Journal overview

Botany Letters is an international scientific journal, published by the French Botanical Society (Société botanique de France) in partnership with Taylor & Francis. Botany Letters replaces Acta Botanica Gallica, which was created in 1993, building on over a century of renowned publications by the Société botanique de France.

Every year the editorial board vote on the best paper published in each volume. The author of this paper will win the Jussieu Research Prize. Botany Letters welcomes all manuscripts dealing with botany. The scope covers the list of sections presented below, and covers land plants, algae and fungi. All organisation levels are considered. Botany Letters aims at allowing fast dissemination of quality research, for a large audience of readers interested in plant sciences.

Sections:
Systematics, taxonomy
Molecular genetics
Domestication & agriculture
Evolution
Ecology
Biogeography
Biodiversity & conservation biology
Physiology, anatomy and morphology
Ethnobotany & pharmacology
Palaeobotany & archaeobotany
History of botany
Curation
Invasive Plants
Short communications
Letters
Reviews
Book review

We welcome description of new species, provided that they introduce several new taxa, based on an integrative approach (morphological and molecular).

In order to support plant research and Botany Letters contribution to development of botany, the Société Botanique de France distributes each year one or several research price(s) for a total of 5000 euros. These prices are awarded to the best paper(s) published in the previous year, and is aiming at supporting the future research of the corresponding author(s). Monographs on invasive species at European level will be welcome as part of a series launched in 2016.

Please see further instructions here.

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article. If you are submitting a Monograph as part of the "

Monographs on Invasive Plants in Europe" collection, please contact the editors for specific formatting guidance.

Botany Letters will consider submissions of articles recommended by Peer Community In (PCI), (e.g. PCI Ecology, PCI Evolutionary Biology, PCI Genomics etc.) and may use PCI reviews and recommendations for their own review processes, if appropriate.

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