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); 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); Piero Delprete (Cayenne, French Guiana, France)
Morphometrics: Nicodemo G. Passalacqua (Arcavacata di Rende, Italy); karyomorphology: Alessio Turco (Lecce, 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); Piero Delprete (Cayenne, French Guiana, France)
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)
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: Mayur D. Nandikar (Satara, Maharashtra, India)
Zingiberales: Indian species: 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: Alessio Turco (Lecce, Italy)
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 of India: KM Prabhukumar (India); Ericaceae: Yihua Tong (Guangzhou, China); Primulaceae: Harsh Singh (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Icacinales (vacant*)
Metteniusales (vacant*)
Garryales: Mark Chase (Kew, England)
Gentianales: Rubiaceae (Asia): Axel Arriola (Manila, Philippines); Ruijiang Wang (Guznagzhou, China); KM Prabhukumar (India) on leave
Gentianales: Rubiaceae (America and Africa): Carla Poleselli Bruniera (Diadema, SP, Brazil); KM Prabhukumar (India)
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: (vacant*)
Solanales (other): Arjun Tiwari (Karnataka, India)
Lamiales: Acanthaceae: Yunfei Deng (Guangzhou, China); KM Prabhukumar (India); Priyanka Agnihotri (Lucknow, India); Arjun Tiwari (Karnataka, India)
Lamiales: Orobanchaceae: Gianniantonio Domina (Palermo, Italy)
Lamiales: Gesneriaceae: Fang Wen (Guilin, Guangxi, China)
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 of India: KM Prabhukumar (India)
Apiales: Araliaceae: Yunfei Deng (Guangzhou, China)

Editor for Gymnosperms:

European and Mediterranean Gymnosperms: Francesco Roma-Marzio (Pisa, Italy)
Other Gymnosperms: (vacant*)

*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.

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); Vitezslav Plasek (Czech Rep).
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); 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) on leave
Klara Scharnagl (Berkeley, California, 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); Samantha Karunarathna (Kunming, Yunnan, China); Md. Iqbal Hosen (Dhaka, Bangladesh); Entaj Tarafder (Guiyang, China); Komsit Wisitrassameewong (Klong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand); Carlos Salvador (Lima, Peru)