| Savanna fire and the origins of the ‘underground forests’ of A frica O Maurin, TJ Davies, JE Burrows, BH Daru, K Yessoufou, AM Muasya, ... New Phytologist 204 (1), 201-214, 2014 | 115 | 2014 |
| A global trend towards the loss of evolutionarily unique species in mangrove ecosystems B Daru, K Yessoufou, L Mangka, J Davies PloS ONE 8 (6), e66686, 2013 | 44 | 2013 |
| Phylogenetic exploration of commonly used medicinal plants in S outh A frica K Yessoufou, BH Daru, AM Muasya Molecular ecology resources 15 (2), 405-413, 2015 | 29 | 2015 |
| Incorporating trnH-psbA to the core DNA barcodes improves significantly species discrimination within southern African Combretaceae J Gere, K Yessoufou, BH Daru, LT Mankga, O Maurin, M van der Bank ZooKeys, 129, 2013 | 28 | 2013 |
| In vitro bioactivity and antimicrobial activity of Picea abies and Larix decidua wood and bark extracts MZM Salem, HO Elansary, AA Elkelish, A Zeidler, HM Ali, ELH Mervat, ... BioResources 11 (4), 9421-9437, 2016 | 27 | 2016 |
| A novel phylogenetic regionalization of phytogeographical zones of southern Africa reveals their hidden evolutionary affinities BH Daru, M Van der Bank, O Maurin, K Yessoufou, H Schaefer, ... Journal of Biogeography 43 (1), 155-166, 2016 | 27 | 2016 |
| Antifungal, antibacterial and anticancer activities of Ficus drupacea L. stem bark extract and biologically active isolated compounds K Yessoufou, HO Elansary, EA Mahmoud, K Skalicka-Woźniak Industrial Crops and Products 74, 752-758, 2015 | 27 | 2015 |
| Seaweed extracts enhance Salam turfgrass performance during prolonged irrigation intervals and saline shock HO Elansary, K Yessoufou, AME Abdel-Hamid, MA El-Esawi, HM Ali, ... Frontiers in plant science 8, 830, 2017 | 24 | 2017 |
| Large herbivores favour species diversity but have mixed impacts on phylogenetic community structure in an African savanna ecosystem K Yessoufou, TJ Davies, O Maurin, M Kuzmina, H Schaefer, M Bank, ... Journal of Ecology 101, 614-625, 2013 | 24 | 2013 |
| DNA barcode efficacy for the identification of economically important scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in South Africa MT Sethusa, K Yessoufou, M Van der Bank, H Van der Bank, IM Millar, ... African Entomology 22 (2), 257-266, 2014 | 23 | 2014 |
| Revisiting Darwin's naturalization conundrum: explaining invasion success of non‐native trees and shrubs in southern Africa SB Bezeng, JT Davies, K Yessoufou, O Maurin, M Van der Bank Journal of Ecology 103 (4), 871-879, 2015 | 22 | 2015 |
| In vitro antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of Eucalyptus spp. leaf extracts related to phenolic composition HO Elansary, MZM Salem, NA Ashmawy, K Yessoufou, AAA El-Settawy Natural product research 31 (24), 2927-2930, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
| Efficacy of the core DNA barcodes in identifying processed and poorly conserved plant materials commonly used in South African traditional medicine LT Mankga, K Yessoufou, AM Moteetee, BH Daru, M van der Bank ZooKeys, 215, 2013 | 21 | 2013 |
| Enhancing mint and basil oil composition and antibacterial activity using seaweed extracts HO Elansary, K Yessoufou, S Shokralla, EA Mahmoud, ... Industrial Crops and Products 92, 50-56, 2016 | 20 | 2016 |
| Revisiting the impacts of non-random extinction on the tree-of-life. D T. Jonathan, Y Kowiyou Biology Letters 9 (4), 20130343, 2013 | 19* | 2013 |
| Phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk in the eastern arc ecosystems, an African biodiversity hotspot K Yessoufou, BH Daru, TJ Davies PLoS One 7 (10), e47082, 2012 | 19 | 2012 |
| Evidence of constant diversification punctuated by a mass extinction in the African cycads K Yessoufou, SO Bamigboye, BH Daru, M Van der Bank Ecology and evolution 4 (1), 50-58, 2014 | 17 | 2014 |
| DNA barcoding reveals micro-evolutionary changes and river system-level phylogeographic resolution of African silver catfish, Schilbe intermedius (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes … HF Van der Bank, R Greenfield, BH Daru, K Yessoufou Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2012 | 15 | 2012 |
| Integrating biogeography, threat and evolutionary data to explore extinction crisis in the taxonomic group of cycads K Yessoufou, BH Daru, R Tafirei, HO Elansary, I Rampedi Ecology and evolution 7 (8), 2735-2746, 2017 | 14 | 2017 |
| Climate change may reduce the spread of non‐native species BS Bezeng, I Morales‐Castilla, M van der Bank, K Yessoufou, BH Daru, ... Ecosphere 8 (3), e01694, 2017 | 14 | 2017 |
Michelle Van der BankProfessor of Botany, University of JohannesburgVerified email at uj.ac.za
