Gar W. Rothwell

9.8k citations

278 papers · 7.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 43

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.05%
Molecular Biology top 2%
Plant Science top 0.5%
Paleontology top 0.5%
Atmospheric Science top 2%

Co-authors: Ruth A. Stockey Gene Mapes Wilson N. Stewart Rudolph Serbet Genaro R. Hernandez‐Castillo Alexandru M. F. Tomescu Kathleen B. Pigg James F. Basinger
Topics: Plant Diversity and Evolution (220 papers)Fern and Epiphyte Biology (120 papers)Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (112 papers)
Cited by: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Paleontology Plant Science
Journals: Nature Science Geology
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

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Gar W. Rothwell

272 papers receiving 7.2k citations

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Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The state of the art on tricostate mosses, with description of a new species of Tricostaceae 2024 ·Taxon ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Ruth A. Stockey,Gar W. Rothwell,Alexandru M. F. Tomescu	0
2	Toward an understanding of gleicheniaceous fern evolution; organismal concept for an Eocene species from western North America 2023 ·Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology ·Gar W. Rothwell,Ruth A. Stockey	1
3	Anatomically preserved early Cretaceous lycophyte shoots; enriching the paleontological record of Lycopodiales and Selaginellales 2023 ·Acta Palaeobotanica ·Gar W. Rothwell,Ruth A. Stockey	0
4	Fossils and plant evolution: structural fingerprints and modularity in the evo-devo paradigm 2022 ·EvoDevo ·Alexandru M. F. Tomescu,Gar W. Rothwell	11
5	Origin of Equisetum: Evolution of horsetails (Equisetales) within the major euphyllophyte clade Sphenopsida 2018 ·American Journal of Botany ·(unknown),Ignacio H. Escapa,Gar W. Rothwell,Alexandru M. F. Tomescu,N. Rubén Cúneo	43
6	New insights into Mesozoic cycad evolution: an exploration of anatomically preserved Cycadaceae seeds from the Jurassic Oxford Clay biota 2017 ·PeerJ ·Alan R.T. Spencer,Russell J. Garwood,(unknown),Robert J. Raine,Gar W. Rothwell,(unknown),Jason Hilton	8
7	Early evolution of the vascular plant body plan — the missing mechanisms 2013 ·Current Opinion in Plant Biology ·Alexandru M. F. Tomescu,Sarah E. Wyatt,Mitsuyasu Hasebe,Gar W. Rothwell	38
8	497 Reproductive anatomy of the conifer family Cheirolepidiaceae 2012 ·Ruth A. Stockey,Ignacio H. Escapa,Gar W. Rothwell	1
9	Earliest fossil record of bacterial–cyanobacterial mat consortia: the early Silurian Passage Creek biota (440 Ma, Virginia, USA) 2008 ·Geobiology ·Alexandru M. F. Tomescu,Rosmarie Honegger,Gar W. Rothwell	24
10	Todea from the Lower Cretaceous of western North America: implications for the phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of modern Osmundaceae 2008 ·American Journal of Botany ·Nathan A. Jud,Gar W. Rothwell,Ruth A. Stockey	31
11	Solenostelopteris skogiae sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous of Vancouver Island 2006 ·Journal of Plant Research ·Stefan A. Little,Ruth A. Stockey,Gar W. Rothwell	8
12	Molecular phylogenetic relationships among Lemnaceae and Araceae using the chloroplast trnL–trnF intergenic spacer 2003 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Gar W. Rothwell,(unknown),Harvey E. Ballard,Ruth A. Stockey	47
13	Cyathea cranhamii sp. nov. (Cyatheaceae), anatomically preserved tree fern sori from the Lower Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia 2003 ·American Journal of Botany ·Selena Y. Smith,Gar W. Rothwell,Ruth A. Stockey	31
14	Ashicaulis woolfei n. sp.: additional evidence for the antiquity of osmundaceous ferns from the Triassic of Antarctica 2002 ·American Journal of Botany ·Gar W. Rothwell,Edith L. Taylor,Thomas N. Taylor	30
15	Anatomically preserved Cycadeoidea (Cycadeoidaceae), with a reevaluation of systematic characters for the seed cones of Bennettitales 2002 ·American Journal of Botany ·Gar W. Rothwell,Ruth A. Stockey	51
16	Sentistrobus goodii n. gen. and sp. , a permineralized sphenophyllalean cone from the Upper Pennsylvanian of the Appalachian basin 1985 ·Journal of Paleontology ·(unknown),Gar W. Rothwell	13
17	THE RHIZOMORPH APEX OF PAURODENDRON; IMPLICATIONS FOR HOMOLOGIES AMONG THE ROOTING ORGANS OF LYCOPSIDA 1985 ·American Journal of Botany ·Gar W. Rothwell,Diane M. Erwin	65
18	Paleobotany: Perspectives in 1980 1981 ·Paleobiology ·Andrew H. Knoll,Gar W. Rothwell	22
19	QUAESTORA AMPLECTA GEN. ET SP. N., A STRUCTURALLY SIMPLE MEDULLOSAN STEM FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN OF ARKANSAS 1980 ·American Journal of Botany ·Gene Mapes,Gar W. Rothwell	34
20	On the structural similarity of the Paleozoic ovules Conostoma platyspermum and C. Leptospermum 1979 ·Journal of Paleontology ·Gar W. Rothwell,Thomas N. Taylor,(unknown)	3

About Gar W. Rothwell

Gar W. Rothwell is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology and Plant Science, having authored 278 papers that have together received 7.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (220 papers), Fern and Epiphyte Biology (120 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (112 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (6.5k citations), Paleontology (1.5k citations) and Plant Science (2.2k citations). Gar W. Rothwell has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Ruth A. Stockey, Gene Mapes, Wilson N. Stewart, Rudolph Serbet, Genaro R. Hernandez‐Castillo, Alexandru M. F. Tomescu, Kathleen B. Pigg, James F. Basinger, Diane M. Erwin and Jason Hilton. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Geology.

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