Education:
Postdoctoral experience, Institute of Botany, CAS, 1991-1993
Ph.D. (Biology), Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, 1987-1990
M. A. (Biology),Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, 1984-1987
B.S. (Biology),Huazhong Normal University, 1980-1984
Professional experience:
Professor, South China Botanical Garden, CAS, 2008-
Professor, Institute of Botany, CAS, 1995-2008
Associate Professor, Institute of Botany, CAS, 1993-1995
Taxonomy of seed plant
Gao Q, Yang Q E. 2009. Aconitum shennongjiaense (Ranunculaceae), a new species from Hubei, China. Botanical Studies 50: 251-259 （corresponding author）
Liu Y, Yang Q E. 2009. Sinosenecio baojingensis (Asteraceae), a new species from Hunan, China. Botanical Studies 50: 107-113（corresponding author）
Chen Y S, Yang Q E. 2009. Validation of the name Sinoleontopodium lingianum (Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae). Novon 19: 23-24（corresponding author）
Chen Y S, Yang Q E. 2009. Two new stoloniferous species of Viola (Violaceae) from China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 349-356 （corresponding author）
Chen Y S, Yang Q E. 2008. A new species of Viola (Violaceae) from southern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 755-761（corresponding author）
Yuan Q, Yang Q E. 2008. Low incidence of polyploids and high uniformity of karyotypes displayed by Delphinium (Ranunculaceae) in south-west China’s Hengduan Mountains region. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 172-188 （corresponding author）
Zhang D G, Liu Y, Yang Q E. 2008. Sinosenecio jishouensis (Compositae), a new species from north-west Hunan, China. Botanical Studies 49: 287-294（corresponding author）
Liu Y, Peng C I, Yang Q E. 2007. Validation of the name Parasenecio morrisonensis (Compositae-Senecioneae) for a species endemic to Taiwan. Taxon 56 :583-584 （corresponding author）
Yuan Q, Yang Q E. 2006. Polyploidy in Aconitum subgenus Lycoctonum (Ranunculaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-353（corresponding author）
Yuan Q, Yang Q E. 2006. Tribal relationships of Beesia, Eranthis and seven other genera of Ranunculaceae: evidence from cytological characters. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 267-289（corresponding author） Yuan Q, Yang Q E. 2006. Cytology, palynology and taxonomy of Asteropyrum and four other genera of Ranunculaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 15-26（corresponding author） Yuan Q, Yang Q E. 2006. Chromosomes of four species in three genera of Commelinaceae from China and their systematic implications. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 399-403（corresponding author） Yang Q E, Zhu G H, Hong D Y, Wu Z Y, Raven P H. 2005. World’s largest flora completed. Science (letters) 309:2163 Luo Y, Zhang F M, Yang Q E. 2005. Phylogeny of Aconitum subgenus Aconitum (Ranunculaceae) inferred from ITS sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution 252:11-25 （corresponding author） Chen Y S，Yang Q E. 2005. A distinctive new species of Viola (Violaceae) from Yunnan, China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 149:115-119（corresponding author） Chen Y S, Yang Q E. 2005. A new species of Viola L. (Violaceae) from Sichuan, China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 149:365-368（corresponding author）