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Phytotaxa 44: 39–57 (7 Feb. 2012) 
Synopsis of Abutilon (Malvoideae, Malvaceae) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
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Monographs

• A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae) Open access

• Regional and global conservation assessments for 200 vascular plant species from Costa Rica and Panama

• A checklist of familial and suprafamilial names for extant vascular plants

About Phytotaxa 
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Special volumes 

• Linear sequence, classification, synonymy, and bibliography of vascular plants: Lycophytes, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms Open access
• Bryophytes: The closest living relatives of early land plants Open access

Most-cited papers 

Moss diversity: A molecular phylogenetic analysis of genera

A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns

Fungal symbioses in bryophytes: New insights in the Twenty First Century

New combinations and an overview of Cyathea subg. Hymenophyllopsis (Cyatheaceae)

20,000 species and five key markers: The status of molecular bryophyte phylogenetics

Most-read papers 

A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae)

A revision of the Andean wax palms, Ceroxylon (Arecaceae)

One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity

A revision of Desmoncus (Arecaceae)

Syngonanthus restingensis (Eriocaulaceae): A remarkable new species endemic to Brazilian coastal shrublands

Open access 

• A new species of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae) from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

• Corrections to Phytotaxa 19: Linear sequence of lycophytes and ferns

• A new species of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae) from Central Africa

• Brazilian plants urgently needing conservation: the case of Vriesea minarum (Bromeliaceae)

• A preliminary evaluation of the ancestry of a putative Sabal hybrid (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae), and the description of a new nothospecies, Sabal × brazoriensis

• Early Land Plants Today: Taxonomy, systematics and nomenclature of Gymnomitriaceae  

• Moss diversity: New look at old numbers

• Aulacoseira coroniformis sp. nov., a new diatom (Bacillariophyta) species from Highlands Hammock State Park, Florida

• Overlooked diversity in African Solanum (Solanaceae): new and endangered Solanum agnewiorum from Kenya

• Additions to the rubiaceous flora of Papua New Guinea: Psychotria stolonifera and P. ternatifolia, two remarkable species from the Muller limestone

• Taxonomic novelties resulting from recent reclassification of the Lophoziaceae/Scapaniaceae clade

• Historical vs. present populations of the sedge Carex repens: a comparison on the basis of molecular data

• A new species of Pilea (Urticaceae) from the Talamanca Mountains, Costa Rica

• Three new species of scaly tree ferns (Cyathea-Cyatheaceae) from the northern Andes

• The first anniversary of Phytotaxa in the International Year of Biodiversity

• Studies on Lophocoleaceae XXII. The systematic position of Amphilophocolea R.M.Schust. together with comments on the status of Tetracymbaliella Grolle and Lamellocolea R.M.Schust.

• Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay 

• Checklist of the hornworts and liverworts of Java

• Baccharis scopulorum, a new species of section Caulopterae (Asteraceae: Astereae) from rocky cliffs of southern Brazil

• Three new species of Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae)

• A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms

• Phylogenetic analysis of non-coding plastid DNA in the presence of short inversions

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