Tong Yihua
Highest Education PhD
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Office No.723, Xingke Road, Tianhe, Guangzhou,China
Education and Appointments

9.2005-6.2009: B.Sc. student on Biology, School of Life Science, Nanjing University, China

9.2009-1.2015: PhD candidate on plant taxonomy at South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

5.2015-2020.12  Research Associate, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

1.2021 to present  Associate Professor, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Research Interest

Plant taxonomy and phylogenetics, especially on bamboos, Vaccinium and Agapetes; Plant resources, especially on medicinal plants; Plant diversity and conservation; Systematics.

Public Services

Subject Editor of Phytotaxa (since June 2020)

Honors
 
Selected Publication

1.  Niu, Z.Y., Tong, Y.H. & Xia, N.H. (2021) Pleioblastus triangulata (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new combination for Indosasa triangulata based on morphological and molecular evidence. Phytotaxa 527(4): 275-283.

2.  Yang, B., Wang, P.Y., Tong, Y.H.* & Tan, Y.H.* (2021) Taxonomic notes on Agapetes (Ericaceae) from Xizang, China: Agapetes leiocarpa, a new synonym of A. atrosanguinea, and an updated description of A. camelliifolia. Phytotaxa 524(2): 119-124.

3.  Dai, X.Y., Ye, X.H., Yang, C.H., Yang, B., Li, H. & Tong, Y.H.* (2021) Floral Morphology of Vaccinium foetidissimum H. Lév. & Vaniot (Ericaceae). Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 29(6): 683-687.

4.  Ni, J.B., Niu, Z.Y., Zheng, X.R., Wu, G.M. & Tong, Y.H.* (2021) Bambusa suijiangensis, a new species of Bambusa from Guangdong, China. Journal of Bamboo Research 40(1): 11-15.

5.  Tong, Y.H., Zhao, W.L., Wang, B.M., Liu, E.D., Cai, J. & Guo, Y.J. (2021) Vaccinium motuoense (Ericaceae), a new species from Xizang, China. Phytokeys 181: 105-111.

6.  Tong, Y.H., Bai, Y., Feng, J.M. & Ya, J.D. (2021) Agapetes heana, a new species of A. ser. Longifiles (Ericaceae) from Yunnan, China. Phytokeys 180: 133-139.

7.  Yang, Z., Zhang, Z.X., Wu, Y.H. & Tong, Y.H.* (2021) Yushania lipingensis (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), A New Species from Guizhou, China. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 29(3): 323-327.

8. Wang, Q.L., Tong, Y.H.*, Wang, Z.N. & Xia, N.H. (2021) Michelia retusa (Magnoliaceae), a critically endangered new species from Hainan, China. Nordic Journal of Botany 2021: e03049.

9.  He, Q.Q., Zhao, R.N., He, A.G., Zhu, Z.L.* & Tong, Y.H.* (2021) Taxonomic Identity of Carpinus dayongina Franchet (Betulaceae). Phytokeys 177: 63-75.

10. Tong, Y.H., Xu, Z.G., Ni, J.B., Zeng, S.J. & Xia, N.H. (2021) Ampelocalamus sinovietnamensis (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new species from the border of China and Vietnam. Nordic Journal of Botany 2021: e03070.

11. Ni, J.B., Zheng, X.R., Ou, J.Z., He, C.M. & Tong, Y.H.* (2021) Investigation and analysis of medicinal plant resoources in Huaiji County, Guangdong Province. Journal of Chinese Medicinal Materials 44(1): 33-40.

12. Zhang, J.F., Tong, Y.H.* & Xia, N.H. (2021) Hoya tetrantha (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), A New Species from Yunnan, China. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 29(2): 139-142.

13. Tong, Y.H., Zhu, Y.Y., Ye, X.H., Ye, X.E., Yang, C.Z. & Xia, N.H. (2021) Vaccinium zhangzhouense, a new species endemic to Fujian, China. Nordic Journal of Botany 2021: e03091.

14. Ye, X.H., Tong, Y.H.*, Yang, C.H., Dai, X.Y., Xia, N.H. & Zhou, H.G. (2021) Supplementary description of floral morphology and section reassignment of Vaccinium glaucophyllum (Ericaceae). Phytotaxa 478(2): 291-294.

15. Qin, Q.M.#, Tong, Y.H.#, Zheng, X.R., Ni, J.B. & Xia, N.H. (2021) Sinosasa (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new genus from China. Taxon 70(1): 27-47.

16. Ye, X.E., Ye, X.H., Chen, Y.Q., Liu, Y.Y. & Tong, Y.H.* (2021) Michelia taishanensis Y. H. Tong, X. E. Ye, X. H. Ye & Yu Q. Chen (Magnoliaceae), A New Species from Guangdong. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 29(4): 413-416.

17. Tong, Y.H., Huang, Y. S., Ye, X. H., Cai, Z. Y., & Xia, N. H. (2020). Vaccinium napoense, a new species of V. sect. Conchophyllum (Ericaceae) from Guangxi, China. Nordic Journal of Botany, 2020, e02773.

18. Tong, Y.H., Xia, N.H., Wu, L. & Vu, T.C. (2020). Critical notes on Spiradiclis purpureocaerulea H. S. Lo (Rubiaceae) from Vietnam. Adansonia 42: 291-296. doi: 10.5252/adansonia2020v42a19

19. Tong, Y.H., Wang, B.M., Vu, T.C. & Xia, N.H. (2020). Primulina elegans (Gesneriaceae), a new species from North Vietnam. Nordic Journal of Botany 2020: e02942. doi: 10.1111/njb.02942

20. Zhang, Y.Y., Tong, Y.H., Ni, J.B., Vu, T.C. & Xia, N.H. (2020). Fargesia sapaensis (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from Lao Cai, Vietnam. Phytotaxa 472(1): 69-73. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.472.1.9

21. Niu, Z.Y., Tong, Y.H., Ni, J.B., Zhang, Z.X. & Xia, N.H. (2020) Dendrocalamus pulverulentoides (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new bamboo species from Guangdong, China. Journal of Bamboo Research 39(3): 34-39.

22. Tong, Y.H., Zheng, X.R., Zhang, Y.Y., Qin, Q.M., Ni, J.B., Vu, T.C. & Xia, N.H. (2020). Khoonmengia honbaensis, a new genus and species of temperate bamboo (Poaceae, Bambusoideae) from central-southern Vietnam. Phytokeys 138: 163-177. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.138.39512

23. Tong, Y.H., Yang, C.H. & Xia, N.H. (2020). Validation of the name Rhododendron xishuiense (Ericaceae). Phytotaxa 429(3): 248-250. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.429.3.7

24. He, C.M., Tong, Y.H., Xia, J. & Xia, N.H. (2020). Two newly naturalized species of Asteraceae in mainland China. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 28(5): 523-526. doi: 10.11926/jtsb.4254

25. Tong, Y.H., Li, Y.Q., Guo, G.X., Dai, K.Y., Zeng, Y.L. & He, C.M. (2020). Chamaelirium shimentaiense (Melanthiaceae), a new species from Guangdong, China. Nordic Journal of Botany 2020: e02634. doi: 10.1111/njb.02634

26. Tong, Y.H., Aveyanov, L.V., Nguyen, T.T.H., Nguyen, K.S., He, C.M. & Xia, N.H. (2020). Agapetes megacarpa W. W. Smith and A. lobbii C. B. Clarke (Ericaceae), Two New Records from Laos. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 28(4): 421-424. doi: 10.11926/jtsb.4215

27. Nuraliev, M.S., Fritsch, P.W., Beer, A.S., Tong, Y.H., Aveyanov, L.V., Kuznetsov, A.A. & Kuznetsova, S.P. (2020). A revision of Vaccinium bullatum (Ericaceae): floral morphology, distribution and typification. Phytotaxa 443(1): 55-66. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.433.1.6

28.  He, C.M., Zeng, S.J., Li, S.W. & Tong, Y.H. (2020). Bredia reniformis (Melastomataceae), a new species from Guangxi, China. Nordic Journal of Botany 2020: e02525. doi: 10.1111/njb.02525

29. Cai, Z.Y., Tong, Y.H., Vu, T.C., Ni, J.B. & Xia, N.H. (2020). Schizostachyum dakrongense (Poaceae, Bambusoideae), a new species from Dakrong Nature Reserve, Vietnam. Phytokeys 138: 179-186. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.138.39623

30. Zheng, X.R., Tong, Y.H., Ni, J.B., Chen, Z.X. & Xia, N.H. (2019). Phyllostachys danxiashanensis (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new species from south China. Phytotaxa 388(2): 201-206. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.388.2.7

31. Vu, T.C., Trinh, T.P., Tong, Y.H. & Xia, N.H. (2019). Stephania brevipes Craib (Menispermaceae), a new record for the flora of Vietnam. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 27(3): 323-326. doi: 10.11926/jtsb.4030

32. Tong, Y.H. & Xia, N.H. (2019). Diospyros danxiaensis (R. H. Miao & W. Q. Liu) Y. H. Tong & N. H. Xia (Ebenaceae), a new combination and a new synonym for a persimmon from Guangdong. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 27(3): 346-348. doi: 10.11926/jtsb.4053

33. Tong, Y.H., Wang, B.M. & Xia, N.H. (2019). Agapetes yingjiangensis  (Ericaceae), a new epiphytic species of A. ser. Longifiles from Yunnan, China. Nordic Journal of Botany: e02171. doi: 10.1111/njb.02171

34. Qin, Q.M., Tong, Y.H., Zheng, X.R., Ni, J.B., Vu, T.C. & Xia, N.H. (2019). Melocalamus grandiauritus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new clambering species from northern Vietnam. Nordic Journal of Botany: e02098.

35. Chen, J., Tong, Y.H. & Xia, N.H. (2019). Curcuma yingdeensis (Zingiberaceae), a new species from China. Phytotaxa 388(1): 98-106. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.388.1.4

36. He, C.M., Tong, Y.H. & Gao, C.J. (2018). Investigation and analysis of urban wetland vascular plants in Nanjing. Ecological Science 37(6): 148-154. doi: 10.14108/j.cnki.1008-8873.2018.06.019

37. Tong, Y.H., Zeng, S.J., Ni, J.B. & Xia, N.H. (2018). Supplementary description of floral morphology of Vaccinium guangdongense W.P.Fang & Z.H.Pan (Ericaceae). Phytotaxa 360(1): 81-84. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.360.1.11

38. Tong, Y.H., Ye, X.E., Wu, L., Nguyen, T.T.H. & Xia, N.H. (2018). A new record of Ericaceae from China: Vaccinium eberhardtii Dop. Guihaia 38(12): 1595-1598. doi: 10.11931/guihaia.gxzw201709012

39. Tong, Y.H., Chen, F.L., Ran, J.C., Bai, L. & Xia, N.H. (2018). Teucrium chowii Y.H.Tong & N.H.Xia, a new name to replace T. integrifolium C.Y.Wu & S.Chow. Phytotaxa 349(1): 99-100. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.349.1.14

40. Qin, Q.M., Tong, Y.H., Pang, K.S., Au, W.C., Tong, H.T., Cheung, W.Y., Wu, L.F., Ye, X.E., Xia, N.H. (2018). Community Characteristics of Carpinus insularis (Betulaceae). Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 26(2): 207-211.

41. Nguyen, K.S., Tong, Y.H. & Xia, N.H. (2018). Impatiens napoensis Y. L. Chen, A Newly Recorded Species for the Flora of Vietnam. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 26(5): 545-548.

42. Xia, N.H. & Tong, Y.H. (2018) Species Catalogue of China, Volume 1 Plants, Spermatophytes (V) Angiosperms Rosaceae-Phyllanthaceae Science Press, Beijing, 398 pp.

43. He, Q.Q., Tong, Y.H.*, Xia, N.H. & Hui, J.A. (2018) Study on cuttage propagation technology of Agapetes burmanica. Forestry and Enviromental Science 34(1): 48-53.

44. Liu, B., Tong, Y.H., Li, J., Yang, L.Q. & He, X.J. (2017) Clarification of two taxon names of Liliaceae in China. Guihaia 37(10): 1335-1338.

45.Tong, Y.H., Xia, N.H. & Lam, L.V. (2017) Lysimachia rupestris F. H. Chen & C. M. Hu (Primulaceae): a new record for the flora of Vietnam. Adansonia 39(2): 125-128.

46. Tong, Y.H., Xia, N.H., Hoang, V.S. & Hu, C.M. (2017) Lysimachia gesnerioides, a new synonym of Lysimachia baviensis (Primulaceae). Phytotaxa 324(3): 398-300.

47. Tong, Y.H. & Xia, N.H. (2017) Prunus gyirongensis, a new name for Padus integrifolia (Rosaceae). Phytotaxa 291(3): 237-238.

48. Zhou, S.S., Yang, B., Tong, Y.H., Ding, H.B., Li, R., Maung, K.W. & Tan, Y.H. (2017) A new species of Agapetes brevipedicellata (Ericaceae) from Putao, Kachin State, Northern Myanmar. Phytotaxa 331(1): 117-123.

49. He, Q.Q., Tong, Y.H.*, Xia, N.H. & Hui, J.A. (2017) Study on the seed germination condition of Agapetes hillii. Seed 36(10): 12-14, 20.

50. Tong, Y.H. & Xia, N.H. (2016) New combinations of Chinese Argentina Hill (Rosaceae). Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany 24(4): 426-428.

51. Tong, Y.H. & Xia, N.H. (2016) New combinations of Rosaceae, Urticaceae and Fagaceae from China. Biodiversity Science 24(6): 714-718.