Peer-Reviewed Recent Publications (2020 - Present)
Peer-Reviewed Recent Publications (2020 - Present)
2025
Herrando-Moraira, S., Roquet, C., Calleja, J. A., Chen, Y.-S., Fujikawa, K., Galbany-Casals, M., Garcia-Jacas, N., Kim, S.-C., Liu, J.-Q., Liu, L., LΓ³pez-Alvarado, J., LΓ³pez-Pujol, J., Mandel, J. R., Mehregan, I., Sennikov, A. N., Vilatersana, R., Xu, L.-S., and Susanna, A. 2025. Testing evolutionary hypotheses for the worldβs main hotspot of temperate alpine flora using Saussurea (Compositae) as a model. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 212: 108420. [π]
Jeon, J.-H., and Kim, S.-C. 2025. Revisiting Rosa maximowicziana (Rosaceae) in Korea: Implications for Red List assessment and development of conservation strategies. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 55(3): 133-146. [π]
Jeon, J.-H., Maki, M., Chiang, Y.-C., and Kim, S.-C. 2025. Chloroplast genome and haplotype relationships unravel the genetic introgression and complex evolutionary history of East Asian Rosa section Synstylae roses (Rosaceae). Botanical Studies 66: 17. [π]
Jeon, J.-H., Kim, S.-H., Marchuk, E. A., Koldaeva M. N., and Kim, S.-C. 2025. A taxonomic revision of the rare genus Pentactina (Rosaceae) based on comparative phylogenetic analyses. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 55(1): 1-13. [π]
Jeon, J.-H., Maki, M., Chiang, Y.-C., and Kim, S.-C. 2025. Inferring complex evolutionary history of the closely related East Asian wild roses in Rosa sect. Synstylae (Rosaceae) based on genomic evidence from conserved orthologs. Annals of Botany 135(3): 417-436. [π]
Yang, J., and Kim, S.-C. 2025. Hosta clausa (Asparagaceae) in East Asia: Intraspecific chloroplast genome variation and its phylogenomic implications. PloS one 20(2): e0317884. [π]
Sakaguchi, S., Choi, H.-J., Yoichi, W., Takahashi, D., Hirota, S. K., Maki, M., Murakami, S., Harada, T., Kobayashi, N., Kurashige, Y., Song, J.-H., Choi, H.-J., and Kim, S.-C. 2025. Unraveling enigmatic disjunctions: Population genetic analysis points to independent origins of rare rhododendrons in the Rhododendron keiskei complex (Ericaceae). Taxon 74(1): 117-132. [π]
2024
Sun, E.-M., Yang, J., Kim, S.-C., Chung, K.-S., and Im, H.-T. 2024. Potentilla rhizoma (Rosaceae), a new species in Korea. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 54(4): 285-289. [π]
Cho, M.-S., Yang, J., Kim, S.-H., Crawford, D. J., Stuessy, T. F., LΓ³pez-SepΓΊlveda, P., and Kim, S.-C. 2024. Plastid phylogenomics of Robinsonia (Senecioneae; Asteraceae), endemic to the Juan FernΓ‘ndez Islands: insights into structural organization and molecular evolution. BMC Plant Biology 24(1): 1016. [π]
Cho, M.-S., Kim, S.-H., Danton, P., Kim, S.-C., Stuessy, T. F., and Crawford, D. J. 2024. Interβarchipelago dispersal, anagenetic evolution, and the origin of a rare, enigmatic plant genus on a remote oceanic archipelago. American Journal of Botany 111(9): e16403. [π]
Cho, M.-S., Kim, Y., Kim, S.-H., Jeon, J.-H., Yang, J., and Kim, S.-C. 2024. Phylogenetic relationships and genetic diversity of the Korean endemic Phedimus latiovalifolius (Crassulaceae) and its close relatives. Scientific Reports 14: 16255. [π]
Yang, J., Park, C. G., Cho, M.-S., and Kim, S.-C. 2024. Wasabi gone wild? Origin and characterization of the complete plastomes of Ulleung Island wasabi (Eutrema japonicum; Brassicaceae) and other cultivars in Korea. Genes 15(4): 457. [π]
Kim, S.-H., Yang, J., Cho, M.-S., Stuessy, T. F., Crawford, D. J., and Kim, S.-C. 2024. Chloroplast genome provides insights into molecular evolution and species relationship of fleabanes (Erigeron: Tribe Astereae, Asteraceae) in the Juan FernΓ‘ndez Islands, Chile. Plants 13(5): 612. [π]
2023
Sun, E.-M., Yun, S. A., Kim, S.-C., Kim, W.-G., and Im, H.-T. 2023. Saussurea daeganensis (Compositae), a new species from Korea. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 53(4): 301-304. [π]
Kim, H.-B., Lee, D.-G., and Kim, S.-C. 2023. Plastomes of Sonchus (Asteraceae) endemic to the Atlantic Madeira archipelago: Genome structure, comparative analysis, and phylogenetic relationships. Plos one 18(6): e0287523. [π]
Yang, J., Kim, S.-H., Gil, H.-Y., Choi, H.-J., and Kim, S.-C. 2023. New insights into the phylogenetic relationships among wild onions (Allium, Amaryllidaceae), with special emphasis on the subgenera Anguinum and Rhizirideum, as revealed by plastomes. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1124277. [π]
Kim, Y., Kim, S.-H., Yang, J., Cho, M.-S., Koldaeva, M., Ito, T., Maki, M., and Kim, S.-C. 2023. Plastome-based backbone phylogeny of East Asian Phedimus (Subgenus Aizoon: Crassulaceae), with special emphasis on Korean endemics. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1089165. [π]
2022
Yun, S., and Kim, S.-C. 2022. Comparative plastomes and phylogenetic analysis of seven Korean endemic Saussurea (Asteraceae). BMC Plant Biology 22(1): 550. [π]
Kim, S.-C. 2022. Origin and evolution of endemic plants on Ulleung Island, Korea. Korean Journal of Biological Evolution 1(1): 32-46. [π]
Sun, E.-M., Yun, S. A., Kim, S.-C., Chung, J.-M., and Im, H.-T. 2022. Saussurea namhaedoana (Compositae), a new species from Namhaedo Island, Korea. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 52(2): 97-101. [π]
Cho, M.-S., Yang, J., MejΓas, J. A., and Kim, S.-C. 2022. Phylogenomic insight into dysploidy, speciation, and plastome evolution of a small Mediterranean genus Reichardia (Cichorieae; Asteraceae). Scientific Reports 12(1): 11030. [π]
Yang, J., Kim, S.-H., Pak, J.-H., and Kim, S.-C. 2022. Infrageneric plastid genomes of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae): Implications for the plastome evolution and origin of C. wilsonii on Ulleung Island. Genes 13(5): 728. [π]
Kim, S.-H., Shukhertei, A., Yang, J., and Kim, S.-C. 2022. Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Potentilla gageodoensis (Rosaceae), endemic to the continental islands of Korea. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 7(4): 678-680. [π]
2021
Sun, E.-M., Yun, S. A., Kim, S.-C., and Im, H.-T. 2021. Taxonomic entity of Saussurea taquetii (Asteraceae) compared with S. japonica and S. pulchella. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 51(4): 378-385. [π]
Yang, J., Choi, M.-J., Kim, S.-H., Choi, H.-J., and Kim, S.-C. 2021. Plastome characterization and phylogenomic analysis yield new insights into the evolutionary relationships among the species of the subgenus Bryocles (Hosta; Asparagaceae) in East Asia. Plants 10(10), 1980. [π]
Cho, M.-S., Takayama, K., Yang, J., Maki, M., and Kim, S.-C. 2021. Genome-Wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis Elucidates the Evolution of Prunus takesimensis in Ulleung Island: The Genetic Consequences of Anagenetic Speciation. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 706195. [π]
Yang, J., Park, S., Gil, H.-Y., Pak, J. H., and Kim, S.-C. 2021. Characterization and dynamics of intracellular gene transfer in plastid genomes of Viola (Violaceae) and order Malpighiales. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 678580. [π]
Cho, M.-S., Kim, J. H., Yamada, T., Maki, M., and Kim, S.-C. 2021. Plastome characterization and comparative analyses of wild crabapples (Malus baccata and M. toringo): insights into infraspecific plastome variation and phylogenetic relationships. Tree Genetics & Genomes 17(5): 1-16. [π]
Sun, E. M., Yun, S. A., Kim, S.-C., Chung, G.-Y., Nam, M.-J., and Im, H.-T. 2021. Saussurea albifolia MJ Nam & HT Im (Compositae), a new species from the Baekdudaegan Area, Korea. Journal of Species Research 10(2): 159-163. [π]
Yun, S. A. and Kim, S.-C. 2021. Genetic diversity and structure of Saussurea polylepis (Asteraceae) on continental islands of Korea: Implications for conservation strategies and management. PloS one 16(4): e0249752. [π]
Lee, W., Kim, Y. S., Kim, S.-C., and Pak, J. H. 2021. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of a narrow alpine endemic, Taraxacum hallaisanense (Asteraceae), on Jeju Island, Korea. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 6(3): 1036-1038. [π]
Jeon, J.-H., Cho, M.-S., Yun, S. A., Gil, H.-Y., Kim, S.-H., Kwon, Y., Seo, H.-S., Shukhertei, A, and Kim, S.-C. 2021. Vascular plant diversity of Gwangdeoksan Mountain (Cheonan-Asan, Korea): insights into ecological and conservation importance. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 51(1): 49-99. [π]
Lee, J. S., Kim, S.-H., Kim, Y., Kwon, Y., Yang, J., Cho, M.-S., Kim, H.-B., Lee, S., Maki, M., and Kim, S.-C. 2021. Symplocarpus koreanus (Araceae; Orontioideae), a new species based on morphological and molecular data. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 51(1): 1-9. [π]
Lee, W., Yang, J., Kim, S.-C., and Pak, J. H. 2021. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of coastal psammophyte, Ixeris repens (Asteraceae, subtribe Crepidinae), in Korea. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 6(3): 1050-1052. [π]
Lee, Y., Ni G., Shin, J., Kim T., Kern, E. M., Kim, Y., Kim, S.-C., Chan, B., Goto, R., Nakano, T., and Park, J.-K. 2021. Phylogeography of Mytilisepta virgata (Mytilidae: Bivalvia) in the northwestern Pacific: Cryptic mitochondrial lineages and mito-nuclear discordance. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 157: 107037. [π]
Yang, J., Chiang, Y.-C., Hsu, T.-W., Kim, S.-H., Pak, J.-H., and Kim, S.-C. 2021. Characterization and comparative analysis among plastome sequences of eight endemic Rubus (Rosaceae) species in Taiwan. Scientific Reports 11(1): 1-12. [π]
Polezhaeva, M. A., Marchuk, E. A., Modorov, M. V., Ranyuk, M. N., Bondarchuk, S. N., Fukuda, T., Kim, S.-C., and Hojnowski, C. 2021. Insights into the genetic diversity and population structure of Rhododendron brachycarpum (Ericaceae) in East Asia as characterized by SSR markers. Plant Systematics and Evolution 307(1): 1-13. [π]
2020
Cho, M.-S., Kim, S.-H., Yang, J., Crawford, D. J., Stuessy, T. F., LΓ³pez-SepΓΊlveda, P., and Kim, S.-C. 2020. Plastid phylogenomics of Dendroseris (Cichorieae; Asteraceae): Insights into structural organization and molecular evolution of an endemic lineage from the Juan FernΓ‘ndez Islands. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 594272. [π]
Yang, J., Takayama, K., Youn, J. S., Pak, J.-H, and Kim, S.-C. 2020. Plastome Characterization and Phylogenomics of East Asian Beeches with a Special Emphasis on Fagus multinervis on Ulleung Island, Korea. Genes 11(11): 1338. [π]
Seo, H.-S., Kim, S.-H., and Kim, S.-C. 2020. Chloroplast DNA insights into the phylogenetic position and anagenetic speciation of Phedimus takesimensis (Crassulaceae) on Ulleung Island. PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239734. [π]
Cheong, W. Y., Kim, S.-H., Yang, J., Lee, W., Pak, J.-H., and Kim, S.-C. 2020. Insights from the chloroplast DNA into the progenitor-derivative relationships between Campanula punctata and C. takesimana (Campanulaceae) in Korea. Journal of Plant Biology 63: 431-444. [π]
Herrando-Moraira, S., and The Cardueae Radiations Group (in alphabetical order: Calleja, J. A., Chen, Y.-S., Fujikawa, K., Galbany-Casals, M., Garcia-Jacas, N., Kim, S-C., Liu, J.-Q., LΓ³pez-Alvarado, J., LΓ³pez-Pujol, J., Mandel, J. R., Mehregan, I., Roquet, C., Sennikov, A., Susanna, A., Vilatersana, R., and Xu, L.-S.). 2020. Generic boundaries in subtribe Saussureinae (Compositae-Cardueae): insights from Hyb-Seq data. Taxon 69(4):694-714. [π]
Gil, H.-Y., Maki, M., Pimenova, E. A., Taran, A., and Kim, S.-C. 2020. Origin of the critically endangered endemic species of Scrophularia takesimensis (Scrophulariaceae) on Ulleung Island, Korea: Implications for conservation. Journal of Plant Research 133(6): 765-782. [π]
Yun, S. A., Son, H.-D., Im, H.-T., and Kim, S.-C. 2020. Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered orchid Pelatantheria scolopendrifolia (Orchidaceae) in Korea. PLoS ONE 15(8): e0237546. [π]
Yang J., Kang, G.-H., Pak, J.-H., and Kim, S.-C. 2020. Characterization and comparison of two complete plastomes of Rosaceae species (Potentilla dickinsii var. glabrata and Spiraea insularis) endemic to Ulleung Island, Korea. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21(14): 4933. [π]
Kim, S.-H. and Kim, S.-C. 2020. Plastid genome of stonecrop Hylotelephium verticillatum (Sedoideae; Crassulaceae): insight into structure and phylogenetic position. Mitochondrial DNA Part B Resources 5(3): 2729-2731. [π]
Son, H.-D., Yun, S. A., Kim, S.-C., and Im H-T. 2020. Hydrocarbon patterns in Cleisostoma scolopendrifolium (Orchidaceae) as a key mechanism for pollination. Korean Journal of Plant Taxnomy 50(2): 148-153. [π]
Abdalla Masana S., Kim, S.-H., S and Kim, S.-C. 2020. Characterization of the complete plastome sequence of perennial sowthistle, Sonchus arvensis (Asteraceae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B Resources 5(3): 2652-2654. [π]
Lee, W., Youn, J.-S., Kim, S.-C., and Pak, J-H. 2020. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of limestone endemic, Zabelia tyaihyoni (Caprifoliaceae), in Korea. Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 4(2): 3892-3893. [π]
Kim, S.-H., Kim, H.-B., Cho, M.-S., Kim, C.-S., and Kim, S.-C. 2020. Development and characterization of 17 microsatellite markers for Sonchus oleraceus. Applications in Plant Sciences 8(3): e11329. [π]