2003年，华南农业大学，植物学博士；
2003-2008年，beat365官方网站，助理教授；
2008年至今，beat365官方网站，副教授。
Ph.D. 2003, South China Agricultural University, Botany;
Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, 2003-2008;
Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, 2008 to Present.

从事经典分类学研究，对番荔枝科、大戟科、壳斗科、红树植物有长期研究。福建植物也是本人研究的另一重要内容。
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.

代表性论文(^# co-first author, ^* Corresponding author):

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)

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