Michael H. J. Barfuss

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

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Michael H. J. Barfuss is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael H. J. Barfuss has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Michael H. J. Barfuss's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (39 papers), Plant and animal studies (26 papers) and Fern and Epiphyte Biology (23 papers). Michael H. J. Barfuss is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (39 papers), Plant and animal studies (26 papers) and Fern and Epiphyte Biology (23 papers). Michael H. J. Barfuss collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United Kingdom. Michael H. J. Barfuss's co-authors include Rosabelle Samuel, Walter Till, Georg Zizka, Katharina Schulte, Tod F. Stuessy, Gregory K. Brown, Mark W. Chase, Peter Schönswetter, Andreas Tribsch and Friedrich Ehrendorfer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael H. J. Barfuss

53 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: Insights from an eight‐locus plastid phylogeny

2011 389 citations Michael H. J. Barfuss, Walter Till et al. American Journal of Botany profile →
Adaptive radiation, correlated and contingent evolution, and net species diversification in Bromeliaceae

2013 299 citations Michael H. J. Barfuss, Walter Till et al. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael H. J. Barfuss Austria	23	1.9k	792	776	303	252	59	2.4k
Peter W. Fritsch United States	24	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	768 1.0×	268 0.9×	271 1.1×	124	2.0k
Ricarda Riina Spain	24	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	1.1k 1.4×	292 1.0×	334 1.3×	95	2.8k
Diego Bogarín Costa Rica	16	1.0k 0.6×	934 1.2×	566 0.7×	349 1.2×	210 0.8×	85	1.8k
Michael D. Pirie South Africa	27	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	808 1.0×	259 0.9×	407 1.6×	64	2.3k
Justen B. Whittall United States	21	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	480 1.6×	490 1.9×	44	2.2k
Erin A. Tripp United States	21	1.2k 0.6×	580 0.7×	732 0.9×	136 0.4×	191 0.8×	109	1.5k
Gang Hao China	23	962 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	697 0.9×	447 1.5×	182 0.7×	101	1.7k
Roy H. J. Erkens Netherlands	22	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	476 0.6×	208 0.7×	274 1.1×	57	2.0k
Peter C. Hoch United States	17	1.1k 0.6×	705 0.9×	782 1.0×	328 1.1×	233 0.9×	46	1.8k
Ricardo Kriebel United States	21	1.3k 0.7×	826 1.0×	581 0.7×	246 0.8×	310 1.2×	56	1.8k

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Barfuss, Michael H. J., et al.. (2025). The Explosive Radiation of the Neotropical Tillandsia Subgenus Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae) Has Been Accompanied by Pervasive Hybridization. Systematic Biology. 75(1). 22–38.

Leme, Elton M. C., Walter Till, Heidemarie Halbritter, & Michael H. J. Barfuss. (2025). Arachnandra, a new monotypic genus in Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae) from the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. Phytotaxa. 693(1). 1–32.

Hess, Jaqueline, Luiz Augusto Cauz‐Santos, Eva M. Temsch, et al.. (2024). CAM evolution is associated with gene family expansion in an explosive bromeliad radiation. The Plant Cell. 36(10). 4109–4131. 5 indexed citations

Koce, Jasna Dolenc, et al.. (2023). Disentangling Relationships among the Alpine Species of Luzula Sect. Luzula (Juncaceae) in the Eastern Alps. Plants. 12(4). 973–973. 5 indexed citations

Mendoza, Carolina Granados, Matthias Jost, Gerardo A. Salazar, et al.. (2023). Plastome phylogenomics reveals an early Pliocene North- and Central America colonization by long-distance dispersal from South America of a highly diverse bromeliad lineage. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1205511–1205511. 3 indexed citations

Viruel, Juan, Margot Paris, Jaqueline Hess, et al.. (2021). Taxon‐specific or universal? Using target capture to study the evolutionary history of rapid radiations. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(3). 927–945. 33 indexed citations

Hartmann, Julia, et al.. (2021). Euphrasia ultima , a new locally endemic diploid species from the Ortler/Ortles range (Italy), is a close relative of widespread allotetraploid E. minima. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 156(4). 893–907.

Kiefer, Christiane, et al.. (2021). Setting the evolutionary timeline: Tillandsia landbeckii in the Chilean Atacama Desert. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 307(3). 9 indexed citations

Bratzel, Fabian, Juraj Paule, Elton M. C. Leme, et al.. (2020). Correction to: The low-copy nuclear gene Agt1 as a novel DNA barcoding marker for Bromeliaceae. BMC Plant Biology. 20(1). 567–567. 3 indexed citations

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Paris, Margot, Jaqueline Hess, Michael H. J. Barfuss, et al.. (2020). Genomic footprints of repeated evolution of CAM photosynthesis in a Neotropical species radiation. Plant Cell & Environment. 43(12). 2987–3001. 14 indexed citations

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Schönswetter, Peter, et al.. (2018). Pleistocene survival in three Mediterranean refugia: origin and diversification of the Italian endemicEuphorbia gasparriniifrom theE. verrucosaalliance (Euphorbiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 189(3). 262–280. 18 indexed citations

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Leme, Elton M. C., Heidemarie Halbritter, & Michael H. J. Barfuss. (2017). Waltillia, a new monotypic genus in Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae) arises from a rediscovered, allegedly extinct species from Brazil. Phytotaxa. 299(1). 17 indexed citations

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García, Carolina Carrizo, Michael H. J. Barfuss, Eva Maria Sehr, et al.. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships, diversification and expansion of chili peppers (Capsicum, Solanaceae). Annals of Botany. 118(1). 35–51. 172 indexed citations

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Ramírez‐Morillo, Ivón M., et al.. (2016). Phylogenetics and evolution of theTillandsia utriculatacomplex (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae) inferred from three plastid DNA markers and the ETS of the nuclear ribosomal DNA. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181(3). 362–390. 16 indexed citations

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Demaio, Pablo, Michael H. J. Barfuss, Roberto Kiesling, Walter Till, & Jorge O. Chiapella. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of Gymnocalycium (Cactaceae): Assessment of alternative infrageneric systems, a new subgenus, and trends in the evolution of the genus. American Journal of Botany. 98(11). 1841–1854. 34 indexed citations

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Mӧller, Michael, Martin Pfosser, Chang‐Gee Jang, et al.. (2009). A preliminary phylogeny of the ‘didymocarpoid Gesneriaceae’ based on three molecular data sets: Incongruence with available tribal classifications. American Journal of Botany. 96(5). 989–1010. 95 indexed citations

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Samuel, Rosabelle, Jérôme Munzinger, Félix Forest, et al.. (2009). A multi-locus plastid phylogenetic analysis of the pantropical genus Diospyros (Ebenaceae), with an emphasis on the radiation and biogeographic origins of the New Caledonian endemic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52(3). 602–620. 74 indexed citations

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Gruenstaeudl, Michael, Estrella Urtubey, Robert K. Jansen, et al.. (2009). Phylogeny of Barnadesioideae (Asteraceae) inferred from DNA sequence data and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51(3). 572–587. 49 indexed citations

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Barfuss, Michael H. J., Rosabelle Samuel, Walter Till, & Tod F. Stuessy. (2005). Phylogenetic relationships in subfamily Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae) based on DNA sequence data from seven plastid regions. American Journal of Botany. 92(2). 337–351. 152 indexed citations

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Schönswetter, Peter, Andreas Tribsch, Michael H. J. Barfuss, & Harald Niklfeld. (2002). Several Pleistocene refugia detected in the high alpine plant Phyteuma globulariifolium Sternb. & Hoppe (Campanulaceae) in the European Alps. Molecular Ecology. 11(12). 2637–2647. 154 indexed citations

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