OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	71
Taxonomic significance and evolution of homobaric and heterobaric leaves in Adesmia clade species (Leguminosae – Papilionoideae)	46
Phylogenetic conservation and shifts of pollination niche in generalist epiphytic cacti	38
Differential elemental stoichiometry of two Mediterranean evergreen woody plants over a geochemically heterogeneous area	38
Out of Africa: Linked continents, overland migration and differential survival explain abundance of Proteaceae in Australia	34
Limited dispersal ability and restricted niche characterize “depauperons” in Melastomataceae	29
Geographic distribution and climatic niche comparison between diploid and polyploid cytotypes of a South American genus Lessingianthus H.Rob. (Vernonieae, Asteraceae)	23
Phylogeography of the Euro-Siberian steppe plant Astragalus austriacus: Late Pleistocene climate fluctuations fuelled formation and expansion of two main lineages from a Pontic-Pannonian area of origi	21
Eocene/Oligocene global disruption and the revolution of Caribbean mangroves	20
A case for studying biotic interactions in epiphyte ecology and evolution	20
Editorial Board	18
Elevational range limits in naturalized Rumex conglomeratus likely formed by climate and lack of local adaptation	16
Sustainable harvest of a threatened medicinal herb: Empirical evidence for spatially and temporally specific management of Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora	15
Contrasting dynamics of seed banks and standing vegetation of annuals and perennials along a rainfall gradient	15
Similar diversification patterns in “sky islands”: A comparative approach in lineages from campo rupestre and campo de altitude	14
Evolutionary footprints of cold adaptation in arctic-alpine Cochlearia (Brassicaceae) – Evidence from freezing experiments and electrolyte leakage	13
Performance-based inference of selection on stomatal length and specific leaf area varies with climate-of-origin of the forest tree, Eucalyptus ovata	13
Biological flora of Central Europe: Marsilea quadrifolia L	9
Functional ecology and evolution of terrestrial and epiphytic species of Rhododendron section Schistanthe (Ericaceae)	9
Difference in reproductive traits of two sympatric species of Stigmaphyllon (Malpighiaceae) throughout their distribution range: Are they context-dependent?	9
Drivers of tree community assembly during tropical forest post-fire succession in anthropogenic savannas	8
Prediction and evaluation of allelopathic plants species in Algerian Saharan ecosystem	8
Range expansion and contraction of Tillandsia landbeckii lomas in the hyperarid Chilean Atacama Desert indicates ancient introgression and geneflow	8
A molecular perspective on the taxonomy and journey of Citrus domestication	8
Genetic differentiation of the Capparis spinosa group in the Mediterranean area	8

Floral nectar: Fifty years of new ecological perspectives beyond pollinator reward	7
Variation in functional traits among different mycorrhizal types and life history stages of temperate broadleaf tree species	7
Anther smut pathogens as important drivers of population dynamics of long-lived perennial plants: A case study of Dianthus carthusianorum	7
Determinants of biogeographical distribution of grasses in grasslands of South America	7
Plant-soil interactions in the communities dominated by alien and native plants	7
Tillandsia landbeckii secures high phenotypic variation despite clonal propagation at the dry limits of plant life in the Atacama Desert	6
Desiccation of undamaged grasses in the topsoil causes Namibia’s fairy circles – Response to Jürgens & Gröngröft (2023)	6
Carpinus austrobalcanica – A new highly polyploid species from the Balkan Peninsula closely related to European hornbeam	6
Geographical parthenogenesis in tetraploid brambles: Do competition and reproductive output in the secondary contact zone matter?	6
The establishment growth and clonal growth organs	6
Inaccuracy patterns and precise pollination among distylous Palicourea and Psychotria (Rubiaceae)	6
A unique diploid – triploid contact zone provides insights into the evolutionary mechanisms of cytotype coexistence in flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus)	6
The species richness–resource availability relationship is hump-shaped	6
Community assembly along climatic gradient: Contrasting pattern between- and within- species	6
Fairy circle research: Status, controversies and the way forward	5
Editorial Board	5
Combining the resurrection approach with transplant experiments to investigate adaptation of plant populations to environmental change	5
Pollen presentation mitigates competition for pollinators due to diurnal stratification of pollen transfer	5
Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia´ s fairy circles – A response to	4
Biological Flora of Central Europe: Chondrilla chondrilloides (Ard.) H. Karst	4
Editorial Board	4
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Physiological and molecular features predispose native and invasive populations of sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa L.) to colonization and restoration of drought degraded environments	4
Questioning the effectiveness of seed-reducing agents on invasive Acacia: Pod production relative to gall abundance of classical biological control agents	4
Genetic diversity of Astronium graveolens Jacq. in Colombian seasonally dry tropical forest: support for the dry forest refugia hypothesis?	4
Are trait responses of tree species across pyroregions indicative of fire-modulated plant functional strategies?	4
Elevational patterns of plant species richness and phylogenetic diversity in a Mediterranean island	4
Biological flora of Central Europe – Lupinus polyphyllus Lindley	3
Environmental filtering of regeneration patterns in a forest dynamic mosaic in south-central Chile	3
Editorial Board	3
Factors that extend flowering phenology for pollinators in prairie restorations	3
No support for the optimal allocation to indirect plant defenses mediated by ant-hemipteran interactions	3
Placing Brazil's grasslands and savannas on the map of science and conservation	3
Does insular adaptation to subtropical conditions promote loss of plasticity over time?	3
Carbon isotope composition of plant photosynthetic tissues reflects a Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) continuum in the majority of CAM lineages	3
Seasonal patterns of leaf physiological traits, nutrient and adaptive strategies of co-occurring Alnus nepalensis and Quercus leucotrichophora tree species in the central Himalaya	3
Floral traits and community phylogenetic structure shape plant-pollinator interactions in co-occurring Rhododendrons in the Himalaya	3
Urban green spaces as reservoirs of exotic plant species with invasion risk: A case study on the ornamental flora of Nairobi City, Kenya	2
Hemiepiphytes revisited	2
From continental Asia into the world: Global historical biogeography of the saltbush genus Atriplex (Chenopodieae, Chenopodioideae, Amaranthaceae)	2
Editorial Board	2
Intraspecific trait variability: Herbs are not just small trees	2
Spatial distributions and edge relationships of plant communities in coastal barrens in Nova Scotia, Canada	2
Local adaptation to an altitudinal gradient: The interplay between mean phenotypic trait variation and phenotypic plasticity in Mimulus laciniatus	2
Widespread, but less than assumed: Populations of Euphorbia amygdaloides (Euphorbiaceae) from western Asia represent two new cryptic species	2
Drivers of plant and lichen diversity in grasslands on mineral islands surrounded by peatlands (Biebrza Valley, NE Poland)	2
Editorial Board	2
Impact of climate change on the success of population support management and plant reintroduction at steep, exposed limestone outcrops in the German Swabian Jura	2
Taxonomic analysis of certain taxa of Epipactis in Slovenia	2

Gondwanan origin and foremost Miocene diversification explain the paleotropical intercontinental disjunction (PID) in the winged seed clade of Malvaceae	2
Abiotic stress tolerance can explain range size and filling in temperate woody plants	2
Editorial Board	2
Plant water stress, not termite herbivory, causes Namibia’s fairy circles	2