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John V. Freudenstein

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1984

Publications

114

Citations

5,374

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

43

Publishing since 1984

Research summary
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John V. Freudenstein studies the evolution, classification, and family relationships of orchids, using DNA-based (phylogenomic) methods to work out how different orchid groups are related to one another. Much of this work focuses on mycoheterotrophic orchids (species like Corallorhiza that get nutrients from fungi rather than photosynthesis) and on resolving difficult taxonomic puzzles within the orchid family. He also has related interests in plant systematics more broadly, including other flowering plant groups and methods for naming newly discovered microbial lineages.

Orchid systematics and phylogeneticsMycoheterotrophic plants (fungus-dependent orchids)Plant molecular phylogenomicsPlant taxonomy and species classificationPlastid/organellar genome evolution

Publication output has been fairly steady at 2-6 papers per year over the last decade, with a brief gap in 2023 followed by a notable peak in 2024.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 5 publications22232024: 6 publications6242025: 1 publication252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Systematic Biology×3
  • Annals of Botany×3
  • Systematic Botany×3
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×3
  • Nature Microbiology×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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