| A phylogeny of legumes (Leguminosae) based on analysis of the plastid matK gene resolves many well‐supported subclades within the family MF Wojciechowski, M Lavin, MJ Sanderson American journal of botany 91 (11), 1846-1862, 2004 | 1082 | 2004 |
| Evolutionary rates analysis of Leguminosae implicates a rapid diversification of lineages during the tertiary M Lavin, PS Herendeen, MF Wojciechowski Systematic biology 54 (4), 575-594, 2005 | 1072 | 2005 |
| Woody plant diversity, evolution, and ecology in the tropics: perspectives from seasonally dry tropical forests RT Pennington, M Lavin, A Oliveira-Filho Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 40 (1), 437-457, 2009 | 929 | 2009 |
| Historical climate change and speciation: neotropical seasonally dry forest plants show patterns of both Tertiary and Quaternary diversification RT Pennington, M Lavin, DE Prado, CA Pendry, SK Pell, CA Butterworth Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B …, 2004 | 572 | 2004 |
| A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny: The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG) N Azani, M Babineau, CD Bailey, H Banks, AR Barbosa, RB Pinto, ... taxon 66 (1), 44-77, 2017 | 444 | 2017 |
| The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade M Lavin, RT Pennington, BB Klitgaard, JI Sprent, HC de Lima, PE Gasson American Journal of Botany 88 (3), 503-533, 2001 | 363 | 2001 |
| Legume phylogeny and classification in the 21st century: progress, prospects and lessons for other species–rich clades Legume Phylogeny Working Group, A Bruneau, JJ Doyle, P Herendeen, ... Taxon 62 (2), 217-248, 2013 | 315 | 2013 |
| Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes D Cardoso, RT Pennington, LP de Queiroz, JS Boatwright, BE Van Wyk, ... South African Journal of Botany 89, 58-75, 2013 | 307 | 2013 |
| Phylogeny of the genus Phaseolus (Leguminosae): a recent diversification in an ancient landscape A Delgado-Salinas, R Bibler, M Lavin Systematic Botany 31 (4), 779-791, 2006 | 307 | 2006 |
| Global distribution patterns of the Leguminosae: insights from recent phylogenies. BD Schrire, M Lavin, GP Lewis | 303 | 2005 |
| Evolutionary significance of the loss of the chloroplast‐DNA inverted repeat in the Leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae M Lavin, JJ Doyle, JD Palmer Evolution 44 (2), 390-402, 1990 | 271 | 1990 |
| Revisiting the phylogeny of papilionoid legumes: New insights from comprehensively sampled early‐branching lineages D Cardoso, LP De Queiroz, RT Pennington, HC De Lima, É Fonty, ... American Journal of Botany 99 (12), 1991-2013, 2012 | 266 | 2012 |
| Contrasting plant diversification histories within the Andean biodiversity hotspot RT Pennington, M Lavin, T Särkinen, GP Lewis, BB Klitgaard, CE Hughes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (31), 13783-13787, 2010 | 262 | 2010 |
| Evolutionary islands in the Andes: persistence and isolation explain high endemism in Andean dry tropical forests T Särkinen, RT Pennington, M Lavin, MF Simon, CE Hughes Journal of Biogeography 39 (5), 884-900, 2012 | 255 | 2012 |
| Phylogenetic systematics of the tribe Millettieae (Leguminosae) based on chloroplast trnK/matK sequences and its implications for evolutionary patterns in … JM Hu, M Lavin, MF Wojciechowski, MJ Sanderson American Journal of Botany 87 (3), 418-430, 2000 | 246 | 2000 |
| Origins and relationships of tropical North America in the context of the boreotropics hypothesis M Lavin, M Luckow American Journal of Botany 80 (1), 1-14, 1993 | 245 | 1993 |
| Insights into the historical construction of species‐rich biomes from dated plant phylogenies, neutral ecological theory and phylogenetic community structure RT Pennington, JE Richardson, M Lavin New Phytologist 172 (4), 605-616, 2006 | 239 | 2006 |
| Phylogenetic relationships of basal papilionoid legumes based upon sequences of the chloroplast trnL intron RT Pennington, M Lavin, H Ireland, B Klitgaard, J Preston, JM Hu Systematic Botany 26 (3), 537-556, 2001 | 232 | 2001 |
| Phylogenetic analysis of the cultivated and wild species of Phaseolus (Fabaceae) A Delgado-Salinas, T Turley, A Richman, M Lavin Systematic botany, 438-460, 1999 | 230 | 1999 |
| Metacommunity process rather than continental tectonic history better explains geographically structured phylogenies in legumes M Lavin, BP Schrire, G Lewis, RT Pennington, A Delgado–Salinas, ... Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B …, 2004 | 216 | 2004 |
R. Toby PenningtonUniversity of Exeter and Royal Botanic Garden EdinburghVerified email at rbge.org.uk