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Acceptance rate 36% during the third quarter of 2025 2025-10-02
During the third quarter of 2025, Phytotaxa received 400 manuscripts, accepted 256 manuscripts, declined 147 manuscripts and published 245 manuscripts; days to first decision is 4, to accept is 53 and to reject is 20; rejection rate is 64% (32% desk reject and 32% after review reject).
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A new variety of Wurfbainia villosa (Zingiberaceae) from India
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Erratum: RONGQIAN BI, HUA QU, LING LI, CHANGLIN ZHAO & ZAI-WEI GE (2025) Inocybe caryicola (Inocybaceae, Agaricales), a new species from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 718 (2): 96–108.
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Megalotremis oleosa (Lichenized Ascomycota: Monoblastiaceae), a new lichen species with inspersed hamathecium from the dwarf forest of the southern Philippines
Published : 2026-01-07 -
Trichostomum basilatinervium (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta), a new species from the Mediterranean region of Chile
Published : 2026-01-07 -
Two new species of Araliaceae from the limestone karst of Central Laos
Published : 2026-01-07 -
A nomenclator of the genus Ochromonas sensu lato (Chrysophyceae)
Published : 2026-01-07
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Published : 2023-05-01Xanthagaricus montgomeryensis sp. nov. (Agaricaceae, Agaricales) from Chichawatni Forest, Punjab Pakistan
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Tessmannia princeps (Fabaceae), a new rainforest tree from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Published : 2025-03-20 -
Published : 2016-05-20The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase
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Polygala bamaensis (Polygalaceae), a replacement name for the later homonym Polygala spatulata
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Published : 2020-05-04Aptenia ×vascosilvae (A. cordifolia × A. haeckeliana) (Aizoaceae), the new nothospecies from which the horticulturally popular cultivar Aptenia ‘Red Apple’ was derived
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The third opinion on fern phylogenetics with novel insights into their mitogenome evolution
Published : 2023-11-14