OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plant Diversity is 10. 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
Detection of functional diversity gradients and their geoclimatic filters is sensitive to data types (occurrence vs. abundance) and spatial scales (sites vs. regions)	466
Local adaptation sustains genetic differentiation between two varieties of Chinese walnut (Juglans cathayensis) despite extensive hybridization in subtropical China	163
Diversity patterns of cushion plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A basic study for future conservation efforts on alpine ecosystems	140
A robust phylogenomic framework supports a revised intrafamilial classification of Urticaceae	107
Convergent relationships between flower economics and hydraulic traits across aquatic and terrestrial herbaceous plants	102
Integrating genomic and morphological data into bamboo taxonomic and evolutionary studies	97
Climate change impacts on Rhododendron diversity: Regional responses and conservation strategies in China	76
Testing complete plastomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences for species identification in a taxonomically difficult bamboo genus Fargesia	60
Sex-specific facilitation and reproduction of the gynodioecious cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides on the Himalaya-Hengduan mountains, SW China	51
Phylofloristic regionalization of woody plants in East Asia and the drivers of phylogenetic structure	51
Degree of style coiling is associated with corolla-tube length in the nectarless flowers of Roscoea schneideriana	37
Integrative analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome reveals the potential mechanism of fruit flavor formation in wild hawthorn (Crataegus chungtienensis)	34
Ontogenetic trait variation and metacommunity effects influence species relative abundances during tree community assembly	34
Seedling survival after simulating grazing and drought for two species from the Pamirs, northwestern China	30
A new infrageneric classification of Gastrochilus (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) based on molecular and morphological data	26
Climate drives patterns of response of recalcitrant embryonic axes of Quercus species to cryopreservation	26
Patterns and drivers of plant sexual systems in the dry-hot valley region of southwestern China	26
Assembly-free reads accurate identification (AFRAID) approach outperforms other methods of DNA barcoding in the walnut family (Juglandaceae)	25
Hangzhou strategic action plan charts a decade for biosphere reserves	25
Stomatal dynamics are regulated by leaf hydraulic traits and guard cell anatomy in nine true mangrove species	25
Phylogenomic conflict in Lycium (Solanaceae): Revealing the roles of hybridization, incomplete lineage sorting, and biogeographic history using nuclear and mitochondrial genomes	24
Does the critically endangered Rhododendron amesiae deserve top priority for conservation?	23
Evidence of the oldest extant vascular plant (horsetails) from the Indian Cenozoic	23
Climate space, traits, and the spread of nonnative plants in North America	23
Insights into cryptic speciation of quillworts in China	22

Rapid evolution of T2/S-RNase genes in Fragaria linked to multiple transitions from self-incompatibility to self-compatibility	21
Adaptive responses drive the success of polyploid yellowcresses (Rorippa, Brassicaceae) in the Hengduan Mountains, a temperate biodiversity hotspot	20
Multi-disciplinary evidence illuminates the speciation history of a monophyletic yet dimorphic lily group	20
Parallel loss of anthocyanins triggers the incipient sympatric speciation in an alpine ginger	20
Ecological and habitat ranges of orchids in the northernmost regions of their distribution areas: A case study from Ural Mountains, Russia	20
Circumscription of the East Asia clade (Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae) and the taxonomic placements of several problematic genera	20
Flower morphology of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) and its systematic significance	19
Canopy structural heterogeneity drives α and β species–genetic diversity correlations in a Chinese subtropical forest	19
Photosynthetic response dynamics in the invasive species Tithonia diversifolia and two co-occurring native shrub species under fluctuating light conditions	19
Parahellenia, a new genus segregated from Hellenia (Costaceae) based on phylogenetic and morphological evidence	19
Boechera or not? Genomic insights and taxonomic reassessment of the misclassified Asian species B. calcarea (Brassicaceae)	19
Spatially biased collections and the failure to cover all wild genetic clusters in plant populations under ex situ conservation	19
Skmer approach improves species discrimination in taxonomically problematic genus Schima (Theaceae)	18
Assessing the performance of remotely sensed functional traits and spectral metrics for estimating multidimensional plant diversity in wetlands using UAV data	18
Epigenetic control on transcription of vernalization genes and whole-genome gene expression profile induced by vernalization in common wheat	18
Large-scale interplant exchange of macromolecules between soybean and dodder under nutrient stresses	17
Distinct intraspecific trait variations in two moss species: Insights from a latitudinal investigation across 66 coastal islands	17
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Güce district, north-eastern Turkey	17
Genomic diversity at the Glu-D1 locus in Aegilops tauschii reveals the origin of elite high-molecular-weight glutenin genes in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum)	17
A novel seed cone of Pinus from the Miocene of coastal Southeast China indicates kinship with Southeast Asian pines	16
Chromosome-level genome assembly of Tadehagi triquetrum provides new insights into genome evolution and biosynthesis of tadehaginoside	16
New insights into intergeneric relationships of Hickeliinae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) revealed by complete plastid genomes	16
Functional diversity in an Andean subpáramo affected by wildfire in Colombia	16
Reproductive height determines the loss of clonal grasses with nitrogen enrichment in a temperate grassland	16
Diversification of liverworts across spatial and climatic gradients in the world	16
Cryptic diversity and rampant hybridization in annual gentians on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau revealed by population genomic analysis	16
Transcription factor ABF3 modulates salinity stress-enhanced jasmonate signaling in Arabidopsis	16
Spatio-temporal variation of water salinity in mangroves revealed by continuous monitoring and its relationship to floristic diversity	15
Scale-dependent evidence for the abundant-center hypothesis and underlying mechanisms	15
A revised classification of Dryopteridaceae based on plastome phylogenomics and morphological evidence, with the description of a new genus, Pseudarachniodes	15
Genome compaction underlies the molecular adaptation of bay cedar (Suriana maritima) to the extreme habitat on the tropical coral islands	15
Siwalik plant megafossil diversity in the Eastern Himalayas: A review	15
Intraspecific floral colour variation in three Pedicularis species	14
The legacy effects of rubber defoliation period on the refoliation phenology, leaf disease, and latex yield	14
Backbone phylogeny of Salix based on genome skimming data	14
Effects of mode of reproduction on genetic polymorphism and divergence in wild yams (Dioscoreaceae: Dioscorea)	14
A rapid transition from spruce-fir to pine-broadleaf forests in response to disturbances and climate warming on the southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	14
The first mitogenome of Lauraceae (Cinnamomum chekiangense)	14
Assessing the effectiveness of community managed forests for plant diversity conservation in Meghalaya, Northeast India	13
Late Oligocene fossil acorns and nuts of Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis from the Nanning Basin, Guangxi, South China	13
Species invasion and phylogenetic relatedness of vascular plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world	13
Dendrogenomic resilience mechanisms of two endangered Mexican spruces	13
Phyllosphere eukaryotic microalgal communities in rainforests: Drivers and diversity	13
Determinants of herbivory on seedlings in a subtropical forest: Insights from plant apparency, Janzen-Connell effects, and functional traits	12
Distribution, species richness, and relative importance of different plant life forms across drylands in China	12
Woody plant taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity decrease along elevational gradients in Andean tropical montane forests: Environmental filtering and arrival of temperate taxa	12
Reproduction and genetic diversity of Juniperus squamata along an elevational gradient in the Hengduan Mountains	12
The first haplotype-resolved genome assembly of Prunus s.l. subgenus Laurocerasus (Prunus spinulosa)	12
Why is the beautyberry so colourful? Evolution, biogeography, and diversification of fruit colours in Callicarpa (Lamiaceae)	12
Floral symmetry is associated with contrasting hydraulic strategies and trait coordination in angiosperm flowers	11

Pre- and post-pollination barriers between two exotic and five native Sagittaria species: Implications for species conservation	11
Corrigendum to Patterns of floristic inventory and plant collections in Myanmar [Plant Divers. 45 (3) (2023) 302–308]	11
Is beta diversity higher in seed plants with larger body sizes?	11
Integrating high-volume molecular and morphological data into the evolutionary studies of Allium	11
Genetic analyses of ancient tea trees provide insights into the breeding history and dissemination of Chinese Assam tea (Camellia sinensis var. assamica)	11
Lycophyte transcriptomes reveal two whole-genome duplications in Lycopodiaceae: Insights into the polyploidization of Phlegmariurus	11
pyIFPNI: A package for querying and downloading plant fossil data from the IFPNI	10
Dissecting mitogenomic conflict to illuminate angiosperm deep phylogeny: Sequence and architectural evidence	10
Plastome characteristics and species identification of Chinese medicinal wintergreens (Gaultheria, Ericaceae)	10
Expeditionplus: The application of a gridded system in the integration of multidimensional environmental factors	10
Wind-dispersed seeds blur phylogeographic breaks: The complex evolutionary history of Populus lasiocarpa around the Sichuan Basin	10
Arlenea delicata gen. et sp. nov., a new ephedroid plant from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil	10
Evolutionary history shapes variation of wood density of tree species across the world	10
Soil water content and nitrogen differentially correlate with multidimensional leaf traits of two temperate broadleaf species	10
Climate-driven environmental filtering determines hump-shaped elevational pattern of seed plant beta diversity in the central Himalayas	10
Intercontinental comparison of phylogenetic relatedness in introduced plants at the transition from naturalization to invasion: A case study on the floras of South Africa and China	10
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Climate change, human activity, and plant diversity	10
High-quality genome of Oreocharis mileensis (Gesneriaceae) provides insights into the adaptation and conservation of highly threatened species in karst region	10
Morphological adaptation strategy of invasive plant Ambrosia trifida seed distributed along rivers is closely related to soil nutrients	10
Global patterns and ecological drivers of taxonomic and phylogenetic endemism in angiosperm genera	10
Patterns of phylogenetic relatedness of non-native plants across the introduction–naturalization–invasion continuum in China	10
Worldwide phylogeny and integrative taxonomy of Clematis: Insights from phylogenomics	10