An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Plant Sciences
Official Journal of the South African Association of Botanists

The South African Journal of Botany publishes original papers that deal with the classification, biodiversity, morphology, physiology, molecular biology, ecology, biotechnology, ethnobotany and other botanically related aspects of species that are of importance to southern Africa. Manuscripts dealing with significant new findings on other species of the world and general botanical principles will also be considered and are encouraged.

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Editor-in-Chief
Johannes van Staden
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Email Johannes van Staden
Editorial Board
Janine B. Adams
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Stephen Amoo
Pretoria, South Africa
Kalina Ananieva
Sofiya, Bulgaria
Andrea Andreucci
Pisa, Italy
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
Mmabatho, South Africa
Ervin Balazs
Martonvásár, HungaryKevin Balkwill
Johannesburg, South Africa
Rita Baraldi
Bologna, Italy
Sandra Barnard
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Ponnusamy Baskaran
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Paromik Bhattacharyya
Palampur, India
James Stephen Boatwright
Cape Town, South Africa
Uger Cakilcioglu
Tunceli, Turkey
Matthew Daws
Pinjarra, Western Australia, Australia
Ibrahim Demir
Ankara, Turkey
Karel Doležal
Olomouc, Czech Republic
Ivana Doležalová
Praha, Czech Republic
Kobus Eloff
Pretoria, South Africa
Jeffrey Finnie
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Sjirk Geerts
Cape Town, South Africa
Glynis Goodman-Cron
Johannesburg, South Africa
Olwen Grace
Surrey, United Kingdom
Jiří Grúz
Olomouc, Czech Republic
Marieka Gryzenhout
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Shubhpriya Gupta
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Brigitte Hamman
Kwaggafontein, South Africa
Paul Hills
Stellenbosch, South Africa
David Honys
Prague, Czech Republic
Ivan Iliev
Sofia, Bulgaria
Tineke Kraaij
George, South Africa
Quenton Kritzinger
Pretoria, South Africa
Manoj G. Kulkarni
Durban, South Africa
Vijay Kumar
Lovely Professional University, Division of Research and Development, Punjab, India
Anthony Magee
Claremont, South Africa
Rajendra Maharaj
Tygerberg, South Africa
M. Fawzi Mahomoodally
Reduit, Mauritius
Mariangela Marrelli
Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Lyndy McGaw
Pretoria, South Africa
Marion Meyer
Pretoria, South Africa
Vaclav Motyka
Prague, Czech Republic
Mack Moyo
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Jerald J. Nair
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Bhekumthetho Ncube
Pretoria, South Africa
Ashwell Ndhlala
Pretoria, South Africa
Vince Ördög
Mosonmagyarovar, Hungary
Wagner Campos Otoni
VICOSA, Brazil
Srinivasa C. Pendota
Hyderabad, India
Craig I. Peter
Grahamstown, South Africa
Lucie Rárová
Olomouc, Czech Republic
Anabela Romano
Faro, Portugal
Rajib Roychowdhury
ARO-Volcani Center, Israel
Debabrata Sarkar
West Bengal, India
Charlotte Seal
Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
Luca Sebastiani
Pisa, Italy
Stefan Siebert
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Gary Stafford
Pretoria, South Africa
Sandy-Lynn Steenhuisen
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Vanessa Steenkamp
Pretoria, South Africa
Wendy Stirk
Durban, South Africa
Renée Street
Tygerberg, South Africa
Dave Thompson
Skukuza, South Africa
Durgesh Kumar Tripathi
Noida, India
Marek Vaculik
Bratislava, Slovakia
Ilze Vermaak
Pretoria, South Africa
Luc Verschaeve
Brussel, Belgium
Sandy van Vuuren
Johannesburg, South Africa
Ben-Erik van Wyk
Johannesburg, South Africa