OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Cannibal plants: intraspecific autoparasitism among host-specific holoparasites	40
Understory plant species-specific effects on subarctic soil fertility	21
Morphological variations of Thymus in the vegetation belts of the Tien Shan mountains (Central Asia)	16
Note of Appreciation	16
Growth and productivity of the moss Sphagnum fuscum in bogs of northeastern North America	15
Secretory structure diversity on Astronium leaf	13
Three helmet-orchid species share abundant fungi of Serendipitaceae regardless of altitude	12
‘Frog’s umbrella’ and ‘ghost’s face powder’: the cultural roles of mushrooms and other fungi for Canadian Indigenous Peoples	12
Sieve element traits differ in pulvini and petioles of Mimosa (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) with different types of leaf movement	10
Germination responses of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) seeds to salinity and water stresses: implications for the restoration of Mediterranean marginal lands	10
We do not see evidence for the presence of female gametangia (oospores) in North American Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J. Groves	9
Heliotropism in Trillium grandiflorum provides increased reproductive success	9
Trichomycetes from the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada	9
An assessment of data accuracy and best practice recommendations for observations of lichens and other taxonomically difficult taxa on iNaturalist	8
Shading as a tool for Sphagnum magellanicum regeneration: scalable implications for peatland restoration in southern South America	8
Organically grown cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants contain a diverse range of culturable epiphytic and endophytic fungi in inflorescences and stem tissues	8
New insight into the roles of lipid transfer protein and seed storage albumin gene families involved in oil and protein accumulation in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)	7
Evaluating putative Dryas ajanensis Juzepczuk ssp. beringensis Jurtzev × Dryas integrifolia Vahl hybrids using leaf morphometrics	7
Small granivores remove the seeds of 25 plant species at similarly high rates in an old-field plant community	7
Correction: Climate and nature crisis is also about the health of plants	7
Effect of seed coat mucilage, temperature, and photoperiod on germination of four Arabian desert species	7
Ethylene sensitivity assay in medicinal and fiber-type Cannabis seedlings reveals a triple-response-like phenotype	7
Preliminary assessment of the conservation status of medicinal plant species in Canada	6
A rapid method for sex identification in Cannabis sativa using high resolution melt analysis	6
Untargeted and targeted metabolomics to understand plant growth regulation and evolution in Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis)	6

Picea × darwyniana Björk & Goward: an invalid taxonomic name	6
Do nurse plants and cattle exclusion help restore Parlatore's Podocarp forest?	6
Stamen dimorphism, bee visitation, and pollen removal in three species of Agalinis (Orobanchaceae)	6
Effect of environmental factors on polyketide synthase gene expression, usnic acid biosynthesis, and ground cover of a lichen-fungus, Cladonia uncialis	6
Peronospora variabilis is associated with downy mildew of Chenopodium berlandieri in Mexico	5
Micromorphology of leaflets of Senna series Bacillares (Leguminosae) and its taxonomic significance	5
Morphophysiological indicators applied for the selection of different genotypes of Hevea spp. during germination and post-germination	5
Effects of the phylogeny and seed traits on germination of Polygonaceae species from Subtropical Forest, Southeast China	5
Soil drainage-class influences on the distribution of witness trees (1664–1700) in Wicomico County, Maryland, USA	5
Liverworts as a hidden secret for soothing inflammation and alleviating pain	5
An ethnobotanical meta-analysis of North American medicinal Asteraceae	5
Evaluation of the relationship between soil properties and functional traits in three forest types in a subtropical mountain in Mexico	5
Filling in the gaps: a road map to establish a model system to study developmental programmed cell death	5
Ceiba pentandra (Malvaceae) and associated species: Spiritual Keystone Species of the Neotropics	5
Phylogeography of alpine plant Parnassia wightiana (Celastraceae)	5
Trichomycetes from freshwater and salt marsh mosquito larvae with a new species in the monotypic genus Legerioides	5
Measurement of inbreeding depression in Rhododendron kaempferi: seed production, germination, juvenile survival, and growth	5
Monthly macroalgal surveys reveal a diverse and dynamic community in an urban intertidal zone	5
Establishment of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) in the context of floodplain restoration: impact of companion plant and sowing rate	5
Introduction to the Special Issue on Parasitic Flowering Plants in Forests	4
Comparative ecology of chasmogamous and cleistogamous reproduction in Danthonia compressa: effects of floral type and maternal environment	4
A tale of two mistletoes: phenology and fauna associated with two sympatric species	4
Nunatsiavut, ‘our beautiful land’: Inuit landscape ethnoecology in Labrador, Canada	4
An experimental test of niche versus dispersal limitation of the distribution limit of the Ghost Antler Lichen, Pseudevernia cladonia, along a temperate–boreal elevation gradient	4
Piguttuk Qanuqtuurniq: an Indigenous flower, resourceful in the face of challenges	4
First record of trichomycete fungi from Rouge National Urban Park and Greater Toronto Area	4
Impacts of road salt on seed germination of Thuja occidentalis found in natural communities adjacent to the Illinois Tollway in northeastern IL, USA	4
Processing and digitizing a nonstandard herbarium collection: a cautionary tale about research value	4
Observations on the curvature of Physcomitrium patens (Hedw.) Mitt. and Funaria hygrometrica (Hedw.) caulonemal filaments	4
Understanding bud rot development, caused by Botrytis cinerea, on cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants grown under greenhouse conditions	3
The classification of dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium spp., Viscaceae) in section Campylopoda, series Campylopoda	3
Plants as Our Relatives: the creation and gifting of a relational learning task	3
First evidence of nitrogen fixation associated with bryophytes from coastal Wabanaki–Acadian forests	3
Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology in the Americas	3
Severe frost but not shade could limit the future growing season of Erythronium americanum	3
Post-fire peatland vegetation recovery: a case study in open rich fens of the Canadian boreal forest	3
Do larger plants produce more and better seeds and seedlings? Testing the hypothesis in a globose cactus, Wigginsia sessiliflora	3
Chloroplast capture creates cryptic lineages with differential geographic patterns in Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Ericaceae)	3
Evidence of starch accumulation in tobacco Bright Yellow (TBY-2) cells in the presence of auxin	3
New species and new record of Candolleomyces (Psathyrellaceae) from India	3
Contribution to the taxonomic elucidation of the Geonoma maxima complex (Arecaceae) in Central Amazonia, Brazil	3
Avian gut passage reduces the germination light response of pokeweed (Phytolaca americana)	3
Etiology of leaf blight of Chinese brush (Baccharis conferta Kunth) in Mexico	3
Justicia americana exhibits stem density–aboveground biomass relationships and variability in elemental composition and isotopic signature across tissue types and land use gradients	3
An SNP-based approach to estimating the mating and relatedness components of plant mating portfolios	2
Leaf developmental patterns of two species of Baccharis (Asteraceae): an analysis based on cell wall pectins	2
Monthly dynamics of phenolic release and allelopathic effect in hollow and hummock Sphagnum	2
Quantification of camelina germination niche to combined salinity and temperature stresses using a halothermal time model	2
A versatile protoplast system and its application in Cannabis sativa L.	2
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	2

Conservation assessment of a range-edge population of Trichophorum planifolium (Cyperaceae) reveals range-wide inbreeding and locally divergent environmental conditions	2
Correction: Fossil species in Boehmerieae (Urticaceae) in Dominican and Mexican amber: a new genus (Ekrixanthera) and two new species with anemophilous pollination by explosive pollen release,	2
The importance of taxonomy for determining species distribution: a case study using the disjunct lichen Brodoa oroarctica	2
Leaf morphology and anatomy in Myrcia sect. Aulomyrcia (Myrtaceae): species circumscription and characterization of clades	2
Deciphering the complete plastid genome of an endemic monotypic species Kostermansia malayana (Malvaceae) from Peninsular Malaysia: structural comparative genomics and phylogenomic placement	2
Editorial June 2025—A new type of article	2
New species of Tricholoma in sections Genuina and Fucata from eastern North America	2
Phenological growth stages according to the BBCH-scale as a powerful tool for differentiating among CRISPR/Cas9 mutated lineages of the model plant Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. (Poaceae)	2
A preliminary investigation of the lichen biota associated with recently deglaciated terrain in southeastern Alaska	2
A review of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology of traditional medicines used by Q’eqchi’ Maya Healers of Xna’ajeb’ aj Ralch’o’och’, Belize	2
Ethnobotany in the Andes and the Amazon in a world of Nagoya Protocol and post SARS-CoV-2 pandemic	2
The Arrhenia peltigerina complex—preliminary report	2
Transcriptome-wide characterization of alternative splicing in five drug-type cultivars of Cannabis sativa	2
Transgene silencing in the moss, Physcomitrella (Physcomitrium patens)	2
Embryo position of Castanopsis sclerophylla (Fagaceae) seeds with recalcitrant storage behavior differs from Quercus genus but response to desiccation shows no difference	2
Impact of in vitro hormone treatments on the bibenzyl production of Radula complanata	2
Effects of industrial disturbances on the flavonoid concentration of Rhododendron groenlandicum	2
Fruit anatomy and seedlings of the mistletoe Psittacanthus schiedeanus (Loranthaceae)	2
Calonectria vigiensis sp. nov. (Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) associated with dieback and sudden-death symptoms of Theobroma cacao from Mérida state, Venezuela	2
Perspectives on the reclassification of taxa in the Arceuthobium campylopodum complex (Viscaceae)	2
Outcrossing rates in the permanent translocation heterozygote Oenothera biennis L. (Onagraceae)	1
Variations in growth and architecture in the range limit of Salix humboldtiana, the willow native to South America	1
Reproductive phenological shifts and other phylogenetic trait changes in the Arbutoideae (Ericaceae) in the context of drought, seed predation, and fire	1
Anatomy of the hinge region of the petiole of prostrate leaves of the wintergreen fern Polystichum acrostichoides (Dryopteridaceae)	1
Environmental drivers of bryophyte distribution and habitat preference in <i>Sphagnum </i>peatlands of Eastern Canada	1
Wáts'iyus Harvest Basket Model: Turning to Ancestral Plant Knowledge to Develop Indigenized Strategies Towards Decolonial Ethnobotanical Research in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) BC	1
Testing the Miyawaki method in Mediterranean urban areas through a standardised experimental design	1
Sex differences in nitrogen flux in fern gametophytes	1
Note of appreciation	1
Yves Bergeron : une carrière dévolue à comprendre les forêts naturelles et à influencer l'aménagement forestier	1
Localization of the fungal symbiont (Chaetothyriales) in Ipomoea carnea	1
Uncoupling effect of lipid peroxidation in spinach thylakoids exposed to peroxyl radicals generated by 2,2′-azobis (2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride	1
The woody plant Haloxylon ammodendron (C.A. Mey.) provides new insights into the self-thinning relationship and size inequality with wind erosion stress	1
Moss regeneration for lithium mine waste rock revegetation in Québec, Canada	1
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology of the Americas	1
Are epicuticular waxes a surface defense comparable to trichomes? A test using two Solanum species and a specialist herbivore	1
The responses of Cannabis sativa to environmental stress: a balancing act	1
The relationship between bark substratum and conspecific biomass affecting hydration and drying rate of a lichen epiphyte (Platismatia glauca (L.) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb.)	1
Fungal endophytes affecting the health and recovery of Long’s Braya (Braya longii) and Fernald’s Braya (Braya fernaldii), endangered endemic species of Newfoundland, Canada	1
Macro- and micromorphology reveal four entities in the highly variable Oxalis polymorpha Mart. ex Zucc. (Oxalidaceae)	1
Do linear clearings in boreal peatlands recover? Comparing taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional plant diversity	1
Lichens of ultramafic substrates in North America: a review	1
The post-fire shift of temperate white pine-birch forest to boreal balsam fir forest in eastern Canada: climate-fire implications	1
Population-level drought responses in northern oak fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)	1
Flowering time responses to climate differ between species in mesic and xeric habitats in Alberta	1
Mycoheterotrophic plants as indicators of post-agricultural forest regeneration: abundance of Hypopitys monotropa and Monotropa uniflora in post-agricultural forests changes through time	1
Origin of Symphyotrichum anticostense (Asteraceae, Astereae), an endemic, high polyploid species of the Gulf of St. Lawrence region, based on morphological and nrDNA evidence	1
Phenological growth stages of highbush blueberries (Vaccinium spp.): codification and description according to the BBCH scale	1
Potential role of the seed bank in spreading invasive plants in a tundra-edge environment	1
Susceptibility of endangered Cornus florida (eastern flowering dogwood) to the introduced fungal pathogen Discula destructiva (dogwood anthracnose) in the Canadian Carolinian forest: ins	1
Sensory ecologies, plant-persons, and multinatural landscapes in Amazonia	1
Calea ternifolia Kunth, the Mexican “dream herb”, a concise review	1
The timing of snowmelt and amount of winter precipitation have limited influence on flowering phenology in a tallgrass prairie	1
Genetic variation in growth and leaf traits associated with local adaptation to climate in yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britton)	1
Trends in groundberry cover under climate change in the southern and central Yukon, 1997–2022	1