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(Manuscripts for Systematic Botany Monographs should be submitted directly to the Editor-in-Chief of Systematic Botany Monographs.)

“Clades in Focus”: A New Article Series in Systematic Botany

Clades in Focus aims to synthesize the current state of knowledge surrounding a clade, integrating past foundational work with contemporary advances and offering insights into future research directions. More than a summary of literature, each review should serve as a forum for conceptual synthesis, highlighting key taxonomic, phylogenetic, biogeographic, morphological, and evolutionary developments within the group.

In the spirit of engaged scientific discourse, we encourage authors to offer professional perspectives and thought-provoking commentary, while maintaining scholarly balance. Contributions should be accessible to a broad audience of botanists and evolutionary biologists, fostering cross-disciplinary dialogue and catalyzing new research.

Ideal Clades in Focus articles will include all or some of the following:

• Provide a critical synthesis of past and current research on the clade.

• Identify major gaps in knowledge and promising avenues for future study.

• Discuss taxonomic and nomenclatural stability or challenges.

• Highlight methodological advances and their impact on clade understanding.

• Offer a compelling narrative that reflects the authors’ expertise and vision.

• We invite colleagues with expertise in a particular clade and an interest in sharing their overview of the clade and potentially shaping the future of systematic botany to contribute.

Let’s put clades in focus—illuminating the branches of the tree of life through expert synthesis and forward-looking ideas.

Changes in Systematic Botany’s Publication Policies

Following recent discussions with the ASPT Council, two significant aspects of the publication of Systematic Botany will be changed beginning in 2024 (volume 49).

First, subscriptions to printed versions of the journal will no longer be available for an extra charge per volume. Instead, members will have the option to purchase hard copies of individual issues from the ASPT business office on a “print-on-demand” basis. The cost, including shipping, will vary depending on the size of the issue, but we estimate that it will be about $20 per issue. We also note that our printer has informed us that, beginning in 2024, all hard copies will be generated using ink jet rather than laser printers, which may result in slightly reduced quality of some figures.

Second, supplemental tables and figures will no longer be submitted to Dryad (as been the case for volumes 41-48) or published on the ASPT website (as was the case for volumes 33-40) but will instead be included at the end of each paper when it is published on-line. Authors should continue to submit datasets such as multiple sequence alignments and morphological character matrices to Dryad, however. If possible, authors should use their institutional subscriptions for Dryad submissions; otherwise, please cite the Systematic Botany manuscript number and ASPT will cover the cost of the submission. Be sure to include all data from each publication in one submission, as the Dryad charges are based on the number of submissions.

Editorial Staff

Daniel Potter, Editor-in-Chief (2021-2024), email: dpotter@ucdavis.edu
Tim Evans, Managing Editor (2021-2024), email: evanstim@gvsu.edu
Benjamin Van Ee, Managing Editor (2015-2024), e-mail: bvanee@uwalumni.com
Quentin Cronk, Book Review Editor, email: quentin.cronk@ubc.ca
Fred R. Barrie, Nomenclature Editor, email: fbarrie@fieldmuseum.org
Kanchi Gandhi, Nomenclature Editor, email: gandhi@oeb.harvard.edu
Sarina Lambert, Copy Editor, email: systematic.botany.ame@gmail.com
Eric Tepe (ex officio), Systematic Botany Monographs Editor-in-Chief

Associate Editors
Charles Bell (2021-2024)
Jim Cohen (2020-2023)
Jocelyn Hall (2019-2026)
Shawn Krosnick (2021-2024)
Jacob Landis (2021-2024)
Ashley Morris (2021-2023)
Annah Moteetee (2020-2023)
Ricardo Pacifico (2021-2024)
Luciano Queiroz (2018-2025)
Nadia Roque (2021-2024)
María José Sanín (2023-2026)
Daniel Spalink (2021-2024)
Adriano Stinca (2018-2025)
Alejandra Vasco (2020-2023)
Leonardo Versieux (2021-2024)
Qiang Wang (2021-2024)
Marty Wojciechowski (2020-2023)

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