Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Distribution of Vascular Plants

Dear Colleagues,

Documentation of vascular plant diversity remains a primary task in biodiversity studies, given the large percentage of undescribed plant species. Another ongoing task, which is far from completion in many taxonomic groups, is their phylogenetic classification. In speciose genera or in taxonomic groups with a long history of studies, this task may be complicated with a burden of synonyms, which are also hampering conservation research.

There is an acute need to catalogue and analyse plant diversity worldwide, as the compilation of elaborated and regularly updated checklists is pending in many countries. This work is linked with uncovering detailed plant distributions, for which extensive data collection and mobilisation are still required.

In the modern world, native plant diversity is commonly threatened because of anthropogenic pressure leading to the degradation or loss of habitats, unwanted migration and the risk of extinction. These issues require informed actions, for which the background may be provided only by biodiversity studies.

This Special Issue requests the submission of articles dealing with significant questions of plant taxonomy and phylogeny, evolutionary morphology, inventory of plant diversity in particular territories, including alien plants, and mapping of plant distributions. Large-scale or detailed inventories and in-depth analytic studies are preferred, while phylogenetic taxonomy and revisions (with new species descriptions) are encouraged. Please note that plant nomenclature and typification will not be considered.

Dr. Alexander Sennikov
Guest Editor

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• evolutionary morphology
• mapping
• plant phylogeny
• plant taxonomy
• taxonomic diversity
• vascular plants