OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Australian Journal of Botany 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Seed germination of Bromelia serra (Bromeliaceae): effects of the canopy openness where the mother plant lived and the light environment of the germination place	15
Seventy-five years of vegetation change after fire in Tasmanian alpine heathland	13
Reductions in fitness due to an endoparasitic plant are comparable to the impacts of hemiparasites	12
Predicting the seed germination response of four rare Grevillea species (Proteaceae) to current and future temperatures	12
Trajectories of ecology past and future	10
Warm stratification and optimised temperatures improve conservation of the endangered orchid, Caladenia robinsonii (Orchidaceae)	10
Floral biology, pollination vectors and breeding system of Zieria granulata (Rutaceae), an endangered shrub endemic to eastern Australia	9
Species distribution modelling and climatic niche as tools to aid in the integrative taxonomy of a South American species complex in Chromolaena (Asteraceae, Eupatorieae)	9
The response of Nassella trichotoma (serrated tussock) seeds and seedlings to different levels of fire intensity	9
Improving weed management by targeting the seed ecology of blackberry (Rubus anglocandicans) in a biodiversity hotspot	9
Impact of extreme heatwaves and life-history traits on seed germination responses in Cumberland Plain Woodland native plant species	8
Distribution, composition and environmental correlates of high-altitude gravelly pavement herbfields in north-eastern Victoria, Australia	8
Corrigendum to : Retention of an apparently functional plastome in an apparently mycoheterotrophic orchid, Dipodium roseum D.L	7
Seed science in Australasia: regionally important, globally relevant	7
Landscape-wide modelling of canopy tree crowns and heights using LiDAR: a case study in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Australia	7
Phosphite for the prevention of disease caused by Phytophthora species in six rare or threatened species. Will it kill or cure?	7
Lack of fire rather than pollinator absence may drive population decline in the critically endangered Banksia conferta (Proteaceae)	7
Determining the age and growth rate of Acacia harpophylla in central Queensland, Australia, using radiocarbon in trees lacking annual growth rings	6
Novel and emerging seed science research from early to middle career researchers at the Australasian Seed Science Conference, 2021	6
Are orthodox Australian rainforest seeds short-lived in storage?	5
Awn length variation in Australia’s most widespread grass, Themeda triandra, across its distribution	5
The use of lichen and fungal collections in Australian herbaria to identify temporal changes in air pollution and assist environmental management: challenges to conserving herbarium specimens for the	5
Plant life-history data as evidence of an historical mixed-severity fire regime in Banksia Woodlands	5
The ecology, evolution and management of mast reproduction in Australian plants	5
The susceptibility of rare and threatened NSW species to the root-rot pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi: 2. The identification of species requiring protection or further research	5

Root foraging in the leguminous zinc hyperaccumulator Crotalaria novae-hollandiae from Queensland, Australia	5
Sunlight and red to far-red ratio impact germination of tropical montane cloud forest species	5
Unusual, human-mediated prevalence of epiphytes in semi-arid New South Wales, Australia	5
Evaluation of management options for climate-change adaptation of threatened species: a case study of a restricted orchid	5
Determining the distributions of plant communities in subantarctic vegetation using species distribution models	5
Maintaining separate maternal lines increases the value and applications of seed collections	4
Collateral damage: epiphytic orchids at risk from myrtle rust	4
Tasmania’s giant eucalypts: discovery, documentation, macroecology and conservation status of the world’s largest angiosperms	4
Can the galling Eriophyidae (Trombidiformes) manipulate leaf structural and histochemical profiles over environmental stressors?	4
The assembly of the vegetation near the treeline during the Late Glacial and Holocene in south-central Tasmania	4
A systematic assessment of the metallome of selected plant families in the Queensland (Australia) flora by using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy	3
A handbook for standardised measurements of plant reproductive traits: from pollen grain to seedling	3
First records of Myxomycetes associated with members of the Cactaceae in Australia	3
Secondary branching in Wollemia nobilis (Araucariaceae), an unexpected occurrence	3
Mechanical control inadvertently increases risk of alien plant invasion: influence of stem fragmentation and inundation regimes on Arundo donax regeneration in Neotropical savanna	3
Robert F. (Bob) Parsons, PhD (University of Melbourne), Botanist, Plant Ecologist, Teacher (25 May 1941 to 4 May 2025)	3
Spatially variable recruitment response to fire severity in golden-top wattle (Acacia mariae, family: Fabaceae), a thicket-forming shrub of semi-arid forests	3
Multiple lines of evidence infer centurial-scale habitat change and resilience in a threatened plant species at Mount Dangar, Hunter Valley, New South Wales	3
Differential copper toxicity in Amazon tree species explained by seed germination and initial seedling growth	3
Frameworks for identifying priority plants and ecosystems most impacted by major fires	3
Applying resource-selection functions to assess host preference in the endemic endoparasite Pilostyles hamiltoniorum (Apodanthaceae) and its principal host Daviesia (Fabaceae)	3
Myxomycetes associated with the bark, cones and leaves of Australian cypress pines (Callitris spp.)	3
Synthetic seed propagation of the therapeutic-honey plants Leptospermum polygalifolium and L. scoparium (Myrtaceae)	2
The extent and applications of metal accumulation and hyperaccumulation in Philippine plants	2
How soil fungal communities respond to invasive plant species treatments in soil from Banksia woodland, south-western Australia	2
Corrigendum to: Tasmania’s giant eucalypts: discovery, documentation, macroecology and conservation status of the world’s largest angiosperms	2
Cell wall epitope distribution in the functional compartments of galls induced by Palaeomystella oligophaga (Lepidoptera) in Macairea radula (Melastomataceae)	2
An assessment of the accuracy of satellite-derived woody and grass foliage cover estimates for Australia	2
Genetic diversity and structure of an endangered shrub distributed in the Alxa–Ordos region of north-western China	2
Fertility and offspring production of Dicksonia sellowiana (Dicksoniaceae) under subtropical climate conditions in southern Brazil	2
Long-term surveillance of Phytophthora cinnamomi reveals no evidence of increased detections and new insights for monitoring and management	2
The effect of Helichrysum shrub encroachment on orchids in a tropical, montane grassland ecosystem, Tanzania	2
Mitigation of disease and browsing impacts, and translocation, supports post-fire threatened flora recovery	2
Strategies of air space acquisition in Neotropical savanna trees differing in leaf habit	2
Floral biology, pollinators and breeding system of Passiflora chrysophylla (Passifloraceae), a South American passion vine	2
Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll–rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales	2
Ovulate cone and seed biology of Wollemia nobilis (Araucariaceae) and comparison with Agathis microstachya and Araucaria cunninghamii	2
Response of spiny cocklebur (Xanthium spinosum) and common cocklebur (X. strumarium) seed germination to environmental and soil factors	2
Functional traits in Myrteae species: the role of habitat heterogeneity and genus in humid and seasonal tropical environments	2
Habitat for the endangered ephemeral Monotaxis macrophylla (Euphorbiaceae) in New South Wales: how do predictions compare with the evidence?	2
Pollination strategies are exceptionally complex in southwestern Australia – a globally significant ancient biodiversity hotspot	2
Factors influencing the germination, establishment and distribution of Micromyrtus minutiflora (Myrtaceae), in western Sydney, New South Wales	2
A comprehensive functional trait database of seagrasses in tropical Queensland	2
From canopy to single flowers: a downscale approach to flowering of the invasive species Acacia longifolia	2
Seedling survival and growth phenology in a monocarpic tree species, Cerberiopsis candelabra (Apocynaceae)	2
Light drives vegetative phenology of Cattleya intermedia (Orchidaceae): a key factor for the establishment of plants translocated into a fragment of subtropical Atlantic Forest	2
Nickel distribution in Stackhousia tryonii shown by synchrotron X-ray fluorescence micro-computed tomography	2
The effect of inter-fire interval and fire severity on seedling germination and resprouting in Allocasuarina verticillata	2
Exploring Myrtaceae diversity in the Caatinga: understanding the knowledge gaps for conservation	2
Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia	2

Traits vary differently across a lowland forest–sand dune gradient in two common trees of the Amazon restinga coast	1
Retention of an apparently functional plastome in an apparently mycoheterotrophic orchid, Dipodium roseum D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (Orchidaceae)	1
The botany of money: geographical and sociological patterns in plant images on currency	1
Translocation success in the threatened Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. cochlocarpa (Mimosaceae): life-history traits, soil seedbank persistence and response to fire	1
Evaluation of biodiversity and conservation status of endemic and rare plant species of an endemism hotspot in Iran	1
The distribution of dioecious plant pollination, sex ratio and seed dispersal research by climate type in Australia	1
Understanding Rhododendron intraspecific compatibility in botanic garden collections for species conservation	1
Environmental variation in an increasing incidence of dead trees in lowland to subalpine eucalypt forests and woodlands 2011–2021	1
Understanding seed dormancy and germination aids conservation of rainforest species from tropical montane cloud forest: a case study confirming morphophysiological dormancy in the genus Tasmannia	1
Plant competition reshapes nitrogen utilisation in native Vachellia nilotica (Fabaceae)	1
The Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa, Lecythidaceae) is a good host tree for vascular epiphytes in a protected area in the Brazilian Amazon	1
Mycorrhizal associations and symbiotic propagation of two endangered Corunastylis (Orchidaceae)	1
Unpacking the recruitment potential of seeds in reconstructed soils and varying rainfall patterns	1
Sex and flowers: testing the resource-dependent selection hypothesis for flower sex allocation	1
Control of African lovegrass by flupropanate in a flora conservation context	1
How important is fire-induced disturbance in the maintenance of a threatened perennial forb, Solanum papaverifolium?	1
Functional traits in arborescent Cactaceae: a guideline for their measurement	1
Flora and structure of the naturally regenerating riparian vegetation of the Rio Doce River: basis for environmental restoration actions	1
Fungi associated with seeds of the invasive grass Nassella trichotoma (serrated tussock) in its native range as prospective biological control agents	1
Resupinate floral dimorphy in Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench (Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae)	1
The (changing) niche of Australian Journal of Botany	1
Optimising conservation translocations of threatened Caladenia (Orchidaceae) by identifying adult microsite and germination niche	1
Differential effects of salinity and drought on germination and early seedling growth of Parkinsonia praecox	1
Relationships between soils and plant community composition and structure in a Neotropical savanna mosaic	1
Schoenoplectus californicus (Cyperaceae) amorphous silica contribution to the silicon cycle in pampean shallow lakes: an analysis of spatio-temporal variation and silicon–lignin relations	1
Deciphering of the morpho-physiological traits of two native grasses from Argentina with contrasting drought resistance strategies	1
Pre-dispersal seed-predation affects fruit crop and seed fitness in a highly fragmented savanna tree	1
The leaf micromorphology and anatomy of gamba grass, Andropogon gayanus Kunth (Poaceae: Panicoideae)	1
Impact of Phytophthora dieback on a key heathland species Xanthorrhoea australis (Asphodelaceae) (austral grasstree) and floristic composition in the eastern Otways, Victoria	1
Seed biology can inform conservation actions: a case study on Geijera parviflora	1
Asymbiotic germination of Prasophyllum (Orchidaceae) requires low mineral concentration	1