OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics is 5. 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
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
Niche differentiation and resource-use strategies in two co-occurring sister species of Neotropical shrubs: Cnidoscolus aconitifolius and C. souzae	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
Biological flora of Central Europe: Centaurea cyanus L.	11
Elevational range limits in naturalized Rumex conglomeratus likely formed by climate and lack of local adaptation	11
Performance-based inference of selection on stomatal length and specific leaf area varies with climate-of-origin of the forest tree, Eucalyptus ovata	10
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
Sustainable harvest of a threatened medicinal herb: Empirical evidence for spatially and temporally specific management of Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora	9
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
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
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
Plant-soil interactions in the communities dominated by alien and native plants	7
Editorial Board	7
Why are there climbing plants in the desert?	7
Desiccation of undamaged grasses in the topsoil causes Namibia’s fairy circles – Response to Jürgens & Gröngröft (2023)	6
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
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
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