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Systematics and Geography of Plants (SGP)

Systematics and Geography of Plants is an international journal devoted to the systematics of all plant groups and fungi, also covering related fields such as phytogeography, evolution, comparative morphology, pollen and spores, and vegetation studies. It is edited by the National Botanic Garden of Belgium and publishes original research papers (especially those with regional emphasis on western Europe and tropical Africa), review articles, short communications and book reviews.

Continuation of Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'Etat à Bruxelles [volumes 1 (1902-1905)-5 (1915-1919)], Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'Etat (Bruxelles) [volumes 6 (1919-1921)-14 (1936-1937)], Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'Etat (Bruxelles) / Bulletin van de Rijksplantentuin (Brussel) [volumes 15 (1938-1939)-36 (1966)] and Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique / Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van België [volumes 37 (1967)-67 (1998)].

Founded in 1902 on the initiative of Th. Durand and continued by E. De Wildeman, W. Robyns, F. Demaret, R. Tournay (1967-1972) and A. Robyns (1973-1998).

Indexed in: Bibliography of Systematic Mycology - Biological Abstracts - Elsevier BIOBASE / Current Awareness in Biological Sciences - Index of Fungi - Index Kewensis - The Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature - VINITI Abstracts Journal ('Referativnyi Zhurnal').

Editorial Board

Acceptance of papers is supervised by an international editorial board appointed by the research council of the National Botanic Garden. All papers are refereed by members of the board and/or externally. Members may advise on the selection of external referees and also in cases of conflicting reports.

Chairperson Jan Rammeloo, director National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Members Victor A. Albert, University of Oslo, Norway

Meredith Blackwell, Louisiana State University, U.S.A.

Jérôme Degreef, National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Jacques R. De Sloover, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Estrela Figueiredo, Instituto de Investigação Tropical, Portugal

Ib Friis, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Shahina A. Ghazanfar, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, U.K.

Pierre Meerts, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Hans R. Preisig, Universität Zürich, Switzerland

Erik Smets, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Marc S.M. Sosef, Wageningen University, the Netherlands

Abraham E. van Wyk, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Wim Vyverman, University of Ghent, Belgium

Annick Wilmotte, University of Liège, Belgium

Editor Elmar Robbrecht, National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Assistant editor Ivan Hoste, National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Desk editor Jacqueline Honoré, National Botanic Garden of Belgium


All enquiries and manuscripts should be forwarded to the Editor of SGP, National Botanic Garden, Domein van Bouchout, B-1860 Meise (Belgium). Guidelines for authors are repeatedly published in volumes of the journal (see volume 73: 293-300) and available by downloading this pdf-file

Systematics and Geography of Plants, supplementary data site

One volume (2 issues) a year. ISSN 1374-7886

Available volumes

The journal is accompanied with two serials publications:

Opera Botanica Belgica, a series for the publication of botanical monographs and

Scripta Botanica Belgica, a series of miscellaneous botanical documentation.