Elmar Robbrecht

4.2k total citations
163 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Elmar Robbrecht is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elmar Robbrecht has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 97 papers in Plant Science and 40 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Elmar Robbrecht's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (110 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (46 papers) and African Botany and Ecology Studies (40 papers). Elmar Robbrecht is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (110 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (46 papers) and African Botany and Ecology Studies (40 papers). Elmar Robbrecht collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Elmar Robbrecht's co-authors include Erik Smets, J. C. Lindeman, J. Koek‐Noorman, Steven Dessein, Steven Jansen, Jean-François Manen, Suzy Huysmans, Petra De Block, Christian Puff and Diane M. Bridson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, The Plant Cell and Journal of Biogeography.

In The Last Decade

Elmar Robbrecht

152 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elmar Robbrecht Belgium 27 2.3k 1.6k 1.3k 367 246 163 3.4k
Olivier Maurin United Kingdom 25 1.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 192 0.5× 147 0.6× 79 3.1k
Mats Thulin Sweden 25 1.4k 0.6× 824 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 147 0.4× 155 0.6× 197 2.1k
Kenneth J. Wurdack United States 25 3.0k 1.3× 3.2k 2.0× 1.9k 1.5× 329 0.9× 62 0.3× 50 5.0k
Kurt Weising Germany 34 2.0k 0.8× 1.9k 1.2× 3.5k 2.7× 412 1.1× 64 0.3× 106 5.5k
Rubens Onofre Nodari Brazil 31 743 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 2.6k 2.0× 248 0.7× 137 0.6× 200 3.7k
J.I. Hormaza Spain 42 2.2k 0.9× 2.8k 1.7× 4.2k 3.2× 253 0.7× 103 0.4× 195 5.8k
Friedrich Ehrendorfer Austria 34 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 2.5k 1.9× 223 0.6× 30 0.1× 140 3.6k
Paul A. Fryxell United States 18 812 0.3× 513 0.3× 1.2k 1.0× 196 0.5× 115 0.5× 127 1.9k
Paul A. Gadek Australia 26 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 141 0.4× 49 0.2× 68 2.4k
Hilde Nybom Sweden 38 2.3k 1.0× 2.4k 1.5× 4.9k 3.7× 441 1.2× 63 0.3× 166 7.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elmar Robbrecht

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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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
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Verstraete, Brecht & Elmar Robbrecht. (2025). Caelospermum versus Coelospermum in Rubiaceae (Gentianales): their etymologies explained. PhytoKeys. 252. 119–124. 1 indexed citations
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Robbrecht, Elmar & Brecht Verstraete. (2025). Anthospermum, an unusual name for an African genus of Rubiaceae. 55(1). 1 indexed citations
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Vrijdaghs, Alexander, Petra De Block, Karen L. G. De Toni, Erik Smets, & Elmar Robbrecht. (2022). Floral ontogeny links Dialypetalanthus (Condamineeae) with the floral developmental morphology of other Rubiaceae. Plant Ecology and Evolution. 155(3). 379–393. 1 indexed citations
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Diggelen, Rudy van, et al.. (2015). ÉTUDES ETHNOBOTANIQUE ET ETHNOLINGUISTIQUE DES RESSOURCES FORESTIÈRES LIGNEUSES UTILISÉES PAR LA POPULATION DU COULOIR ÉCOLOGIQUE DU PARC NATIONAL DE KAHUZI-BIEGA (R D. CONGO). European Scientific Journal ESJ. 11(15). 135–162. 3 indexed citations
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Siebert, Stefan J., et al.. (2013). Alien and indigenous plant species diversity of homegardens of a rural settlement in the eastern Kalahari, South Africa.. 50. 294–303. 3 indexed citations
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Robbrecht, Elmar, et al.. (2008). Acanthaceae species as potential indicators of phytogeographic territories in Central Africa.. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 3 indexed citations
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Robbrecht, Elmar, et al.. (2003). Revision of Pauridiantha paucinervis and its closest relatives (Rubiaceae, Pauridiantheae). 136(1). 73–90. 1 indexed citations
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Dessein, Steven, Steven Jansen, Suzy Huysmans, Elmar Robbrecht, & Erik Smets. (2001). A morphological and anatomical survey of Virectaria (African Rubiaceae), with a discussion of its taxonomic position. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 137(1). 1–29. 16 indexed citations
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Dessein, Steven, et al.. (2000). Pollen morphological survey of Pentas (Rubiaceae–Rubioideae) and its closest allies. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 112(4). 189–205. 21 indexed citations
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Jansen, Steven, Elmar Robbrecht, Hans Beeckman, & Erik Smets. (1997). Comparative wood anatomy of African Coffeeae (Rubiaceae - Ixoroideae). 130(1). 47–58. 9 indexed citations
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Stoffelen, Piet, Elmar Robbrecht, & Erik Smets. (1996). Coffea (Rubiaceae) in Cameroon: a new species and a nomen recognized as species. 129(1). 71–76. 13 indexed citations
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Huysmans, Suzy, Elmar Robbrecht, & Erik Smets. (1994). Are the genera Hallea and Mitragyna (Rubiaceae-Coptosapelteae) pollen morphologically distinct?. Blumea - Biodiversity Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. 39. 321–340. 29 indexed citations
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Bridson, Diane M. & Elmar Robbrecht. (1993). A spiny-fruited new **Keetia** (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae) from Kivu (Zaire). 126(1). 29–32. 5 indexed citations
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Robbrecht, Elmar, Christian Puff, & Anton Igersheim. (1991). The genera Mitchella and Damnacanthus. Evidence for their close alliance; comments on the campylotropy in the Rubiaceae and the circumscription of the Morindeae. Blumea - Biodiversity Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. 35(2). 307–345. 20 indexed citations
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Robbrecht, Elmar, et al.. (1991). Remarks on the tropical Asian and Australian taxa included in Diplospora or Tricalysia (Rubiaceae — Ixoroideae — Gardenieae). Blumea - Biodiversity Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. 35(2). 279–305. 18 indexed citations
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Robbrecht, Elmar, et al.. (1989). De synantrope flora van het havengebied van Gent (België, Oost-Vlaanderen), waarnemingen van 1986 tot 1988. 44. 4 indexed citations
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Robbrecht, Elmar, et al.. (1986). Floristische waarnemingen in de kanaalzone Gent-Terneuzen (België, Oost-Vlaanderen & Nederland, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen), vooral van 1981 tot 1985. 36. 5 indexed citations
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Robbrecht, Elmar. (1977). Barbarea stricta in het Meetjesland. 1 indexed citations

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