| Phylogenetics of seed plants: an analysis of nucleotide sequences from the plastid gene rbcL MW Chase, DE Soltis, RG Olmstead, D Morgan, DH Les, BD Mishler, ... Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 528-580, 1993 | 2781 | 1993 |
| Clarification of the relationship between Apiaceae and Araliaceae based on matK and rbcL sequence data GM Plunkett, DE Soltis, PS Soltis American Journal of Botany 84 (4), 565-580, 1997 | 245 | 1997 |
| Tribes and clades within Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae: the contribution of molecular data SR Downie, GM Plunkett, MF Watson, K Spalik, DS Katz-Downie, ... Edinburgh Journal of Botany 58 (2), 301-330, 2001 | 219 | 2001 |
| Evolutionary patterns in Apiaceae: inferences based on matK sequence data GM Plunkett, DE Soltis, PS Soltis Systematic Botany, 477-495, 1996 | 197 | 1996 |
| The evolution of Araliaceae: a phylogenetic analysis based on ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA J Wen, GM Plunkett, AD Mitchell, SJ Wagstaff Systematic Botany 26 (1), 144-167, 2001 | 193 | 2001 |
| Higher level relationships of Apiales (Apiaceae and Araliaceae) based on phylogenetic analysis of rbcL sequences GM Plunkett, DE Soltis, PS Soltis American Journal of Botany 83 (4), 499-515, 1996 | 176 | 1996 |
| GENETIC VARIATION IN TRAGOPOGON SPECIES: ADDITIONAL ORIGINS OF THE ALLOTETRAPLOIDS T. MIRUS AND T. MISCELLUS (COMPOSITAE) PS Soltis, GM Plunkett, SJ Novak, DE Soltis American Journal of Botany 82 (10), 1329-1341, 1995 | 175 | 1995 |
| The demise of subfamily Hydrocotyloideae (Apiaceae) and the re-alignment of its genera across the entire order Apiales AN Nicolas, GM Plunkett Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53 (1), 134-151, 2009 | 140 | 2009 |
| Major lineages within Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae: a comparison of chloroplast restriction site and DNA sequence data GM Plunkett, SR Downie American Journal of Botany 86 (7), 1014-1026, 1999 | 140 | 1999 |
| Infrafamilial classifications and characters in Araliaceae: Insights from the phylogenetic analysis of nuclear (ITS) and plastid (trnL-trnF) sequence data GM Plunkett, J Wen, PP Lowry Ii Plant Systematics and Evolution 245, 1-39, 2004 | 139 | 2004 |
| Recent advances in understanding Apiales and a revised classification GM Plunkett, GT Chandler, PP Lowry II, SM Pinney, TS Sprenkle, ... South African Journal of Botany 70 (3), 371-381, 2004 | 138 | 2004 |
| Evolution in Apiales: nuclear and chloroplast markers together in (almost) perfect harmony GT Chandler, GM Plunkett Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 144 (2), 123-147, 2004 | 130 | 2004 |
| Expansion and contraction of the chloroplast inverted repeat in Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae GM Plunkett, SR Downie Systematic Botany 25 (4), 648-667, 2000 | 130 | 2000 |
| Phylogeny and geography of Schefflera: pervasive polyphyly in the largest genus of Araliaceae GM Plunkett, PP Lowry, DG Frodin, J Wen Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 202-224, 2005 | 110 | 2005 |
| Apiaceae: Umbelliferae Juss., Gen. Pl.: 218 (1789), nom. cons. et nom. alt. GM Plunkett, MG Pimenov, JP Reduron, EV Kljuykov, BE van Wyk, ... Flowering plants. Eudicots: apiales, gentianales (except rubiaceae), 9-206, 2018 | 99 | 2018 |
| Relationships among “ancient araliads” and their significance for the systematics of Apiales GM Plunkett, PP Lowry II Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 19 (2), 259-276, 2001 | 88 | 2001 |
| Phylogenetic Relationships in the Heterosporous Fern Genus Azolla (Azollaceae) Based on DNA Sequence Data from Three Noncoding Regions JD Reid, GM Plunkett, GA Peters International Journal of Plant Sciences 167 (3), 529-538, 2006 | 78 | 2006 |
| Relationship of the order Apiales to subclass Asteridae: a re-evaluation of morphological characters based on insights from molecular data GM Plunkett Edinburgh Journal of Botany 58 (2), 183-200, 2001 | 73 | 2001 |
| Diversification times and biogeographic patterns in Apiales AN Nicolas, GM Plunkett The Botanical Review 80, 30-58, 2014 | 70 | 2014 |
| Chromosomal evolution in Araliaceae and close relatives T Yi, PP Lowry, GM Plunkett, J Wen Taxon 53 (4), 987-1005, 2004 | 68 | 2004 |