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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Differential elemental stoichiometry of two Mediterranean evergreen woody plants over a geochemically heterogeneous area	84
Taxonomic significance and evolution of homobaric and heterobaric leaves in Adesmia clade species (Leguminosae – Papilionoideae)	44
Limited dispersal ability and restricted niche characterize “depauperons” in Melastomataceae	32
Phylogenetic conservation and shifts of pollination niche in generalist epiphytic cacti	26
Population genomics and taxonomy solve a conservation conundrum in the Balearic paleoendemic Femeniasia balearica	26
Using plant functional traits and life strategies of annual species to inform green roof plant selection	24
Geographic distribution and climatic niche comparison between diploid and polyploid cytotypes of a South American genus Lessingianthus H.Rob. (Vernonieae, Asteraceae)	19
Out of Africa: Linked continents, overland migration and differential survival explain abundance of Proteaceae in Australia	19
Eocene/Oligocene global disruption and the revolution of Caribbean mangroves	17
Editorial Board	17
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	13
Niche differentiation and resource-use strategies in two co-occurring sister species of Neotropical shrubs: Cnidoscolus aconitifolius and C. souzae	12
A case for studying biotic interactions in epiphyte ecology and evolution	12
Elevational range limits in naturalized Rumex conglomeratus likely formed by climate and lack of local adaptation	12
Biological flora of Central Europe: Centaurea cyanus L.	11
Twenty-year effect of sewage-sludge fertilization in a Mediterranean grassland: Impact on species composition, functional groups and interrelation with climate	11
Contrasting dynamics of seed banks and standing vegetation of annuals and perennials along a rainfall gradient	10
Evolutionary footprints of cold adaptation in arctic-alpine Cochlearia (Brassicaceae) – Evidence from freezing experiments and electrolyte leakage	9
Sustainable harvest of a threatened medicinal herb: Empirical evidence for spatially and temporally specific management of Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora	9
Functional ecology and evolution of terrestrial and epiphytic species of Rhododendron section Schistanthe (Ericaceae)	8
Similar diversification patterns in “sky islands”: A comparative approach in lineages from campo rupestre and campo de altitude	8
Performance-based inference of selection on stomatal length and specific leaf area varies with climate-of-origin of the forest tree, Eucalyptus ovata	8
Genetic differentiation of the Capparis spinosa group in the Mediterranean area	8
Difference in reproductive traits of two sympatric species of Stigmaphyllon (Malpighiaceae) throughout their distribution range: Are they context-dependent?	8
Range expansion and contraction of Tillandsia landbeckii lomas in the hyperarid Chilean Atacama Desert indicates ancient introgression and geneflow	8

Using Gaussian Mixture Models in plant morphometrics	7
Editorial Board	7
Anther smut pathogens as important drivers of population dynamics of long-lived perennial plants: A case study of Dianthus carthusianorum	7
Variation in functional traits among different mycorrhizal types and life history stages of temperate broadleaf tree species	7
Determinants of biogeographical distribution of grasses in grasslands of South America	7
Floral nectar: Fifty years of new ecological perspectives beyond pollinator reward	7
Geographical parthenogenesis in tetraploid brambles: Do competition and reproductive output in the secondary contact zone matter?	6
Desiccation of undamaged grasses in the topsoil causes Namibia’s fairy circles – Response to Jürgens & Gröngröft (2023)	6
Tillandsia landbeckii secures high phenotypic variation despite clonal propagation at the dry limits of plant life in the Atacama Desert	6
A unique diploid – triploid contact zone provides insights into the evolutionary mechanisms of cytotype coexistence in flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus)	6
Plant-soil interactions in the communities dominated by alien and native plants	6
The species richness–resource availability relationship is hump-shaped	5
The establishment growth and clonal growth organs	5
Resampling epiphytic lichens in coniferous forests of the Southern Alps: Veteran trees promote compositional stability	5
Fairy circle research: Status, controversies and the way forward	5
Community assembly along climatic gradient: Contrasting pattern between- and within- species	5
Carpinus austrobalcanica – A new highly polyploid species from the Balkan Peninsula closely related to European hornbeam	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
Are trait responses of tree species across pyroregions indicative of fire-modulated plant functional strategies?	4
Editorial Board	4
Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia´ s fairy circles – A response to	4
Physiological and molecular features predispose native and invasive populations of sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa L.) to colonization and restoration of drought degraded environments	4
Biological Flora of Central Europe: Chondrilla chondrilloides (Ard.) H. Karst	4
Editorial Board	4
Editorial Board	4
Insect herbivory and leaf defensive traits in native and non-native populations of an endemic plant in a Macaronesian archipelago	4
Questioning the effectiveness of seed-reducing agents on invasive Acacia: Pod production relative to gall abundance of classical biological control agents	4
Elevational patterns of plant species richness and phylogenetic diversity in a Mediterranean island	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
Biological flora of Central Europe – Lupinus polyphyllus Lindley	3
Local adaptation to an altitudinal gradient: The interplay between mean phenotypic trait variation and phenotypic plasticity in Mimulus laciniatus	3
Does insular adaptation to subtropical conditions promote loss of plasticity over time?	3
Placing Brazil's grasslands and savannas on the map of science and conservation	3
Factors that extend flowering phenology for pollinators in prairie restorations	3
Taxonomic analysis of certain taxa of Epipactis in Slovenia	3
Drivers of plant and lichen diversity in grasslands on mineral islands surrounded by peatlands (Biebrza Valley, NE Poland)	3
Editorial Board	3
No support for the optimal allocation to indirect plant defenses mediated by ant-hemipteran interactions	3
Widespread, but less than assumed: Populations of Euphorbia amygdaloides (Euphorbiaceae) from western Asia represent two new cryptic species	3
Environmental filtering of regeneration patterns in a forest dynamic mosaic in south-central Chile	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
Editorial Board	2
Ontogeny unlocks the floral development and evolution of Uleanthus, a florally divergent monospecific genus of Amazonian legume trees	2
Disentangling the role of fire, soil, and landscape effects on arrested succession in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	2
Editorial Board	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
Spatial distributions and edge relationships of plant communities in coastal barrens in Nova Scotia, Canada	2
Origin, early expansion, domestication and anthropogenic diffusion of Cannabis, with emphasis on Europe and the Iberian Peninsula	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
Plant water stress, not termite herbivory, causes Namibia’s fairy circles	2
Taxonomic and genetic assessment of disjunct populations of the threatened plant Arnica montana (Asteraceae) from central France	2