American Journal of Botany

Papers
(The median citation count of American Journal of Botany is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
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A nuclear phylogenomic study of the angiosperm order Myrtales, exploring the potential and limitations of the universal Angiosperms353 probe set60
Hybrid capture of 964 nuclear genes resolves evolutionary relationships in the mimosoid legumes and reveals the polytomous origins of a large pantropical radiation56
Phylogenomic discordance suggests polytomies along the backbone of the large genus Solanum50
Exploring Angiosperms353: An open, community toolkit for collaborative phylogenomic research on flowering plants46
Nondestructive estimation of leaf area for 15 species of vines with different leaf shapes45
Unexplored dimensions of variability in vegetative desiccation tolerance43
Hundreds of nuclear and plastid loci yield novel insights into orchid relationships42
A meta‐analysis of single visit pollination effectiveness comparing honeybees and other floral visitors36
Settling a family feud: a high‐level phylogenomic framework for the Gentianales based on 353 nuclear genes and partial plastomes36
Joining forces in Ochnaceae phylogenomics: a tale of two targeted sequencing probe kits36
Evolutionary ecology of Agave: distribution patterns, phylogeny, and coevolution (an homage to Howard S. Gentry)35
Microbial effects on plant phenology and fitness32
Using target sequence capture to improve the phylogenetic resolution of a rapid radiation in New Zealand Veronica31
Get the shovel: morphological and evolutionary complexities of belowground organs in geophytes28
Plant epigenetics: phenotypic and functional diversity beyond the DNA sequence28
Macrophenology: insights into the broad‐scale patterns, drivers, and consequences of phenology28
Comprehensive phylogenomic time tree of bryophytes reveals deep relationships and uncovers gene incongruences in the last 500 million years of diversification27
Small herbaria contribute unique biogeographic records to county, locality, and temporal scales26
A higher‐level nuclear phylogenomic study of the carrot family (Apiaceae)26
Quaternary diversification of a columnar cactus in the driest place on earth25
An updated infra‐familial classification of Sapindaceae based on targeted enrichment data24
Stomata: the holey grail of plant evolution24
Comprehending Cornales: phylogenetic reconstruction of the order using the Angiosperms353 probe set24
“Diminishing returns” for leaves of five age‐groups of Phyllostachys edulis culms23
Pleistocene aridification underlies the evolutionary history of the Caribbean endemic, insular, giantConsolea(Opuntioideae)23
Not dead yet: Diatom resting spores can survive in nature for several millennia23
Strategies of desiccation tolerance vary across life phases in the moss Syntrichia caninervis22
Fossil palm reading: using fruits to reveal the deep roots of palm diversity22
Parasites on parasites: hyper‐, epi‐, and autoparasitism among flowering plants21
A new phylogeny of the cladoxylopsid plexus: contribution of an early cladoxylopsid from the Lower Devonian (Emsian) of Quebec20
A drought‐driven model for the evolution of obligate apomixis in ferns: evidence from pellaeids (Pteridaceae)20
Diminishing returns among lamina fresh and dry mass, surface area, and petiole fresh mass among nine Lauraceae species19
Short‐ and long‐term consequences of genome doubling: a meta‐analysis19
Reconstructing Dipsacales phylogeny using Angiosperms353: issues and insights19
Region‐specific phenological sensitivities and rates of climate warming generate divergent temporal shifts in flowering date across a species' range18
Phylogenomics and biogeography of Cunoniaceae (Oxalidales) with complete generic sampling and taxonomic realignments18
A comprehensive phylogenomic study of the monocot order Commelinales, with a new classification of Commelinaceae18
Green land: Multiple perspectives on green algal evolution and the earliest land plants18
Scaling relationships of leaf vein and areole traits versus leaf size for nine Magnoliaceae species differing in venation density18
Vein‐to‐blade ratio is an allometric indicator of leaf size and plasticity18
Underground carbohydrate stores and storage organs in fire‐maintained longleaf pine savannas in Florida, USA18
Genetic diversity of wild and cultivated Coffea canephora in northeastern DR Congo and the implications for conservation17
Older populations of the invader Solidago canadensis exhibit stronger positive plant‐soil feedbacks and competitive ability in China16
New physaloid fruit‐fossil species from early Eocene South America16
Genetic diversity, gene flow, and differentiation among wild, semiwild, and landrace chile pepper (Capsicum annuum) populations in Oaxaca, Mexico16
Plant response to fungal root endophytes varies by host genotype in the foundation species Spartina alterniflora16
Starch storage capacity of sapwood is related to dehydration avoidance during drought16
The diversity and community structure of symbiotic cyanobacteria in hornworts inferred from long‐read amplicon sequencing15
A trait‐based approach to determining principles of plant biogeography15
Minimum size threshold of visiting bees of a buzz‐pollinated plant species: consequences for pollination efficiency15
Inbreeding in Solanum carolinense alters floral attractants and rewards and adversely affects pollinator visitation15
Fine‐scale environmental heterogeneity and spatial niche partitioning among spring‐flowering forest herbs15
Nectaries in ferns: their taxonomic distribution, structure, function, and sugar composition15
Effects of ambient climate and three warming treatments on fruit production in an alpine, subarctic meadow community14
Root anatomy helps to reconcile observed root trait syndromes in tropical tree species14
Latitudinal clines in bud flush phenology reflect genetic variation in chilling requirements in balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera14
Population responses to a historic drought across the range of the common monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus)14
Population structure, diversifying selection, and local adaptation in Pinus patula14
Patterns of population genomic diversity in the invasive Japanese knotweed species complex13
Phylogenetic signatures of ecological divergence and leapfrog adaptive radiation inEspeletia13
Evolution and biogeography ofMemecylon13
Spatial phylogenetics of Japanese ferns: Patterns, processes, and implications for conservation13
Striking developmental convergence in angiosperm endoparasites13
Phylogenomics and plastome evolution of a Brazilian mycoheterotrophic orchid, Pogoniopsis schenckii13
Beyond pollen:ovule ratios: Evolutionary consequences of pollinator dependence and pollination efficiency for pollen and ovule production in angiosperms13
Pollen dispensing schedules in buzz‐pollinated plants: experimental comparison of species with contrasting floral morphologies13
Biodiversity at the global scale: the synthesis continues13
Contrasting effects of nectar yeasts on the reproduction of Mediterranean plant species12
Incomplete reproductive isolation and low genetic differentiation despite floral divergence across varying geographic scales inCastilleja12
Resolved phylogenetic relationships in the Ocotea complex (Supraocotea) facilitate phylogenetic classification and studies of character evolution12
Sexual dimorphism in the dioecious willow Salix purpurea12
The role of ontogeny in wood diversity and evolution12
Resolving species boundaries in a recent radiation with the Angiosperms353 probe set: the Lomatium packardiae/L. anomalum clade of the L. triternatum (Apiaceae) complex12
Evidence linking life‐form to a major shift in diversification rate inCrassula12
The origin of Darwin’s “abominable mystery”12
Molecular and archaeological evidence on the geographical origin of domestication for Camelina sativa12
Pollinator assemblage and pollen load differences on sympatric diploid and tetraploid cytotypes of the desert‐dominantLarrea tridentata12
Why honeybees are poor pollinators of a mass‐flowering plant: Experimental support for the low pollen quality hypothesis12
Environmental DNA as an emerging tool in botanical research11
Induced defense and its cost in two bryophyte species11
Dispersal evolution in temporally variable environments: implications for plant range dynamics11
Climate warming causes photobiont degradation and carbon starvation in a boreal climate sentinel lichen11
Genome‐scale data resolves the timing of divergence in Joshua trees11
Philomatry in plants: why do so many species have limited seed dispersal?11
The “evil tribe” spreads across the land: A dated molecular phylogeny provides insight into dispersal, expansion, and biogeographic relationships within one of the largest tribes of the sunflower fami11
Lichen ecophysiology in a changing climate11
Rare transposable elements challenge the prevailing view of transposition dynamics in plants11
Maternal effects strengthen interactions of temperature and precipitation, determining seed germination of dominant alpine grass species11
Quantitative trait locus mapping reveals an independent genetic basis for joint divergence in leaf function, life‐history, and floral traits between scarlet monkeyflower (Mimulus cardinalis) po10
Incongruent phylogenies and their implications for the study of diversification, taxonomy, and genome size evolution of Rhododendron10
Differential reward in “male” versus “female” pollen of functionally dioecious Solanum10
Extirpated prairie species demonstrate more variable phenological responses to warming than extant congeners10
Squandering water in drylands: the water‐use strategy of the phreatophyte Ziziphus lotus in a groundwater‐dependent ecosystem10
Earlier spring reduces potential for gene flow via reduced flowering synchrony across an elevational gradient10
Biosystematic studies on the status of Solanum chilense10
Evolvability and constraint in the evolution of three‐dimensional flower morphology10
Rapid evolution of selfing syndrome traits in Viola arvensis revealed by resurrection ecology10
The pollen virome: A review of pollen‐associated viruses and consequences for plants and their interactions with pollinators10
Functional responses to climate change may increase invasive potential ofCarpobrotus edulis10
Wood density relates negatively to maximum plant height across major angiosperm and gymnosperm orders10
The phylogeny of Syntrichia: An ecologically diverse clade of mosses with an origin in South America10
A first complete phylogenomic hypothesis for diploid blueberries (Vaccinium section Cyanococcus)10
The role of genome duplication in big sagebrush growth and fecundity10
Apple tree adaptation to shade in agroforestry: an architectural approach10
Microsatellites and petal morphology reveal new patterns of admixture in Orchis hybrid zones10
Incomplete lineage sorting and reticulate evolution mask species relationships in Brunelliaceae, an Andean family with rapid, recent diversification10
Among‐ and within‐population variation in morphology, rewards, and scent in a hawkmoth‐pollinated plant10
Looking beyond history: tracing the dispersal of the Malaysian complex of crops to Africa10
A novel cupulate seed plant, Xadzigacalix quatsinoensis gen. et sp. nov., provides new insight into the Mesozoic radiation of gymnosperms10
Bee species visiting Medicago sativa differ in pollen deposition curves with consequences for gene flow10
Light availability influences the intensity of nectar robbery and its effects on reproduction in a tropical shrub via multiple pathways10
Phylogenomic analyses in Phrymaceae reveal extensive gene tree discordance in relationships among major clades9
Plastid phylogenomics of the Gynoxoid group (Senecioneae, Asteraceae) highlights the importance of motif‐based sequence alignment amid low genetic distances9
Host tree traits in pasture areas affect forest and pasture specialist epiphyte species differently9
Germination niche breadth of invasive Iris pseudacorus (L.) suggests continued recruitment from seeds with global warming9
52 million years old Eucalyptus flower sheds more than pollen grains9
The phylogeographic history of a range disjunction in eastern North America: the role of post‐glacial expansion into newly suitable habitat9
Evolution ofCastaneain North America: restriction‐site‐associated DNA sequencing and ecological modeling reveal a history of radiation, range shifts, and disease9
Sex‐specific differences in reproductive life‐history traits of the moss Weissia jamaicensis9
Leaf dorsoventrality candidate gene CpARF4 has conserved expression pattern but divergent tasiR‐ARF regulation in the water fern Ceratopteris pteridoides9
Woody invaders are more highly colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi than congeneric native species9
Nucleic acid damage and DNA repair are affected by freezing stress in annual wheat (Triticum aestivum) and by plant age and freezing in its perennial relative (Thinopyrum intermedium)9
The vessel wall thickness–vessel diameter relationship across woody angiosperms9
Fruit evolution in Hydrophyllaceae9
Patterns of genetic variation in a prairie wildflower, Silphium integrifolium, suggest a non‐prairie origin and locally adaptive variation9
Directionally biased habitat shifts and biogeographically informative cytonuclear discordance in the Hawaiian silversword alliance (Compositae)8
Climate change is associated with increased allocation to potential outcrossing in a common mixed mating species8
Individual bee foragers are less‐efficient transporters of pollen for plants from which they collect the most pollen in their scopae8
The mycorrhizal community of the epiphytic orchid Thrixspermum japonicum is strongly biased toward a single Ceratobasidiaceae fungus, despite a wide range of fungal partners8
Leaf trait association in relation to herbivore defense, drought resistance, and economics in a tropical invasive plant8
Phylogenetic signal and climatic niche of stem photosynthesis in the mediterranean and desert regions of California and Baja California Peninsula8
Pollen production per flower increases with floral display size across animal‐pollinated flowering plants8
Phylogenomics and continental biogeographic disjunctions: insight from the Australian starflowers (Calytrix)8
Evolutionary divergence of potential drought adaptations between two subspecies of an annual plant: Are trait combinations facilitated, independent, or constrained?8
A eudicot leaf from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian, Araripe Basin) Crato Konservat‐Lagerstätte8
When it only takes one to tango: assessing the impact of apomixis in the fern genus Pteris8
Root vascular traits differ systematically between African savanna tree and grass species, with implications for water use8
Disruptive selection via pollinators and seed predators on the height of flowers on a wind‐dispersed alpine herb8
Population genomics of a reindeer lichen species from North American lichen woodlands8
Genetic insights into the evolution of genera with the eastern Asia–eastern North America floristic disjunction: a transcriptomics analysis8
Selective forces on the maintenance of outcrossing in an almost exclusively cleistogamous violet species8
Pollen as the link between floral phenotype and fitness8
Judge it by its shape: a pollinator‐blind approach reveals convergence in petal shape and infers pollination modes in the genus Erythrina8
Diversification, spread, and admixture of octoploid strawberry in the Western Hemisphere8
Vegetation‐type conversion of evergreen chaparral shrublands to savannahs dominated by exotic annual herbs: causes and consequences for ecosystem function8
Invasive plant species that experience lower herbivory pressure may evolve lower diversities of chemical defense compounds in the exotic range8
Fossil papilionoids of the Bowdichia clade (Leguminosae) from the Paleogene of North America8
A greenhouse experiment partially supports inferences of ecogeographic isolation from niche models of Clarkia sister species7
Phylogeny of Lantana, Lippia, and related genera (Lantaneae: Verbenaceae)7
The Boechera model system for evolutionary ecology7
Molecular framework underlying floral bilateral symmetry and nectar spur development in Tropaeolum, an atypical member of the Brassicales7
Community genomics: a community‐wide perspective on within‐species genetic diversity7
Diverse ecological functions and the convergent evolution of grass awns7
Genetic architecture of divergence: the selfing syndrome in Ipomoea lacunosa7
Botany is the root and the future of invasion biology7
Population genetics and biogeography of the lungwort lichen in North America support distinct Eastern and Western gene pools7
Limits and constraints to crop domestication7
Phylogeny, classification, and character evolution of tribe Citharexyleae (Verbenaceae)7
Jack pine of all trades: Deciphering intraspecific variability of a key adaptive trait at the rear edge of a widespread fire‐embracing North American conifer7
Uncovering haplotype diversity in cultivated Mexican vanilla species7
Velocity of the falling dispersal units in Zelkova abelicea: remarkable evolutionary conservation within the relict tree genus7
Crop domestication as a step toward reproductive isolation7
The role of hybrid seed inviability in angiosperm speciation7
Can heterosis and inbreeding depression explain the maintenance of outcrossing in a cleistogamous perennial?7
Parenchyma fractions drive the storage capacity of nonstructural carbohydrates across a broad range of tree species7
New Fagaceous pollen taxa from the Miocene Søby flora of Denmark and their biogeographic implications7
Rethinking convergence in plant parasitism through the lens of molecular and population genetic processes7
Measurements of lethal and nonlethal inbreeding depression inform the de novo domestication of Silphium integrifolium7
Effects of heterospecific pollen on stigma behavior in Campsis radicans: Causes and consequences6
Two cytotype niche shifts are of different magnitude in Solidago gigantea6
Genetic and spatial variation in vegetative and floral traits across a hybrid zone6
Analysis of trait–performance–fitness relationships reveals pollinator‐mediated selection on orchid pollination traits6
Biomass allocation ofVincetoxicum rossicumandV. nigrumin contrasting competitive environments6
First‐year Acacia seedlings are anisohydric “water‐spenders” but differ in their rates of water use6
Flexible drought deciduousness in a neotropical understory herb6
The roles of dispersal limitation, climatic niches and glacial history in endemism of the North American bryophyte flora6
Candidate genes and signatures of directional selection on fruit quality traits during apple domestication6
Climate data and flowering times for 450 species from 1844 deepen the record of phenological change in southern Germany6
Adaptation to lower latitudes and lower elevations precedes the evolution of hummingbird pollination in western North American Penstemon6
Vessel dimorphism and wood traits in lianas and trees among three contrasting environments6
Local adaptation of seed and seedling traits along a natural aridity gradient may both predict and constrain adaptive responses to climate change6
Target sequence data shed new light on the infrafamilial classification of Araceae6
Responses of invasive and native plants to different forms and availability of phosphorus6
Testing an invasion mechanism for Eucalyptus globulus: Is there evidence of allelopathy?6
Rare and widespread: integrating Bayesian MCMC approaches, Sanger sequencing and Hyb‐Seq phylogenomics to reconstruct the origin of the enigmatic Rand Flora genus Camptoloma6
A test of the reproductive assurance hypothesis inIpomoea hederacea: does inbreeding depression counteract the benefits of self‐pollination?6
Exceptional evolutionary lability of flower‐like inflorescences (pseudanthia) in Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae6
Plastid phylogenomics and molecular evolution of Thismiaceae (Dioscoreales)6
Identification of key regulatory genes involved in the sporophyte and gametophyte development in Ginkgo biloba ovules revealed by in situ expression analyses6
Complex meristematic activity induced by Eucecidoses minutanus on Schinus engleri turns shoots into galls6
The role of maternal age, growth, and environment in shaping offspring performance in an aerial conifer seed bank6
Phenotypic plasticity made simple, but not too simple6
Variation in frequency of plastid RNA editing within Adiantum implies rapid evolution in fern plastomes6
Beyond the usual climate? Factors determining flowering and fruiting phenology across a genus over 117 years6
Effect of plant origin and phenological stage on the allelopathic activity of the invasive species Oxalis pes‐caprae6
Allopatry, hybridization, and reproductive isolation in Arctostaphylos6
Floral traits differentiate pollination syndromes and species but fail to predict the identity of floral visitors to Castilleja6
Pollen layering and male–male competition: Quantum dots demonstrate that pollen grains compete for space on pollinators6
Flowers of Apocynaceae in amber from the early Eocene of India6
Prediction of photosynthetic light‐response curves using traits of the leaf economics spectrum for 75 woody species: effects of leaf habit and sun–shade dichotomy6
Light signals counteract alterations caused by simulated microgravity in proliferating plant cells6
Anatomy of a mega‐radiation: Biogeography and niche evolution in Astragalus6
Floral orientation affects outcross‐pollen deposition in buzz‐pollinated flowers with bilateral symmetry6
Shoot dimorphism enables Sequoia sempervirens to separate requirements for foliar water uptake and photosynthesis6
Diversity in conduit and pit structure among extant gymnosperm taxa6
Sex‐linked gene expression and the emergence of hermaphrodites in Carica papaya6
A phylogenomic analysis of Lonicera and its bearing on the evolution of organ fusion5
Digitized collections elucidate invasion history and patterns of awn polymorphism inMicrostegium vimineum5
Multiplexed shotgun genotyping (MSG) data resolve phylogenetic relationships within and among archipelagos in Macaronesian Tolpis5
Structural adaptations in plants from the humid equatorial Andes indicate a trade‐off between hydraulic transport efficiency and safety5
An updated phylogeny, biogeography, and PhyloCode‐based classification of Cornaceae based on three sets of genomic data5
Pollen limitation of native plant reproduction in an urban landscape5
Age affects the strain‐rate dependence of mechanical properties of kelp tissues5
Rewiring critical plant–soil microbial interactions to assist ecological restoration5
Leaf shape and size variation in bur oaks: an empirical study and simulation of sampling strategies5
Water and nutrient availability exert selection on reproductive phenology5
Color signals of bee‐pollinated flowers: the significance of natural leaf background5
The role of genus and life span in predicting seed and vegetative trait variation and correlation in Lathyrus, Phaseolus, and Vicia5
A new fossilAcmopylewith accessory transfusion tissue and potential reproductive buds: Direct evidence for ever‐wet rainforests in Eocene Patagonia5
Understanding plant microbiomes requires a genotype × environment framework5
Functional traits mediate individualistic species‐environment distributions at broad spatial scales while fine‐scale species associations remain unpredictable5
Polyploidization: Consequences of genome doubling on the evolutionary potential of populations5
Quantifying the effect of shade on cuticle morphology and carbon isotopes of sycamores: present and past5
Peak values of twist‐to‐bend ratio in triangular flower stalks of Carex pendula: a study on biomechanics and functional morphology5
Interspecific anatomical differences result in similar highly flexible stems in Bignoniaceae lianas5
A missing link: Connecting plant and pollinator population structure5
Sources and consequences of mismatch between leaf disc and whole‐leaf leaf mass per area (LMA)5
Seed size–seed number trade‐offs: influence of seed size on the density of fire‐stimulated persistent soil seed banks5
Herbs are not just small plants: What biomass allocation to rhizomes tells us about differences between trees and herbs5
A turn in species conservation for hairpin banksias: demonstration of oversplitting leads to better management of diversity5
Hawkmoth and bee pollinators impact pollen dispersal at the landscape but not local scales in two species of Oenothera5
Adaptive associations among life history, reproductive traits, environment, and origin in the Wisconsin angiosperm flora5
Cynodontium luthii sp. nov.: a permineralized moss gametophyte from the Late Cretaceous of the North Slope of Alaska5
Pollen‐feeding behavior of diverse insects on Geranium delavayi, a flower with large, accessible pollen grains5
Increases in vein length compensate for leaf area lost to lobing in grapevine5
Environmental contributions to the evolution of trait differences inGeum triflorum: Implications for restoration5
The relationship between chlorophyllous spores and mycorrhizal associations in ferns: evidence from an evolutionary approach5
1, 2, 3, GO! Venture beyond gene ontologies in plant evolutionary research5
Ploidy and local environment drive intraspecific variation in endoreduplication in Arabidopsis arenosa5
Germination success of large‐seeded plant species ingested by howler monkeys in tropical rain forest fragments5
The potential for floral evolution in response to competing selection pressures following the loss of hawkmoth pollination in Ruellia humilis5
Evolutionary effects of nitrogen are not easily predicted from ecological responses5
Do Silene species with exposed stigmas tolerate interference by heterospecific pollen?5
Genetic structure in Louisiana Iris species reveals patterns of recent and historical admixture5
Phylogeography of a gypsum endemic plant across its entire distribution range in the western Mediterranean5
Evolution of apetaly in the cosmopolitan genusStellaria5
Deep sequencing across multiple host species tests pine‐endophyte specificity5
Population‐specific responses of floral volatiles to abiotic factors in changing environments5
The first Gondwanan Euphorbiaceae fossils reset the biogeographic history of the Macaranga‐Mallotus clade4
Spiny but photogenic: Amateur sightings complement herbarium specimens to reveal the bioregions of cacti4
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