OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Botany is 1. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Growth and productivity of the moss Sphagnum fuscum in bogs of northeastern North America	39
Note of Appreciation	20
Morphological variations of Thymus in the vegetation belts of the Tien Shan mountains (Central Asia)	14
Understory plant species-specific effects on subarctic soil fertility	14
Secretory structure diversity on Astronium leaf	12
Cannibal plants: intraspecific autoparasitism among host-specific holoparasites	12
Preliminary observations on the flower visitors of Nasa colanii (Loasaceae), a poorly known species endemic to northern Peru	12
We do not see evidence for the presence of female gametangia (oospores) in North American Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J. Groves	10
Heliotropism in Trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success	9
Trichomycetes from the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada	9
Organically grown cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants contain a diverse range of culturable epiphytic and endophytic fungi in inflorescences and stem tissues	8
Sieve element traits differ in pulvini and petioles of Mimosa (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) with different types of leaf movement	8
Three helmet-orchid species share abundant fungi of Serendipitaceae regardless of altitude	8
Germination responses of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) seeds to salinity and water stresses: implications for the restoration of Mediterranean marginal lands	8
An assessment of data accuracy and best practice recommendations for observations of lichens and other taxonomically difficult taxa on iNaturalist	7
Correction: Climate and nature crisis is also about the health of plants	6
Effect of seed coat mucilage, temperature, and photoperiod on germination of four Arabian desert species	6
New insight into the roles of lipid transfer protein and seed storage albumin gene families involved in oil and protein accumulation in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)	6
Diversité des rhizobia associés au genre Hippocrepis en Algérie	6
Evaluating putative Dryas ajanensis Juzepczuk ssp. beringensis Jurtzev × Dryas integrifolia Vahl hybrids using leaf morphometrics	6
‘Frog’s umbrella’ and ‘ghost’s face powder’: the cultural roles of mushrooms and other fungi for Canadian Indigenous Peoples	6
Ethylene sensitivity assay in medicinal and fiber-type Cannabis seedlings reveals a triple-response-like phenotype	6
Small granivores remove the seeds of 25 plant species at similarly high rates in an old-field plant community	6
Preliminary assessment of the conservation status of medicinal plant species in Canada	5
Effect of environmental factors on polyketide synthase gene expression, usnic acid biosynthesis, and ground cover of a lichen-fungus, Cladonia uncialis	5

Trichomycetes from freshwater and salt marsh mosquito larvae with a new species in the monotypic genus Legerioides	5
Liverworts as a hidden secret for soothing inflammation and alleviating pain	5
Do nurse plants and cattle exclusion help restore Parlatore's Podocarp forest?	5
Untargeted and targeted metabolomics to understand plant growth regulation and evolution in Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis)	5
Picea × darwyniana Björk & Goward: an invalid taxonomic name	5
Micromorphology of leaflets of Senna series Bacillares (Leguminosae) and its taxonomic significance	5
Effects of the phylogeny and seed traits on germination of Polygonaceae species from Subtropical Forest, Southeast China	5
Stamen dimorphism, bee visitation, and pollen removal in three species of Agalinis (Orobanchaceae)	5
A rapid method for sex identification in Cannabis sativa using high resolution melt analysis	5
An ethnobotanical meta-analysis of North American medicinal Asteraceae	5
Measurement of inbreeding depression in Rhododendron kaempferi: seed production, germination, juvenile survival, and growth	5
Monthly macroalgal surveys reveal a diverse and dynamic community in an urban intertidal zone	5
Observations on the curvature of Physcomitrium patens (Hedw.) Mitt. and Funaria hygrometrica (Hedw.) caulonemal filaments	4
Comparative ecology of chasmogamous and cleistogamous reproduction in Danthonia compressa: effects of floral type and maternal environment	4
Ceiba pentandra (Malvaceae) and associated species: Spiritual Keystone Species of the Neotropics	4
Morphophysiological indicators applied for the selection of different genotypes of Hevea spp. during germination and post-germination	4
Piggutuit Qanuqtuurniutuk; An Indigenous Flower, Resourceful in the Face of Challenges	4
Peronospora variabilis is associated with downy mildew of Chenopodium berlandieri in Mexico	4
Nunatsiavut, ‘our beautiful land’: Inuit landscape ethnoecology in Labrador, Canada	4
Filling in the gaps: a road map to establish a model system to study developmental programmed cell death	4
An experimental test of niche versus dispersal limitation of the distribution limit of the Ghost Antler Lichen, Pseudevernia cladonia, along a temperate–boreal elevation gradient	4
Phylogeography of alpine plant Parnassia wightiana (Celastraceae)	4
Introduction to the Special Issue on Parasitic Flowering Plants in Forests	4
First record of trichomycete fungi from Rouge National Urban Park and Greater Toronto Area	4
Soil drainage-class influences on the distribution of witness trees (1664–1700) in Wicomico County, Maryland, USA	4
Establishment of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) in the context of floodplain restoration: impact of companion plant and sowing rate	4
Impacts of road salt on seed germination of Thuja occidentalis found in natural communities adjacent to the Illinois Tollway in northeastern IL, USA	4
A tale of two mistletoes: phenology and fauna associated with two sympatric species	4
Understanding bud rot development, caused by Botrytis cinerea, on cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants grown under greenhouse conditions	3
Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology in the Americas	3
First evidence of nitrogen fixation associated with bryophytes from coastal Wabanaki–Acadian forests	3
Alternate host screening of Thekopsora areolata in Scandinavia: a new record on Prunus grayana	3
New species and new record of Candolleomyces (Psathyrellaceae) from India	3
Severe frost but not shade could limit the future growing season of Erythronium americanum	3
Etiology of leaf blight of Chinese brush (Baccharis conferta Kunth) in Mexico	3
Chloroplast capture creates cryptic lineages with differential geographic patterns in Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Ericaceae)	3
The classification of dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium spp., Viscaceae) in section Campylopoda, series Campylopoda	3
Contribution to the taxonomic elucidation of the Geonoma maxima complex (Arecaceae) in Central Amazonia, Brazil	3
Plants as Our Relatives: The Creation and Gifting of a Relational Learning Task	3
Justicia americana exhibits stem density–aboveground biomass relationships and variability in elemental composition and isotopic signature across tissue types and land use gradients	3
Evidence of starch accumulation in tobacco Bright Yellow (TBY-2) cells in the presence of auxin	3
Avian gut passage reduces the germination light response of pokeweed (Phytolaca americana)	3
An SNP-based approach to estimating the mating and relatedness components of plant mating portfolios	3
Post-fire peatland vegetation recovery: a case study in open rich fens of the Canadian boreal forest	3
Effects of industrial disturbances on the flavonoid concentration of Rhododendron groenlandicum	2
A review of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology of traditional medicines used by Q’eqchi’ Maya Healers of Xna’ajeb’ aj Ralch’o’och’, Belize	2
Ethnobotany in the Andes and the Amazon in a world of Nagoya Protocol and post SARS-CoV-2 pandemic	2
The Arrhenia peltigerina complex—preliminary report	2
Leaf morphology and anatomy in Myrcia sect. Aulomyrcia (Myrtaceae): species circumscription and characterization of clades	2
Transcriptome-wide characterization of alternative splicing in five drug-type cultivars of Cannabis sativa	2

Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	2
Flowering time responses to climate differ between species in mesic and xeric habitats in Alberta	2
Fruit anatomy and seedlings of the mistletoe Psittacanthus schiedeanus (Loranthaceae)	2
Monthly dynamics of phenolic release and allelopathic effect in hollow and hummock Sphagnum	2
Phenological growth stages according to the BBCH-scale as a powerful tool for differentiating among CRISPR/Cas9 mutated lineages of the model plant Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. (Poaceae)	2
Calonectria vigiensis sp. nov. (Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) associated with dieback and sudden-death symptoms of Theobroma cacao from Mérida state, Venezuela	2
Conservation assessment of a range-edge population of Trichophorum planifolium (Cyperaceae) reveals range-wide inbreeding and locally divergent environmental conditions	2
Do larger plants produce more and better seeds and seedlings? Testing the hypothesis in a globose cactus, Wigginsia sessiliflora	2
Embryo position of Castanopsis sclerophylla (Fagaceae) seeds with recalcitrant storage behavior differs from Quercus genus but response to desiccation shows no difference	2
A versatile protoplast system and its application in Cannabis sativa L.	2
Variations in growth and architecture in the range limit of Salix humboldtiana, the willow native to South America	2
Quantification of camelina germination niche to combined salinity and temperature stresses using a halothermal time model	2
A preliminary investigation of the lichen biota associated with recently deglaciated terrain in southeastern Alaska	2
A complex regulatory network underlies de novo root regeneration in red maple (Acer rubrum)	2
Deciphering the complete plastid genome of an endemic monotypic species Kostermansia malayana (Malvaceae) from Peninsular Malaysia: structural comparative genomics and phylogenomic placement	2
Correction: Fossil species in Boehmerieae (Urticaceae) in Dominican and Mexican amber: a new genus (Ekrixanthera) and two new species with anemophilous pollination by explosive pollen release,	2
Perspectives on the reclassification of taxa in the Arceuthobium campylopodum complex (Viscaceae)	2
The importance of taxonomy for determining species distribution: a case study using the disjunct lichen Brodoa oroarctica	2
Germination ecology of Trachycarpus fortunei (Arecaceae), a species with morphophysiological and shoot dormancy	2
Transgene silencing in the moss, Physcomitrella (Physcomitrium patens)	2
Impact of in vitro hormone treatments on the bibenzyl production of Radula complanata	2
Leaf developmental patterns of two species of Baccharis (Asteraceae): an analysis based on cell wall pectins	2
Editorial June 2025—A new type of article	2
Genetic variation in growth and leaf traits associated with local adaptation to climate in yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britton)	1
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology of the Americas	1
Reproductive phenological shifts and other phylogenetic trait changes in the Arbutoideae (Ericaceae) in the context of drought, seed predation, and fire	1
Note of appreciation	1
Macro- and micromorphology reveal four entities in the highly variable Oxalis polymorpha Mart. ex Zucc. (Oxalidaceae)	1
The post-fire shift of temperate white pine-birch forest to boreal balsam fir forest in eastern Canada: climate-fire implications	1
Uncoupling effect of lipid peroxidation in spinach thylakoids exposed to peroxyl radicals generated by 2,2′-azobis (2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride	1
Calea ternifolia Kunth, the Mexican “dream herb”, a concise review	1
Fungal endophytes affecting the health and recovery of Long’s Braya (Braya longii) and Fernald’s Braya (Braya fernaldii), endangered endemic species of Newfoundland, Canada	1
Insufficient collection capacity and facility, bane of plant taxonomic research in Nigeria	1
Anatomy of the hinge region of the petiole of prostrate leaves of the wintergreen fern Polystichum acrostichoides (Dryopteridaceae)	1
The timing of snowmelt and amount of winter precipitation have limited influence on flowering phenology in a tallgrass prairie	1
The responses of Cannabis sativa to environmental stress: a balancing act	1
Do linear clearings in boreal peatlands recover? Comparing taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional plant diversity	1
Variations in phytochemistry, morphology, and population structure in Trillium govanianum (Melanthiaceae)	1
Lichens of ultramafic substrates in North America: a review	1
Potential role of the seed bank in spreading invasive plants in a tundra-edge environment	1
Localization of the fungal symbiont (Chaetothyriales) in Ipomoea carnea	1
The woody plant Haloxylon ammodendron (C.A. Mey.) provides new insights into the self-thinning relationship and size inequality with wind erosion stress	1
Population-level drought responses in northern oak fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)	1
Mycoheterotrophic plants as indicators of post-agricultural forest regeneration: abundance of Hypopitys monotropa and Monotropa uniflora in post-agricultural forests changes through time	1
Sensory ecologies, plant-persons, and multinatural landscapes in Amazonia	1
Are epicuticular waxes a surface defense comparable to trichomes? A test using two Solanum species and a specialist herbivore	1
The relationship between bark substratum and conspecific biomass affecting hydration and drying rate of a lichen epiphyte (Platismatia glauca (L.) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb.)	1
Distribution and pathogenicity of Cicer arietinum infecting fungi in Tunisian agricultural lands	1
Sex differences in nitrogen flux in fern gametophytes	1
Testing the Miyawaki method in Mediterranean urban areas through a standardised experimental design	1
Yves Bergeron : Une carrière dévolue à comprendre les forêts naturelles et à influencer l’aménagement forestier. Yves Bergeron: A career devoted to understanding natural forests and influencing forest	1
Origin of Symphyotrichum anticostense (Asteraceae, Astereae), an endemic, high polyploid species of the Gulf of St. Lawrence region, based on morphological and nrDNA evidence	1
Belowground morphology and population dynamics of two forest understory herbs of contrasting growth forms	1
Outcrossing rates in the permanent translocation heterozygote Oenothera biennis L. (Onagraceae)	1
Trends in groundberry cover under climate change in the southern and central Yukon, 1997–2022	1
New species of Tricholoma in sections Genuina and Fucata from eastern North America	1
Moss regeneration for lithium mine waste rock revegetation in Québec, Canada	1
Tissue-specific expression of HCN and its metabolic precursors in Trifolium repens	1
Genomic description of critical cannabinoid biosynthesis genes	1
Phenological growth stages of highbush blueberries (Vaccinium spp.): codification and description according to the BBCH scale	1
Susceptibility of endangered Cornus florida (eastern flowering dogwood) to the introduced fungal pathogen Discula destructiva (dogwood anthracnose) in the Canadian Carolinian forest: ins	1