Bugado R.E., Shrestha N., Magri R.A., Prado J. and Lopes J.C.* (2025) Vanishing ecosystems: The looming threat of climate change on an iconic genus Vellozia in the Brazilian campos rupestres. Global Ecology and Conservation 58: e03439. Full Text

Cheng R., Yi Y., Wang X., Liang X., Shrestha N., Dimitrov D., Wang Z., Zhao P. and Xu X.* (2025) PyNCBIminer: A platform for assembling phylogenetic data sets via GenBank datamining. Journal of Systematics and Evolution doi:10.1111/jse.13155. Full Text

Zu K.*, Chen F., Li Y., Shrestha N., Fang X., Ahmad S., Nabi G. and Wang Z.* (2024) Climate change impacts flowering phenology in Gongga Mountains, Southwest China. Plant Diversity 46 (6): 774-782. Full Text

Luo A., Li Y., Shrestha N., Xu X., Su X., Li Y., Lyu T., Waris K., Tang Z., Liu X., Lin L., Chen Y., Zu K., Song W., Peng S., Zimmermann N., Pellissier L. and Wang Z.* (2024) Global multi-faceted biodiversity patterns, centers, and conservation needs in flowering plants. Science China Life Sciences 67: 817-828. Full Text

Zu K., Shrestha N., Yong J., Jia G., Peng S., Zhu X. and Wang Z.* (2024) Phylogenetic conservatism in threatened species responses to climate change differ between functional types in the Gongga Mountains of China. Journal of Mountain Science 20(12): 3568-3581. Full Text

Dimitrov D., Xu X., Su X., Shrestha N., Liu Y. Kennedy J.D., Lyu L., Nogues-Bravo D., Rosindell J., Yang Y., Fjeldsa J., Liu J., Schmid B., Fang J., Rahbek C. and Wang Z.* (2023) Diversification of flowering plants in space and time. Nature Communications 14: 7609. Full Text

Dewan K., Shrestha N., Sapkota R.P., Rai J., Lama S. and Shrestha B.B.* (2023) Medicinal ethnobotany of the Yakkha community in Eastern Nepal. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 26: 1-34. Full Text

Peng S., Shrestha N., Luo Y., Li Y., Cai H., Qin H., Ma K. and Wang Z.* (2023) Incorporating global change reveals extinction risk beyond the current Red List. Current Biology 33 (17): 3669-3678. Full Text

Akram M.A.*, Wang X., Shrestha N., Zhang Y., Sun Y., Yao S., Li J., Hou Q., Hu W., Ran J. and Deng J.* (2023) Variations and driving factors of leaf functional traits in the dominant desert plant species along an environmental gradient in the drylands of China. Science of the Total Environment 897: 165394. Full Text

Liu Y., Xu X., Dimitrov D., Pellissier L., Borregaard M.K., Shrestha N., Su X., Luo A., Zimmermann N.E., Rahbek C.* and Wang Z.* (2023) An updated floristic map of the world. Nature Communications 14: 2990. Full Text

Koju L., Shrestha N.*, Raskoti B.B., Ale R., Ghimire N. and Shrestha S. (2023) Spatial patterns, underlying drivers and conservation priorities of orchids in the central Himalaya. Biological Conservation 283: 110121. Full Text

Meng J., Li Y., Feng Y., Hua F., Shen X., Li S., Shrestha N., Peng S., Rahbek C. and Wang Z* (2023) Anthropogenic vulnerability assessment of global terrestrial protected areas with a new framework. Biological Conservation 283: 110064. Full Text

Yang Y., Bian Z., Ren W., Wu J., Liu J. and Shrestha N.* (2023) Spatial patterns and hotspots of plant invasion in China. Global Ecology and Conservation 43: e02424. Full Text

Ma Y., Mao X., Wang J., Zhang L., Jiang Y., Geng Y., Ma T., Cai L., Huang S., Hollingsworth P., Mao K., Kang M., Li Y., Yang W., Wu H., Chen Y., Davis C.C., Shrestha N., Ree R.H., Xi Z., Hu Q.*, Milne R.I.* and Liu J.* (2022) Pervasive hybridization during evolutionary radiation of Rhododendron subgenus Hymenanthes in mountains of southwest China. National Science Review 9 (12): nwac276. Full Text

Zu K., Wang Z.*, Lenoir J., Shen Z., Chen F. and Shrestha N. (2022) Different range shifts and determinations of elevational redistributions of native and non-native plant species in Jinfo Mountain of subtropical China. Ecological Indicators 145, 109678. Full Text

Yang Y., Bian Z., Ren G., Liu J. and Shrestha N.* (2022) Niche conservatism limits the distribution of Medicago in the tropics. Ecography 2022 (9): e06085. Full Text

Huang M., Sang C., Zhao J., Degen A.A., Chen X., Zhang T., Bai Y., Li S., Wang W., Shrestha N. and Shang Z.* (2022) Grazing exclusion altered the pattern of the soil seed bank but not the above-ground vegetation along an altitudinal gradient in the alpine grassland. Land Degradation and Development 33 (18): 3901-3913. Full Text

Zhang H., Du X., Dong C., Zheng Z., Mu W., Zhu M., Yang Y., Li X., Hu H., Shrestha N., Li M., and Yang Y.* (2022) Genomes and demographic histories of the endangered Bretschneidera sinensis (Akaniaceae). GigaScience 11: giac050. Full Text

Liu N., Hu H., Ma W., Deng Y., Dimitrov D., Wang Q., Shrestha N., Su X., Feng K., Liu Y., Hao B., Zhang X., Feng X. and Wang Z.* (2022) Relationships between soil microbial diversities across an aridity gradient in temperate grasslands. Microbial Ecology 85: 1013-1027. Full Text

Akram M.A., Zhang Y., Wang X., Shrestha N., Malik K., Khan I., Ma W., Sun Y., Li F., Guo A., Ran J. and Deng J.* (2022) Phylogenetic independence in the variations in leaf functional traits among different plant life forms in an arid environment. Journal of Plant Physiology 272: 153671. Full Text

Li A., Liu A., Wu S., Qu K., Hu H., Yang J., Shrestha N., Liu J. and Ren G.* (2022) Comparison of structural variants in the whole genome sequences of two Medicago truncatula ecotypes: Jemalong A17 and R108. BMC Plant Biology 22: 77. Full Text

Wu S., Wang Y., Wang Z., Shrestha N. and Liu J.* (2022) Species divergence with gene flow and hybrid speciation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. New Phytologist 234 (2): 392-404. Full Text

Shrestha N.*, Xu X., Meng J. and Wang Z.* (2021) Vulnerabilities of protected lands in the face of climate and human footprint changes. Nature Communications 12: 1632. Full Text

Ma J., Sun P., Wang D., Wang Z., Yang J., Li Y., Mu W., Xu R., Wu Y., Dong C., Shrestha N., Liu J. and Yang Y.* (2021) The Chloranthus sessilifolius genome provides insight into early diversification of angiosperms. Nature Communications 12: 6929. Full Text

Wang Q., Li Y., Zou D., Su X., Cai H., Luo A., Jiang K., Zhang X., Xu X., Shrestha N. and Wang Z.* (2021) Phylogenetic niche conservatism and variations in species diversity-climate relationships. Ecography 44 (12): 1856-1868. Full Text

Wu S., Chen J., Li Y., Liu A., Li A., Yin M., Shrestha N., Liu J. and Ren G.* (2021) Extensive genomic rearrangements mediated by repetitive sequences in plastomes of Medicago and its relatives. BMC Plant Biology 21: 421. Full Text

Shrestha N.*, Tiwari A. and Paudel P.K. (2021) Assessing conservation priorities of endemic seed plants in the central Himalaya (Nepal): A complementarity and phylogenetic diversity approach. Biological Conservation 261: 109274. Full Text

Zu K., Wang Z.*, Zhu X., Lenoir J., Shrestha N., Lyu T., Luo A., Li Y., Ji C., Peng S., Meng J. and Zhou J. (2021) Upward shift and elevational range contractions of subtropical mountain plants in response to climate change. Science of the Total Environment 783: 146896. Full Text

Zheng Z., Li Y., Li M., Li G., Du X., Hongyin H., Yin M., Lu Z., Zhang X., Shrestha N., Liu J. and Yang Y.* (2021) Whole-Genome diversification analysis of the hornbeam species reveals speciation and adaptation among closely related species. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 581704. Full Text

Mao X., Wang J., Shrestha N., Ma Y. and Liu J.* (2021) Species identification in the Rhododendron vernicosum - R. decorum species complex (Ericaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 608964. Full Text

Li M., Yang Y., Xu R., Mu W., Li Y., Mao X., Zheng Z., Bi H., Hao G., Li X., Xu X., Xi Z., Shrestha N. and Liu J.* (2021) A chromosome-level genome assembly for the Tertiary relict plant Tetracentron sinense Oliv. (Trochodendraceae). Molecular Ecology Resources 21 (4): 1186-1199. Full Text

Chen J., Wu G., Shrestha N., Wu S., Guo W., Yin M., Li A., Liu J. and Ren G. (2021) Phylogeny and species delimitation of Chinese Medicago (Leguminosae) and its relatives based on molecular and morphological evidence. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 619799. Full Text

Liu L., Xu X.*, Zhang L., Li Y., Shrestha N., Neves D.M., Wang Q., Chang H., Su X., Liu Y., Wu J., Dimitrov D., Wang Z. and Liu J. (2021) Global patterns of species richness of the holarctic alpine herb Saxifraga: The role of temperature and habitat heterogeneity. Journal of Plant Ecology 15 (2): 237-252. Full Text

Li A., Liu A., Du X., Chen J., Yin M., Hu H., Shrestha N., Wu S., Wang H., Dou Q., Liu Z., Liu J., Yang Y.* and Ren G.* (2020) A chromosome-scale genome assembly of a diploid alfalfa, the progenitor of autotetraploid alfalfa. Horticulture Research 7: 194. Full Text

Cai H., Lyu L., Shrestha N., Tang Z., Su X., Xu X., Dimitrov D. and Wang Z.* (2020) Geographical patterns in phylogenetic diversity of Chinese woody plants and its application for conservation planning. Diversity and Distributions 24(1): 179-194. Full Text

Li Y., Reich P.B., Schmid B., Shrestha N., Feng X., Lyu T., Maitner B.S., Xu X., Li Y., Zou D., Tan Z., Su X., Tang Z., Guo Q., Feng X., Enquist B.J. and Wang Z.* (2020) Leaf size of woody dicots predicts ecosystem primary productivity. Ecology Letters 23(6): 1003-1013. Full Text

Su X., Shrestha N., Xu X., Sandanov D., Wang Q., Wang S., Dimitrov D. and Wang Z.* (2020) Phylogenetic conservatism and biogeographic affinity influence woody plant species richness–climate relationships in eastern Eurasia. Ecography 43 (7): 1027-1040. Full Text

Chen Y., Ma T., Zhang L., Kang M., Zhang Z., Zheng Z., Sun P., Shrestha N., Liu J.* and Yang Y.* (2020) Genomic analyses of a ‘living fossil’, the endangered dove‐tree. Molecular Ecology Resources 20 (3): 756-769. Full Text

Li Y., Zou D., Shrestha N., Xu X., Wang Q., Jia W. and Wang Z.* (2020) Spatiotemporal variation in leaf size and shape in response to climate. Journal of Plant Ecology 13 (1): 87-96. Full Text

Wang Y., Lyu T., Shrestha N., Lyu L., Li Y., Schmid B., Freckleton R.P., Dimitrov D., Liu S., Hao Z. and Wang Z.* (2019) Drivers of large-scale geographical variation in sexual systems of woody plants. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29 (3): 546-557. Full Text

Shrestha N., Shen X. and Wang Z.* (2019) Biodiversity hotspots are insufficient in capturing range‐restricted species. Conservation Science and Practice 1(10): e103. Full Text

Zu K., Luo A., Shrestha N., Liu B., Wang Z.* and Zhu X.* (2019) Altitudinal biodiversity patterns of seed plants along Gongga Mountain in the southeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Ecology and Evolution 9 (17): 9586-9596. Full Text

Xu X., Dimitrov D., Shrestha N., Rahbek C. and Wang Z.* (2019) A consistent species richness-climate relationship for oaks across the Northern Hemisphere. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28 (8): 1051-1066. Full Text

Liu Y., Su X., Shrestha N., Xu X., Wang S., Li Y., Wang Q., Sandanov D. and Wang Z.* (2019) Effects of contemporary environment and Quaternary climate change on drylands plant diversity differ between growth forms. Ecography 42 (2): 334-345. Full Text

Wang Z.*, Li Y., Su X., Tao S., Feng X., Wang Q., Xu X., Liu Y., Michaletz S.T., Shrestha N., Larjavaara M. and Enquist B.J. (2019) Patterns and ecological determinants of woody plant height in eastern Eurasia and its relation to primary productivity. Journal of Plant Ecology 12 (5): 791-803. Full Text

Wang Q., Wu S., Su X., Zhang L., Xu X., Lyu L., Cai H., Shrestha N., Liu Y., Wang W. and Wang Z.* (2018) Niche conservatism and elevated diversification shape species diversity in drylands: evidence from Zygophyllaceae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285: 20181742. Full Text

Shrestha N. and Wang Z.* (2018) Selecting priority areas for systematic conservation of Chinese Rhododendron: hotspot versus complementarity approaches. Biodiversity and Conservation 27 (14): 3759–3775. Full Text

Shrestha N., Wang Z.*, Su X., Xu X., Lyu L., Liu Y., Dimitrov D., Kennedy J.D., Wang Q., Tang Z. and Feng X. (2018) Global patterns of Rhododendron diversity: the role of evolutionary time and diversification rates. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27 (8):  913-924. Full Text

Shrestha N., Su X., Xu X. and Wang Z.* (2018) The drivers of high Rhododendron diversity in south-west China: Does seasonality matter? Journal of Biogeography 45 (2): 438-447. Full Text

Wang S., Xu X., Shrestha N., Zimmermann N., Tang Z. and Wang Z.* (2017) Response of spatial vegetation distribution to climate changes in China since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). PlosOne 12 (4): e0175742. Full Text

Wang Q., Su X., Shrestha N., Liu Y., Wang, S., Xu X. and Wang Z.* (2017) Historical factors shaped species diversity and composition of Salix in eastern Asia. Scientific Reports 7:42038. Full Text

Liu Y., Shen Z., Wang Q., Su X., Zhang W., Shrestha N., Xu X. and Wang Z.* (2017) Determinants of richness patterns differ between rare and common species: implications for Gesneriaceae conservation in China. Diversity and Distributions 23 (3): 235-246. Full Text

Shrestha S., Shrestha N. and Rajbhandary S.* (2017) Micromorphological studies of the genus Ipomoea L. (Convolvulaceae) in Nepal. Himalayan Biodiversity 5 (1): 16-23. Full Text

Shalimov A.P., Shrestha N. and Zhang X.C.* (2017) Taxonomic study of the genus Huperzia Bernh. (Lycopodiaceae) in the pan-Himalayan region. Indian Fern Journal 34: 130-168. Full Text

Shrestha N.*, Shrestha S., Koju L., Shrestha K.K. and Wang Z. (2016) Medicinal plants diversity and traditional healing practices in eastern Nepal. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 192: 292-301. Full Text

Guo Z.Y., Zhang H.R., Shrestha N. and Zhang X.C.* (2016) Complete chloroplast genome of a valuable medicinal plant, Huperzia serrata (Lycopodiaceae), and comparison with its congener. Application in Plant Sciences 4(11): 1600071. 2016. Full Text

Shrestha N. and Zhang X.C.* (2015) Re-circumscription of Huperzia serrata complex in China using morphological and climatic data. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 53 (1): 88-103. Full Text

Shrestha N. and Zhang X.C.* (2015) On the presence of North American clubmoss Huperzia lucidula (Michx.) Trevis. in China: An intercontinental disjunction or misidentification. Phytotaxa 219 (3): 243–252. Full Text

Shrestha N. and Zhang X.C.* (2015) Is Huperzia hamiltonii (Spreng.) Trevis. a Himalayan endemic? An empirical evaluation using species distribution modeling. Indian Fern Journal 31: 154-161. Full Text

Shrestha N.*, Prasai D., Shrestha K.K., Shrestha S. and Zhang X.C. (2014) Ethnomedicinal practices in the highlands of central Nepal: A case study of Syaphru and Langtang village in Rasuwa district. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 155 (2): 1204-1213. Full Text

Shrestha N., Xing F.W., Qi X.P., Yan Y.H. and Zhang X.C.* (2014) Huperzia nanlingensis (Lycopodiaceae), a new terrestrial firmoss from southern China. Phytotaxa 173 (1): 73–79. Full Text

Paudel P., Satyal P., Maharjan S., Shrestha N. and Setzer. W.N.* (2014) Volatile analysis and antimicrobial screening of the parasitic plant Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. from Nepal. Natural Product Research 28(2): 106-110. Full Text

Shrestha N.* (2009) Systematic study of six species of Arisaema Mart. (Araceae) of Nepal. Botanica Orientalis 6: 32-38. Full Text

Shrestha N.* and Shrestha K.K. (2008) Threatened medicinal plants in Langtang National Park. In: Jha et al. (eds.) Medicinal Plants in Nepal: An Anthology of Contemporary Research. Ecological Society (ECOS), P.O. Box 6132, Kathmandu, Nepal, pp: 246-251.