Gideon F. Smith

5.8k citations
475 papers · 3.6k indexed · h-index 24
Topics
Plant Diversity and Evolution (186 papers)Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (143 papers)Phytochemistry and biological activity of medicinal plants (87 papers)
Journals
NatureSHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaJournal of Ethnopharmacology

In The Last Decade

Gideon F. Smith

424 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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Gideon F. Smith
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  • Plant Science 2.0k
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1.6k
  • Molecular Biology 765
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 517
  • Food Science 392
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All Works

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Kalanchoe ×houghtonii (Crassulaceae) recorded near Lisbon, Portugal
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ALOE MACULATA (XANTHORROEACEAE), PRIMER REGISTRO PARA LA FLORA ARGENTINA
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Agavaceae : Furcraea foetida : an invading alien in South Africa
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Aloe neilcrouchii, a new robust leptaloe from Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
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The colonial legacy in African plant taxonomy : biological types and why we need them : : commentary
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Botanical research in South Africa: a questionnaire assessment of opinions of South African botanists
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Aloes in the Eastern Cape of South Africa : the value of natural history observations in biological sciences : correspondence
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South Africa's bioprospecting, access and benefit-sharing legislation: current realities, future complications, and a proposed alternative
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Inventory of the African flora: a world first for the forgotten continent
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African plant diversity and climate change
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Plant nomenclature into the 21st century: what happened in St Louis at the Nomenclature Section of the XVIth International Botanical Congress?
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Progress with the Species Plantarum Project
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Criteria for plant systematics research projects in the National Botanical Institute of South Africa
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Notes on the distribution and habitat of Aloe bowiea (Liliaceae/Asphodelaceae: Alooideceae), an endangered and little known species from the Eastern Cape.
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About Gideon F. Smith

Gideon F. Smith is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Forestry and Plant Science, having authored 475 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this 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). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.6k citations), Forestry (318 citations) and Ecological Modeling (327 citations). Gideon F. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, Portugal and United States. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

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