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Editors

International Editorial Team

Managing editor & Founder  
Zhi-Qiang Zhang (Auckland)

Editors for General subjects

  • Regional flora
    • African Flora: Ronell R. Klopper (Pretoria, South Africa)
    • South American Flora: Carla Poleselli Bruniera (Diadema, SP, Brazil); Pedro Fiaschi (Florianopolis, SC, Brazil); Otávio Marques (São Paulo, Brazil)
    • North American Flora: Marie-Stéphanie Samain (Pátzcuaro, Mexico)
    • Oceanian flora: Peter J. de Lange (Auckland, New Zealand); Yohan Pillon (Montpellier, France)
    • South Asian Flora: KM Prabhukumar (India) on leave; Harsh Singh (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India); Priyanka Agnihotri (Lucknow, India); Arjun Tiwari (Karnataka, India)
    • Southeast Asian Flora: Yunfei Deng (Guangzhou, China); Wong Sin Yeng (Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia)
    • East Asian Flora: Libing Zhang (St. Louis, Missouri, USA), Jinshuang Ma (Shanghai, China), Hai He (Chongqing, China), Wen Ye (Guangzhou, China); Yihua Tong (Guangzhou, China)
    • Central Asian Flora: Alexander Sennikov (Helsinki, Finland)
    • Mediterranean Flora: Manuel B. Crespo (Alicante, Spain); Lorenzo Peruzzi (Pisa, Italy); Angelo Troìa (Palermo, Italy) 
  • Biogeography: Juan J. Morrone (Mexico City, Mexico); Robert P. Wagensommer (Bozen-Bolzano, Italy)
  • Checklists: Alex Monro (London, England); Priyanka Agnihotri (Lucknow, India)
  • History of taxonomy:  Jinshuang Ma (Shanghai, China)
  • Morphometrics: Nicodemo G. Passalacqua (Arcavacata di Rende, Italy)
  • Nomenclature: Karol Marhold (Bratislava/Prague, Czech Rep.); Yohan Pillon (Montpellier, France); Mayur D. Nandikar (Satara, Maharashtra, India);  Yihua Tong (Guangzhou, China); Wen Ye (Guangzhou, China); Priyanka Agnihotri (Lucknow, India)
  • Nomenclature (Fungi): Juan Carlos Zamora (Spain)
  • Phylogenetics, Systematics & Evolution: Mark Chase (Kew, England); Eduardo Cires Rodríguez (Oviedo, Asturias, Spain); Samuli Lehtonen (Turku, Finland); Wen Ye (Guangzhou, China)

Editor for Magnoliids:

  • Amborellales: Mark Chase (Kew, England)
  • Nymphaeales: John H. Wiersema (Beltsville, Maryland, USA)
  • Austrobaileyales: Elton John de Lírio (São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Canellales: Mark Chase (Kew, England)
  • Piperales: Marie-Stéphanie Samain (Pátzcuaro, Mexico)
  • Magnoliales: Mark Chase (Kew, England)
  • Laurales:Pedro L.R. de Moraes (São Paulo, Brasil)
  • Chloranthales: Elton John de Lírio (São Paulo, Brazil)

Editors for Monocots:

  • Acorales: Samuli Lehtonen (Turku, Finland)
  • Alismatales: Samuli Lehtonen (Turku, Finland)
  • Petrosaviales: Mark Chase (Kew, England)
  • Dioscoreales: Pankaj Kumar (Hong Kong, China): Burmanniaceae 
  • Pandanales: Martin Callmander (Saint Louis/Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Liliales: Mark Chase (Kew, England), Lorenzo Peruzzi (Pisa, Italy)
  • Asparagales: Orchidaceae: Edlley M. Pessoa (Brasilia DF, Brazil), Mark Chase (Kew, England), Pankaj Kumar (Hong Kong, China), Zhong-Jian Liu (Shenzhen, China)
  • Asparagales (others): Mario Martínez Azorín (Alicante, Spain); Asparagaceae: Nikolay Vislobokov (Moscow, Russia)
  • Arecales: Bill Baker (Kew, England)
  • Commelinales: Vinita Gowda (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India), Mayur D. Nandikar (Satara, Maharashtra, India)
  • Zingiberales: Vinita Gowda (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India); KM Prabhukumar (India); Yihua Tong (Guangzhou, China)
  • Poales: Bromeliaceae: Julián Aguirre-Santoro (Sede Bogotá, Colombia) 
  • Poales (Panicoid grasses, Old World, and others): Marcin Nobis (Kraków, Poland); Arjun Tiwari (Karnataka, India)
  • Poales (phylogenetics, Pooid grasses, and New World grasses): Christian da Silva (Brazil)
  • Poales: Poaceae (Asia): Yihua Tong (Guangzhou, China), Harsh Singh (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India); Priyanka Agnihotri (Lucknow, India); Arjun Tiwari (Karnataka, India)
  • Poales: Triticeae (esp. genus Aegilops): Enrico V. Perrino (Bari, Italy) 
  • Poales: Cyperaceae: Arjun Tiwari (Karnataka, India)

Editors for Eudicots:

  • Ceratophyllales: Mark Chase (Kew, England)
  • Ranunculales: Eduardo Cires Rodríguez (Oviedo, Asturias, Spain); Qin-er Yang (Guangzhou, China); Harsh Singh (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India); Priyanka Agnihotri (Lucknow, India)
  • Proteales: Yohan Pillon (Montpellier, France)
  • Trochodendrales: (vacant*)
  • Buxales: (vacant*)
  • Gunnerales: (vacant*)
  • Dilleniales: James Horn (Washington DC, USA)
  • Saxifragales: Nicodemo G. Passalacqua (Arcavacata di Rende, Italy); Harsh Singh (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India); Priyanka Agnihotri (Lucknow, India)
  • Vitales: Anna Trias Blasi (Kew, England)
  • Zygophyllales: Dirk Bellstedt (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
  • Fabales (New world): Rafael Barbosa Pinto (Goiânia, Brazil)
  • Fabales (Africa & other regions): James Stephen Boatwright (Cape Town, South Africa); Enrico V. Perrino (Bari, Italy); Arjun Tiwari (Karnataka, India)
  • Rosales: Urticaceae: Alex Monro (London, England)
  • Rosales (other): Leandro Cardoso Pederneiras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Harsh Singh (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India)
  • Fagales: Vacant
  • Cucurbitales: Mark Hughes (Edinburgh, UK); Daike Tian (Shanghai, China)
  • Celastrales: Jinshuang MA (Beijing, China)
  • Oxalidales: Emanuele Del Guacchio (Salerno, Italy)
  • Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae : Hajo Esser (Munich, Germany)
  • Malpighiales: Podostemaceae: Gabriel Ameka (Ghana)
  • Malpighiales: Violaceae: Yousheng Chen (Beijing, China)
  • Malpighiales: Phyllanthaceae and others: Marcos José da Silva (Goiás, CP, Brazil)
  • Geraniales: Enrico V. Perrino (Bari, Italy) 
  • Myrtales (except Melastomataceae): Mariana Bünger (Brazil)
  • Myrtales: Melastomataceae: Renato Goldenberg (Curitiba, Brazil), Mayara Krasinski Caddah (Santa Catarina, Brazil); Lucas C. Majure (Gainesville, Florida, USA)
  • Crossosomatales: (vacant*)
  • Picramniales: Mark Chase (Kew, England)
  • Huerteales: (vacant*)
  • Sapindales: Hajo Esser (Munich, Germany) 
  • Sapindales:  Aceraceae: Yousheng Chen (Beijing, China)
  • Malvales: Mayur D. Nandikar (Satara, Maharashtra, India); Priyanka Agnihotri (Lucknow, India) 
  • Brassicales: Karol Marhold (Bratislava/Prague, Czech Rep.)
  • Berberidopsidales: Priyanka Agnihotri (Lucknow, India); Arjun Tiwari (Karnataka, India)
  • Santalales: Vacant
  • Caryophyllales: Duilio Iamonico (Rome, Italy); Plumbaginaceae: Gianniantonio Domina (Palermo, Italy)
  • Cornales: (vacant)
  • Cornales: Hydrostachyaceae: Gabriel Ameka (Ghana) 
  • Ericales: Balsaminaceae: KM Prabhukumar (India); Ericaceae: Yihua Tong (Guangzhou, China); Primulaceae: Harsh Singh (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India)
  • Icacinales (vacant*)
  • Metteniusales (vacant*)
  • Garryales: Mark Chase (Kew, England)
  • GentianalesRubiaceae (Asia): Axel Arriola (Manila, Philippines); Ruijiang Wang (Guznagzhou, China); KM Prabhukumar (India)
  • GentianalesRubiaceae (America and Africa): Carla Poleselli Bruniera (Diadema, SP, Brazil) 
  • Gentianales: Apocynaceae: Apocynoideae, Periplocoideae and Secamonoideae: Vacant
  • Gentianales: Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoidae: Michele Rodda (Singapore)
  • Boraginales: Norbert Holstein (London, England)
  • Vahliales: Mark Chase (Kew, England)
  • Solanales: Convolvulaceae: John Wood (Oxford, England)
  • Solanales (other): Arjun Tiwari (Karnataka, India)  
  • Lamiales: Acanthaceae: Yunfei Deng (Guangzhou, China); Priyanka Agnihotri (Lucknow, India); Arjun Tiwari (Karnataka, India)
  • Lamiales: Orobanchaceae: Gianniantonio Domina (Palermo, Italy)
  • Lamiales: Gesneriaceae: Vinita Gowda (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India)
  • Lamiales: Lentibulariaceae: Andreas Fleischmann (Munich, Germany)
  • Lamiales: Lamiaceae (especially): Jesús G. González-Gallegos (Guadalajara, Brazil); Enrico V. Perrino (Bari, Italy); Priyanka Agnihotri (Lucknow, India); Arjun Tiwari (Karnataka, India)
  • Lamiales (other): Vacant
  • Aquifoliales: Mark Chase (Kew, England)
  • Asterales: Asteraceae: Alexander Sennikov (Helsinki, Finland)
  • Asterales (other): Arjun Tiwari (Karnataka, India)
  • Escalloniales: (vacant*)
  • Bruniales: Mark Chase (Kew, England)
  • Paracryphiales: Mark Chase (Kew, England)
  • Dipsacales: Robert P. Wagensommer (Bozen-Bolzano, Italy) 
  • Apiales: Hajo Esser (Munich, Germany); Apiaceae: KM Prabhukumar (India)
  • Apiales: Araliaceae: Yunfei Deng (Guangzhou, China)

*Qualified individuals who like to fill the vacant posts should write to the Managing editor with CV and summary of past editorial roles or services.

 

Editor for Gymnosperms:

  • European and Mediterranean Gymnosperms: Francesco Roma-Marzio (Pisa, Italy)
  • Other Gymnosperms: Vacant

Editors for Pteridophytes:

  • Lycophytes: Angelo Troìa (Palermo, Italy)
  • Ferns: Marcus Lehnert (Stuttgart, Germany), Libing Zhang (St. Louis, Missouri, USA); Liang Zhang (Kunming, China)

Editors for Bryophytes:

  • Bryophyta: Wen Ye (Guangzhou, China)
  • Marchantiophyta: Chris Cargill (Canberra, Australia); Andrea Sass-Gyarmati (Eger, Hungary)
  • Anthocerotophyta: Karen Renzaglia (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

Editors for Algae:

  • Microalgae, diatoms: Dr Karthick Balasubramanian (Pune, Maharashtra, India); María Luján García (Brene, Germany); Elton Lehmkuhl (Amazonas, Brazil); Jeffrey Johansen (University Heights, Ohio, USA); Chiara Pennesi (Ancona, Italy)
  • Microalgae, non-diatoms:  Marina Aboal (Murcia, Spain), Dmitry Kapustin (Moscow, Russia); H. Dail Laughinghouse (Davie, Florida, USA); Elena Patova (Syktyvkar, Russia; on leave during July-August 2023); Thomas Proschold (Innsbruck, Austria)  
  • Marine Macroalgae: Ga Hun Boo (Suwon, Korea), Frederico D. Gurgel (Santa Catarina, Brazil)

Editors for Lichens:

  • Mohammad Sohrabi (Tehran, IROST, Iran)
  • Frank Bungartz (Tempe, Arizona, USA)

Editors for Fungi:

  • Ascomycetes (Hyphomycetes and Coelomycetes): Kevin Hyde (Chiang Rai, Thailand); Eric McKenzie (Auckland, New Zealand); Sajeewa Maharachchikumbura (Oman)
  • Ascomycetes: Sinang Hongsanan (Shenzhen, China); Ruvishika Jayawardena (Chiang Rai, Thailand); Rajesh Jeewon (Reduit, Mauritius); Jian-Kui Liu (Guiyang, Guizhou, China); Ausana Mapook (Chiang Rai, Thailand); Dhanushka Wanasinghe (Kunming, China)
  • Basidiomycota: Francesco Dovana (Italy); Genevieve Gates (Australia); Samantha Karunarathna (Kunming, Yunnan, China); Md. Iqbal Hosen (Dhaka, Bangladesh); Komsit Wisitrassameewong  (Klong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand); Carlos Salvador (Lima, Peru)