appendix 3

scientific journals in
plant systematics

JOURNALS
CATALOG JOURNAL WEB SITE (at time of publication)
QK149 A4 Aliso http://www.rsabg.org/research-department/scientific-publications
QK520 A6 American Fern Journal http://www.amerfernsoc.org/subagt.html
QK1 B345 American Journal of Botany http://www.amjbot.org
QK1 M6 Annals of the Missouri Botanic Garden http://www.mbgpress.org
QK1 A8 Australian Journal of Botany http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/65.htm
QK1 A97 Australian Systematic Botany http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/150.htm
QK1 B48 Blumea http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/pubs/blumea
QK1 L52 Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0024-4074
QK1 B6 Botanical Review http://www.nybgpress.org/press/journals_botanical.php
QK1 C3 Botany [formerly Canadian Journal of Botany] http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/rp-ps/journalDetail.jsp?jcode=cjb&lang=eng
QK1 B875 Brittonia http://www.nybg.org/bsci/brit
QK1 E4 Edinburgh Journal of Botany http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=ejb
QK1 F4 Fieldiana (Botany) http://www.fortsasbooks.com/publish.htm
QK149 F73 Fremontia http://www.cnps.org/cnps/publications
QK658 G72 Grana http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00173134.asp
QK1 B3 International Journal of Plant Sciences http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/IJPS/home.html
Q11 E4 Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society http://www.ncsu.edu/www/ncas/jemsstab.html
QK1 K5 Kew Bulletin http://www.kew.org/publications/kewbulletin.html
QK1 M3 Madroño http://www.calbotsoc.org/madrono.html
QH506 M664 Molecular Biology & Evolution http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org
QH367.5 M56 Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
QK1 M78 Muelleria http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/science/information-and-resources/science-
publications/muelleria
QK1 N55 New Zealand Journal of Botany http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/Site/publish/Journals/nzjb/default.aspx
QK1 N75 Nordic Journal of Botany http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0107-055X
QK96 .N68 Novon http://www.mbgpress.org
QK1 P518 Pesquisas. Botanica http://www.anchietano.unisinos.br/publicacoes/botanica/botanica.htm

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CATALOG JOURNAL WEB SITE (at time of publication)

QK1 P54 Phytologia http://www.phytologia.org
QK1 P3A26 Pollen et Spores
Q11 N26 Proceedings of the National Academy of http://www.pnas.org
Sciences of the United States of
America (PNAS)
QK1 S2721 Selbyana http://www.selby.org/index.php?src=gendocs&link=sbg_press&category=
Research
QK1 S5 SIDA, Contributions to Botany
QK1 S57 Smithsonian Contributions to Botany http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany
QK1 J66 South African Journal of Botany http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299
QL352 S92 Systematic Biology http://systbiol.org
QK95 597 Systematic Botany http://www.sysbot.org
QK93 T3 Taxon http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/iapt/s_taxon.php
QK1 W54 Willdenowia http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/BGBM/library/publikat/willdenowia.htm

EXERCISES

1. Examine several of the botanical journals listed above. For each of the ones selected by your instructor: (a) record the
general types of papers for which it specializes by reading the journal’s mission and by perusing the index or web site
(above); (b) cite one specific article (of interest to you) that deals with plant systematics (not other fields such as physiology
or ecology). For the latter, copy the citation format used in that particular journal.
2. Of the plant systematics articles that you recorded above, select the one of greatest interest to you and make a photocopy of
it. Read the abstract of this article thoroughly. Then look over all the figures and tables. Next, skim through the introduction,
materials and methods, and discussion/conclusion. Be prepared to give a 5-minute oral presentation (with projected tables,
figures, or illustrations) on this article.
3. Write the author(s) in charge of reprints for the above and request a reprint to be mailed to you. (Note: It’s best to choose a
recent article for this, as reprints may not be available for older ones.) Some reprints are now available electronically, usually
as .pdf files. Hand this in to your instructor when it arrives.
4. Search the International Plant Names Index (http://www.ipni.org/index.html). Find and record the full citation (including
author, journal, date, etc.) of any one of the species that were studied in the article you chose for discussion.
5. Optional: Do a literature search on a particular item in plant systematics. It may be of taxon or topic. (Note: Consult your
library as to how to access literature databases; also try http://www.scholar.google.com for general scientific literature.)