| 1 | Taxonomy, anatomy and evolution of physical dormancy in seeds | Plant Species Biology | 2000 | 435 |
| 2 | Leaf Structure and Photosynthetic Performance as Related to the Forest Succession of Deciduous Broad-Leaved Trees1 | Plant Species Biology | 1988 | 276 |
| 3 | New Perspectives in Pollination Biology: Floral Fragrances. A day in the life of a linalool molecule: Chemical communication in a plant-pollinator system. Part 1: Linalool biosynthesis in flowering plants | Plant Species Biology | 1999 | 192 |
| 4 | Smoke as a germination cue | Plant Species Biology | 2000 | 181 |
| 5 | On the ecological and evolutionary significance of storage in clonal plants | Plant Species Biology | 1999 | 149 |
| 6 | Pollen presentation and pollination syndromes, with special reference to Penstemon | Plant Species Biology | 2000 | 143 |
| 7 | Pollen odor chemicals as modulators of bumble bee foraging on Rosa rugosa Thunb. (Rosaceae) | Plant Species Biology | 1999 | 140 |
| 8 | Pollination and evolution in neotropical Annonaceae | Plant Species Biology | 1999 | 137 |
| 9 | Variation in Outcrossing Rates in Eichhornia paniculata: The Role of Demographic and Reproductive Factors* | Plant Species Biology | 1990 | 130 |
| 10 | The Breeding Structure of Tropical Tree Populations | Plant Species Biology | 1990 | 123 |
| 11 | Interpreting phenotypic plasticity: the importance of ontogeny | Plant Species Biology | 2002 | 122 |
| 12 | Beyond floricentrism: The pollination function of inflorescences | Plant Species Biology | 2004 | 121 |
| 13 | Environmental factors and survival strategies of annual plant species in the Negev Desert, Israel | Plant Species Biology | 2000 | 105 |
| 14 | Significance of leaf longevity in plants | Plant Species Biology | 1999 | 95 |
| 15 | Molecular Variation in Isolated Plant Populations | Plant Species Biology | 1996 | 91 |
| 16 | Adaptive advantages of aerial seed banks | Plant Species Biology | 2000 | 91 |
| 17 | Examining the effects of fragmentation on genetic variation in Platanthera leucophaea (Orchidaceae): Inferences from allozyme and random amplified polymorphic DNA markers | Plant Species Biology | 2002 | 91 |
| 18 | Ecological and evolutionary trends in wetlands: Evidence from seeds and seed banks in New South Wales, Australia and New Jersey, USA | Plant Species Biology | 2000 | 89 |
| 19 | Phenotypic integration in plants | Plant Species Biology | 2002 | 87 |
| 20 | The role of the seed coat in adaptation of dimorphic seeds of the euhalophyte Suaeda salsa to salinity | Plant Species Biology | 2017 | 84 |
| 21 | Trends for Inbreeding in Polyploid Pteridophytes | Plant Species Biology | 1990 | 78 |
| 22 | Molecular systematics of Lilium and allied genera (Liliaceae): phylogenetic relationships among Lilium and related genera based on the rbcL and matK gene sequence data | Plant Species Biology | 2000 | 77 |
| 23 | Evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in the tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae) | Plant Species Biology | 2010 | 71 |
| 24 | Effects of salinity and nitrate on production and germination of dimorphic seeds applied both through the mother plant and exogenously during germination in Suaeda salsa | Plant Species Biology | 2016 | 70 |
| 25 | Diversity and Coexistence of Sonoran Desert Winter Annuals | Plant Species Biology | 1993 | 66 |
| 26 | Heterostyly and the possibility of its breakdown by polyploidization | Plant Species Biology | 2012 | 66 |
| 27 | Role of sexual reproduction in the spread of an invasive clonal plant Solidago canadensis revealed using intersimple sequence repeat markers | Plant Species Biology | 2006 | 65 |
| 28 | Evolution of Campanula punctata Lam. in the Izu Islands: Changes of Pollinators and Evolution of Breeding Systems | Plant Species Biology | 1986 | 63 |
| 29 | Seed germination responses of Cereus jamacaru DC. ssp. jamacaru (Cactaceae) to environmental factors | Plant Species Biology | 2010 | 63 |
| 30 | Evolution of Inbreeding and Outcrossing in Ferns and Fern-Allies | Plant Species Biology | 1990 | 61 |
| 31 | Genetic diversity and conservation of common wild rice (Oryza rufipogon) in China | Plant Species Biology | 2005 | 58 |
| 32 | Chemical Divergence in Floral Scents of Magnolia and Allied Genera (Magnoliaceae) | Plant Species Biology | 1997 | 57 |
| 33 | Developmental Reaction Norms: the Interactions among Allometry, Ontogeny and Plasticity | Plant Species Biology | 1996 | 56 |
| 34 | Mode of Competition and Size-structure Dynamics in Plant Communities | Plant Species Biology | 1993 | 53 |
| 35 | Molecular phylogeny of the genus Asparagus (Asparagaceae) inferred from plastid petB intron and petD–rpoA intergenic spacer sequences | Plant Species Biology | 2005 | 53 |
| 36 | Clonal plants as cooperative systems: Benefits in heterogeneous environments | Plant Species Biology | 1999 | 51 |
| 37 | Reproductive biology of Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) in the Sichuan Himalaya | Plant Species Biology | 2001 | 51 |
| 38 | Plasticity in the self-incompatibility system of Solanum carolinense | Plant Species Biology | 2004 | 49 |
| 39 | A comparative study of seed morphology in relation to desiccation tolerance and other physiological responses in 71 Eastern Australian rainforest species | Plant Species Biology | 2013 | 49 |
| 40 | The Significance of the Mode of Clonal Growth in the Life History of Bamboos | Plant Species Biology | 1998 | 46 |
| 41 | Life History Studies on the Genus Trillium (Liliaceae) I. Reproductive Biology of Four Japanese Species | Plant Species Biology | 1986 | 45 |
| 42 | Life History Evolution in the Genus Trillium | Plant Species Biology | 1989 | 45 |
| 43 | Mating System and Genetic Structure of Natural Populations in Wild Rice Oryza rufipogon* | Plant Species Biology | 1990 | 45 |
| 44 | Influence of pollinator grooming on pollen‐mediated gene dispersal in Mimulus ringens (Phrymaceae) | Plant Species Biology | 2012 | 45 |
| 45 | Life History Studies on the Genus Trillium (Liliaceae) II. Reproductive Biology and Survivorship of Four Eastern North American Species | Plant Species Biology | 1986 | 44 |
| 46 | Leaf Survivals of Tree Species in Deciduous Broad-Leaved Forests1) | Plant Species Biology | 1988 | 44 |
| 47 | Molecular systematics of Trilliaceae II. Phylogenetic analyses ofTrilliumand its allies using sequences ofrbcLandmatKgenes ofcpDNA and internal transcribed spacers of 18S-26S nrDNA | Plant Species Biology | 1999 | 44 |
| 48 | A Preliminary Study of the Pollination Ecology of Pedicularis
in the Chinese Himalaya | Plant Species Biology | 1997 | 42 |
| 49 | Floral scents, leaf volatiles and thermogenic flowers in Magnoliaceae | Plant Species Biology | 1999 | 42 |
| 50 | Editorial: Phenotypic plasticity in plants | Plant Species Biology | 2002 | 42 |