum menglaense to the genus Hylodesmum (Fabaceae) based on morphological and molecular evidence. PhytoKeys 126: 10‒12.
(8) Li XJ, Qian X, Yao G, Zhao ZT, Zhang DX. 2019. Plastome of mycoheterotrophic Burmannia itoana Mak. (Burmanniaceae) exhibits extensive degradation and distinct rearrangements. PeerJ 7: e7787.
(9) Zhang C, Liu T, Yuan X, Huang H, Yao G, Mo X, Xue X, Yan H. 2019. The plastid genome and its implications in barcoding specific-chemotypes of the medicinal herb Pogostemon cablin in China. PLoS ONE 14(4): e2015512.
2018年：
(1) Yao G, Song Z, Wu Y, Thanh NTK, Li Y, Shi S, Luo S. 2018. Taxonomic studies of Glochidion (Phyllanthaceae) from the Indo-China Peninsula (II): The identities of G. anamiticum and G. annamense. PhytoKeys 114: 1‒9.
(2) Yao G, Cai J, Wu Y, Yang X, Oo TN, Moe AZ, Luo S. 2018. Taxonomic studies of Glochidion (Phyllanthaceae) from the Indo-China Peninsula (I): G. shanense, a new species from Myanmar. PhytoKeys 96: 57‒62.
(3) 姚纲, 葛学军. 2018. 长苞刺蕊草, 印度刺蕊草属(唇形科)植物一新记录种. 热带亚热带植物学报 26(5): 553‒555.
(4) 吴有恒, 宋柱秋, 罗世孝, 姚纲. 2018. 黄算珠树(叶下珠科)的名实订正. 热带亚热带植物学报 26(5): 549‒552.
2017年：
(1) Yao G. 2017. A contribution to the Flora of China - three new combinations in Solitaria (Caryophyllaceae). Phytotaxa 298(2): 195‒196.
(2) 姚纲, 张连婕, 薛彬娥, 罗世孝. 2017. 中国算盘子属(叶下珠科)果实形态特征及其分类学意义. 植物科学学报 35(2): 139‒151.
(3) 姚纲, 张连婕, 薛彬娥. 2017. 中国算盘子属(叶下珠科)一些种的分类学处理. 广西植物 37(5): 547‒553.
(4) 姚纲. 2017. 石竹科齿瓣无心菜属2新组合名称. 热带亚热带植物学报 25(1): 11‒12.
(5) Luo SX, Yao G, Wang Z, Zhang D, Hembry D. 2017. A Novel, Enigmatic Basal Leafflower Moth Lineage Pollinating a Derived Leafflower Host Illustrates the Dynamics of Host Shifts, Partner Replacement, and Apparent Coadaptation in Intimate Mutualisms. The American Naturalist 198(4): 422‒435.
(6) Kong H, Liu W, Yao G, Gong W. 2017. Characterization of the whole chloroplast genome of a rare and endangered species Aconitum reclinatum (Ranunculaceae) in the United States. Conservation Genetics Resources 42: 1‒4.
(7) Kong H, Liu W, Yao G, Gong W. 2017. A comparison of chloroplast genome sequences in Aconitum (Ranunculaceae): a traditional herbal medicinal genus. PeerJ 5: e4018.
2016年：
(1) Yao G, Drew BT, Yi TS, Yan HF, Yuan YM, Ge XJ. 2016. Phylogenetic relationships, character evolution and biogeographic diversification of Pogostemon s.l. (Lamiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 98: 184‒200.
(2) Yao G. 2016. Dichodon parvipetalum, a new combination for the Chinese Caryophyllaceae. PhytoKeys 69: 129‒130.
(3) Yao G, Zhang DX. 2016. Pollen morphology of Chinese Glochidion (Phyllanthaceae) and its taxonomic implications. Nordic Journal of Botany 34: 102‒110.
2015年：
(1) Yao G, Deng YF, Ge XJ. 2015. A taxonomic revision of Pogostemon (Lamiaceae) from China. Phytotaxa 200(1): 1‒67.
(2) Yao G, Zhang DX. 2015. Reinstatement of three names in Glochidion (Phyllanthaceae) based on morphological and palynological evidence. Nordic Journal of Botany 33: 197‒203.
(3) Yao G, Zhang DX. 2015. Taxonomic notes on Glochidion acuminatum and G. triandrum (Phyllanthaceae). Phytotaxa 236(1): 79‒85.
(4) Li Y, Yao G. 2015. Reinstatement and lectotypification of Bridelia fordii (Phyllanthaceae). Phytotaxa 226(3): 295‒297.
2013年：
(1) Yao G, Deng YF, Ge XJ. 2013. Validation of the name Pogostemon petelotii (Lamiaceae). Phytotaxa 81(1): 38‒44.
(2) 姚纲, 邓云飞, 葛学军. 2013. 中国刺蕊草属(唇形科)植物一新记录种. 热带亚热带植物学报 21(5): 420‒422.
2010年：
(1) 姚纲, 张奠湘. 2010. 中国算盘子属植物（大戟科）2新记录种. 热带亚热带植物学报 18(4): 394‒396.
2) 姚纲, 李德铢. 2018. 石竹科 & 白花丹科. 李德铢主编. 中国维管植物科属志(中卷). 北京: 科学出版社, pp. 1525‒1530, 1545‒1565.
3) Yao G, Deng YF, Ge XJ. 2015. A taxonomic revision of Pogostemon (Lamiaceae) from China. Phytotaxa 200. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press, pp. 67.
谭淦, 硕士研究生(毕业). 研究课题：唇形科刺蕊草属系统学研究；
张文华, 硕士研究生(毕业). 研究课题：雀舌木属(叶下珠科)系统分类学研究。
