The Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society publishes original papers relating to the biology of both plants and fungi. The journal was first published in 1856 and evolved from the societies journal Transactions, which published early papers by Darwin and Wallace.

The main criteria for acceptance are the novelty and significance of the paper. The scope of articles that we publish includes but is not limited to: botany; climate change; comparative biology; ecology; evolutionary biology; mycology; phylogenetic inference; plant sciences; systematics. We welcome papers that utilise different techniques and fields of enquiry, and those that show the systematic implications of comparative work. For example, incorporating cytogenetics, developmental biology, morphometrics, palaeobotany, palynology, and phytochemistry.

We particularly encourage papers that are integrated across fields and where these comparisons have significance for plant evolution more broadly, as well as the use of novel methodologies.

Papers that focus on just one taxon should nonetheless have clear insights for botany more widely. The journal will usually publish new taxa only as a part of larger phylogenetic revisions or monographic works.

The journal publishes original articles, short original articles, as well as comments and review papers, including invited reviews.

Editor-in-Chief
Professor Michael F. Fay FLS
Senior Research Leader, Conservation Genetics
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey TW9 3AB
UK
Email: botjlinnsoc@kew.org
Associate Editors
Julien Bachelier (Morphology/Anatomy)
State University of New York at Oswego
Biological Sciences
30 Centennial Drive
Oswego
NY 13126
USA
Lars Chatrou (Neotropical Botany)
Biosystematics group
Wageningen University
Droevendaalsesteeg 1
Wageningen 6708 PB
The Netherlands
Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (Managing Editor)
The Linnean Society of London
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1J 0BF
UK
John Conran (Palaeobotany)
School of Biological Sciences
Benham Bldg DX 650 312, North Terrace
The University of Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
Alastair Culham (Molecular Systematics)
School of Biological Sciences
Plant Science Laboratories
The University of Reading
Whiteknights
Reading RG6 6AS
UK
John C. David (Cultivated Plants)
RHS Garden Wisley
Woking
Surrey GU23 6QB
UK
Steven Dodsworth (Phylogenetics, Phylogenomics, Genomics and Molecular Evolution)
Jodrell Laboratory
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond TW9 3AB
UK
Karl Duffy (Reproductive Biology, Population Ecology)
Department of Biology
University of Naples Federico II
80126 Naples
Italy
Allan G. Ellis (Reproductive Biology)
Botany and Zoology Department
Stellenbosch University
Private Bag X1
Matieland 7602
South Africa
Félix Forest (Phylogenetics)
Jodrell Laboratory
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond TW9 3AB
UK
Božo Frajman (Phylogenetics, Population Genetics)
University of Innsbruck
Institute of Botany
Sternwartestrasse 15
A-6020 Innsbruck
Austria
Carlos García-Verdugo (Population Genetics)
Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB)
07190 Esporles, Mallorca
Illes Balears
Spain
Ester Gaya (Fungi)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond TW9 3AB
UK
Rafaël H. A. Govaerts (Nomenclature)
The Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond TW9 3AE
UK
Lars Hedenäs (Bryophytes)
Swedish Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 50007
SE-104 05 Stockholm
Sweden
William J. D. Iles (Molecular dating and monocots)
Dept. Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
USA
Hans Jacquemyn (Ecology and Reproductive Biology)
Laboratory of Plant Ecology
University of Leuven
Arenbergpark 31
B-3001 Heverlee
Belgium
Jana Jersáková (Reproductive Ecology)
Faculty of Science
University of South Bohemia
Branišovská 1760
37005 České Budějovice
Czech Republic
Ana Juan Gallardo (Population Genetics)
Instituto de la Biodiversidad-CIBIO/Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales
Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99
03080-Alicante
Spain
Ilia J. Leitch (Chromosomes and Genomics)
Jodrell Laboratory
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey TW9 3AB
UK
Philip Oswald (Botanical Latin)
33 Panton Street
Cambridge
CB2 1HL
UK
Clarisse Palma-Silva (Diversification Patterns & Phylogeography of South America)
Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia,
Universidade Estadual de Campinas,
Unicamp Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz,
Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, Campinas – SP,
CEP 13083-862, Brazil
Alexander Papadopulos (Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Ecology)
School of Natural Sciences
Bangor University
Gwynedd
LL57 2UW
UK
Ovidiu Paun (Population Genetics)
Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany
University of Vienna
Rennweg 14
A-1030 Wien
Austria
Ryan Phillips (Pollination Ecology, Orchids)
Evolution, Ecology and Genetics
Research School of Biology
The Australian National University
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory 0200
Australia
Richard M. K. Saunders (Tropical Asian Plants)
Division of Ecology & Biodiversity
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong
Selena Y. Smith (Palaeobotany)
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Michigan
1100 North University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005
USA
Dmitry Sokoloff (Morphology/Anatomy)
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Department of Higher Plants
12, 1, Leninskie Gory
Moscow
119991
Russian Federation
Hang Sun (Chinese Plants)
Kunming Institute of Botany
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kunming 650201, Yunnan
China
Jakub Těšitel (Ecology and Parasitic Plants)
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science
University of South Bohemia
Branišovská 31
37005 České Budějovice
Czech Republic
Andreia Turchetto Zolet (Latin American Phylogeography and Phylogenetics)
Departamento de Genética
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/UFRGS
Brazil
Scott Zona (Phylogenetics, Arecaceae, Americas)
Dept. of Biological Sciences (OE 167)
Florida International University
11200 SW 8 St.
Miami, FL 33199, USA
Book Review Editor
Maria Vorontsova
The Linnean Society of London
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1J 0BF
UK
Email: botjbookreviews@kew.org