| Flora of New Zealand: With Contributions by WR Sykes and MI Dawson:[illustrations by SB Malcolm, KR West and PA Brooke, with Photographs by PN Johnson].. Gramineae E Edgar, HE Connor, WR Sykes, MI Dawson Manaaki Whenua Press, 2010 | 192 | 2010 |
| Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand spermatophytes MI Dawson New Zealand Journal of Botany 38 (1), 47-150, 2000 | 91 | 2000 |
| Contributions to a chromosome atlas of the New Zealand flora—36. Miscellaneous families MI Dawson, EJ Beuzenberg New Zealand Journal of Botany 38 (1), 1-23, 2000 | 60 | 2000 |
| Regional, Annual, and Individual Variations in the Dihydroxyacetone Content of the Nectar of Ma̅nuka (Leptospermum scoparium) in New Zealand S Williams, J King, M Revell, M Manley-Harris, M Balks, F Janusch, ... Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 62 (42), 10332-10340, 2014 | 59 | 2014 |
| Origin, diversification, and classification of the Australasian genus Dracophyllum (Richeeae, Ericaceae) 1 SJ Wagstaff, MI Dawson, S Venter, J Munzinger, DM Crayn, DA Steane, ... Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97 (2), 235-258, 2010 | 58 | 2010 |
| Classification, origin, and patterns of diversification of Corynocarpus (Corynocarpaceae) inferred from DNA sequences SJ Wagstaff, MI Dawson Systematic Botany 25 (1), 134-149, 2000 | 56 | 2000 |
| Plant traits predict the success of weed biocontrol Q Paynter, JMC Overton, RL Hill, SE Bellgard, MI Dawson Journal of Applied Ecology 49 (5), 1140-1148, 2012 | 50 | 2012 |
| Contributions to a chromosome atlas of the New Zealand flora—33. Miscellaneous species MI Dawson New Zealand journal of botany 33 (4), 477-787, 1995 | 48 | 1995 |
| Novel tools and best practices for education about invasive alien species LNH Verbrugge, M Dawson, LA Gettys, RSEW Leuven, H Marchante, ... | 40 | 2021 |
| The relationship of Sophora sect. Edwardsia (Fabaceae) to Sophora tomentosa, the type species of the genus Sophora, observed from DNA sequence data and … PB Heenan, MI Dawson, SJ Wagstaff Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 146 (4), 439-446, 2004 | 40 | 2004 |
| Diversity of brassica (brassicaceae) species naturalised in Canterbury, New Zealand PB Heenan, RG FitzJohn, MI Dawson New Zealand Journal of Botany 42 (5), 815-832, 2004 | 39 | 2004 |
| TWO SNOW SPECIES OF THE QUADRIFLAGELLATE GREEN ALGA CHLAINOMONAS (CHLOROPHYTA, VOLVOCALES): ULTRASTRUCTURE AND PHYLOGENETIC … PM Novis, RW Hoham, T Beer, M Dawson Journal of Phycology 44 (4), 1001-1012, 2008 | 38 | 2008 |
| Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand pteridophytes MI Dawson, PJ Brownsey, JD Lovis New Zealand Journal of Botany 38 (1), 25-46, 2000 | 38 | 2000 |
| Observations on biosystematic relationships of Kunzea sinclairii and on an intergeneric hybrid Kunzea sinclairii× Leptospermum scoparium W Harris, NG Porter, MI Dawson New Zealand journal of botany 30 (3), 213-230, 1992 | 37 | 1992 |
| A history of Leptospermum scoparium in cultivation: Discoveries from the wild M Dawson New Zealand Garden Journal 12 (2), 21-25, 2009 | 34* | 2009 |
| Contributions to a chromosome atlas of the New Zealand flora—31 Clematis (Ranunculaceae) MI Dawson New Zealand journal of botany 31 (1), 91-96, 1993 | 28 | 1993 |
| Contributions to a chromosome atlas of the New Zealand flora—30 miscellaneous species MI Dawson New Zealand journal of botany 27 (2), 163-165, 1989 | 28 | 1989 |
| Evidence for apomictic seed formation in Coprosma waima (Rubiaceae) PB Heenan, MI Dawson, RA Bicknell New Zealand Journal of Botany 40 (3), 347-355, 2002 | 27 | 2002 |
| Improving targeting of weed biological control projects in Australia Q Paynter, R Hill, S Bellgard, M Dawson Land and Water Australia, Canberra, 2009 | 26 | 2009 |
| Chromosome number variation in two antipodean floras L Peruzzi, MI Dawson, G Bedini AoB Plants 2011, plr020, 2011 | 24 | 2011 |
