Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Systematics and Evolution 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
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Phenotypic and transcriptional features of Araliaceae species under distinct light environments103
Characterization of genome‐wide long terminal repeat retrotransposons provide insights into trait evolution of four grapevine species91
Vegetation history of the central Tibetan region during the late Oligocene–Early Miocene77
Phylogenomic, morphological, and niche differentiation analyses unveil species delimitation and evolutionary history of endangered maples inAcerseriesCampestria(Sapindaceae)41
Impacts of climate change and local environmental selection on the distribution pattern of crop pests: Insights from phylogeographic studies of Aelia fieberi in East Asia (Hemiptera: Pentatomid27
Gynoecial diversity in the Annonaceae and the evolution of functional traits that overcome the limitations of apocarpy22
Phylogenetics and reticulation among koelerioid clades, part I: Contraction of Trisetum, expansion of Acrospelion, Graphephorum, and Tzveleviochloa; Graciliotrisetum22
Phylogenomics and rapid diversification of the genus Eutrema on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and adjacent regions21
A new red alga preserved with possible reproductive bodies from the 518‐million‐year‐old Qingjiang biota20
Phylogenomic insights into species relationships, reticulate evolution, and biogeographic diversification of the ginseng genus Panax (Araliaceae), with an emphasis on the diversification in the20
Solid‐phase microextraction and cuticular hydrocarbon differences related to reproductive activity in juniper bark borer Semanotus bifasciatus Motschulsky18
Herbaceous eudicot Fairlingtonia from the Lower Cretaceous of Jiuquan Basin, Northwest China and its radiation in Laurasia17
Revisiting the phylogeny of Primulaceae s.l. using whole plastid genomes: Highlighting phylogenetic conflicts and their implications17
A putative case of honeyeater‐driven sympatric speciation associated with corolla shape shift resulting in a new New Caledonian Oxera species17
Biogeographic patterns of polyploid species for the angiosperm flora in China16
Current and historical factors drive variation of reproductive traits in unisexual mosses in Europe: A case study15
Herbicides and their potential to disrupt plant–insect chemical communication15
Pre‐ and postpollination barriers between a widespread and a narrow endemic species with one‐by‐one stamen movement14
Fossil endocarps of Menispermaceae from the late Paleocene of Paris Basin, France14
Patterns of change in floral color and odor of Lonicera calcarata are in relation to pollinator behavior14
Thermophilization and reshuffling of montane leaf beetle communities over a two‐decade period14
Floral scent emission is the highest at the second night of anthesis in Lonicera japonica (Caprifoliaceae)13
Phylogenomics, divergence time estimation, and adaptive evolution in the Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae)13
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An integrative taxonomy of Oecanthinae in China (Orthoptera: Grylloidea; Oecanthidae) and its implication as a model for investigating sexual selection13
Phylogenetic regionalization of the Pan‐Himalayan vascular flora12
Assessing conservation priorities of threatened medicinal plants in China: A new comprehensive phylogenetic scoring system12
Miocene climatic fluctuations likely explain the species diversification of Lysionotus (Gesneriaceae) in Pan‐Himalaya12
The evolutionary rate of leaf osmotic strength drives diversification of Primulina species in karst regions12
Plastomic data shed new light on the phylogeny, biogeography, and character evolution of the family Crassulaceae11
First fossil evidence of samaras ofVentilagoGaertn. (Rhamnaceae) from India and its implications11
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Evolutionary history mediates adaptation through shaping genetic variance11
Linking South American dry regions by the Gran Chaco: Insights from the evolutionary history and ecological diversification of Gomphrena s.str. (Gomphrenoideae, Amaranthaceae)11
Integration of hotspot identification, gap analysis, and niche modeling supports the conservation of Chinese threatened higher plants11
The near‐complete genome assembly of Reynoutria multiflora reveals the genetic basis of stilbene and anthraquinone biosynthesis11
Comparative genomics reveals convergent adaptations in lipid metabolism and low genetic diversity in carnivorous bats11
Genomic differentiation and gene flow among Rattus species distributed in China and adjacent regions10
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Backbone phylogeny and evolution of Lycosidae (Araneae): New insights from phylogenomic analyses of mitogenomic data9
Phylogenetic diversity and interspecies competition shaped species diversity in adaptive radiated Ligustrum (Oleaceae)9
Ancient genome of Empress Ashina reveals the Northeast Asian origin of Göktürk Khanate9
A cytosystematic study of the Dianthus virgineus complex (Caryophyllaceae) in the Central Mediterranean9
Climatic niche evolution in Smilacaceae (Liliales) drives patterns of species diversification and richness between the Old and New World9
Genomic vulnerability and local adaptation of an arid tolerant tree species on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau9
The polyphasic approach reveals ten novel and one known Ascomycota taxa from terrestrial agarwood‐producing trees9
The genetic diversity in the ancient human population of Upper Xiajiadian culture9
Chemicals mediate the interaction between plant‐associated fungi and insects9
Plant–insect chemical communication in ecological communities: An information theory perspective9
Cenozoic Ampelopsis and Nekemias leaves (Vitaceae, Ampelopsideae) from Eurasia: Paleobiogeographic and paleoclimatic implications9
Uplift history and biological evolution of the Himalaya (I)9
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Plant scent and plant–insect interactions—Review and outlook from a macroevolutionary perspective8
Reproductive and vegetative remains of an eucalypt (Myrtaceae) from the early Eocene of India8
Extensive ethnolinguistic diversity at the crossroads of North China and South Siberia reflects multiple sources of genetic diversity8
Fruits of Firmiana and Craigia (Malvaceae) from the Eocene of the Central Tibetan Plateau with emphasis on biogeographic history8
Biogeographic history of Pterocarya (Juglandaceae) inferred from phylogenomic and fossil data8
Molecular evolution of the rbcS multiple gene family in Oryza punctata7
Unique morphological characters and possible mating behavior of a new species of †Praeaulacidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) from Cretaceous Kachin amber7
Recent structural variations in the Medicago chloroplast genomes and their horizontal transfer into nuclear chromosomes7
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Comparative analysis of 343 plastid genomes of Solanum section Petota: Insights into potato diversity, phylogeny, and species discrimination7
Genetic admixture of Chinese Tajik people inferred from genome‐wide array genotyping and mitochondrial genome sequencing7
Functional consequences of temporal reversal of height dimorphism for pollen and seed dispersal in a dioecious plant7
Phylotranscriptomic analyses reveal the reticulate evolution in Dennstaedtiaceae7
Gondwanan survivor lineages and the high‐risk biogeography of Anthropocene Southeast Asia7
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Genome‐wide RAD sequencing data suggest predominant role of vicariance in Sino‐Japanese disjunction of the monotypic genus Conandron (Gesneriaceae)7
Hybrid capture resolves the phylogeny of Tetradium (Rutaceae) and supports the inclusion of a species from Sulawesi7
The evolution of tachinid pollination in Neotinea ustulata is related to floral cuticular composition and the combined high relative production of (Z)‐11‐C23/C25enes7
Larger variation in female than male floral allocation in a sexually polymorphic herb Geranium transversale7
Phylogenetic diversity and regionalization in the temperate arid zone7
Expansions and contractions of the inverted repeat, as well as gene loss and potential pseudogenization shape plastome evolution in Hechtioideae (Bromeliaceae, Poales)6
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Cryptic diversity and evolutionary history of the fish species Xenotoca variata (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae) in the Mexican Plateau: Implications for taxonomy and conservation6
A deep dive into bryophyte genome space reveals opposing evolutionary trends in the sister lineages, mosses and liverworts6
Interspecies transcriptomic comparisons reveal potential molecular genetic mechanisms underlying the evolutionary development of dimorphic flowers in Viola6
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An integrative taxonomic approach reveals exceptional species diversity of Burmoniscus from China (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)6
Phylogenomics and biogeography of Torreya (Taxaceae)—Integrating data from three organelle genomes, morphology, and fossils and a practical method for reducing missing data from RAD‐seq6
Heteroploidy hybridization and apomixis facilitate the origin of a new Elatostema species: Insights from evidence of phylogenomics, flow cytometry, cytology and morphology6
Landscape and evolutionary dynamics of Helitron transposons in plant genomes as well as construction of online database HelDB6
Resolving relationships despite past hybridization in Aliciella subsection Subnuda (Polemoniaceae)6
Novel classification and biogeography ofLeptolejeunea(Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta) with implications for the origin and evolution of the Asian evergreen broad‐leaved forests5
Grasses through space and time: An overview of the biogeographical and macroevolutionary history of Poaceae5
New insights into infrageneric relationships of Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae) as revealed by nuclear ribosomal DNA cistron data and plastid phylogenomics5
Selection to attract pollinators and to confuse antagonists specializes fig–pollinator chemical communications5
Genetic diversity and evolution of the plastome in allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium spp.)5
Lineage‐specific trait variations and plasticity of obligate parthenogenetic animals following the expansion of distribution range to a continental archipelago5
Geographic patterns and climatic drivers of phylogenetic structure of liverworts along a long elevational gradient in the central Himalaya5
The Australasian grass flora in a global context5
Assembling an illustrated family‐level tree of life for exploration in mobile devices5
Reinterpreting the phylogenetic position and taxonomic revision of the genus Pterocyclus (Apiaceae, Apioideae) based on nrITS, complete plastid genome, and morphological evidence5
Phylogenomics of the Bupleurum in East Asia: Insights into distribution patterns and diversification5
Integrative taxonomy of the stalk‐eyed bug genus Chauliops (Heteroptera: Malcidae: Chauliopinae) reveals orogeny‐driven speciation5
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Target enrichment data reveal rapid divergence with reticulate evolution of Maianthemum (Asparagaceae: Convallarioideae) in the Himalayan‐Hengduan Mountains and eastern Asia5
Parrotiaflower blooming in Miocene rainforest5
DNA barcoding of recently diverging legume genera: Assessing the temperate Asian Caragana (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae)4
Rapid structural evolution of Dendrobium mitogenomes and mito‐nuclear phylogeny discordances in Dendrobium (Orchidaceae)4
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Herbarium phylogenomics: Resolving the generic status of the enigmatic Pseudobartsia (Orobanchaceae)4
The origin and dispersal of Firmiana danxiaensis among isolated specific landscapes4
Expelled by the Antarctic ice: Evolutionary history of the tribe Cunonieae (Cunoniaceae)4
One plus one makes seven: Intricate phylogeographic patterns in Odontites vernus (Orobanchaceae: Rhinantheae) in the Iberian Peninsula4
Phylogenomics reveals the impacts of the African arid corridor on the evolution of Trichoneura (Poaceae)4
Reconstructing evolutionary history of Chinese walnuts (Juglans)4
A comparative analysis of gamete production in distylous Primula: Associations with floral traits and elevation4
Phylogeny and biogeography of the fern genus Hymenasplenium (Aspleniaceae), with special reference to island speciation4
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Gene co‐option behind the shape‐color association of radiate capitula is evolutionarily conserved in the tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae)4
First recognition of the extinct eudicot genus Palibinia in North America: Leaves and fruits of Palibinia comptonifolia (R.W.Br.) comb. nov. from the Eocene of Utah and Colorado, USA4
Reconstructing the genetic admixture history of Tai‐Kadai and Sinitic people: Insights from genome‐wide SNP data from South China4
Correction to “Phylogenetic reconstruction of Didymocarpus and related genera in Gesneriaceae with establishment of two new genera”4
Northern gene flow into southeastern East Asians inferred from genome‐wide array genotyping4
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Collections‐based systematics in the new age of discovery: Celebrating the legacy and life of Professor Wen‐Tsai Wang3
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Phylogenetic reconstruction of Didymocarpus and related genera in Gesneriaceae with establishment of two new genera3
Dense infraspecific sampling reveals cryptic differentiation in the enigmatic hemiparasitic love vine Cassytha filiformis (Lauraceae)3
Geographic patterns and climatic correlates of deep evolutionary legacies for angiosperm assemblages in China3
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Capturing single‐copy nuclear genes, organellar genomes, and nuclear ribosomal DNA from deep genome skimming data for plant phylogenetics: A case study in Vitaceae3
Stable persistence of relict populations involved evolutionary shifts of reproductive characters in the genus Tanakaea (Saxifragaceae)3
A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) III: An update3
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Linked selection and recombination rate generate both shared and lineage‐specific genomic islands of divergence in two independent Quercus species pairs3
Exceptionally well‐preserved seed cones of a new fossil species of hemlock, Tsuga weichangensis sp. nov. (Pinaceae), from the Lower Miocene of Hebei Province, North China3
Qineryangia, a new genus from the Hengduan Mountains and new insights into the phylogeny of the subtribe Crepidinae (Cichorieae, Asteraceae)3
Chemical communication between plants and insects3
Hermaphroditic sex allocation evolves with developmental trade‐offs between flowers and fruits in Berchemia and Tapiscia: Insights into the evolution of androdioecy3
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Phylogeny, biogeography, reticulation, and classification of Agrostis (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae: Agrostidinae) with expansion of Polypogon to include Lachnagrostis (in part)3
Transposable elements and gene expression variation in the intraspecific hybrids of Capsella rubella3
Evolutionary history of Middle American Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) inferred from comparative mitogenomic data: Insights on historical biogeography and cave colonization in the group3
A biogeographical analysis of Muhlenbergia (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae: Muhlenbergiinae)3
Areas of endemism of the orchids of Megamexico: Hotspots of biotic interactions with pollinators3
Integrated analyses reveal extensive cytonuclear discordance and two new members of Rhodiola3
Genetic formation of Sui populations in southwest China3
A public collection of phylogenetics experiences in audio and video form3
A test of island plant syndromes using resource‐use traits3
RAD‐seq data provide new insights into biogeography, diversity anomaly, and species delimitation in eastern Asian–North American disjunct clade Benthamidia of Cornus (Cornaceae)3
First buckthorn (Rhamnaceae) fossil flowers from India2
A phylogenomic approach to disentangling the evolution of the large and diverse daisy tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae)2
Plant diversity and ecology on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau2
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Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses revealed higher‐level phylogenetic relationships within the Cucujiformia2
Genomic resources from the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau reveal the linguistic‐linked demographic history and insights into human adaptation and disease of multi‐ancestry populations2
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Phylogeography and introgression between Pinus kesiya and Pinus yunnanensis in Southeast Asia2
Host adaptation is driving genome evolution and ecological speciation in the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Tricholoma2
Nuclear and plastid phylogenomic analyses provide insights into the reticulate evolution, species delimitation, and biogeography of the Sino‐Japanese disjunctive Diabelia (Caprifoliaceae)2
Integrative taxonomy and phylogeny of leafless Vanilla orchids from the South‐West Indian Ocean region reveal two new Malagasy species2
Advancing plant phylogenetics and evolution through genomic data bursts and methodological innovations2
Mitochondrial genome phylogeny reveals the deep‐time origin of Gomphomastacinae (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae) and its alpine genera in China2
A phylogenetic analysis of scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) based on genomic and transcriptomic data2
A comprehensive analysis of higher‐level phylogenetic relationships of Hemiptera based on transcriptome data2
Integrating fossil and extant plant communities to calibrate paleoelevation of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau2
Time‐calibrated phylogeny of Daphne (Thymelaeaceae): Pre‐mediterranean temporal origin of the sclerophyllous Daphne gnidium2
Biogeographic analysis based on phylogenomic data supports multiple ancient dispersals that facilitated the eastern Asia–North America–Mexico disjunction in the subfamily Linnaeoideae (Caprifoliaceae)2
Generation of genomic resources and phylogenetic contributions in Oxalis from desert fog oases in Peru2
Phylogeography of Scots pine in Europe and Asia based on mtDNA polymorphisms2
A haplotype‐resolved genome for Rhododendron×pulchrum and the expression analysis of heat shock genes2
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PyNCBIminer: A platform for assembling phylogenetic data sets via GenBank datamining2
Banksia (Proteaceae) contains less phylogenetic diversity than expected in Southwestern Australia2
Enhanced precipitation has driven the evolution of subtropical evergreen broad‐leaved forests in eastern China since the early Miocene: Evidence from ring‐cupped oaks2
A new giant Jurassic lacewing larva reveals a particular aquatic habit and its significance to the palaeoecology2
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Pangenome reveals large‐scale gene loss as a key strategy for adaptive evolution in Agaricus bisporus2
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