Gideon F. Smith

5.8k total citations
475 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Gideon F. Smith is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gideon F. Smith has authored 475 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 338 papers in Plant Science, 235 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 77 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Gideon F. Smith's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (186 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (143 papers) and Phytochemistry and biological activity of medicinal plants (87 papers). Gideon F. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (186 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (143 papers) and Phytochemistry and biological activity of medicinal plants (87 papers). Gideon F. Smith collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Portugal and United States. Gideon F. Smith's co-authors include Estrela Figueiredo, A.E. van Wyk, B.-E. Van Wyk, Neil R. Crouch, Ronell R. Klopper, Olwen M. Grace, Monique S. J. Simmonds, Jens Treutlein, Michaël Wink and Gerry Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Gideon F. Smith

424 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Peers

Gideon F. Smith
Rafaël Govaerts United Kingdom
Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz Brazil
Eimear Nic Lughadha United Kingdom
Douglas C. Daly United States
Justin Moat United Kingdom
Nigel Maxted United Kingdom
Andrew Henderson United States
Anne Bruneau Canada
Thomas B. Croat United States
Olivier Maurin United Kingdom
Rafaël Govaerts United Kingdom
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All Works

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Smith, Gideon F. & Estrela Figueiredo. (2023). Eliminating slurs from the scientific names of algae, fungi, and plants will cause minimal nomenclatural change. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 10(1).
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Smith, Gideon F., et al.. (2017). New Zealand collections of Rhododendron as a resource for ex situ conservation. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 55(2). 193–214. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Gideon F., Estrela Figueiredo, & Vasco Silva. (2015). Kalanchoe ×houghtonii (Crassulaceae) recorded near Lisbon, Portugal. 97–99. 11 indexed citations
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Arana, Marcelo D., et al.. (2012). ALOE MACULATA (XANTHORROEACEAE), PRIMER REGISTRO PARA LA FLORA ARGENTINA. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations
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Crouch, Neil R. & Gideon F. Smith. (2011). Agavaceae : Furcraea foetida : an invading alien in South Africa. Bothalia. 41(1). 196–199. 10 indexed citations
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Klopper, Ronell R. & Gideon F. Smith. (2010). Aloe neilcrouchii, a new robust leptaloe from Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.. Bothalia. 40(1). 93–96. 1 indexed citations
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Figueiredo, Estrela & Gideon F. Smith. (2010). The colonial legacy in African plant taxonomy : biological types and why we need them : : commentary. South African Journal of Science. 106. 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Figueiredo, Estrela & Gideon F. Smith. (2010). The colonial legacy in African plant taxonomy. South African Journal of Science. 106(3/4). 21 indexed citations
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Smith, Gideon F., et al.. (2008). Botanical research in South Africa: a questionnaire assessment of opinions of South African botanists. South African Journal of Science. 104. 97–100. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Gideon F., Ronell R. Klopper, Estrela Figueiredo, A.E. van Wyk, & Neil R. Crouch. (2008). Aloes in the Eastern Cape of South Africa : the value of natural history observations in biological sciences : correspondence. South African Journal of Science. 104. 421–422. 6 indexed citations
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Crouch, Neil R., et al.. (2008). South Africa's bioprospecting, access and benefit-sharing legislation: current realities, future complications, and a proposed alternative. South African Journal of Science. 104. 355–366. 33 indexed citations
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Klopper, Ronell R., Laurent Gautier, Gideon F. Smith, Rodolphe Spichiger, & Cyrille Chatelain. (2006). Inventory of the African flora: a world first for the forgotten continent. South African Journal of Science. 102. 185–186. 4 indexed citations
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McClean, Colin J., Jon C. Lovett, Wolfgang Küper, et al.. (2005). African plant diversity and climate change. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 92(2). 139–152. 96 indexed citations
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Smith, Gideon F.. (2000). Plant nomenclature into the 21st century: what happened in St Louis at the Nomenclature Section of the XVIth International Botanical Congress?. South African Journal of Science. 96(1). 5–6. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Gideon F.. (1997). Progress with the Species Plantarum Project. South African Journal of Science. 93(9). 387–388. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Gideon F., et al.. (1996). Criteria for plant systematics research projects in the National Botanical Institute of South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 92(7). 320–323. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Gideon F. & A.E. van Wyk. (1990). Notes on the distribution and habitat of Aloe bowiea (Liliaceae/Asphodelaceae: Alooideceae), an endangered and little known species from the Eastern Cape.. Bothalia. 20(1). 123–125. 2 indexed citations

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