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Up-to-date publications of Alexander Zizka, Glenda Mendieta-Leiva,  Maria Judith Carmona and Laura Méndez on google scholar. 

2026

Zizka, A., Grenié, M., Conradi, T., Onstein, R. E., Bruelheide, H., & Lens, F. (2026). Global convergence in wood evolution is driven by drought on continents and frost-free temperatures on islands. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.15.676260.

Zizka, G., Carmona-Higuita, M.-J., Gouda, E., Leme, E. M. C., & Zizka, A. (2026). How many bromeliads are there? bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.28.707601. 

Pombo, M.M., Duarte Ritter, C., Wittmann, F., Souza de Oliveira, J.J., Fernandez Piedade, M.T., Schongart, J., Zizka A. (2026) Richness and Composition of Mycorrhizal Fungi Varies by Flood Level and River Basin in Oligotrophic Amazonian Seasonally Flooded Forests. Ecology and Evolution, in press.

Jiménez-López, D., Ramírez-Barahona, S., Zizka, A., Kessler, M., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Maza-Villalobos, S., Carmona-Higuita, M., de Gasper, A., Fay, M., Mendieta-Leiva, G., & Ramírez-Marcial, N. (2026). A global bioregionalisation for orchids. The New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71093

Hackel, J., Imhof, S., & Zizka, A. (2026). Teaching plant identification at a university in the age of artificial intelligence. PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, 8(1), 20–25. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70033

Wieczorkowski, J. D., Rajaovelona, L. R., Hermans, J., Stévart, T., Razanajatovo, H., Droissart, V., Pennington, R. T., Zizka, A., & Lehmann, C. E. R. (2026). Orchids in the Open: Understanding Biodiversity Beyond Madagascar’s Forests. Diversity and Distributions, 32(3), e70172. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70172

Zizka, A., Starke-Ottich, I., Bönsel, D., Eichenberg, D., & Zizka, G. (2026). Vorschläge zur Integration automatischer Gefährdungseinschätzungen in den Erstellungsprozess der bundes- und landesweiten Roten Listen. Natur und Landschaft, 100(5), 216–222. https://doi.org/10.19217/NuL2025-05-04#

2025

 Steiner, C., Wulf, L., Imhof, S., & Zizka, A. (2025). Bestandsaufnahme der Krautschicht und Überlebensrate wichtiger Gehölze ein Jahr nach einem Forstbrand in Nordhessen. Botanik und Naturschutz in Hessen, 37, 43–53.#

Alzate, A., Rozzi, R., Velasco, J. A., Robertson, D. R., Zizka, A., Tobias, J. A., Hill, A., Bacon, C. D., Janzen, T., Pellissier, L., van der Plas, F., Rosindell, J., & Onstein, R. E. (2025). Evolutionary age correlates with range size across plants and animals. Nature Communications, 16(1), 7894. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62124-y

Kass, J. M., Smith, A. B., Warren, D. L., Vignali, S., Schmitt, S., Aiello-Lammens, M. E., Arlé, E., Márcia Barbosa, A., Broennimann, O., Cobos, M. E., Guéguen, M., Guisan, A., Merow, C., Naimi, B., Nobis, M. P., Ondo, I., Osorio-Olvera, L., Owens, H. L., Pinilla-Buitrago, G. E., …, Zizka,A., Zurell, D. (2025). Achieving higher standards in species distribution modeling by leveraging the diversity of available software. Ecography, 2025(2), e07346. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07346

Pu, Y., Zizka, A., & Onstein, R. E. (2025). Legacy of the Lost and Pressure of the Present: Malagasy Plant Seeds Retain Megafauna Dispersal Signatures but Downsize Under Human Pressure. Ecology Letters, 28(9), e70205. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70205

Staude, I. R., Grenié, M., Thomas, C. D., Kühn, I., Zizka, A., Golivets, M., Ledger, S. E. H., & Méndez, L. (2025). Many non‐native plant species are threatened in parts of their native range. The New Phytologist, 247(4), 1579–1583. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70193

Carmona-Higuita, M. J., Mendieta-Leiva, G., Gómez-Díaz, J. A., Villalobos, F., Ramos, F. N., Elias, J. P. C., Jiménez-López, D. A., Zuluaga, A., Holst, B., Kessler, M., Mathieu, G., Zizka, A., Zotz, G., & Krömer, T. (2025). Endemism Centres of the Five Richest Vascular Epiphyte Families in the Neotropics. Journal of Biogeography, 52(1), 80–91. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15016

Grass Phylogeny Working Group [incl. Hackel, J. (leading) & Zizka, A.] (2025). A nuclear phylogenomic tree of grasses (Poaceae) recovers current classification despite gene tree incongruence. New Phytologist, 245(2), 818–834. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20263

2024

Carmona-Higuita, M. J., Mendieta-Leiva, G., Gómez-Díaz, J. A., Villalobos, F., Ramos, F. N., Elias, J. P. C., Jiménez-López, D. A., Zuluaga, A., Holst, B., Kessler, M., Mathieu, G., Zizka, A., Zotz, G., & Krömer, T. (2024). Conservation status of vascular epiphytes in the neotropics. Biodiversity and Conservation, 33(1), 51–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02730-8

Cazalis, V., Di Marco, M., Zizka, A., Butchart, S. H. M., González-Suárez, M., Böhm, M., Bachman, S. P., Hoffmann, M., Rosati, I., De Leo, F., Jung, M., Benítez-López, A., Clausnitzer, V., Cardoso, P., Brooks, T. M., Mancini, G., Lucas, P. M., Young, B. E., Akçakaya, H. R., … Santini, L. (2024). Accelerating and standardising IUCN Red List assessments with sRedList. Biological Conservation, 298, 110761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110761

Petrocelli, I., Alzate, A., Zizka, A., & Onstein, R. E. (2024). Dispersal-related plant traits are associated with range size in the Atlantic Forest. Diversity and Distributions, 30(7), e13856. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13856

Henry, E. G., Santini, L., Butchart, S. H. M., González-Suárez, M., Lucas, P. M., Benítez-López, A., Mancini, G., Jung, M., Cardoso, P., Zizka, A., Meyer, C., Akçakaya, H. R., Berryman, A. J., Cazalis, V., & Di Marco, M. (2024). Modelling the probability of meeting IUCN Red List criteria to support reassessments. Global Change Biology, 30(1), e17119. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17119

Aronsson, H., Zizka, A., Antonelli, A., & Faurby, S. (2024). Expert-based range maps cannot be replicated using data-driven methods but macroecological conclusions arising from them can. Journal of Biogeography, 51(8), 1549–1559. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14847

Sousa, F. de, Bertrand, Y. J. K., Zizka, A., Cangrén, P., Oxelman, B., & Pfeil, B. E. (2024). Chloroplast genome and nuclear loci data for 71 Medicago species. Data in Brief, 54, 110540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110540

Henry EG, Santini L, Butchart SHM, González-Suárez M, Lucas PM,  Benítez-López A, Mancini G, Jung M, Cardoso P, Zizka A, Meyer C,  Akçakaya HR, Berryman AJ, Cazalis V & Di Marco M (2024) Modelling the probability of meeting IUCN Red List criteria to support reassessments. Global Change Biology 30(1):e17119. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17119

Elliott TL, Spalink D, Larridon I, Zuntini AR, Escudero M, Hackel J, Barrett RL, Martín-Bravo S, Márquez-Corro JI, Mendoza CG, Mashau AC, Romero-Soler KJ, Zhigila DA, Gehrke B, Andrino CO, Crayn DM, Vorontsova MS, Forest F, Baker WJ, Wilson KL, Simpson DA, Muasya AM 2023. Global analysis of Poales diversification – parallel evolution in space and time into open and closed habitats. New Phytologist, in press.

Sperandii, M.G., Bazzichetto, M., Mendieta-Leiva, G., Schmidtlein, S., Bott, M., de Lima, R.A.F., Pillar, V.D., Price, J.N., Wagner, V. and Chytrý, M. (2024) Towards more reproducibility in vegetation research. Journal of Vegetation Science, 35: e13224.

2023

Carmona-Higuita, M.J., Mendieta-Leiva, G., Gómez-Díaz, J.A. et al. (2023). Conservation status of vascular epiphytes in the neotropics. Biodiversity Conservation.

Jost, L., Yanez-Muñoz, M.H., Brito, J., …, Mendieta-Leiva, G., et al. (2023). Eponyms are important tools for biologists in the Global South. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 7, 1164–1165. 

Pie MR, Caron FS, Dallimore T, …, Mendieta Leiva G, Jimenez-Lopez DA, …, Martínez-Meléndez Nayely N, Benavides AM, Boelter CR, Batke S. (2023). Phylogenetic diversity and the structure of host-epiphyte interactions across the Neotropics. PeerJ, 11:e15500.

D. Antonio Jiménez-López, M. Judith Carmona-Higuita, G. Mendieta-Leiva, R. Martínez-Camilo, A. Espejo-Serna, T. Krömer, N. Martínez-Meléndezh, N. Ramírez-Marcial. (2023). Linking different resources to recognize vascular epiphyte richness and distribution in a mountain system in southeastern Mexico. Flora, 302:152261. 

O’Malley CPB, Roberts GG, Mannion PD, Hackel J, Wang Y (2023): Coherence of terrestrial vertebrate species richness with external drivers across scales and taxonomic groups. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23: 1285-1301. [open access]

Berasategui JA, Žerdoner Čalasan A, Zizka A, Kadereit G (2023) Global distribution, climatic preferences and photosynthesis‐related traits of C4 eudicots and how they differ from those of C4 grasses. Ecology and Evolution 13(11):e10720. [open access]

Mikryukov V, Dulya O, Zizka A, Bahram M, [101 further authors] & Tederso L (2023) Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity. Science Advances 9(48). [open access]

Antonelli A*, Fry C*, Smith RJ*, Eden J*, Govaerts RHA*, Kersey P*, Nic Lughadha E*, Onstein RE*, Simmonds MSJ*, Zizka A* et al. (2023) State of the Worlds Plants and Fungi. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. [open access]

Calvente A, Alves da Silva AP, Edler D, Antunes Carvbalho F, Fantianati MR, Zizka A & Antonelli A (2023) Spiny but photogenic: amateur sightings complement herbarium specimens to reveal the bioregions of cacti. American Journal of Botany 110(10):e16235. [link]

Antonelli A, Govaerts R, Nic Lughadha E, Onstein RE, Smith RJ & Zizka A (2023) Why plant diversity and distribution matter. New Phytologist, 240(4):1331-1336. [open access]

Cazalis V, Santini L, Lucas PM, González‐Suárez M, Hoffmann M, Benítez‐López A, Pacifici M, Schipper AM, Böhm M, Zizka A, Clausnitzer V, Meyer C, Jung M, Butchart SHM, Cardoso P, Mancini G, Akçakaya HR, Young BE, Patoine G, Di Marco M (2023) Prioritizing the reassessment of data deficient species on the IUCN Red List. Conservation Biology, 37(6):e14139. [open access]

Velásquez‐Puentes FJ, Torke BM, Barratt CD, Dexter KG, Pennington T, Pezzini FF, Zizka A & Onstein RE (2023) Pre‐adaptation and adaptation shape trait‐environment matching in the Neotropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23(10):1760-1772. [open access]

Williams JW, Taylor A, Tolley KA, Provete DB, Correira R, Guedes TB, Farooq H Li Q, Pinheiro HT, Liz AV, Luna LW, Matthews TJ, Palmeirim AF, Puglielli, Rivadeneira MM, Robin VV, Schrader J, Shestakova Ta, Tukiainen H, von der Heyden S & Zizka A (2023) Shifts to open access with high article processing charges hinder research equity and careers. Journal of Biogeography 50(9):1485-1489. [open acccess]

Schellenberger Costa D, Boehnisch G, Freiberg M, Govaerts R, Grenié M, Hassler M, Kattge J, Muellner-Riehl AN, Rojas Andrés BM, Winter M, Watson M, Zizka A & Wirth C (2023) The big four of plant taxonomy–a comparison of global checklists of vascular plant names. New Phytologist, 240(4):1687-1702. [open access]

Rozzi R, Lomolino MV, van der Geer AAE, Silvestro DS, Lyons SK, Bover P, Alcover JA, Binitez-Lopez, Tsai C-H, Fujita M, MO Kubo, Ochoa J, Scarborough ME, Turvey ST, Zizka A & Chase JM (2023) Dwarfism and gigantism drive human-mediated extinctions on islands. Science 279(6636):1054-1059. [link]

Zizka A, Joerger-Hickfang T, Imhof S & Méndez L (2023) LiDAR sensors in smartphones can enrich herbarium specimens with 3D models of habitat at high precision and little cost. Taxon, 72(2):233-236. [open access]

Belluardo F, Munoz-Pajares J, Miralles A, Silvestro D, Cocca W, Ratsoavina FM, Vill A, Hyde Robertds S, Mezzasalma M, Zizka A, Antonelli A & Crottini A (2023) Slow and Steady wins the race: Species diversification rate is independent from body size and lifestyle in Malgasy skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Scincinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 178:107635. [link]

2022

Zizka G & Zizka A. The Flora and Vegetation of Easter Island: Past and Present. In Rull V (ed), The Prehistory of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), 2022, Springer. [link]

Antonelli A, Smith RJ, Perrigo AL, Crottini A, [others], Zizka A, & Ralimanana (2022) Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use. Science 378(6623). [open access]

Ralimanana H, Perrigo AL, Smith RJ, [others], Zizka A & Antonelli A (2022) Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities. Science 378(6623). [open access]

Silva SV, Andermann T, Zizka A, Kozlowski G & Silvestro D (2022). Global estimation and mapping of the conservation status of tree species using artificial intelligence. Frontiers in Plant Science 49:839792. [open access]

Zizka A, Onstein RE, Rozzi R, Weigelt P, Kreft H, Steinbauer M., Bruelheide H, & Lens F (2022). The evolution of insular woodiness. PNAS 119(37):e2208629119. [open access]

Terdersoo L, Mikryukov V, Zizka A [others] & Abarenkov K (2022) Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi. Global Change Biology, 28(22):6696-6710. [open access]

Zizka A, Onstein RE, Rozzi R, Weigelt P, Kreft H, Steinbauer M., Bruelheide H, & Lens F (2022). Plant longevity, drought and island isolation favoured rampant evolutionary transitions towards insular woodiness. BioRxiv.[open access]

Terdersoo L, Mikryukov V, Zizka A & others (2022) Towards understanding diversity, endemicity and global change vulnerability of soil fungi. BioRxiv.[open access]

Feller B, Dančák M, Hroneš M, Sochor M, Suetsugu K, Imhof S (2022): Mycorrhizal structures in mycoheterotrophic Thismia spp. (Thismiaceae): functional and evolutionary interpretations. Mycorrhiza online.[open access]

Cano A, Stauffer FW, Andermann T, Liberal IM, Zizka A, Bacon CD, Lorenzi H, Christine C, Töpel M, Perret M & Antonelli A (2022) Recent and local diversification of Central American palms. Global ecology and Biogeography.[open access]

Colli-Silva M, Pirani JR & Zizka A (2022) Ecological niche models and point distribution data reveal a differential coverage of the cacao relatives (Malvaceae) in South American protected areas. Ecological Informatics.

Klimeš A, Šímová I, Zizka A, Antonelli A & Herben T (2022) The ecological drivers of growth form evolution in flowering plants. Journal of Ecology.

Zizka A, Andermann T, & Silvestro D (2022). IUCNN–Deep learning approaches to approximate species’ extinction risk. Diversity and Distributions, 28(2), 227–241.[open access]

Pérez-Escobar OA, Zizka A*, Bermúdez MA, Meseguer AS, Condamine FL, Hoorn C, Hooghiemstra H, Pu Y, Bogarín D, Boschman LM & others. (2022). The Andes through time: Evolution and distribution of Andean floras. Trends in Plant Science, 27(4):364-378.[open access]

Cazalis V, Di Marco, M, Butchart, SH, Akçakaya, H., González-Suárez M, Meyer C, Clausnitzer V, Böhm M, Zizka A, Cardoso, P, & others. (2022). Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 37(4):359-370.

2021 und früher AG Spezielle Botanik

Rath, M., Grolig, F., Haueisen, J., Imhof, S. (2014): Combining microtomy and confocal laser scanning microscopy for structural analysis of plant-fungus associations. Mycorrhiza 24(4): 293-300

Imhof, S., Massicotte, H.B., Melville, L.H., Peterson, R.L. (2013): Subterranean morphology and mycorrhizal structures. In: Merckx, V.S.F.T. (ed.): Mycoheterotrophy - The Biology of Plants Living on Fungi. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 157-215

Rath, M., Weber, H.C., Imhof, S. (2013): Morpho-anatomical and molecular characterization of the mycorrhizas of european Polygala species. Plant Biology 15: 548-557

Imhof, S. (2010 onwards): Mycoheterotrophic plants - How many of them are there? Scratchpads - Biodiversity online. http://mhp.myspecies.info

Imhof, S. (2010): Are monocots particularly suited to develop mycoheterotrophy? In: Seberg, O., Petersen, G., Barfod, A., Davis, J. I. (eds): Diversity, Phylogeny and Evolution in the Monocotyledons. Aarhus University Press, Kopenhagen, pp. 11-23

Imhof, S. (2009): Arbuscular, ecto-related, orchid mycorrhizas - three independent structural lineages towards mycoheterotrophy. Implications for classification? Mycorriza 19: 357-363. 

Appelhans, M., Weber, H.C., Imhof, S. (2008): Rutaceae sampled from Germany, Malta and Mallorca (Spain) are associated with AMF clustering with Glomus hoi (Berch & Trappe). Mycorrhiza 18: 263-268

Imhof, S., Sainge, M.N. (2008): Ontogeny of the mycoheterotrophic Afrothismia hydra (Burmanniaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 157:31-36

Imhof, S. (2007): Specialized mycorrhizal colonization pattern in achlorophyllous Epirixanthes spp. (Polygalaceae). Plant Biol. 9: 786-792

Imhof, S. (2006): Two distinct fungi colonize roots and rhizomes of the myco-heterotrophic Afrothismia gesnerioides (Burmanniaceae). Can. J. Bot. 84: 852-861

Imhof, S. (2005): Fundmeldungen 1196.-1200. Botanik und Naturschutz in Hessen  18: 75-77

Imhof, S. (2004): Fundmeldungen 1128.-1133, Buchbesprechung, Website-Empfehlungen. Botanik und Naturschutz in Hessen 17: 138-140, 173-174, 179-183

Imhof, S. (2004): Morphology and development of the subterranean organs of the achlorophyllous Sciaphila polygyna (Triuridaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 146: 295-301

Wu, W.Y., Weber, H.C., Imhof, S. (2004): Morphogenesis and structure of hairs of Tetrapanax papyriferus (Hook.) K. Koch (Araliaceae). Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 73: 213-221

Imhof, S. (2003): A dorsiventral mycorrhizal root in the achlorophyllous Sciaphila polygyna (Triuridaceae). Mycorrhiza 13: 327 - 332

Döring, M., Imhof, S., Weber, H.C., Ewald, D. (2003): Propagation by leaf cuttings of Eleutherococcus Max. (Araliaceae). J. Appl. Bot. 77: 57-60

Imhof, S. (2001): Subterranean structures and mycotrophy of the achlorophyllous Dictyostega orobanchoides (Hook.) Miers (Burmanniaceae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 49(1): 237 - 245

Diallo, A., Weber, H.C., Imhof, S. (2001): Sonderstellung der Mykorrhiza von Mercurialis perennis L. im Vergleich mit anderen Euphorbiaceae. Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 72: 315-323

Imhof, S., Weber, H.C. (2000): Root structures and mycorrhiza of the achlorophyllous Voyria obconica Progel (Gentianaceae). Symbiosis 29: 201 - 211

Imhof, S. (1999): Anatomy and mycotrophy of the achlorophyllous Afrothismia winkleri (Engl.) Schltr. (Burmanniaceae). New Phytol. 144: 533-540

Imhof, S. (1999): Subterranean structures and mycorrhiza of the achlorophyllous Burmannia tenella Bentham (Burmanniaceae). Can. J. Bot. 77: 637-643

Imhof, S. (1999): Root morphology, anatomy and mycotrophy of the achlorophyllous Voyria aphylla (Jacq.) Pers. (Gentianaceae). Mycorrhiza 9: 33-39

Imhof, S. (1998): Subterranean structures and mycotrophy of the achlorophyllous Triuris hyalina (Triuridaceae). Can. J. Bot. 76 : 2010-2019

Weber, H.C., Alexander, S., Imhof, S. (1998): The enrichment of ginseng garden soils with vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. In: Weber, H.C., Zeuske, D., Imhof, S.: Ginseng in Europe. Proceedings of the 1st European Ginseng Congress, pp 59-66. Marburg, Germany, 6-11 December 1998

Imhof, S. (1997): Root anatomy and mycotrophy of the achlorophyllous Voyria tenella Hooker (Gentianaceae). Bot. Acta 110: 298-305

Imhof, S., Weber. H.C. (1997): Root anatomy and mycotrophy (AM) of the achlorophyllous Voyria truncata (Standley) Standley & Steyermark (Gentianaceae). Bot. Acta 110: 127-134

Imhof, S., Weber, H. C., Gómez, L.D. (1994): Ein Beitrag zur Biologie von Voyria tenella Hook. und Voyria truncata (Standley) Standley & Steyermark (Gentianaceae). Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 68: 113-123