| Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments AE Zanne, DC Tank, WK Cornwell, JM Eastman, SA Smith, RG FitzJohn, ... Nature 506 (7486), 89-92, 2014 | 1668 | 2014 |
| World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae R Govaerts Kew: The Royal Botanic Gardens, 2000 | 805 | 2000 |
| An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae) AP Davis, R Govaerts, DM Bridson, P Stoffelen Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152 (4), 465-512, 2006 | 722 | 2006 |
| World Checklist of Orchidaceae R Govaerts http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/, 2003 | 564* | 2003 |
| How many species of seed plants are there? R Govaerts Taxon 50 (4), 1085-1090, 2001 | 548 | 2001 |
| Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery AM Humphreys, R Govaerts, SZ Ficinski, E Nic Lughadha, MS Vorontsova Nature ecology & evolution 3 (7), 1043-1047, 2019 | 452 | 2019 |
| World checklist and bibliography of Fagales (Betulaceae, Corylaceae, Fagaceae and Ticodendraceae) R Govaerts Royal botanic gardens, 1998 | 425 | 1998 |
| The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity R Govaerts, E Nic Lughadha, N Black, R Turner, A Paton Scientific data 8 (1), 215, 2021 | 411 | 2021 |
| World checklist of Myrtaceae. R Govaerts, M Sobral, P Ashton, F Barrie, BK Holst, LL Landrum, ... | 409 | 2008 |
| Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi E Nic Lughadha, SP Bachman, TCC Leão, F Forest, JM Halley, J Moat, ... Plants, People, Planet 2 (5), 389-408, 2020 | 407 | 2020 |
| World checklist of Cyperaceae: sedges R Govaerts, DA Simpson, J Bruhl (No Title), 2007 | 398 | 2007 |
| World checklist of palms. R Govaerts, J Dransfield | 344 | 2005 |
| State of the World’s Plants and Fungi A Antonelli, RJ Smith, C Fry, MSJ Simmonds, PJ Kersey, HW Pritchard, ... Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew); Sfumato Foundation, 2020 | 341 | 2020 |
| World checklist of bamboos and rattans. MS Vorontsova, LG Clark, J Dransfield, R Govaerts, WJ Baker INBAR/Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2016 | 331 | 2016 |
| Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water M Jung, A Arnell, X De Lamo, S García-Rangel, M Lewis, J Mark, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 5 (11), 1499-1509, 2021 | 296 | 2021 |
| A global assessment of distribution, diversity, endemism, and taxonomic effort in the Rubiaceae1 AP Davis, R Govaerts, DM Bridson, M Ruhsam, J Moat, NA Brummitt Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96 (1), 68-78, 2009 | 281 | 2009 |
| Towards Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation: a working list of all known plant species—progress and prospects AJ Paton, N Brummitt, R Govaerts, K Harman, S Hinchcliffe, B Allkin, ... Taxon 57 (2), 602-611, 2008 | 238 | 2008 |
| Tiptoe through the tulips – cultural history, molecular phylogenetics and classification of Tulipa (Liliaceae) MJM Christenhusz, R Govaerts, JC David, T Hall, K Borland, PS Roberts, ... Botanical journal of the Linnean Society 172 (3), 280-328, 2013 | 229 | 2013 |
| New Guinea has the world’s richest island flora R Cámara-Leret, DG Frodin, F Adema, C Anderson, MS Appelhans, ... Nature 584 (7822), 579-583, 2020 | 214 | 2020 |
| Counting counts: revised estimates of numbers of accepted species of flowering plants, seed plants, vascular plants and land plants with a review of other recent estimates EN Lughadha, R Govaerts, I Belyaeva, N Black, H Lindon, R ALLKIN, ... Phytotaxa 272 (1), 82–88-82–88, 2016 | 214 | 2016 |
Eimear M Nic LughadhaSenior Research Leader, Conservation Assessment and Analysis, Royal Botanic Gardens, KewDirección de correo verificada de kew.org
