Benny Bytebier

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Benny Bytebier is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benny Bytebier has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 33 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Benny Bytebier's work include Plant and animal studies (43 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (34 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (26 papers). Benny Bytebier is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (43 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (34 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (26 papers). Benny Bytebier collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, France and Réunion. Benny Bytebier's co-authors include Francine Deboeck, Henri De Greve, Marc Van Montagu, J. Leemans, R. Deblaere, Jeff Schell, Dirk U. Bellstedt, Barbara S. Carlsward, H. Peter Linder and Steven D. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Benny Bytebier

61 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Efficient octopine Ti plasmid-derived vectors forAgrobacterium-mediated gene transfer to plants

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benny Bytebier South Africa	18	978	872	802	265	258	66	1.7k
Phillip Cribb United Kingdom	24	1.3k 1.3×	920 1.1×	2.1k 2.6×	377 1.4×	75 0.3×	171	2.5k
Paul J. Kores United States	16	1.0k 1.0×	526 0.6×	1.4k 1.7×	185 0.7×	48 0.2×	27	1.6k
Valerie C. Pence United States	21	814 0.8×	925 1.1×	451 0.6×	88 0.3×	46 0.2×	69	1.3k
Yong–Ming Yuan Switzerland	21	1.1k 1.1×	604 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	85 0.3×	32 0.1×	38	1.5k
L. Watson United Kingdom	25	620 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	858 1.1×	98 0.4×	53 0.2×	56	1.8k
Philipp M. Schlüter Switzerland	26	1.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	1.6k 2.0×	474 1.8×	48 0.2×	47	2.3k
Craig S. Echt United States	20	632 0.6×	916 1.1×	209 0.3×	168 0.6×	81 0.3×	36	1.6k
Martin Pfosser Austria	19	797 0.8×	881 1.0×	681 0.8×	74 0.3×	38 0.1×	44	1.4k
Bernard E. Pfeil Sweden	25	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	821 1.0×	111 0.4×	36 0.1×	51	2.3k
Pekka Heino Finland	23	989 1.0×	1.9k 2.2×	100 0.1×	112 0.4×	88 0.3×	37	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benny Bytebier

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bytebier, Benny. (2025). The correct name for the type species of the genus Benthamia (Habenariinae, Orchidaceae). Candollea. 80(1).

Bytebier, Benny. (2023). Eulophia edwardii (Orchidaceae), a new species from the Pondoland Centre of Endemism in South Africa. Plant Ecology and Evolution. 156(3). 326–332.

Bytebier, Benny, et al.. (2022). Satyrium cernuiflorum, a new name for Satyrium cernuum Castañeda-Zárate & van der Niet (Orchidaceae). South African Journal of Botany. 150. 13–13. 1 indexed citations

Colville, Jonathan F., Adam Shuttleworth, Jerrit Weißflog, et al.. (2021). Sexual deception of a beetle pollinator through floral mimicry. Current Biology. 31(9). 1962–1969.e6. 35 indexed citations

Péchon, Timothée Le, et al.. (2020). Phylogenetic relationships amongst the African genera of subtribe Orchidinae s.l. (Orchidaceae; Orchideae): Implications for subtribal and generic delimitations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 153. 106946–106946. 15 indexed citations

Péchon, Timothée Le, Steven D. Johnson, & Benny Bytebier. (2019). The spider orchid trapped in its molecular web: Phylogeny and morphological evolution of the orchid genera Bartholina and Holothrix (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae). Taxon. 68(5). 893–904. 1 indexed citations

Péchon, Timothée Le & Benny Bytebier. (2019). (2718) Proposal to conserve Holothrix, nom. cons. against the additional name Bartholina (Orchidaceae: Orchideae). Taxon. 68(5). 1120–1120. 2 indexed citations

Bytebier, Benny. (2019). Cynorkis citrata is the correct name for Cynorkis citrina (Orchidaceae, Orchidoideae). Phytotaxa. 409(1). 3 indexed citations

Simo‐Droissart, Murielle, Gregory M. Plunkett, Vincent Droissart, et al.. (2018). New phylogenetic insights toward developing a natural generic classification of African angraecoid orchids (Vandeae, Orchidaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 126. 241–249. 17 indexed citations

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Péchon, Timothée Le, Liang Zhang, Hai He, et al.. (2016). A well-sampled phylogenetic analysis of the polystichoid ferns (Dryopteridaceae) suggests a complex biogeographical history involving both boreotropical migrations and recent transoceanic dispersals. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 98. 324–336. 35 indexed citations

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Martos, Florent, Steven D. Johnson, & Benny Bytebier. (2015). Gastrodia madagascariensis (Gastrodieae, Orchidaceae): from an historical designation to a description of a new species from Madagascar. Phytotaxa. 221(1). 4 indexed citations

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Bytebier, Benny, et al.. (2015). Disa staerkeriana (Orchidaceae): a new species from Mpumalanga, South Africa. Phytotaxa. 203(2). 1 indexed citations

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Bytebier, Benny. (2015). Orchids of South Africa: A Field Guide. 4 indexed citations

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Martos, Florent, Steven D. Johnson, Craig I. Peter, & Benny Bytebier. (2014). A molecular phylogeny reveals paraphyly of the large genus Eulophia (Orchidaceae): A case for the reinstatement of Orthochilus. Taxon. 63(1). 9–23. 17 indexed citations

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Johnson, Steven D., et al.. (2013). The evolution of floral nectaries in Disa (Orchidaceae: Disinae): recapitulation or diversifying innovation?. Annals of Botany. 112(7). 1303–1319. 18 indexed citations

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Bytebier, Benny, Alexandre Antonelli, Dirk U. Bellstedt, & H. Peter Linder. (2010). Estimating the age of fire in the Cape flora of South Africa from an orchid phylogeny. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 278(1703). 188–195. 81 indexed citations

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Micheneau, Claire, Barbara S. Carlsward, Michael F. Fay, et al.. (2008). Phylogenetics and biogeography of Mascarene angraecoid orchids (Vandeae, Orchidaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46(3). 908–922. 56 indexed citations

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Bellstedt, Dirk U., et al.. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships, character evolution and biogeography of southern African members of Zygophyllum (Zygophyllaceae) based on three plastid regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47(3). 932–949. 33 indexed citations

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Carlsward, Barbara S., W. Mark Whitten, Norris H. Williams, & Benny Bytebier. (2006). Molecular phylogenetics of Vandeae (Orchidaceae) and the evolution of leaflessness. American Journal of Botany. 93(5). 770–786. 93 indexed citations

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Bytebier, Benny, Dirk U. Bellstedt, & H. P. Linder. (2006). A molecular phylogeny for the large African orchid genus Disa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 43(1). 75–90. 45 indexed citations

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