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Plant Science and Agronomy
Switzerland
2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
79
Citations
19690
World Ranking
450
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Genus
  • Ecology

His primary areas of investigation include Botany, Basal angiosperms, Austrobaileyales, Gynoecium and Evolutionary biology. Peter K. Endress has researched Botany in several fields, including Laurales and Asterids. His Basal angiosperms study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Archaefructus and Nymphaeales.

His Austrobaileyales research focuses on Amborellaceae and how it relates to Trimeniaceae. His study in Gynoecium is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Sabiaceae, Perianth and Molecular phylogenetics. As a part of the same scientific study, Peter K. Endress usually deals with the Evolutionary biology, concentrating on Ecology and frequently concerns with Clade.

His most cited work include:

  • An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants (1000 citations)
  • Diversity and evolutionary biology of tropical flowers (816 citations)
  • Morphological Phylogenetic Analysis of Basal Angiosperms: Comparison and Combination with Molecular Data (320 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Peter K. Endress spends much of his time researching Botany, Gynoecium, Stamen, Perianth and Evolutionary biology. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Laurales and Anatomy. His Gynoecium course of study focuses on Ovary and Locule and Malpighiales.

His Stamen research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Genus and Floral symmetry. His studies deal with areas such as Tepal and Eudicots as well as Perianth. Peter K. Endress interconnects Ecology, Cladistics, Systematics and Molecular phylogenetics in the investigation of issues within Evolutionary biology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (76.41%)
  • Gynoecium (36.41%)
  • Stamen (23.59%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2020)?

  • Botany (76.41%)
  • Gynoecium (36.41%)
  • Stamen (23.59%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Gynoecium, Stamen, Evolutionary biology and Perianth. His Botany study frequently involves adjacent topics like Laurales. His work deals with themes such as Ovule, Anther dehiscence, Locule, Anatomy and Ovary, which intersect with Gynoecium.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Plant morphology, Synapomorphy, Apex, Petal and Sexual dimorphism in addition to Stamen. Peter K. Endress combines subjects such as Caryophyllales, Malpighiales and Molecular phylogenetics with his study of Evolutionary biology. The Perianth study combines topics in areas such as Taxon, Tepal and Pollination.

Between 2011 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Phylogenomics and a posteriori data partitioning resolve the Cretaceous angiosperm radiation Malpighiales (217 citations)
  • The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification (130 citations)
  • Resolution of deep eudicot phylogeny and their temporal diversification using nuclear genes from transcriptomic and genomic datasets. (74 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Genus
  • Ecology

Botany, Gynoecium, Clade, Eudicots and Evolutionary biology are his primary areas of study. His research brings together the fields of Celastrales and Botany. His work carried out in the field of Gynoecium brings together such families of science as Perianth, Ovary and Anatomy.

His studies in Eudicots integrate themes in fields like Magnoliids, Chloranthaceae and Nymphaeales. His work in Evolutionary biology covers topics such as Tricolpate which are related to areas like Caryophyllales. The concepts of his Austrobaileyales study are interwoven with issues in Amborellaceae and Magnoliidae.

Best Publications

  • An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants

    Kåre Bremer;Mark W. Chase;Peter F. Stevens;Arne A. Anderberg

  • Phylogeny and Evolution of Angiosperms

    D. E. Soltis;P. S. Soltis;P. K. Endress;M. W. Chase

  • Morphological Phylogenetic Analysis of Basal Angiosperms: Comparison and Combination with Molecular Data

    James A. Doyle;Peter K. Endress

  • Symmetry in Flowers: Diversity and Evolution

    Peter K. Endress

  • Phylogenomics and a posteriori data partitioning resolve the Cretaceous angiosperm radiation Malpighiales

    Zhenxiang Xi;Brad R. Ruhfel;Brad R. Ruhfel;Hanno Schaefer;Hanno Schaefer;André M. Amorim

  • Reconstructing the ancestral angiosperm flower and its initial specializations.

    Peter K. Endress;James A. Doyle

  • Evolutionary diversification of the flowers in angiosperms.

    Peter K. Endress

  • The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification

    Hervé Sauquet;Maria von Balthazar;Susana Magallón;James A. Doyle

  • THE FLOWERS IN EXTANT BASAL ANGIOSPERMS AND INFERENCES ON ANCESTRAL FLOWERS

    Peter K. Endress

  • Gynoecium Structure and Evolution in Basal Angiosperms

    Peter K. Endress;Anton Igersheim

  • Hydatellaceae identified as a new branch near the base of the angiosperm phylogenetic tree

    Jeffery M. Saarela;Hardeep S. Rai;James A. Doyle;Peter K. Endress

  • Disentangling confusions in inflorescence morphology: Patterns and diversity of reproductive shoot ramification in angiosperms

    Peter K. Endress

  • Angiosperm ovules: diversity, development, evolution

    Peter K. Endress

  • Angiosperm Floral Evolution: Morphological Developmental Framework

    Peter K. Endress

  • Evolution of floral symmetry

    Peter K Endress

  • Diversity and Evolutionary Biology of Tropical Flowers.

    Donald E. Stone;Peter K. Endress

  • Archaefructus--angiosperm precursor or specialized early angiosperm?

    Else Marie Friis;James A. Doyle;Peter K. Endress;Qin Leng

  • SYNCARPY AND ALTERNATIVE MODES OF ESCAPING DISADVANTAGES OF APOCARPY IN PRIMITIVE ANGIOSPERMS

    Peter K. Endress

  • Origins of flower morphology

    Peter K. Endress

  • Gunnerales are sister to other core eudicots: implications for the evolution of pentamery.

    Douglas E. Soltis;Anne E. Senters;Michael J. Zanis;Sangtae Kim

  • Floral structure and evolution of primitive angiosperms: Recent advances

    Peter K. Endress

  • Patterns of floral construction in ontogeny and phylogeny.

    Peter K. Endress

  • Evolution and Floral Diversity: The Phylogenetic Surroundings of Arabidopsis and Antirrhinum

    Peter K. Endress

  • Diversity and Evolutionary Biology of Tropical Flowers.

    James E. Eckenwalder;Peter K. Endress

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Doyle
James A. Doyle University of California, Davis
Else Marie Friis
Else Marie Friis Aarhus University
Jürg Schönenberger
Jürg Schönenberger University of Vienna
Charles C. Davis
Charles C. Davis Harvard University
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Peter F. Stevens
Peter F. Stevens Missouri Botanical Garden
Patrick S. Herendeen
Patrick S. Herendeen George Washington University
Hong Ma
Hong Ma Pennsylvania State University

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