OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plant Diversity is 9. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Pollination niche shifts in sympatric globular cacti Eriosyce: consequences on reproductive isolation and species formation	265
Intraspecific floral colour variation in three Pedicularis species	105
Seedling survival after simulating grazing and drought for two species from the Pamirs, northwestern China	83
Lipid concentration and composition in xylem sap of woody angiosperms from a tropical savanna and a seasonal rainforest	68
Life forms affect beta-diversity patterns of larch forests in China	67
Late Oligocene fossil acorns and nuts of Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis from the Nanning Basin, Guangxi, South China	58
Integrative analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome reveals the potential mechanism of fruit flavor formation in wild hawthorn (Crataegus chungtienensis)	57
Parasite–host network analysis provides insights into the evolution of two mistletoe lineages (Loranthaceae and Santalaceae)	52
Sex-specific facilitation and reproduction of the gynodioecious cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides on the Himalaya-Hengduan mountains, SW China	47
The legacy effects of rubber defoliation period on the refoliation phenology, leaf disease, and latex yield	37
Species invasion and phylogenetic relatedness of vascular plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world	34
How to fill the biodiversity data gap: Is it better to invest in fieldwork or curation?	34
Global patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic endemism in liverwort assemblages	33
Distribution, species richness, and relative importance of different plant life forms across drylands in China	33
Mojiangia oreophila (Crepidinae, Cichorieae, Asteraceae), a new species and genus from Mojiang County, SW Yunnan, China, and putative successor of the maternal Faberia ancestor	31
The evolutionarily diverged single-stranded DNA-binding proteins SSB1/SSB2 differentially affect the replication, recombination and mutation of organellar genomes in Arabidopsis thaliana	31
The first mitogenome of Lauraceae (Cinnamomum chekiangense)	28
Taxonomic synopsis of Berberis (Berberidaceae) from the northern Hengduan mountains region in China, with descriptions of seven new species	27
New insights into the phylogeny and infrageneric taxonomy of Saussurea based on hybrid capture phylogenomics (Hyb-Seq)	27
Evolutionary history of a desert perennial Arnebia szechenyi (Boraginaceae): Intraspecific divergence, regional expansion and asymmetric gene flow	27
Diversity of Symplocos (Symplocaceae, Ericales) at low latitudes in Asia during late Oligocene and Miocene	26
Phyllosphere eukaryotic microalgal communities in rainforests: Drivers and diversity	23
Detection of functional diversity gradients and their geoclimatic filters is sensitive to data types (occurrence vs. abundance) and spatial scales (sites vs. regions)	22
Assembly structures of coastal woody species of eastern South America: Patterns and drivers	22
Molecular analyses display the increasing diversity of Podostemaceae in China	22

Diversity patterns of cushion plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A basic study for future conservation efforts on alpine ecosystems	22
Orchid conservation in China from 2000 to 2020: Achievements and perspectives	21
Plastome and phylogenetic relationship of the woody buckwheat Fagopyrum tibeticum in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	21
The Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot for ferns: Updated phylogeny, hidden diversity, and biogeography of the java fern genus Leptochilus (Polypodiaceae)	21
Reproduction and genetic diversity of Juniperus squamata along an elevational gradient in the Hengduan Mountains	21
Degree of style coiling is associated with corolla-tube length in the nectarless flowers of Roscoea schneideriana	20
Elevational and temporal patterns of pollination success in distylous and homostylous buckwheats (Fagopyrum) in the Hengduan Mountains	20
Human agricultural activities influence the flowering time of turnip in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	19
Characterisation of manganese toxicity tolerance in Arabis paniculata	19
Effects of mode of reproduction on genetic polymorphism and divergence in wild yams (Dioscoreaceae: Dioscorea)	18
Fertile Woodwardia from the middle Eocene of South China and its implications for palaeogeography and palaeoclimate	17
Endemic medicinal plant distribution correlated with stable climate, precipitation, and cultural diversity	16
A method for quantifying relative competitive advantage and the combined effect of co-invasion for two invasive plants	16
Four new species and a new record of Orchidinae (Orchidaceae: Orchideae) from China	16
Phylogenetic and functional structures of succession in plant communities on mounds of Marmota himalayana in alpine regions on the northeast edge of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	16
Assessing the effectiveness of community managed forests for plant diversity conservation in Meghalaya, Northeast India	15
Pollination adaptations of group-by-group stamen movement in a meadow plant with temporal floral closure	15
Drivers of the differentiation between broad-leaved trees and shrubs in the shift from evergreen to deciduous leaf habit in forests of eastern Asian subtropics	14
Phylotranscriptomic discordance is best explained by incomplete lineage sorting within Allium subgenus Cyathophora and thus hemiplasy accounts for interspecific trait transition	14
Ontogenetic trait variation and metacommunity effects influence species relative abundances during tree community assembly	13
Phylogenetic relationship, biogeography, and conservation genetics of endangered Fraxinus chiisanensis (Oleaceae), endemic to South Korea	13
Convergent relationships between flower economics and hydraulic traits across aquatic and terrestrial herbaceous plants	13
Woody plant taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity decrease along elevational gradients in Andean tropical montane forests: Environmental filtering and arrival of temperate taxa	13
Effective palynological diversity indices for reconstructing angiosperm diversity in China	13
Mitochondrial RNA editing sites affect the phylogenetic reconstruction of gymnosperms	13
Genome size evolution of the extant lycophytes and ferns	12
Non-host plants: Are they mycorrhizal networks players?	12
Plant diversity of Hyrcanian relict forests: An annotated checklist, chorology and threat categories of endemic and near endemic vascular plant species	11
Testing complete plastomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences for species identification in a taxonomically difficult bamboo genus Fargesia	11
Integrating genomic and morphological data into bamboo taxonomic and evolutionary studies	11
U.Taxonstand: An R package for standardizing scientific names of plants and animals	11
An integrative approach clarifies species delimitation and biogeographic history of Debregeasia (Urticaceae)	11
Plastid phylogenomics provides new insights into the systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cymbidium (Orchidaceae)	11
The ethics of theft: Reevaluating the impacts of floral larceny on plant reproductive success	11
Metabolic and transcriptomic analyses elucidate a novel insight into the network for biosynthesis of carbohydrate and secondary metabolites in the stems of a medicinal orchid Dendrobium nobile	11
Temporal regulation of alternative splicing events in rice memory under drought stress	11
Drought tolerance traits explain differential stem growth rates of evergreen and deciduous trees in a tropical karst forest	11
Recent advances on phylogenomics of gymnosperms and a new classification	11
Strong evidence for latitudinal diversity gradient in mosses across the world	10
U.PhyloMaker: An R package that can generate large phylogenetic trees for plants and animals	10
Simulated climate warming strongly constrains the seedling establishment of alpine cushion Arenaria oreophila	10
Resistance of plant diversity to road disturbance: Evidence from the Tibetan Plateau	10
Climate space, traits, and the spread of nonnative plants in North America	10
Genetic analyses of ancient tea trees provide insights into the breeding history and dissemination of Chinese Assam tea (Camellia sinensis var. assamica)	10
Development of genomic resources for Wenchengia alternifolia (Lamiaceae) based on genome skimming data	10
A phylogenetic approach identifies patterns of beta diversity and floristic subregions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	10
Patterns and drivers of plant sexual systems in the dry-hot valley region of southwestern China	10
Seed dispersal by deception: A game between mimetic seeds and their bird dispersers	9
Plastid RNA editing reduction accompanied with genetic variations in Cymbidium, a genus with diverse lifestyle modes	9
Stomatal dynamics are regulated by leaf hydraulic traits and guard cell anatomy in nine true mangrove species	9

Comprehensive integration of single-cell transcriptomic data illuminates the regulatory network architecture of plant cell fate specification	9
Community structure and species diversity dynamics of a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest in China: 2005 to 2020	9
BrrTCP4b interacts with BrrTTG1 to suppress the development of trichomes in Brassica rapa var. rapa	9
Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on the complete plastid genomes and nuclear sequences reveal Daphne (Thymelaeaceae) to be non-monophyletic as current circumscription	9
Current patterns of plant diversity and phylogenetic structure on the Kunlun Mountains	9
Two new species of Yushania (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from South China, with a taxonomic revision of related species	9
Leaf hydraulics coordinated with leaf economics and leaf size in mangrove species along a salinity gradient	9
Rhododendron kuomeianum (Ericaceae), a new species from northeastern Yunnan (China), based on morphological and genomic data	9
Why is the beautyberry so colourful? Evolution, biogeography, and diversification of fruit colours in Callicarpa (Lamiaceae)	9
Pre- and post-pollination barriers between two exotic and five native Sagittaria species: Implications for species conservation	9