Zhou ZK and M. G. Gilbert. 2003. Moraceae. In Wu Z. Y. and P. Raven(eds.) Flora of China Volume 5: 21-73

 Fujiki T, Zhou ZK and Yasuda Y, 2005. Asian Evironmental History 1. the Pollen Flora of Yunnan, China, vol 1. Roli Books Pvt Ltd, New Delhi.

Guo SX , Zhou ZK, 1992. The Mega fossil Legumes from China. Advances in Legume Systmatics. Part 4. The Fossil Record Pp: 207-223

Zhou ZK, Li HM, 1994. Leaf architecture implications for systematic of Chloranthaceae.　　　 Chinese Journal of Botany 4(2): 12-18
Zhou ZK, Wilkinson H, Wu ZY, 1995. Taxonomical and evolutionary implications of the　 leaf anatomy and architecture of Quercus L. subg. Quercus from China. Cathaya 7: 1-34

Sun G, Dilcher D, Zheng SL, Zhou ZK, 1998. In search of the first flower: A Jurassic angiosperm, Archaefructus, from Northeast China. Science 282(5394): 1601-1772

Zhou ZK, Coombes A, 2001. Quercus sect. Heterobalanus — an interesting group of evergreen oaks. International Dendrology Society yearbook 2000: 18-24
Zhou ZK, Crepet WL, Nixon KC, 2001. The earliest fossil evidence of the Hamamelidaceae: Late Cretaceous (Turonian) inflorescences and fruits of Altingioideae. American Journal of Botany 88(5): 753-766
Manos P, Zhou ZK, Cannon CH, 2001. Systematics of Fagaceae: Phylogenetic tests of reproductive trait evolution. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162(6):1361-1379
Luo Y, Zhou ZK, 2002. Leaf architecture in Quercus subgenus Cyclobalanopsis (Fagaceae) from China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 140: 283-295
Zhang ZY, Zhou ZK, Gu ZJ, 2002. Karyomorphology of Heptacodium (Caprifoliaceae s. str.) and its phylogenetic implications. Taxon 51: 499-505

Chen ST, Zhou ZK, Guan KY, Nakata M, 2004. Karyomorpholoical study of Incarvillea Juss. (Bignoniaceae) and its implications in distribution and taxonomy. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 144: 113-121
Chen ST, Guan KY, Zhou ZK et al., 2005. Molecular phylogeny of Incarvillea (Bignoniaceae) based on ITS and trnL-F sequence. American Journal of Botany 92(4): 625-633
Zhang SB, Zhou ZK, Hu H et al., 2005. Photosynthetic performances of Quercus pannosa vary with altitude in Hengduan Mountains, southwest China. Forest Ecology and Management 212: 291-301
Zhang SB, Hu H, Zhou ZK, 2005. Photosynthesis in relation to reproductive success of Cypripedium flavaum. Annals of Botany 96: 43-49
Li XX, Zhou ZK, 2005. Endemic wild ornamental plants from Northwestern Yunnan, China. Hortscience 40 (6): 1612-1619

Zhou ZK, Yang XF, Yang QS, 2006. Land bridge and long-distance dispersal—Old views, new evidence. Chinese Science Bulletin 51: 1030-1038
Ji YH, Fritsch PW, Li H, Xiao TJ, Zhou ZK, 2006. Phylogeny and classification of Paris (Melanthiaceae) inferred from DNA sequence data. Annals of Botany 98: 245-256

Chen ST, Guan KY, Zhou ZK, 2006. A new subgenus of Incarvillea (Bignoniaceae). Annales Botanical Fennici 43: 288-290
Ji YH, Zhou ZK, Li H, 2006. Paris xichouensis, a new combination of Trilliaceae from China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 44(5): 612-613

Ma CL, Moseley RK, Chen WY, Zhou ZK, 2007. Plant diversity and priority conservation areas of Northwestern Yunnan, China. Biodiversity and Conservation 16(3): 757-774
Li XX, Zhou ZK, 2007. The higher-level phylogeny of monocots based on matK, rbcL and its rDNA sequences. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 45(2): 113-133
Ji YH, Zhou ZK, Li H, 2007. Four new synonyms in the genus Paris (Trilliaceae). Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 45(3): 388-390
Li HM, Zhou ZK, 2007. Fossil nothofagaceous leaves from the Eocene of western Antarctica and their bearing on the origin, dispersal and systematics of Nothofagus and dispersal pattern. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences 50(10): 1525-1535
Oginuma K, Sato H, Kono Y, Chen ST, Zhou ZK et al., 2007. Intraspecific polyploidy of Houttuynia cordata and evolution of chromosome number in the Saururaceae. Chromosome Botany 2: 87-91
Zhang SB, Zhou ZK, Hu H, Xu K, 2007. Gas exchange and resource utilization in two alpine oaks at different altitudes in the Hengduan Mountains. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 1184-1193
Xiang XG, Cao M, Zhou ZK, 2007. Fossil history and modern distribution of the Abies (Pinaceae). Frontiers of Forestry in China 2(4): 355-265
Mitsui Y, Chen ST, Zhou ZK et al., 2008. Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Ainsliaea (Asteraceae) in the Sino-Japanese region based on nuclear rDNA and plastid DNA sequence data. Annals of Botany 101: 111-124
Zhang ZY, Du N, Pu CX, Gu ZJ, Zhou ZK, 2008. Environmental heterogeneity decides bio-heterogeneity of the Spiraea japonica complex (Rosaceae) in China. Australian Journal of Botany 56: 91-95