Brecht Verstraete

859 total citations
35 papers, 540 citations indexed

About

Brecht Verstraete is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brecht Verstraete has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 540 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Plant Science, 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Brecht Verstraete's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (17 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (11 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (11 papers). Brecht Verstraete is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (17 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (11 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (11 papers). Brecht Verstraete collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and South Africa. Brecht Verstraete's co-authors include Erik Smets, Steven Dessein, Steven B. Janssens, Benny Lemaire, Suzy Huysmans, Petra De Block, Rony Swennen, Inge Groeninckx, Filip Vandelook and Edmond De Langhe and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, New Phytologist and The ISME Journal.

In The Last Decade

Brecht Verstraete

34 papers receiving 531 citations

Peers

Brecht Verstraete

EEBS

ECOLO

Benny Lemaire Belgium

Laurent Penet France

Carolina Carrizo García Argentina

Sæmundur Sveinsson Iceland

Adama Faye Senegal

Ana Maria Rocha de Almeida United States

Amy Lawton‐Rauh United States

Zachary Larson‐Rabin China

Carol D. Robacker United States

T. Wallace United States

Benny Lemaire Belgium

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139 ×0.6

EEBS

163 ×0.8

111 ×2.4

ECOLO

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20 of 20 papers shown

Verstraete, Brecht, Petra De Block, & Elmar Robbrecht. (2025). A survey of generic names in Rubiaceae (Gentianales) with notes on context and patterns in naming. Taxon. 74(5). 1153–1171. 2 indexed citations

Verstraete, Brecht & Elmar Robbrecht. (2025). Caelospermum versus Coelospermum in Rubiaceae (Gentianales): their etymologies explained. PhytoKeys. 252. 119–124. 1 indexed citations

Robbrecht, Elmar & Brecht Verstraete. (2025). Anthospermum, an unusual name for an African genus of Rubiaceae. 55(1). 1 indexed citations

Verstraete, Brecht, Steven Janssens, Petra De Block, et al.. (2023). Metagenomics of African Empogona and Tricalysia (Rubiaceae) reveals the presence of leaf endophytes. PeerJ. 11. e15778–e15778. 2 indexed citations

Verstraete, Brecht, Steven Janssens, Petra De Block, et al.. (2023). Metagenomics of African Empogona and Tricalysia (Rubiaceae) reveals the presence of leaf endophytes-Assembly and annotation Files. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

Leroux, Olivier, et al.. (2019). Is the bacterial leaf nodule symbiosis obligate for Psychotria umbellata? The development of a Burkholderia-free host plant. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0219863–e0219863. 5 indexed citations

Endresen, Dag, Brecht Verstraete, Dmitry Schigel, et al.. (2019). BioDATA: Biodiversity data mobilisation and data publication training in Eurasia. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 3. 1 indexed citations

Verstraete, Brecht, et al.. (2019). Ancestral range reconstruction of remote oceanic island species of Plantago (Plantaginaceae) reveals differing scales and modes of dispersal. Journal of Biogeography. 46(4). 706–722. 21 indexed citations

Janssens, Steven B., et al.. (2018). Detection of Burkholderia in the seeds of Psychotria punctata (Rubiaceae) – Microscopic evidence for vertical transmission in the leaf nodule symbiosis. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0209091–e0209091. 11 indexed citations

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Verstraete, Brecht, Steven B. Janssens, & Nina Rønsted. (2017). Non-nodulated bacterial leaf symbiosis promotes the evolutionary success of its host plants in the coffee family (Rubiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 113. 161–168. 10 indexed citations

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Lemaire, Benny, Brecht Verstraete, S.B.M. Chimphango, et al.. (2015). Characterization of the papilionoid–Burkholderia interaction in the Fynbos biome: The diversity and distribution of beta-rhizobia nodulating Podalyria calyptrata (Fabaceae, Podalyrieae). Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 39(1). 41–48. 29 indexed citations

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Janssens, Steven B., Inge Groeninckx, Petra De Block, et al.. (2015). Dispersing towards Madagascar: Biogeography and evolution of the Madagascan endemics of the Spermacoceae tribe (Rubiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 95. 58–66. 32 indexed citations

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Verstraete, Brecht, et al.. (2014). Population structure of root nodulating Rhizobium leguminosarum in Vicia cracca populations at local to regional geographic scales. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 37(8). 613–621. 29 indexed citations

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Verstraete, Brecht, Charlotte Peeters, A.E. van Wyk, et al.. (2014). Intraspecific variation in Burkholderia caledonica: Europe vs. Africa and soil vs. endophytic isolates. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 37(3). 194–199. 8 indexed citations

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Nuyens, Sarah, et al.. (2013). Distribution of the cardiotoxin pavettamine in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) and its significance for gousiekte, a fatal poisoning of ruminants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 67. 15–19. 10 indexed citations

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Verstraete, Brecht, Steven B. Janssens, Benny Lemaire, Erik Smets, & Steven Dessein. (2013). Phylogenetic lineages in Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) associated with Burkholderia bacteria in sub‐Saharan Africa. American Journal of Botany. 100(12). 2380–2387. 9 indexed citations

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Verstraete, Brecht, Steven B. Janssens, Erik Smets, & Steven Dessein. (2013). Symbiotic ß-Proteobacteria beyond Legumes: Burkholderia in Rubiaceae. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e55260–e55260. 16 indexed citations

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Verstraete, Brecht, et al.. (2011). Endophytic Bacteria in Toxic South African Plants: Identification, Phylogeny and Possible Involvement in Gousiekte. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e19265–e19265. 28 indexed citations

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Lemaire, Benny, Elmar Robbrecht, A.E. van Wyk, et al.. (2011). Identification, origin, and evolution of leaf nodulating symbionts of Sericanthe (Rubiaceae). The Journal of Microbiology. 49(6). 935–941. 19 indexed citations

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Verstraete, Brecht, Inge Groeninckx, Erik Smets, & Suzy Huysmans. (2009). Evolution of orbicules in Rubiaceae. 1 indexed citations

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