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International Editorial Team

Managing editor & Founder  Zhi-Qiang Zhang (Auckland)

Editors for General subjects

• African Flora: Gabriel Ameka (Ghana)
• Andean Flora: Maximilian Weigend (Bonn)
• South American Flora: Manuel Belgrano (Buenos Aires)  
• Checklists: Alex Monro (London)
• History of taxonomy: Piero Delprete (Cayenne)
• Island endemics: Mark Carine (London), Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Latin diagnosis: Cassio Van den Berg (Feira de Santana), Hajo Esser (Munich)
• German language: Hajo Esser (Munich)
• Nomenclature: Hajo Esser (Munich), Ben van Ee (Spearfish), Werner Greuter (Palermo)
• North Temperate Flora: Maximilian Weigend (Bonn)
• Phylogenetics, Systematics and Evolution: Mark Chase (Kew), Samuli Lehtonen (Turku), Ben van Ee (Spearfish)
• Southeast Asian Flora: Hajo Esser (Munich)
• Typification: Ben van Ee (Spearfish)
• Central Asian Flora: Alexander Sennikov (Helsinki)
• East Asian Flora: Libing Zhang (St. Louis)

The order classification of Angiosperms follows APG III (see also Reveal & Chase 2011, Phytotaxa 19: 71 –134. http://mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2011/f/pt00019p134.pdf).

Editors for Monocots:

• Acorales: Samuli Lehtonen (Turku)
• Alismatales: Samuli Lehtonen (Turku)
• Petrosaviales: Mark Chase (Kew)
• Dioscoreales
• Pandanales: Martin Callmander (Saint Louis/Geneva)
• Liliales: Mark Chase (Kew)
• Asparagales: Orchidaceae: Cassio Van den Berg (Feira de Santana),  Mark Chase (Kew)
• Asparagales (other) Lorenzo Peruzzi (Pisa)
• Arecales: Bill Baker (Kew)
• Commelinales: Timothy Evans (Allendale)
• Zingiberales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Dasypogonales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• `: Bromeliaceae: Eric Gouda (Utrecht) 
• Poales:  Maria Vorontsova (Kew) 
• Poales: Cyperaceae: Timothy M. Jones (Louisiana) 
• Poales (other): 

Editors for Eudicots:

• Ceratophyllales: Mark Chase (Kew)
• Ranunculales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Sabiales: Julio Lombardi (Sao Paulo)
• Proteales: Peter H. Weston (Sydney)
• Trochodendrales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Buxales:
• Gunnerales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Dilleniales: James Horn (Washington DC)
• Saxifragales: Maximilian Weigend (Bonn) 
• Cynomoriales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Vitales: Julio Lombardi (Sao Paulo)
• Zygophyllales: Dirk Bellstedt (Stellenbosch)
• Fabales: Vidal Mansano (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Rosales: Urticaceae: Alex Monro (London)
• Rosales (other): Katya Romoleroux (Quito)
• Fagales
• Cucurbitales: Manuel Belgrano (Buenos Aires)
• Celastrales: Julio Lombardi (Sao Paulo)
• Oxalidales: Maximilian Weigend (Bonn)
• Malpighiales: Hajo Esser (Munich)
• Malpighiales: Podostemaceae: Gabriel Ameka (Ghana)
• Geraniales: Maximilian Weigend (Bonn) 
• Myrtales: Eve Lucas (Kew)
• Myrtales:  Melastomataceae: Renato Goldenburg (Curitiba)
• Crossosomatales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Picramniales: Mark Chase (Kew)
• Sapindales: Hajo Esser (Munich) 
• Huerteales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Malvales: Christopher Davis (Phoenix, Arizona)
• Brassicales: Karol Marhold (Bratislava/Prague)
• Berberidopsidales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Santalales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Caryophyllales: Duilio Iamonico (Rome)
• Cornales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Cornales: Hydrostachyaceae: Gabriel Ameka (Ghana) 
• Ericales: Tim Utteridge (Kew)
• Garryales: Mark Chase (Kew)
• Gentianales: Piero Delprete (Cayenne)
• Vahliales: Mark Chase (Kew)
• Boraginales: Maximilian Weigend (Bonn)
• Solanales: Maria Vorontsova (Kew)   
• Solanales: Convolvulaceae: Mark Carine (London) 
• Solanales (other): Alex Monro (London)
• Lamiales: Bignoniaceae: Lúcia Lohmann (São Paulo)
• Lamiales: Orobanchaceae: Jeffery Morawetz (Los Angeles)
• Lamiales: Lentibulariaceae Lorenzo Peruzzi (Pisa)
• Lamiales (other): Peter Heenan (Lincoln)
• Aquifoliales: Mark Chase (Kew)
• Asterales: Asteraceae: Pieter Pelser (Christchurch), Alexander Sennikov (Helsinki)
• Asterales: Campanulaceae: Alexandre Antonelli (Gothenburg)
• Asterales (other): Marco Duretto (Sydney)
• Escalloniales: Maximilian Weigend (Bonn)
• Bruniales: Mark Chase (Kew)
• Paracryphiales: Mark Chase (Kew )
• Dipsacales
• Apiales: Hajo Esser (Munich)

Editor for Magnoliids:

• Amborellales: Mark Chase (Kew)
• Nymphaeales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Austrobaileyales: Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Canellales: Mark Chase (Kew)
• Piperales: Christoph Neinhuis (Dresden)
• Magnoliales: Mark Chase (Kew)
• Laurales: Jens Rohwer (Hamburg)
• Chloranthales: Alexandre Antonelli (Gothenburg)

Editor for Gymnosperms:

• Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)

Editor for Pteridophytes:

• Maarten Christenhusz (Helsinki)
• Marcus Lehnert (Stuttgart)
• Libing Zhang (St. Louis)

Editors for Bryophytes:

• Lars Söderström (Trondheim)
• Marchantiophyta: Matt Von Konrat (Chicago)
• Anthocerotophyta: Karen Renzaglia (Carbondale)
• Bryophyta:

Editor for Algae:

• Saúl Blanco Lanza (León)
• Diatoms: (Cocinodiscophyceae, Bacillariophyceae): J. Patrick Kociolek (Boulder)
• Diatoms: (Cocinodiscophyceae, Fragilariophyceae): David Williams (London) 

Editor for Lichens:

• Thorsten Lumbsch (Chicago)
• Mohammad Sohrabi (Tehran, IROST)

Editors for Fungi:

• Ascomycota: Wen-Ying Zhuang (Beijing)
• Basidiomycota: Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad (Helsinki)
• Hyphomycota: Eric McKenzie (Auckland)