OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Plant Ecology and Evolution 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Notes on Neotropical litter-gathering Rubiaceae, and distinction between Faramea tinguana from southern Brazil, and F. humicapiens sp. nov. from French Guiana	15
Past, present, and future potential distributions of the African multipurpose tree Detarium senegalense (Fabaceae)	14
Unravelling the diversity of the lichen genus Porina (Porinaceae) in Mauritius	9
Floral ontogeny links Dialypetalanthus (Condamineeae) with the floral developmental morphology of other Rubiaceae	8
Passion and combat on a floral stage: a new species of Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) from Monts de Cristal, Gabon, with notes on its unique pollination ecology	7
The reproductive traits that contribute to the invasive success of Mediterranean onionweed (Asphodelus fistulosus)	7
Taxonomic description and pollination ecology of Cyrtorchis okuensis (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae), a new species endemic to the Cameroon Volcanic Line	6
Is chiropterophily an evolutionary dead end? A phylogenetic test in the pantropical genus Parkia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade)	6
Smallholder farmers’ knowledge on management of Cinchona in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	6
The family Zingiberaceae in Rwanda with description of two new species of Renealmia	6
A striking new species of Rhipidocladum (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae: Arthrostylidiinae) with single, terminal-spikelet synflorescences, endemic to Jalisco, Mexico	5
The vascular plant diversity of Burundi	5
Conservation status revision and communities’ perceptions of 22 Aloe species in Tanzania	5
Barking up the wrong tree: the dangers of taxonomic misidentification in molecular phylogenetic studies	5
A new Actinella species (Eunotiaceae, Bacillariophyta) from the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve, Democratic Republic of the Congo	4
Molecular phylogeny and character-mapping support the synonymy of Cordobia and Gallardoa in Mionandra (Malpighiaceae)	4
High-throughput sequence-based microsatellite genotyping for the non-model Neotropical tree species Anadenanthera colubrina (Leguminosae)	4
A new and endemic species of Struthanthus (Loranthaceae) from Guerrero, Mexico	4
Rhynchospora section Pleurostachys (Cyperaceae): a phylogeny and three new species from the dry forests of Bahia and Espírito Santo, Brazil	4
Flora and fire in an old-growth Central African forest-savanna mosaic: a checklist of the Parc National des Plateaux Batéké (Gabon)	4
Floristic and structural distinctness of monodominant Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forest in the western Congo Basin	4
Why fitness impacts of different herbivores may combine nonadditively, and why it matters to the ecology and evolution of plant-herbivore communities	4
The genus Orthoseira (Orthoseiraceae, Bacillariophyta) in Papua New Guinea with the description of two new species	4
Monophyly and transoceanic dispersal in the widespread floating club-rush clade, Isolepis subgenus Fluitantes (Cyperaceae)	3
Rediscovery and revalidation of the Brazilian endemic Vanilla schwackeana Hoehne (Orchidaceae): its distribution and phylogenetic position	3

Waltheria marielleae (Byttnerioideae, Malvaceae), a new species from north-eastern Brazil supported by morphological and phylogenetic evidence	3
A new type of epicotyl dormancy in crypto-viviparous fruits of Aegiceras corniculatum (Primulaceae), the first report from a true mangrove species	3
Eremitis clarkiae and E. vinacea (Poaceae, Bambusoideae): two new species of herbaceous bamboos endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil increase the diversity of the genus in this hot	3
Tropical African diatoms from the Eunotia asterionelloides (Bacillariophyta) species complex, with descriptions of new species	3
The genera of Cyperaceae of Madagascar	3
The structure of Leguminosae-Detarioideae dominant rain forest in Korup National Park, Cameroon	3
Novitates Gabonenses 93: a fresh look at Podostemaceae in Gabon following recent inventories, with a new combination for Ledermanniella nicolasii	3
Morphological and phenological variation of flower colour morphs in a wild population of Opuntia streptacantha (Cactaceae)	3
Cyperus kilelai (Cyperaceae), a new species from a thermal spring in Katanga (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	3
Mitracarpus semirianus (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), an overlooked new species from the “campo rupestre” of Bahia, northeastern Brazil, with notes on Mitracarpus lhotzkyanus	3
Reassessment of morphological species delimitations in the Cyperus margaritaceus-niveus complex using morphometrics	3
Symmetry and structure re-visited: is symmetry still over-emphasised as a taxonomic character for naviculoid diatoms?	3
Nuclear ribosomal phylogeny of Brachystegia: new markers for new insights about rain forests and Miombo woodlands evolution	2
The fate of Holoregmia, a monospecific genus endemic to the Brazilian Caatinga, under different future climate scenarios	2
Johansenicoccus eremophilus gen. et sp. nov., a novel evolutionary lineage in Chlorophyceae with unusual genomic features	2
Morphological variation in liverwort traits influences community assemblage along an elevational gradient in northern Madagascar	2
A new epilithic bromeliad (Stigmatodon, Tillandsioideae) from Pedra dos Três Pontões, Espírito Santo, Brazil, with an emended combination for the genus	2
A matter of warts: a taxonomic treatment for Drypetes verrucosa (Putranjivaceae, Malpighiales) and a new cauliflorous species from Cameroon and Nigeria, D. stevartii	2
Palliocystidium, a new genus in the family Hydnodontaceae (Trechisporales)	2
An integrative taxonomic revision of the Chaerophyllum hirsutum complex (Apiaceae) using morphological and molecular markers	2
Nomenclatural notes on the genus Psoralea (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae) in South Africa	2
Indications of an Achaea sp. caterpillar outbreak disrupting fruiting of an ectomycorrhizal tropical tree in Central African rainforest	2
Dispersal and persistence of cup plant seeds (Silphium perfoliatum): do they contribute to potential invasiveness?	2
Reproductive biology and flower-visitor interactions of two bromeliad species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	2
Spatial distribution patterns of Afzelia africana (Fabaceae – Detarioideae) in a tropical savanna of Benin: implications for management	2
Moss phyllid morphology varies systematically with substrate slope	2
A new species of Parianella (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Olyreae) marks the southernmost distribution of the genus in Brazil	2
Fluorescent nectar in non-flying mammal-pollinated plants – observations and considerations in some Asparagaceae	2
On the occasion of its 160 th birthday, Plant Ecology and Evolution gets a makeover	1
Eulophia edwardii (Orchidaceae), a new species from the Pondoland Centre of Endemism in South Africa	1
Vanilla lindmaniana and V. palmarum (Orchidaceae) are distinct allopatric species	1
Assessing the germinability of coastal Limonium minutum (Plumbaginaceae) under different temperature and salinity conditions: implications for its conservation	1
Diversity and habitat preferences of benthic diatoms from South Bay (Livingston Island, Antarctica)	1
A field investigation into potential reproductive and resistance advantages of purple-petalled plants in polymorphic populations of horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)	1
Revision of Carapichea (Rubiaceae-Psychotrieae) in the Guianas, with two new combinations and transfer of three species to Notopleura	1
Seed morphology of Hamelieae with emphasis on the Deppea complex (Cinchonoideae, Rubiaceae)	1
Diversity and distribution of ferns and clubmosses in the eastern canyons of Isalo National Park, Madagascar	1
An integrative taxonomic study of the genus Lethocolea (Marchantiophyta: Acrobolbaceae)	1
A taxonomic revision of the ecologically important Ochna holstii (Ochnaceae) complex using molecular and morphological data	1
A new Ypsilopus (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) from Zimbabwe and notes on the parallel evolution of extreme column exsertion in African angraecoids	1
Vivipary, a rare phenomenon in Afrotropical Melastomataceae: first report in Amphiblemma ciliatum (Sonerileae)	1
An assessment of Coutaportla (Chiococceae, Rubiaceae) with the description of a new species from Mexico	1
Recent evolutionary divergence in a plant ring-species is not accompanied by floral phenology or pollinator shifts	1
Phenotypic variation of Wittrockia cyathiformis (Bromeliaceae) across life forms and forest types in the Atlantic Rainforest	1
Bees increase seed set of wild plants while the proportion of arable land has a variable effect on pollination in European agricultural landscapes	1
Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships of Silene villosa s.l. (Caryophyllaceae, sect. Silene s.l.) using nrDNA ITS and cpDNA rps16	1
Phylogeny of the Neotropical element of the Randia clade (Gardenieae, Rubiaceae, Gentianales)	1
The genus Malanea Aubl. (Rubiaceae) in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil	1
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How large-scale geographic factors affect the different dimensions of functional diversity: evidence from the beech forest herb layer (Apennines, Italy)	1

Genetic diversity and fine-scale spatial genetic structure of the near-threatened Pinus gerardiana in Gardiz, Afghanistan