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Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Anthony K. Redmond
University of Aberdeen
2
Jiankun Bai
Yunnan University
3
Mkaddem Mounira Guedri
University of Gabès
4
Xing Guo
Chinese Academy of Sciences
5
Mahi Bansal
National Centre for Biological Sciences
6
Xiao‐Mei Xia
Beijing Botanical Garden
7
Liuyu Qin
Chinese Academy of Sciences
8
Matilda J. M. Brown
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
9
Xinyu Du
Hangzhou Medical College
10
Chao‐Nan Fu
Shandong Agricultural University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Genomic insights into adaptive evolution of the species-rich cosmopolitan plant genus Rhododendron
Cell Reports|2024
31 cit.
2
Acoelomorph flatworm monophyly is a long-branch attraction artefact obscuring a clade of Acoela and Xenoturbellida
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2024
12 cit.
3
Reverse diversity–biomass patterns in grasslands are constrained by climates and stoichiometry along an elevational gradient
The Science of The Total Environment|2024
9 cit.
4
Evolution of Plant Conserved microRNAs After Whole-Genome Duplications
Genome Biology and Evolution|2025
5 cit.
5
Species turnover and climates co‐dominate the carbon–water relationship in grasslands along an elevational gradient
Functional Ecology|2025
5 cit.
6
Microwave dielectric properties calculation of Si<sub>2</sub>N<sub>2</sub>O/BN composites based on mixture equations
Unknown Journal|2024
2 cit.
7
High risk of extinction across the flowering plant tree of life
Science|2026
2 cit.
8
Moser-Trudinger inequalities on 2-dimensional Hadamard manifolds
AIMS Mathematics|2024
1 cit.
9
Moser–Trudinger inequalities: from local to global
Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata (1923 -)|2024
1 cit.
10
Sponging away phylogenomic incongruence
Science|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Erin Zimmerman
Université de Montréal
2
Tom Van der Stocken
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
3
Haibao Tang
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
4
Chuan‐Ming Yeh
National Chung Hsing University
5
Xiangming Xiao
University of Reading
6
Bing Nan
Jiangxi University of Technology
7
Mao Wang
Shaanxi Normal University
8
Guillaume Chomicki
Kunming Institute of Botany
9
Trevor S. Fristoe
University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
10
Wenxing Long
Hainan University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
JCVI: A versatile toolkit for comparative genomics analysis
iMeta|2024
394 cit.
2
Mangrove dispersal disrupted by projected changes in global seawater density
Nature Climate Change|2022
61 cit.
3
The highly allo-autopolyploid modern sugarcane genome and very recent allopolyploidization in Saccharum
Nature Genetics|2025
57 cit.
4
A comparison of global mangrove maps: Assessing spatial and bioclimatic discrepancies at poleward range limits
The Science of The Total Environment|2022
43 cit.
5
Abundant‐core thinking clarifies exceptions to the abundant‐center distribution pattern
Ecography|2022
37 cit.
6
Evolutionary imbalance, climate and human history jointly shape the global biogeography of alien plants
Nature Ecology & Evolution|2023
33 cit.
7
Convergence in carnivorous pitcher plants reveals a mechanism for composite trait evolution
Science|2024
25 cit.
8
A preliminary model of the mangrove ecosystem of Dongzhaigang Bay, Hainan, (China) based on Ecopath and Ecospace
Frontiers in Marine Science|2023
12 cit.
9
Seasonal home range utilization of Hainan gibbons (Nomascus hainanus) in a secondary tropical forest of Hainan Island, South China
Global Ecology and Conservation|2024
12 cit.
10
Drivers of the spatiotemporal patterns of the mangrove crab metacommunity in a tropical bay
Ecology and Evolution|2023
10 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Mark W. Chase
University of Vienna
2
Pamela S. Soltis
Florida Museum of Natural History
3
Li D
Kunming Institute of Botany
4
Michael J. Donoghue
Yale University
5
Peter R. Crane
Yale University
6
Susanne S. Renner
Washington University in St. Louis
7
Robert K. Jansen
The University of Texas at Austin
8
Zhe‐Kun Zhou
Chinese Academy of Sciences
9
Kenneth J. Sytsma
University of Wisconsin System
10
Norman C. Duke
The University of Queensland

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Phylogenies and Community Ecology
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics|2002
4.6k cit.
2
GetOrganelle: a fast and versatile toolkit for accurate de novo assembly of organelle genomes
Genome biology|2020
3.9k cit.
3
Status and distribution of mangrove forests of the world using earth observation satellite data
Global Ecology and Biogeography|2010
3.1k cit.
4
Phylogenetics of Seed Plants: An Analysis of Nucleotide Sequences from the Plastid Gene rbcL
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden|1993
2.1k cit.
5
Historical biogeography, ecology and species richness
Trends in Ecology & Evolution|2004
2k cit.
6
The its Region of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA: A Valuable Source of Evidence on Angiosperm Phylogeny
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden|1995
1.9k cit.
7
Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2001
1.5k cit.
8
The origin and early evolution of plants on land
Nature|1997
1.5k cit.
9
Starch Gel Electrophoresis of Ferns: A Compilation of Grinding Buffers, Gel and Electrode Buffers, and Staining Schedules
American Fern Journal|1983
1.4k cit.
10
Analysis of 81 genes from 64 plastid genomes resolves relationships in angiosperms and identifies genome-scale evolutionary patterns
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2007
1.3k cit.

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