Title:Associate Professor
Education Background:
Ph.D. Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University 2012–2015
M.A. Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University 2009–2012
B.A. Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University 2005–2009
Research Focus:
1. Germplasm resources and breeding of orchids
2. Systematic evolution of photosynthetic carbon assimilation
3. Phytomics
Selected Publications:
1. Ming-He Li, et al. 2022. Genomes of leafy and leafless Platanthera orchids illuminate the evolution of mycoheterotrophy. Nature Plants, 8(4): 373–388.
2. Ming-He Li, et al. 2019. A perspective on crassulacean acid metabolism photosynthesis evolution of orchids on different continents: Dendrobium as a case study. Journal of Experimental Botany, 70: 6611–6619.
3. Xiong De Tu, et al. 2025. Genomic insights into Castanopsis carlesii and Castanea henryi: flower and fruit development and evolution of NLR genes in the beech-oak family. Molecular Horticulture, Doi: 10.1186/s43897-025-00152-4(Corresponding Author).
4. Xiong-De Tu, et al. 2021. Plastid phylogenomics improves resolution of phylogenetic relationship in the Cheirostylis and Goodyera clades of Goodyerinae (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 164: 107269. (Corresponding Author)
5. Ding-Kun Liu, et al. 2020. Plastid phylogenomic data yield new and robust insights into the phylogeny of Cleisostoma–Gastrochilus clades (Orchidaceae, Aeridinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 145: 106729(Corresponding Author).
Research Projects:
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 32271957)
2. National Key Research and Development Program of China (no. 2023YFD1600504-5)
Email:fjalmh@126.com