OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plant Ecology and Evolution 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Unravelling the diversity of the lichen genus Porina (Porinaceae) in Mauritius	13
Past, present, and future potential distributions of the African multipurpose tree Detarium senegalense (Fabaceae)	12
The reproductive traits that contribute to the invasive success of Mediterranean onionweed (Asphodelus fistulosus)	9
Barking up the wrong tree: the dangers of taxonomic misidentification in molecular phylogenetic studies	7
Floral ontogeny links Dialypetalanthus (Condamineeae) with the floral developmental morphology of other Rubiaceae	7
Smallholder farmers’ knowledge on management of Cinchona in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	6
Nocturnal and diurnal pollination in Copaifera coriacea, a dominant species in sand dunes of the Middle São Francisco River Basin, Northeastern Brazil	5
Conservation status revision and communities’ perceptions of 22 Aloe species in Tanzania	5
A striking new species of Rhipidocladum (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae: Arthrostylidiinae) with single, terminal-spikelet synflorescences, endemic to Jalisco, Mexico	5
Is chiropterophily an evolutionary dead end? A phylogenetic test in the pantropical genus Parkia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade)	5
The vascular plant diversity of Burundi	5
Taxonomic description and pollination ecology of Cyrtorchis okuensis (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae), a new species endemic to the Cameroon Volcanic Line	5
The family Zingiberaceae in Rwanda with description of two new species of Renealmia	5
Why fitness impacts of different herbivores may combine nonadditively, and why it matters to the ecology and evolution of plant-herbivore communities	4
Molecular phylogeny and character-mapping support the synonymy of Cordobia and Gallardoa in Mionandra (Malpighiaceae)	4
A new Actinella species (Eunotiaceae, Bacillariophyta) from the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve, Democratic Republic of the Congo	4
Anemopaegma kawense (Bignoniaceae), a new species from the Kaw Mountain (French Guiana), with notes on related species and a key to the genus in the Guianas	4
Floristic and structural distinctness of monodominant Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forest in the western Congo Basin	4
Morphological and phenological variation of flower colour morphs in a wild population of Opuntia streptacantha (Cactaceae)	3
Reassessment of morphological species delimitations in the Cyperus margaritaceus-niveus complex using morphometrics	3
Novitates Gabonenses 93: a fresh look at Podostemaceae in Gabon following recent inventories, with a new combination for Ledermanniella nicolasii	3
Rhynchospora section Pleurostachys (Cyperaceae): a phylogeny and three new species from the dry forests of Bahia and Espírito Santo, Brazil	3
High-throughput sequence-based microsatellite genotyping for the non-model Neotropical tree species Anadenanthera colubrina (Leguminosae)	3
Eremitis clarkiae and E. vinacea (Poaceae, Bambusoideae): two new species of herbaceous bamboos endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil increase the diversity of the genus in this hot	3
The genus Orthoseira (Orthoseiraceae, Bacillariophyta) in Papua New Guinea with the description of two new species	3

Flora and fire in an old-growth Central African forest-savanna mosaic: a checklist of the Parc National des Plateaux Batéké (Gabon)	3
Monophyly and transoceanic dispersal in the widespread floating club-rush clade, Isolepis subgenus Fluitantes (Cyperaceae)	3
Rediscovery and revalidation of the Brazilian endemic Vanilla schwackeana Hoehne (Orchidaceae): its distribution and phylogenetic position	2
Mitracarpus semirianus (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), an overlooked new species from the “campo rupestre” of Bahia, northeastern Brazil, with notes on Mitracarpus lhotzkyanus	2
Waltheria marielleae (Byttnerioideae, Malvaceae), a new species from north-eastern Brazil supported by morphological and phylogenetic evidence	2
The structure of Leguminosae-Detarioideae dominant rain forest in Korup National Park, Cameroon	2
The fate of Holoregmia, a monospecific genus endemic to the Brazilian Caatinga, under different future climate scenarios	2
Analysis of the type material of Gomphosphenia tackei (Bacillariophyceae) and comparison to epizoic diatom populations on freshwater snails	2
An experimental investigation of costs of tolerance against leaf and floral herbivory in the herbaceous weed horsenettle (Solanum carolinense, Solanaceae)	2
Cyperus kilelai (Cyperaceae), a new species from a thermal spring in Katanga (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	2
Reproductive biology and flower-visitor interactions of two bromeliad species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	2
Five new species of Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae) from Katanga, D.R. Congo	2
An integrative taxonomic revision of the Chaerophyllum hirsutum complex (Apiaceae) using morphological and molecular markers	2
Palliocystidium, a new genus in the family Hydnodontaceae (Trechisporales)	2
Dispersal and persistence of cup plant seeds (Silphium perfoliatum): do they contribute to potential invasiveness?	2
Nuclear ribosomal phylogeny of Brachystegia: new markers for new insights about rain forests and Miombo woodlands evolution	2
Tropical African diatoms from the Eunotia asterionelloides (Bacillariophyta) species complex, with descriptions of new species	2
The genera of Cyperaceae of Madagascar	2
Time since first record and population density influence range sizes of non-native plants, but also of native plants, in a chronically overgrazed island	2
Spatial distribution patterns of Afzelia africana (Fabaceae – Detarioideae) in a tropical savanna of Benin: implications for management	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
A new species of Parianella (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Olyreae) marks the southernmost distribution of the genus in Brazil	2