OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Plant Ecology and Evolution 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Notes on Neotropical litter-gathering Rubiaceae, and distinction between Faramea tinguana from southern Brazil, and F. humicapiens sp. nov. from French Guiana	19
And the twain shall meet at the end: a phylogeny of Myrcianthes (Myrtaceae, Myrteae) with phytogeographic and morphological insights	13
Floral ontogeny links Dialypetalanthus (Condamineeae) with the floral developmental morphology of other Rubiaceae	12
The reproductive traits that contribute to the invasive success of Mediterranean onionweed (Asphodelus fistulosus)	11
Past, present, and future potential distributions of the African multipurpose tree Detarium senegalense (Fabaceae)	9
Climate change and shifting distributions of medicinal and aromatic Lippia and Salimenaea species (Verbenaceae) in southern South America: a species distribution modelling approach	7
The vascular plant diversity of Burundi	7
Passion and combat on a floral stage: a new species of Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) from Monts de Cristal, Gabon, with notes on its unique pollination ecology	7
The family Zingiberaceae in Rwanda with description of two new species of Renealmia	7
A striking new species of Rhipidocladum (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae: Arthrostylidiinae) with single, terminal-spikelet synflorescences, endemic to Jalisco, Mexico	6
Barking up the wrong tree: the dangers of taxonomic misidentification in molecular phylogenetic studies	6
How does a plant species swarm maintain coexistence on an isolated mountain in northern Madagascar?	6
Smallholder farmers’ knowledge on management of Cinchona in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	6
A new species of Phragmanthera (Loranthaceae) from the Sanaga River basin, Cameroon	5
Development of new microsatellite markers for Cola acuminata (Malvaceae), a socio-economically important fruit tree species in Central Africa	5
Molecular phylogeny and character-mapping support the synonymy of Cordobia and Gallardoa in Mionandra (Malpighiaceae)	5
Floristic and structural distinctness of monodominant Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forest in the western Congo Basin	5
Population genomics of Ulex europaeus in the Northern Andes: insights into an invasive species in high-mountain ecosystems	5
Pollen grain evolution in Zornia evidences the homoplastic nature of a stenopalynous genus of Leguminosae	4
A new and endemic species of Struthanthus (Loranthaceae) from Guerrero, Mexico	4
Why fitness impacts of different herbivores may combine nonadditively, and why it matters to the ecology and evolution of plant-herbivore communities	4
A new Actinella species (Eunotiaceae, Bacillariophyta) from the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve, Democratic Republic of the Congo	4
The genus Orthoseira (Orthoseiraceae, Bacillariophyta) in Papua New Guinea with the description of two new species	3
New species of Cladoceras and Rutidea (Rubiaceae) from Gabon and Equatorial Guinea	3
A new type of epicotyl dormancy in crypto-viviparous fruits of Aegiceras corniculatum (Primulaceae), the first report from a true mangrove species	3

High-throughput sequence-based microsatellite genotyping for the non-model Neotropical tree species Anadenanthera colubrina (Leguminosae)	3
Symmetry and structure re-visited: is symmetry still over-emphasised as a taxonomic character for naviculoid diatoms?	3
Rhynchospora section Pleurostachys (Cyperaceae): a phylogeny and three new species from the dry forests of Bahia and Espírito Santo, Brazil	3
Specialized fly pollination in Apoballis mutata (Araceae): high reproductive success in the absence of a trap system	3
Morphological and phenological variation of flower colour morphs in a wild population of Opuntia streptacantha (Cactaceae)	3
The genera of Cyperaceae of Madagascar	2
Does size matter? The integrated roles of light, adaptive sex expression, and hybridization in a widespread Arisaema (Araceae) species from western Japan	2
Nuclear ribosomal phylogeny of Brachystegia: new markers for new insights about rain forests and Miombo woodlands evolution	2
Reassessment of morphological species delimitations in the Cyperus margaritaceus-niveus complex using morphometrics	2
Rediscovery and revalidation of the Brazilian endemic Vanilla schwackeana Hoehne (Orchidaceae): its distribution and phylogenetic position	2
Hidden in plain sight: a new species of Habenaria (Orchidaceae) from the Espinhaço range in Minas Gerais, Brazil, plus an updated checklist of the genus from Grão Mogol	2
An integrative taxonomic revision of the Chaerophyllum hirsutum complex (Apiaceae) using morphological and molecular markers	2
Forgotten guardians of biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest: seed rain confirms the ecological role of hedgerows in landscape connectivity	2
Waltheria marielleae (Byttnerioideae, Malvaceae), a new species from north-eastern Brazil supported by morphological and phylogenetic evidence	2
Cyperus kilelai (Cyperaceae), a new species from a thermal spring in Katanga (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	2
Assessing the extinction risk of Malagasy orchids to develop effective conservation approaches – a case study of the Itremo Massif Protected Area	2
Palliocystidium, a new genus in the family Hydnodontaceae (Trechisporales)	2
The fate of Holoregmia, a monospecific genus endemic to the Brazilian Caatinga, under different future climate scenarios	2
A matter of warts: a taxonomic treatment for Drypetes verrucosa (Putranjivaceae, Malpighiales) and a new cauliflorous species from Cameroon and Nigeria, D. stevartii	2
Novitates Gabonenses 93: a fresh look at Podostemaceae in Gabon following recent inventories, with a new combination for Ledermanniella nicolasii	2
Climate change-informed habitat suitability and conservation priorities for Cinchona species in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo	2
Tropical African diatoms from the Eunotia asterionelloides (Bacillariophyta) species complex, with descriptions of new species	2
Molecular phylogeny of Philippine Amorphophallus (Araceae): evidence of polyphyly and multiple colonization events	1
Morphological redescription and ecological niche modelling of Gustavia santanderiensis (Lecythidaceae), with a key for the genus in the Magdalena Valley, Colombia	1
From the Brazilian lowlands to the Andes: specialist fungus gnat pollination and self-incompatibility in two Malaxis species (Malaxidinae: Orchidaceae)	1
Genetic diversity and fine-scale spatial genetic structure of the near-threatened Pinus gerardiana in Gardiz, Afghanistan	1
Phenotypic variation of Wittrockia cyathiformis (Bromeliaceae) across life forms and forest types in the Atlantic Rainforest	1
Notes on the genus Pulsatilla (Ranunculaceae) in Kosovo – Southeast Europe	1
Revision of Carapichea (Rubiaceae-Psychotrieae) in the Guianas, with two new combinations and transfer of three species to Notopleura	1
An assessment of Coutaportla (Chiococceae, Rubiaceae) with the description of a new species from Mexico	1
Indications of an Achaea sp. caterpillar outbreak disrupting fruiting of an ectomycorrhizal tropical tree in Central African rainforest	1
Fluorescent nectar in non-flying mammal-pollinated plants – observations and considerations in some Asparagaceae	1
A new species of Parianella (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Olyreae) marks the southernmost distribution of the genus in Brazil	1
Nomenclatural notes on the genus Psoralea (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae) in South Africa	1
Vivipary, a rare phenomenon in Afrotropical Melastomataceae: first report in Amphiblemma ciliatum (Sonerileae)	1
A taxonomic revision of the ecologically important Ochna holstii (Ochnaceae) complex using molecular and morphological data	1
Rediscovery of Lysimachia peduncularis in China: amended description, complete plastid genome, and phylogenomic placement in subgenus Idiophyton (Primulaceae)	1
A new Ypsilopus (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) from Zimbabwe and notes on the parallel evolution of extreme column exsertion in African angraecoids	1
Recent evolutionary divergence in a plant ring-species is not accompanied by floral phenology or pollinator shifts	1
Dispersal and persistence of cup plant seeds (Silphium perfoliatum): do they contribute to potential invasiveness?	1
Morphological variation in liverwort traits influences community assemblage along an elevational gradient in northern Madagascar	1
Johansenicoccus eremophilus gen. et sp. nov., a novel evolutionary lineage in Chlorophyceae with unusual genomic features	1
A field investigation into potential reproductive and resistance advantages of purple-petalled plants in polymorphic populations of horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)	1
An integrative taxonomic study of the genus Lethocolea (Marchantiophyta: Acrobolbaceae)	1
Does size matter? Pollination biology of Aristolochia sessilifolia (Aristolochiaceae)	1
Relationship between the morphology of Crambe tataria and the functional groups of insects in northeastern Romania	1
The genus Malanea Aubl. (Rubiaceae) in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil	1
A new epilithic bromeliad (Stigmatodon, Tillandsioideae) from Pedra dos Três Pontões, Espírito Santo, Brazil, with an emended combination for the genus	1