Peer-Reviewed Recent Publications (2021 - Present)
Peer-Reviewed Recent Publications (2021 - Present)
2026
Jeon, J.-H., Jung, M., Shin, Y., and Kim, S.-C. 2026. Genomic insights into the adaptive evolution of the memorial rose (Rosa lucieae; Rosaceae) in saline environments. Scientia Horticulturae 361: 114842. [π]
Oh, A., Yang, J., Lee, W. S., Shiga, T., Fujii, S., Sakaguchi, S., Baasanmunkh, S., Kim, S.-C., and Choi, H. J. 2026. Delimiting species boundaries in Hosta section Capitatae (Asparagaceae) using MIG-seq and morphological analyses: taxonomic revision with new taxa from Korea and Japan. Frontiers in Plant Science 16: 1668561. [π]
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 orthologues. 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. Inter-archipelago 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]