1. Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urümqi, China
2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
3. College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
4. College of Grassland and Environment Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Soil and Plant Ecological Processes, Urümqi, China
5. Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
6. Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
7. Yili Botanical Garden, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Xinyuan, China
8. Turpan Eremophytes Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Turpan, China