OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plant Diversity is 9. 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
Degree of style coiling is associated with corolla-tube length in the nectarless flowers of Roscoea schneideriana	362
Detection of functional diversity gradients and their geoclimatic filters is sensitive to data types (occurrence vs. abundance) and spatial scales (sites vs. regions)	117
Phylogenetic relationship, biogeography, and conservation genetics of endangered Fraxinus chiisanensis (Oleaceae), endemic to South Korea	108
Integrative analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome reveals the potential mechanism of fruit flavor formation in wild hawthorn (Crataegus chungtienensis)	86
Diversity patterns of cushion plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A basic study for future conservation efforts on alpine ecosystems	85
Ontogenetic trait variation and metacommunity effects influence species relative abundances during tree community assembly	63
Integrating genomic and morphological data into bamboo taxonomic and evolutionary studies	51
Seedling survival after simulating grazing and drought for two species from the Pamirs, northwestern China	49
Sex-specific facilitation and reproduction of the gynodioecious cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides on the Himalaya-Hengduan mountains, SW China	46
Testing complete plastomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences for species identification in a taxonomically difficult bamboo genus Fargesia	42
Climate change impacts on Rhododendron diversity: Regional responses and conservation strategies in China	42
Convergent relationships between flower economics and hydraulic traits across aquatic and terrestrial herbaceous plants	39
Climate drives patterns of response of recalcitrant embryonic axes of Quercus species to cryopreservation	37
Two new species of Yushania (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from South China, with a taxonomic revision of related species	35
Stomatal dynamics are regulated by leaf hydraulic traits and guard cell anatomy in nine true mangrove species	33
Current patterns of plant diversity and phylogenetic structure on the Kunlun Mountains	33
Identification and fine mapping of rtms1-D, a gene responsible for reverse thermosensitive genic male sterility from Diannong S-1X	33
Patterns and drivers of plant sexual systems in the dry-hot valley region of southwestern China	32
Assembly-free reads accurate identification (AFRAID) approach outperforms other methods of DNA barcoding in the walnut family (Juglandaceae)	29
A new infrageneric classification of Gastrochilus (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) based on molecular and morphological data	26
Does the critically endangered Rhododendron amesiae deserve top priority for conservation?	25
Rapid evolution of T2/S-RNase genes in Fragaria linked to multiple transitions from self-incompatibility to self-compatibility	25
Climate space, traits, and the spread of nonnative plants in North America	25
Insights into cryptic speciation of quillworts in China	24
Elevational patterns of functional diversity and trait of Delphinium (Ranunculaceae) in Hengduan Mountains, China	24

Parallel loss of anthocyanins triggers the incipient sympatric speciation in an alpine ginger	23
Evidence of the oldest extant vascular plant (horsetails) from the Indian Cenozoic	22
Ecological and habitat ranges of orchids in the northernmost regions of their distribution areas: A case study from Ural Mountains, Russia	22
Circumscription of the East Asia clade (Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae) and the taxonomic placements of several problematic genera	22
Adaptive responses drive the success of polyploid yellowcresses (Rorippa, Brassicaceae) in the Hengduan Mountains, a temperate biodiversity hotspot	22
Canopy structural heterogeneity drives α and β species–genetic diversity correlations in a Chinese subtropical forest	21
Multi-disciplinary evidence illuminates the speciation history of a monophyletic yet dimorphic lily group	21
Genomic diversity at the Glu-D1 locus in Aegilops tauschii reveals the origin of elite high-molecular-weight glutenin genes in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum)	20
Large-scale interplant exchange of macromolecules between soybean and dodder under nutrient stresses	19
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Güce district, north-eastern Turkey	18
Spatially biased collections and the failure to cover all wild genetic clusters in plant populations under ex situ conservation	18
Skmer approach improves species discrimination in taxonomically problematic genus Schima (Theaceae)	18
Flower morphology of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) and its systematic significance	18
Epigenetic control on transcription of vernalization genes and whole-genome gene expression profile induced by vernalization in common wheat	18
Boechera or not? Genomic insights and taxonomic reassessment of the misclassified Asian species B. calcarea (Brassicaceae)	18
Photosynthetic response dynamics in the invasive species Tithonia diversifolia and two co-occurring native shrub species under fluctuating light conditions	17
Transcription factor ABF3 modulates salinity stress-enhanced jasmonate signaling in Arabidopsis	17
Parahellenia, a new genus segregated from Hellenia (Costaceae) based on phylogenetic and morphological evidence	17
New insights into intergeneric relationships of Hickeliinae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) revealed by complete plastid genomes	17
A novel seed cone of Pinus from the Miocene of coastal Southeast China indicates kinship with Southeast Asian pines	16
Global patterns of fern species diversity: An evaluation of fern data in GBIF	16
Functional diversity in an Andean subpáramo affected by wildfire in Colombia	16
Reproductive height determines the loss of clonal grasses with nitrogen enrichment in a temperate grassland	15
Cryptic diversity and rampant hybridization in annual gentians on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau revealed by population genomic analysis	15
A rapid transition from spruce-fir to pine-broadleaf forests in response to disturbances and climate warming on the southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	15
Backbone phylogeny of Salix based on genome skimming data	14
Genome compaction underlies the molecular adaptation of bay cedar (Suriana maritima) to the extreme habitat on the tropical coral islands	14
Phyllosphere eukaryotic microalgal communities in rainforests: Drivers and diversity	13
Spatio-temporal variation of water salinity in mangroves revealed by continuous monitoring and its relationship to floristic diversity	13
Dendrogenomic resilience mechanisms of two endangered Mexican spruces	13
A revised classification of Dryopteridaceae based on plastome phylogenomics and morphological evidence, with the description of a new genus, Pseudarachniodes	13
Siwalik plant megafossil diversity in the Eastern Himalayas: A review	13
The legacy effects of rubber defoliation period on the refoliation phenology, leaf disease, and latex yield	12
Assessing the effectiveness of community managed forests for plant diversity conservation in Meghalaya, Northeast India	12
Late Oligocene fossil acorns and nuts of Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis from the Nanning Basin, Guangxi, South China	12
Effects of mode of reproduction on genetic polymorphism and divergence in wild yams (Dioscoreaceae: Dioscorea)	12
Intraspecific floral colour variation in three Pedicularis species	12
Reproduction and genetic diversity of Juniperus squamata along an elevational gradient in the Hengduan Mountains	12
The first haplotype-resolved genome assembly of Prunus s.l. subgenus Laurocerasus (Prunus spinulosa)	12
Woody plant taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity decrease along elevational gradients in Andean tropical montane forests: Environmental filtering and arrival of temperate taxa	12
Lycophyte transcriptomes reveal two whole-genome duplications in Lycopodiaceae: Insights into the polyploidization of Phlegmariurus	11
Arlenea delicata gen. et sp. nov., a new ephedroid plant from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil	11
Species invasion and phylogenetic relatedness of vascular plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world	11
Genetic analyses of ancient tea trees provide insights into the breeding history and dissemination of Chinese Assam tea (Camellia sinensis var. assamica)	11
Distribution, species richness, and relative importance of different plant life forms across drylands in China	11
Corrigendum to Patterns of floristic inventory and plant collections in Myanmar [Plant Divers. 45 (3) (2023) 302–308]	11
The first mitogenome of Lauraceae (Cinnamomum chekiangense)	11
Pre- and post-pollination barriers between two exotic and five native Sagittaria species: Implications for species conservation	10
Soil water content and nitrogen differentially correlate with multidimensional leaf traits of two temperate broadleaf species	10
Inter-species mRNA transfer among green peach aphids, dodder parasites, and cucumber host plants	10

Integrating high-volume molecular and morphological data into the evolutionary studies of Allium	10
Why is the beautyberry so colourful? Evolution, biogeography, and diversification of fruit colours in Callicarpa (Lamiaceae)	10
Wind-dispersed seeds blur phylogeographic breaks: The complex evolutionary history of Populus lasiocarpa around the Sichuan Basin	10
Different environmental factors drive tree species diversity along elevation gradients in three climatic zones in Yunnan, southern China	10
Plastome characteristics and species identification of Chinese medicinal wintergreens (Gaultheria, Ericaceae)	10
Evolutionary history shapes variation of wood density of tree species across the world	10
Leaf physiological and anatomical responses of two sympatric Paphiopedilum species to temperature	9
Intercontinental comparison of phylogenetic relatedness in introduced plants at the transition from naturalization to invasion: A case study on the floras of South Africa and China	9
Oreocharis xieyongii, an unusual new species of Gesneriaceae from western Hunan, China	9
pyIFPNI: A package for querying and downloading plant fossil data from the IFPNI	9
New patterns of the tree beta diversity and its determinants in the largest savanna and wetland biomes of South America	9
Expeditionplus: The application of a gridded system in the integration of multidimensional environmental factors	9
Patterns of phylogenetic relatedness of non-native plants across the introduction–naturalization–invasion continuum in China	9
Effects of land-use types and the exotic species, Hypochaeris radicata, on plant diversity in human-transformed landscapes of the biosphere reserve, Jeju Island, Korea	9
Morphological adaptation strategy of invasive plant Ambrosia trifida seed distributed along rivers is closely related to soil nutrients	9
Dissecting mitogenomic conflict to illuminate angiosperm deep phylogeny: Sequence and architectural evidence	9
Climatic adaptation and phylogenetic history shape the intra-specific variation of CSR strategies in a widespread grass	9
Global patterns and ecological drivers of taxonomic and phylogenetic endemism in angiosperm genera	9