Instructions to authors

Scope: PHYTOTAXONOMY is a groups of Manuscripts in journal which publishes research and review papers on all aspects of taxonomy and all will be 3000 words. One page of table, figure or plate will be counted as 500 words. For extra matter Rs. 200/- will be plants. The papers are generally limited to 6 printed pages, including tables and figures. Maximum length of MSS payable for every extra page. Colour photos can be included on payment of Rs. 1000/- per page or per plate. All the authors should be members of APT and at least one should be a Benefactor or Life member. Annual members will be entitled to submit one paper only in the year of their membership. Corresponding authors should preferably give their e-mail address for faster communication.

Style: English, typed in double space on one side of paper (21 x 28 cm) should be submitted in duplicate along with CD in MS word.

The title should be brief, followed by name(s) of author(s), and address, an abstract (up to 150 words) and 4-6 keywords. This should be followed by text, acknowledgements (if any), references, tables and figures. Papers reporting new records for India may have figure and descriptions; distributional records will go as short communications.

Data on plant(s) must include proper reference of voucher specimen(s), i.e. name, collector, collection number, locality, accession number and name of herbarium where deposited. Local names of plants and any words other than English should be given in single inverted commas like 'Sarpagandha', 'Havan'. In enumeration, families, and their genera and species should be given in alphabetical order. Keys for identification of taxa should be 'bracketed dichotomous'. Metric system (km, m, cm, mm, mm) should be used. Footnotes should be given by numbers running through the whole paper. Botanical names shall go in italics. Nomenclature of plants should be updated and should include author's name once when plant name first appears in paper

Journal:The method of citation in text should be: Schultes (1979) / Upreti & Nayaka (2006) reported or...was reported (Schultes 1979) /(Upreti & Nayaka 2006). Author citation should be abbreviated as per Brummitt & Powell. Abbreviations of titles of journals should be according to the World List of Scientific Periodicals B.P.H. Citations referred to in the manuscript should be listed alphabetically under References, as below:

Citation:Schultes, R.E. 1979. Amazonia as a source of new economic plant. Econ. Bot. 33: 259-266. Upreti, D.K. & Nayaka, S. 2006. Anisomeridium calcicolum sp. novo and further new records of pyrenocarpous lichens from India. Lichenologist 38(3): 231-233.

Chapter in Book:Kapoor, S.L. & Mitra, R. 1987. Preparation of Scientific and Technical Papers, Reports and Popular Articles - some guidelines. p. 144-167. In: Jain, S.K. (ed.), A Manual of Ethnobotany. Sci. Publ., Jodhpur.

Books:Bennet, S.S.R. 1986. Name Changes in Flowering Plants. Triseas Publ., Dehradun.

Jain, S.K. 1991. Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany. Deep Publ., New Delhi.

If more than one paper is in a single year by the same author, they should be indicated by suffix a,b, etc. to the year, both in the text and the list of references. References may be cited 'In Press', only if a paper has been accepted by a journal; the name of journal should be included in the reference. Otherwise, such a reference should be cited in the text as 'unpublished' and omitted from the references.

Tables:Tables should be typed double-spaced on separate sheets. They should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and given a short title. The data should not be duplicated in text, tables and figures.

Text Figures:Drawings and graphs should be drawn boldly in black ink on white drawing paper or tracing paper. High contrast photographic prints are acceptable. Shading should be done with lines or dots, and not with half tone washes. All figures and photographs should have consecutive numbers. Letters in figures must be large enough so that reduction may leave characters at least 1 mm high. Upon reduction the dimensions of figures should conform to the maximum printing space (12.5 x 19 cm). Figures' explanations should be placed not on the actual figures, but in the legend typed double-spaced on a separate sheet. Author's name and the fig. no. should be penned on the back of each figure. Maps copied from internet should be avoided.

Proofs:To avoid delay, normally proofs will not be sent to authors and manuscripts should be prepared very carefully and sent in final form.

Note:The Journal will have a few pages for Book Reviews and Short Communications (i.e. manuscripts up to ca 800 words, ± 3 typed pages), including brief accounts of new findings like new taxa, new records, new names, new threats to taxa, and unique conservation efforts.

Authors can submit their manuscripts on the website or can email it at info@theplanttaxonomyindia.com or to Managing Editor, Dr. S. K. Singh at sksbsierc@gmail.com. Authors should ensure that their contributions do not violate copyright, IPR, Patent, CBD or any such regulation enforced by the government, their institution or any other such agency. Acceptance of a paper will automatically transfer copyrights of the contribution to the Association for Plant Taxonomy.

Reprints:Reprints can be supplied on payments. After receiving acceptance of papers, authors can directly write to publisher (M/s Deep Publications) for cost & supply of reprints.

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