OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plant Ecology and Evolution is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Notes on Neotropical litter-gathering Rubiaceae, and distinction between Faramea tinguana from southern Brazil, and F. humicapiens sp. nov. from French Guiana	16
Floral ontogeny links Dialypetalanthus (Condamineeae) with the floral developmental morphology of other Rubiaceae	15
The reproductive traits that contribute to the invasive success of Mediterranean onionweed (Asphodelus fistulosus)	10
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	9
Climate change and shifting distributions of medicinal and aromatic Lippia and Salimenaea species (Verbenaceae) in southern South America: a species distribution modelling approach	8
Past, present, and future potential distributions of the African multipurpose tree Detarium senegalense (Fabaceae)	8
Smallholder farmers’ knowledge on management of Cinchona in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	7
Unravelling the diversity of the lichen genus Porina (Porinaceae) in Mauritius	7
Is chiropterophily an evolutionary dead end? A phylogenetic test in the pantropical genus Parkia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade)	6
The family Zingiberaceae in Rwanda with description of two new species of Renealmia	6
Taxonomic description and pollination ecology of Cyrtorchis okuensis (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae), a new species endemic to the Cameroon Volcanic Line	6
Barking up the wrong tree: the dangers of taxonomic misidentification in molecular phylogenetic studies	5
Conservation status revision and communities’ perceptions of 22 Aloe species in Tanzania	5
The vascular plant diversity of Burundi	5
A striking new species of Rhipidocladum (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae: Arthrostylidiinae) with single, terminal-spikelet synflorescences, endemic to Jalisco, Mexico	5
Molecular phylogeny and character-mapping support the synonymy of Cordobia and Gallardoa in Mionandra (Malpighiaceae)	5
A new and endemic species of Struthanthus (Loranthaceae) from Guerrero, Mexico	4
Flora and fire in an old-growth Central African forest-savanna mosaic: a checklist of the Parc National des Plateaux Batéké (Gabon)	4
Development of new microsatellite markers for Cola acuminata (Malvaceae), a socio-economically important fruit tree species in Central Africa	4
Symmetry and structure re-visited: is symmetry still over-emphasised as a taxonomic character for naviculoid diatoms?	4
Monophyly and transoceanic dispersal in the widespread floating club-rush clade, Isolepis subgenus Fluitantes (Cyperaceae)	4
A new Actinella species (Eunotiaceae, Bacillariophyta) from the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve, Democratic Republic of the Congo	4
Rhynchospora section Pleurostachys (Cyperaceae): a phylogeny and three new species from the dry forests of Bahia and Espírito Santo, Brazil	4
Morphological and phenological variation of flower colour morphs in a wild population of Opuntia streptacantha (Cactaceae)	4
Novitates Gabonenses 93: a fresh look at Podostemaceae in Gabon following recent inventories, with a new combination for Ledermanniella nicolasii	4

High-throughput sequence-based microsatellite genotyping for the non-model Neotropical tree species Anadenanthera colubrina (Leguminosae)	4
Floristic and structural distinctness of monodominant Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forest in the western Congo Basin	4
Why fitness impacts of different herbivores may combine nonadditively, and why it matters to the ecology and evolution of plant-herbivore communities	4
The genus Orthoseira (Orthoseiraceae, Bacillariophyta) in Papua New Guinea with the description of two new species	4
A new type of epicotyl dormancy in crypto-viviparous fruits of Aegiceras corniculatum (Primulaceae), the first report from a true mangrove species	4
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	4
Reproductive biology and flower-visitor interactions of two bromeliad species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	3
Rediscovery and revalidation of the Brazilian endemic Vanilla schwackeana Hoehne (Orchidaceae): its distribution and phylogenetic position	3
The structure of Leguminosae-Detarioideae dominant rain forest in Korup National Park, Cameroon	3
The genera of Cyperaceae of Madagascar	3
Waltheria marielleae (Byttnerioideae, Malvaceae), a new species from north-eastern Brazil supported by morphological and phylogenetic evidence	3
Reassessment of morphological species delimitations in the Cyperus margaritaceus-niveus complex using morphometrics	3
Mitracarpus semirianus (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), an overlooked new species from the “campo rupestre” of Bahia, northeastern Brazil, with notes on Mitracarpus lhotzkyanus	3
Nuclear ribosomal phylogeny of Brachystegia: new markers for new insights about rain forests and Miombo woodlands evolution	3
Cyperus kilelai (Cyperaceae), a new species from a thermal spring in Katanga (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	3
Tropical African diatoms from the Eunotia asterionelloides (Bacillariophyta) species complex, with descriptions of new species	3