W. John Kress

Smithsonian Institution — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

68h-index26.7kcitations288works4.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Plant and animal studies(94), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(59), Plant Diversity and Evolution(38), Species Distribution and Climate Change(35), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions(34)

Publications288 total

Ginger genome reveals the SMPED1 gene causing sex-phase synchrony and outcrossing in a flowering plant
Nature Plants·2025· 2 cited
A Conservation Assessment and Phylogenomic Evaluation of Protection Status in the Tropical Genus <i>Heliconia</i> L. (Zingiberales: Heliconiaceae)
Plants People Planet·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Inga and Lianas Are Key Players in the Tropical Nitrogen Cycle of Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Insights From Linking Rates of Nitrogen Fixation With DNA Barcoding Root Identification
Biotropica·2025· 2 cited
Latitudinal scaling of aggregation with abundance and coexistence in forests
Nature·2025· 14 citedOpen Access
Ginger genome enables identification of SMPED1 causing sex-phase synchrony and outcrossing in a flowering plant
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Unveiling the conserved nature of Heliconia chloroplast genomes: insights from the assembly and analysis of four complete chloroplast genomes
Frontiers in Plant Science·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Phylogenomics and a new classification of the tropical genus Heliconia L. (Monocots, Zingiberales, Heliconiaceae)
PhytoKeys·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Harmonize rules for digital sequence information benefit-sharing across UN frameworks
Nature Communications·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
Smithsonian Trees of North America
Yale University Press eBooks·2024
Demography of the understory herb <scp><i>H</i></scp><i>eliconia acuminata</i> (<scp>H</scp>eliconiaceae) in an experimentally fragmented tropical landscape
Ecology·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Latitudinal scaling of aggregation with abundance and its consequences for coexistence in species rich forests
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Plant DNA Barcodes, Community Ecology, and Species Interactions
2023Open Access
Evolutionary history constrains heat tolerance of native and exotic tropical Zingiberales
Functional Ecology·2022· 8 cited
Floral evolution and pollinator diversification in <i>Hedychium</i>: Revisiting Darwin's predictions using an integrative taxonomic approach
American Journal of Botany·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Plant DNA Barcodes, Community Ecology, and Species Interactions
Diversity·2022Open Access
Historical biogeography of the gingers and its implications for shifts in tropical rain forest habitats
Journal of Biogeography·2022· 11 cited
Thomas E. Lovejoy III (1941–2021)—An individual for all times and places, especially in the tropics
Biotropica·2022
The Expanding Role of DNA Barcodes: Indispensable Tools for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation
Diversity·2022· 125 citedOpen Access
Lords of the biosphere: Plant winners and losers in the Anthropocene
Plants People Planet·2022· 48 citedOpen Access
Patterns of Herbivory in Neotropical Forest Katydids as Revealed by DNA Barcoding of Digestive Tract Contents
Diversity·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

David L. Erickson(16), Pamela S. Soltis(9), María Uriarte(7), Nathan G. Swenson(6), Mark W. Chase(5), Jess K. Zimmerman(5), S. Joseph Wright‬(4), Jonathan A. Coddington(4), Linda M. Prince(4), Jill Thompson(4), Sean W. Graham(3), Vincent Savolainen(3), Kenneth J. Sytsma(3), Susan M. Swensen(3), Elizabeth A. Zimmer(3), Harris A. Lewin(3), Gene E. Robinson(3), Keith A. Crandall(3), Richard Durbin(3), Scott V. Edwards(3)