Education

2003, Ph.D., South China Agricultural University;

Professional Experience

2003-2008, School of Life Sciences, Assistant Professor, Xiamen University.

2008 to Present,School of Life Sciences, Associate Professor, Xiamen University.

Research Area

Our research based mainly on traditional methods of plant taxonomy. Annonaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fagaceae, mangrove plants etc. were long studied. The plants of Fujian was another important part of my research.

Selected Publications：

1.Hou X. L., S. J. Li. 2004. A New Species of Polyalthia (Annonaceae) from China. Novon, 14(2):171-175.
2.Hou X. L., S. J. Li. 2005. Dasymaschalon tibetense (Annonaceae): a new species from China. Nordic Journal of Botany, 23 (3): 275-277.
3.Hou X. L., P. T. Li. 2007. Three synonyms of Annonaceae in China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica. 45 (3): 369-375. (in Chinese)
4.Hou X. L., J. Lu. 2008. A note on a mangrove Acanthus xiamenensis (Acanthaceae). Guihaia, 28 (3): 292-294. (in Chinese)
5.Cui Y, Rao S, Chang B, Wang X, Zhang K, Hou X, Zhu X, Wu H, Tian Z, Zhao Z, Yang C, Huang T^*. 2015. The AtLa1 protein initiates IRES-dependent translation of WUSCHEL mRNA and regulates the stem cell homeostasis of Arabidopsis in response to environmental hazards. Plant Cell and Environment. 38(10):2098-114.
6.Jin T, Hou X^*, Li P, Zhou F. (2015. A Novel Method of Automatic Plant Species Identification Using Sparse Representation of Leaf Tooth Features. Plos One 10(10): e0139482. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0139482
7.Hou X L. 2015. Textual Research on Chinese Mangrove Bruguiera cylindrica (Rhizophoraceae). Plant diversity and Resources, 37(3): 267-270. (in Chinese)