| Phylogeny of the core Malvales: evidence from ndhF sequence data WS Alverson, BA Whitlock, R Nyffeler, C Bayer, DA Baum American journal of Botany 86 (10), 1474-1486, 1999 | 586 | 1999 |
| Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages M Arakaki, PA Christin, R Nyffeler, A Lendel, U Eggli, RM Ogburn, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (20), 8379-8384, 2011 | 568 | 2011 |
| A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales P Hernández-Ledesma, WG Berendsohn, T Borsch, S Von Mering, ... Willdenowia 45 (3), 281-383, 2015 | 423 | 2015 |
| Phylogenetic relationships in the cactus family (Cactaceae) based on evidence from trnK/ matK and trnL‐trnF sequences R Nyffeler American Journal of Botany 89 (2), 312-326, 2002 | 337 | 2002 |
| Basal cactus phylogeny: implications of Pereskia (Cactaceae) paraphyly for the transition to the cactus life form EJ Edwards, R Nyffeler, MJ Donoghue American Journal of Botany 92 (7), 1177-1188, 2005 | 248 | 2005 |
| Disintegrating Portulacaceae: a new familial classification of the suborder Portulacineae (Caryophyllales) based on molecular and morphological data R Nyffeler, U Eggli Taxon 59 (1), 227-240, 2010 | 194 | 2010 |
| Phylogenetic relationships of Malvatheca (Bombacoideae and Malvoideae; Malvaceae sensu lato) as inferred from plastid DNA sequences DA Baum, S DeWitt Smith, A Yen, WS Alverson, R Nyffeler, BA Whitlock, ... American Journal of Botany 91 (11), 1863-1871, 2004 | 169 | 2004 |
| A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae R Nyffeler, U Eggli Schumannia 6, 109-149, 2010 | 135 | 2010 |
| Phylogenetic analysis of the Malvadendrina clade (Malvaceae sl) based on plastid DNA sequences R Nyffeler, C Bayer, WS Alverson, A Yen, BA Whitlock, MW Chase, ... Organisms Diversity & Evolution 5 (2), 109-123, 2005 | 125 | 2005 |
| Living under temporarily arid conditions-succulence as an adaptive strategy U Eggli, R Nyffeler Bradleya 2009 (27), 13-36, 2009 | 108 | 2009 |
| A durian by any other name: taxonomy and nomenclature of the core Malvales DA Baum, WS Alverson, R Nyffeler Harvard Papers in Botany, 315-330, 1998 | 103 | 1998 |
| Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family N Korotkova, D Aquino, S Arias, U Eggli, A Franck, C Gómez-Hinostrosa, ... Willdenowia 51 (2), 251-270, 2021 | 101 | 2021 |
| Biotic diversity in the Southern African winter-rainfall region HP Linder, SD Johnson, M Kuhlmann, CA Matthee, R Nyffeler, ER Swartz Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2 (1-2), 109-116, 2010 | 101 | 2010 |
| The closest relatives of cacti: insights from phylogenetic analyses of chloroplast and mitochondrial sequences with special emphasis on relationships in the tribe Anacampseroteae R Nyffeler American Journal of Botany 94 (1), 89-101, 2007 | 78 | 2007 |
| An up-to-date familial and suprafamilial classification of succulent plants R Nyffeler, U Eggli Bradleya 2010 (28), 125-144, 2010 | 65 | 2010 |
| Phylogenetic relationships of the durians (Bombacaceae-Durioneae or/Malvaceae/Helicteroideae/Durioneae) based on chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences R Nyffeler, DA Baum Plant Systematics and Evolution 224, 55-82, 2000 | 62 | 2000 |
| Using a null model to recognize significant co-occurrence prior to identifying candidate areas of endemism AR Mast, R Nyffeler Systematic Biology 52 (2), 271-280, 2003 | 56 | 2003 |
| Variations on a theme: repeated evolution of succulent life forms in the Portulacineae (Caryophyllales) R Nyffeler, U Eggli, M Ogburn, E Edwards Haseltonia 2008 (14), 26-36, 2008 | 51 | 2008 |
| Comparative Stem Anatomy and Systematics ofEriosyce sensu lato (Cactaceae) R NYFFELER, URS EGGLI Annals of Botany 80 (6), 767-786, 1997 | 45 | 1997 |
| Evolutionary plant radiations: where, when, why and how? CE Hughes, R Nyffeler, HP Linder New Phytologist 207 (2), 249-253, 2015 | 38 | 2015 |
