OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Taxonomic significance and evolution of homobaric and heterobaric leaves in Adesmia clade species (Leguminosae – Papilionoideae)	92
Limited dispersal ability and restricted niche characterize “depauperons” in Melastomataceae	34
Population genomics and taxonomy solve a conservation conundrum in the Balearic paleoendemic Femeniasia balearica	29
Differential elemental stoichiometry of two Mediterranean evergreen woody plants over a geochemically heterogeneous area	27
Urban plant population genetics: A review	25
Out of Africa: Linked continents, overland migration and differential survival explain abundance of Proteaceae in Australia	24
Using plant functional traits and life strategies of annual species to inform green roof plant selection	18
Eocene/Oligocene global disruption and the revolution of Caribbean mangroves	17
Geographic distribution and climatic niche comparison between diploid and polyploid cytotypes of a South American genus Lessingianthus H.Rob. (Vernonieae, Asteraceae)	15
Editorial Board	14
Niche differentiation and resource-use strategies in two co-occurring sister species of Neotropical shrubs: Cnidoscolus aconitifolius and C. souzae	13
Phylogeography of the Euro-Siberian steppe plant Astragalus austriacus: Late Pleistocene climate fluctuations fuelled formation and expansion of two main lineages from a Pontic-Pannonian area of origi	13
Contrasting dynamics of seed banks and standing vegetation of annuals and perennials along a rainfall gradient	12
Twenty-year effect of sewage-sludge fertilization in a Mediterranean grassland: Impact on species composition, functional groups and interrelation with climate	12
Elevational range limits in naturalized Rumex conglomeratus likely formed by climate and lack of local adaptation	11
Biological flora of Central Europe: Centaurea cyanus L.	11
Evolutionary footprints of cold adaptation in arctic-alpine Cochlearia (Brassicaceae) – Evidence from freezing experiments and electrolyte leakage	10
Similar diversification patterns in “sky islands”: A comparative approach in lineages from campo rupestre and campo de altitude	10
Performance-based inference of selection on stomatal length and specific leaf area varies with climate-of-origin of the forest tree, Eucalyptus ovata	10
Editorial Board	9
Difference in reproductive traits of two sympatric species of Stigmaphyllon (Malpighiaceae) throughout their distribution range: Are they context-dependent?	9
Functional ecology and evolution of terrestrial and epiphytic species of Rhododendron section Schistanthe (Ericaceae)	9
Sustainable harvest of a threatened medicinal herb: Empirical evidence for spatially and temporally specific management of Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora	9
Determinants of biogeographical distribution of grasses in grasslands of South America	8
Using Gaussian Mixture Models in plant morphometrics	8

Anther smut pathogens as important drivers of population dynamics of long-lived perennial plants: A case study of Dianthus carthusianorum	8
Range expansion and contraction of Tillandsia landbeckii lomas in the hyperarid Chilean Atacama Desert indicates ancient introgression and geneflow	8
Variation in functional traits among different mycorrhizal types and life history stages of temperate broadleaf tree species	8
Floral nectar: Fifty years of new ecological perspectives beyond pollinator reward	8
Genetic differentiation of the Capparis spinosa group in the Mediterranean area	8
Editorial Board	7
Why are there climbing plants in the desert?	7
Plant-soil interactions in the communities dominated by alien and native plants	7
Tillandsia landbeckii secures high phenotypic variation despite clonal propagation at the dry limits of plant life in the Atacama Desert	6
Geographical parthenogenesis in tetraploid brambles: Do competition and reproductive output in the secondary contact zone matter?	6
Desiccation of undamaged grasses in the topsoil causes Namibia’s fairy circles – Response to Jürgens & Gröngröft (2023)	6
The establishment growth and clonal growth organs	5
Cardamine rivularis Schur is not the same as Cardamine rivularis auct. non Schur and why does it matter in the genomic era: Resolving the long-standing taxonomic confusion	5
Pollen presentation mitigates competition for pollinators due to diurnal stratification of pollen transfer	5
The species richness–resource availability relationship is hump-shaped	5
Resampling epiphytic lichens in coniferous forests of the Southern Alps: Veteran trees promote compositional stability	5
Community assembly along climatic gradient: Contrasting pattern between- and within- species	5
Fairy circle research: Status, controversies and the way forward	5
Carpinus austrobalcanica – A new highly polyploid species from the Balkan Peninsula closely related to European hornbeam	5
Editorial Board	4
Insect herbivory and leaf defensive traits in native and non-native populations of an endemic plant in a Macaronesian archipelago	4
Elevational patterns of plant species richness and phylogenetic diversity in a Mediterranean island	4
Placing Brazil's grasslands and savannas on the map of science and conservation	4
Phenotypic integration increases with aridity across species, independent of their life cycle or resource-use strategy	4
Are trait responses of tree species across pyroregions indicative of fire-modulated plant functional strategies?	4
Physiological and molecular features predispose native and invasive populations of sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa L.) to colonization and restoration of drought degraded environments	4
Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia´ s fairy circles – A response to	4
Combining the resurrection approach with transplant experiments to investigate adaptation of plant populations to environmental change	4
Editorial Board	4
Editorial Board	4
Questioning the effectiveness of seed-reducing agents on invasive Acacia: Pod production relative to gall abundance of classical biological control agents	4
Does insular adaptation to subtropical conditions promote loss of plasticity over time?	3
Editorial Board	3
Environmental filtering of regeneration patterns in a forest dynamic mosaic in south-central Chile	3
Seasonal patterns of leaf physiological traits, nutrient and adaptive strategies of co-occurring Alnus nepalensis and Quercus leucotrichophora tree species in the central Himalaya	3
Taxonomic analysis of certain taxa of Epipactis in Slovenia	3
No support for the optimal allocation to indirect plant defenses mediated by ant-hemipteran interactions	3
Biological flora of Central Europe – Lupinus polyphyllus Lindley	3
Factors that extend flowering phenology for pollinators in prairie restorations	3
Corrigendum to “Population genomics and taxonomy solve a conservation conundrum in the Balearic paleoendemic Femeniasia balearica” [Perspect. Plant Ecol. Evol. Syst 68 (2025) 125888]	3
Origin, early expansion, domestication and anthropogenic diffusion of Cannabis, with emphasis on Europe and the Iberian Peninsula	2
Editorial Board	2
Gondwanan origin and foremost Miocene diversification explain the paleotropical intercontinental disjunction (PID) in the winged seed clade of Malvaceae	2
Local adaptation to an altitudinal gradient: The interplay between mean phenotypic trait variation and phenotypic plasticity in Mimulus laciniatus	2
Intraspecific trait variability: Herbs are not just small trees	2
Spatial distributions and edge relationships of plant communities in coastal barrens in Nova Scotia, Canada	2
Taxonomic and genetic assessment of disjunct populations of the threatened plant Arnica montana (Asteraceae) from central France	2
A survey of duckweed species in Southern Italy provided first distribution records of the hybrid Lemna × mediterranea in nature	2
Editorial Board	2
Widespread, but less than assumed: Populations of Euphorbia amygdaloides (Euphorbiaceae) from western Asia represent two new cryptic species	2

Abiotic stress tolerance can explain range size and filling in temperate woody plants	2
Ontogeny unlocks the floral development and evolution of Uleanthus, a florally divergent monospecific genus of Amazonian legume trees	2
Disentangling the role of fire, soil, and landscape effects on arrested succession in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	2
Evolutionary patterns within the New World Clade Polygala sections Clinclinia and Monninopsis (Polygalaceae)	2
Editorial Board	2
Drivers of plant and lichen diversity in grasslands on mineral islands surrounded by peatlands (Biebrza Valley, NE Poland)	2
Urban green spaces as reservoirs of exotic plant species with invasion risk: A case study on the ornamental flora of Nairobi City, Kenya	2
Uneven impacts of climate change on angiosperm diversity across the South American Temperate Grasslands biome	2
Plant water stress, not termite herbivory, causes Namibia’s fairy circles	2